A professor emerita at Howard University, Dr. Winters was a member of the sociology department and previously served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She has taught at Yale University, the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, where she served as Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs, and at Smith College, where she was Dean of the College. She is co-author of The Practice of Social Work in Schools: An Ecological Perspective (Free Press/Macmillan) and author of African American Mothers and Urban Schools: The Power of Participation (Lexington Books/An Imprint of Macmillan, Inc.). She has collaborated on a number of professional and research articles.

She served as Chief Social Worker of the Baldwin King School Program, the forerunner of the School Development Program headed by Dr. James Comer, Yale University Child Study Center, and was instrumental in fostering the parent involvement component.

A Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University and a M.S. from Columbia University School of Social Work, Dr. Winters continues to foster collaboration between universities, schools, parents and local communities. She has consulted with school systems in Connecticut, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, New York City, White Plains, NY, New Orleans, Milwaukee, North Carolina, St. Louis, Missouri, and Maryland.

Her board memberships include the Board of Managers of Casey Family Services, the operational arm of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Black Women's Agenda, where she serves as editor of the BWA Report Newsletter. She is associate editor of JESPAR, the Journal of Education of Students Placed at Risk published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (New Jersey and London).

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