Na'ilah Suad Nasir is an educational researcher and the sixth president of the Spencer Foundation.
Previously she held several named professorships, including the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities and the H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Chair of African-American Studies at UC Berkeley,[3] where she also served as the vice-chancellor of equity and inclusion.
[2] Her academic career has focused on socio-cultural perspectives on education and advancing equitable school systems.
[5] Nasir's work has resulted in the publication of over 30 scholarly articles[3] and several books including Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement Among African-American Youth;[6] Mathematics for Equity: A Framework for Successful Practice;[7] and We Dare Say Love: Supporting Achievement in the Educational Life of Black Boys.
[10] In 2022, she gave the convocation speech to the Northwestern School of Education and Social Policy.