Prof. Heidi Mirza

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Heidi Mirza is Visiting Professor of Race, Faith and Culture at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has written widely on Black British Feminism and educational inequalities. She is particularly renowned for her pioneering work on the experiences of Black and Asian girls in school, most notably her 1992 book Young, Female and Black. Her other publications include Dismantling Race in Higher Education (2018, co-editor), Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times: Research Educational Inequalities (2010, co-editor), and Race, Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black Women Succeed and Fail (2009).