{"id":2284,"date":"2026-09-24T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/?page_id=2284"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:54:08","slug":"briana-bivens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/faculty-and-researchers\/briana-bivens\/","title":{"rendered":"Briana Bivens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00539b&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;348deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(43,135,218,0) 20%|#0c71c3 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(43,135,218,0)&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;20%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; top_divider_height=&#8221;113px&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;slant2&#8243; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;33px||30px||false|false&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#efefef&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#e2e2e2&#8243; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;37px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;32.2656px|0px|60px|0px|false|false&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#e2e2e2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/files\/2026\/09\/Briana-Bivens-01.jpg&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css_before=&#8221;background: #00529b;||position: absolute;||z-index: -1;||top: -30px;||left: -30px;||right: 30px;||bottom: 30px;||content: &#8221;;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; alt=&#8221;Briana Bivens&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Briana Bivens-01&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h2>Briana Bivens, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><br>\n<em>History of Education, Informal and Nonformal Education, Social Justice in Education<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Dr. Briana M. Bivens is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Teachers, Schools, and Society at the University of Florida, where she teaches courses in the history and social foundations of education. Her teaching is informed by an expansive and interdisciplinary notion of education. In addition to her education courses at UF, she has taught in women\u2019s and gender studies and child, youth, and family studies.<\/p>\n\n<p>Building on her time as a community-based educator and organizer in Georgia, Dr. Bivens\u2019 scholarship focuses on the theory and history of community-based education, youth political education, and sustainable movement-building. Her current book-length project draws on archival, oral history, and community-engaged methods to document and analyze the history of child and youth work at the Highlander Research and Education Center. 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