Brandi Collins-Dexter

Brandi Collins-Dexter
Collins-Dexter in 2022
DiedJune 25, 2025 (aged 44)
Academic background
EducationAgnes Scott College (BA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (JD)
Academic work
InstitutionsShorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Brandi Collins-Dexter (died June 25, 2025) was an American writer, researcher and policy advocate. She was the author of Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future and the daughter of Jimmy Collins, the American basketball player and coach. She was a visiting fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy of Harvard Kennedy School. The Hill named her a "person to watch" in 2017 and The Root named her one of The Most Influential African Americans in 2019. In 2020, she was awarded the Champions of Freedom Award by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.