Sheila V. Baldwin, Ed.D., is a professor of English at Columbia College Chicago, where she has taught a wide range of courses on race, gender, and cultural studies. Her research and publications center on: African American literature and film, diversity issues in higher education, organizational change, and the educational policies of access and equity for disenfranchised students. She has established several school-college-community collaborations for at-risk and gifted students. Dr. Baldwin has presented at a number of national and international conferences and has participated in educational programs including Oxford University (England). She is an active member on several boards on the regional and national level including the American Association of Higher Education Black Caucus; and currently serves as the Vice President of Programs for the Association of Blacks in Higher Education.

Dr. Sheila V. Baldwin has been a professor of English and African-American Studies at Columbia College Chicago since 1986. Among the courses she teaches are African-American Cultural Experience Through Literature, African-American Women Writers, English Composition, and Introduction to Literature. She is the director of the Columbia College Scholars Program, a high school enrichment program for inner city and underrepresented students. She has conducted research on the African-American Cultural Experience, and African-American Writers. Other interests include multicultural programs, student/staff development, and educational leadership/team building programs. She has recently completed research on a two-year joint study between the University of Notre Dame, Northern Kentucky University, and Columbia College on how students acquire and interpret race and gender issues.

Professor Baldwin is involved in a number of civic organizations and associations that promote the African-American experience. She has served as a consultant to the Chicago Public Schools to increase minority student enrollment in higher education, and is currently on the steering committee of African-American Women Evolving, promoting health issues for African-American women. She is an active member of the American Association for Higher Education Black Caucus where she currently serves on the Executive Committee, and has served on a number of subcommittees. 

She has presented papers at the National Conference on Higher Education, the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and the Mid-Atlantic Writers Association. She has taken graduate courses in education from Northern Illinois University and Chicago State University. She received her Doctorate from Roosevelt University.