Lawrence Winn

Dr. Lawrence Torry Winn brings over twenty-five years of diverse professional experience, collaborating and consulting with a range of organizations including foundations, cities, schools, colleges/universities, and non-profits. Notable partners include Casey Family Programs, Annie E. Casey, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, City of Newark (NJ), City of Madison (WI), St. HOPE, University of California, Berkeley, Sierra Health Foundation, MLK Sr. Community Resources Collaborative, and Race to Equity. As a trained ethnographer, Dr. Winn’s projects explore the nuanced connections between historically marginalized communities of color and various entities, including schools, non-profits, and government organizations. His research examines race, justice, critical consciousness, foresight, and how Black youth acquire social capital in out-of-school learning spaces. He has co-authored several books including Faith Made Flesh: The Black Child Legacy Campaign for Transformative Justice and Healthy Futures (Cornell University Press, 2023) and Restorative Justice in Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning Through the Disciplines (Harvard Education Press, 2021). Currently, he is engaged in co-editing the Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education—a 10 volume set with the publisher Bloomsbury in London. He also authored articles in Theory into Practice, Race and Social Problems, the Journal of Future Studies, and Adolescent Research Review. In addition to research and writing, Dr. Winn values teaching and mentoring students and emerging scholars. In 2021 Winn was selected out of 3,000 senate members as one of two faculty to receive the UC Davis Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching for excellence in teaching, distinguished class organization, innovative advising, and a steadfast commitment to student success. In 2024 he was a co-recipient of the American Educational Research Association Division L Outstanding Policy Report Award for co-authoring Beyond Suspension Decline: Transforming School Discipline in California. In 2024 we received the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor. Prior UC Davis, he served as the Consultant for Strategic Partnerships and Engagement for the Race to Equity Project (Madison, WI), the Founding Executive Director of the Martin Luther King, Sr. Community Resources Collaborative (Atlanta, GA), the Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships for St. HOPE (California and New York), and the Executive Director of Uth Turn (Newark, New Jersey). A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Winn holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Human Ecology and Education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.