Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. is an award-winning scholar of race, racism, and education policy and practice. Dr. Henry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His interdisciplinary scholarship revolves around the intersections of school choice/market-based approaches to education—specifically charter schools and the charter school authorization process; political economy; the politics of education; anti-Blackness; educational justice; and Black educational imaginaries. More specifically, Dr. Henry’s research examines how the persistence of anti-Blackness and white supremacy shapes Black peoples’ educational experiences and how the perspectives and practices of Black educational actors can reshape and transform the field of education to be more just and equitable. As a qualitative methodologist, Dr. Henry’s interdisciplinary scholarship draws on Critical Race Theory (CRT), Black Studies, and Political Science.