Alexinia Baldwin

Alexinia Young Baldwin (February 3, 1925 – January 21, 2017) was an American educator and professor at the University of Connecticut who dedicated her research to the study of underserved gifted children. Baldwin is known for the creation of the Baldwin Identification Matrix, an assessment model for identifying giftedness in African American and other historically underrepresented students in gifted education.

Biography Alexinia Young Baldwin was born in Alabama on February 3, 1925. She received her B.S. from Tuskegee University, M.A. from University of Michigan, and Ph.D. from the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. She taught in the first program for gifted African American students in Alabama.

At the University of Connecticut's Neag School, Baldwin studied under Joseph Renzulli. After receiving her Ph.D. in 1971, Baldwin became a professor at University at Albany, SUNY. She returned to the University of Connecticut in 1988 and served as a professor at the Neag School until her retirement in 2003.

Publications Baldwin Identification Matrix Inservice Kit for the Identification of Gifted & Talented Students (1977) Baldwin, Alexinia Y., and Wilma Vialle. The Many Faces of Giftedness: Lifting the Masks (1999) Culturally Diverse and Underserved Populations of Gifted Students (2004)