新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Professor Brings Restorative Justice to K-12
Maisha T. Winn is the daughter of African American studies scholar James Fisher, who taught at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis from 1969 to 1974. With a father working at a university, she fondly remembers trips she and her brother took as children to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Arboretum and library and their exposure to higher education.
鈥淪ome children grow up playing in parks,鈥 said Winn, Chancellor鈥檚 Leadership Professor in the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Education and co-director of its .
鈥淐olleges and universities were our playground.鈥
But she also knew other children, especially children of color, did not have the same opportunities to hang out on college campuses. In her work now, Winn works to improve education and life opportunities for all children. She does this through her center, which focuses on teaching teachers and administrators in the K-12 rule how to shift the conversation.
鈥榃rongdoing put right鈥
In her latest which closely mirrors her philosophies, she says restorative justice represents 鈥渁 paradigm shift in the way Americans conceptualize and administer punishment. She is interested in moving the discussion 鈥渇rom a focus on crime to a focus on harm, including the needs of both those who were harmed and those who caused it.鈥
Says the publisher: her book, Justice on Both Sides, 鈥provides an urgently needed, comprehensive account of the value of restorative justice and how contemporary schools can implement effective practices to address inequalities associated with race, class, and gender.鈥
Research on understudied settings: from bookstores to juvenile detention
Winn鈥檚 research spans a variety of understudied settings 鈥 her early work on literacy practices in bookstores and organizations in the African American community; work in institutions where adolescent girls are incarcerated; and the connections among juvenile justice attorneys and school-based practitioners of restorative justice.
鈥淚 am most proud of the work I have done to immerse myself in the lives and experiences of young people and their teachers in school and in out-of-school contexts,鈥 said Winn. 鈥淚 want to do bold work that asks seemingly impossible questions that we must begin to answer together: How do we teach in an era of criminalizing minoritized children and their families? How do we create classrooms and school communities where everyone has a sense of purpose and belonging? How do we teach in a way that people stop killing?鈥
A former K-12 teacher who holds a doctoral degree in language, literacy, and culture from 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Berkeley, she has authored eight books, including the influential Girl Time: Literacy, Justice, and School-to-Prison Pipeline (Teachers College Press, 2011). Her latest book is (Harvard Education Press, May 2018).
Hear her speak about her recent book and its implications for schools, during a presentation at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, 鈥淛ustice on Both Sides: Toward a Restorative Justice Discourse in Schools."
This blog piece is taken from this in the College of Letters and Science alumni magazine, written by Donna Justice, director of marketing and communications, College of Letters and Science.
Related: Read Winn鈥檚 about restorative justice teacher preparation.