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D-Index
55
Citations
63499
World Ranking
1932
National Ranking
921

Gloria Ladson-Billings publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gloria Ladson-Billings sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Gloria Ladson-Billings D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gloria Ladson-Billings sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018 - Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1996 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Gloria Ladson-Billings is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on education, sociology, political science, and speech and hearing. The core topics of their work include educator training and historical pedagogy, teacher education and leadership studies, school choice and performance, critical race theory in education, education discipline and inequality, early childhood education and development, and inclusion and disability in education and sport.

Their recent scholarly contributions include publications in a variety of academic venues. Notable papers by Gloria Ladson-Billings include:

  • I'm Here for the Hard Re-Set: Post Pandemic Pedagogy to Preserve Our Culture (2021), Equity & Excellence in Education
  • Three Decades of Culturally Relevant, Responsive, & Sustaining Pedagogy: What Lies Ahead? (2021), The Educational Forum
  • Teacher Education and "Climate Change": In Navigating Multiple Pandemics, Is the Field Forever Altered? (2021), Journal of Teacher Education
  • Policy Dialogue: Black Teachers of the Past, Present, and Future (2021), History of Education Quarterly
  • The Past, Present, and Future of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: An Invitation to Teachers, Researchers, and Communities (2024), Harvard Educational Review

Gloria Ladson-Billings has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, such as Valerie Hill-Jackson, Cheryl J. Craig, Django Paris, H. Samy Alim, and Na'ilah Suad Nasir.

They have also authored a book titled Justice Matters, published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc in 2023.

Their work has been recognized with awards including the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association in 2018, election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018, fellowship in the American Educational Research Association in 2008, and the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award from the American Educational Research Association in 1996.

Best Publications

  • The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • But That’s Just Good Teaching! : The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education.

    Gloria Ladson-Billings;William F. Tate

  • Just what is critical race theory and what's it doing in a nice field like education?

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 2.0: a.k.a. the Remix

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Chapter 7: Preparing Teachers for Diverse Student Populations: A Critical Race Theory Perspective:

    Gloria J. Ladson-Billings

  • Fighting for Our Lives: Preparing Teachers To Teach African American Students.

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education

    Edward Taylor;David Gillborn;Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Reading between the lines and beyond the pages: A culturally relevant approach to literacy teaching

    Gloria Ladson‐Billings

  • Preparing Teachers for Diverse Student Populations: A Critical Race Theory Perspective

    Gloria J. Ladson-Billings

  • Critical Race Theory in Education

    David Gillborn;Adrienne Dixson;Gloria Ladson-Billings;Laurence Parker

  • It Doesn't Add Up: African American Students' Mathematics Achievement.

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • It Doesn't Add Up: African American Students' Mathematics Achievement.

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  • It's Not the Culture of Poverty, It's the Poverty of Culture: The Problem with Teacher Education

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  • Is the Team All Right? Diversity and Teacher Education

    Gloria J. Ladson-Billings

  • I’m Here for the Hard Re-Set: Post Pandemic Pedagogy to Preserve Our Culture

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Education Research in the Public Interest: Social Justice, Action, and Policy

    Gloria Ladson-Billings;William F. Tate

  • Liberatory Consequences of Literacy: A Case of Culturally Relevant Instruction for African American Students.

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Landing on the Wrong Note: The Price We Paid for Brown:

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and a New Social Movement

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • "Yes, But How Do We Do It? Practicing Cultural Relevant Pedagogy

    Gloria Ladson-Billings

Frequent Co-Authors

David Gillborn
David Gillborn University of Birmingham
Carl A. Grant
Carl A. Grant University of Wisconsin–Madison

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