Norwood, Kimberly

Professor Norwood’s research focuses on blackthink, colorism, implicit bias, and the intersection of race, class, and public education in America. She lectures around the world on colorism, various social justice/civil rights issues, implicit (and explicit) bias issues and was part of the national team of experts consulted to advise Starbucks on its national implicit bias training agenda.

She has taught law courses overseas at Universiteit Utrecht in The Netherlands, Fudan University in Shanghai, China, at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, and she guest lectured at National Chiao Tung University School of Law, National Cheng Kung University, and NKFST Law, in Taiwan. As part of the law school’s Africa Public Interest Law & Conflict Resolution Initiative, Norwood has supervised public interest externships for law students working in Ghana and Kenya and is now looking at expanding externships to Nigeria.