Julian Kenneth Braxton is the Director of Community and Multicultural Affairs, and an instructor in history department at the Winsor School in Boston, Massachusetts. Julian has been a teacher and senior administrator at Winsor for eighteen years. In 2014 he served as Acting Assistant Head of School. In 2016, he was awarded the Virginia Wing Outstanding Teaching Award.
Julian received his undergraduate degree in political science from Pace University in New York City and his master's degree in educational administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University. Julian has a long standing commitment to public serve. In 1994 Julian received the Patrick Daly/Mother Hale Community Service Award given by the City Council of New York for his work with The Constitution Works, a civic education program for New York City public school students.
Julian is a former Fellow and Counsellor for the Center for the Study of the President. He was awarded the prestigious Rockefeller Brothers Fund Leadership Fellow in 1999. As part of that Fellowship, Julian received funding to design an innovative change project. He created the Black Church Education Collaborative, a college pep program he developed for students attending historically black churches. From 2000-2003, Julian served as Director of the Summer History Institute at the Bostonian Society, which is Boston's historical society. Julian has over twenty years of independent school teaching and administrative experience. He began his career in teaching as a Howard Heinz Fellow at Sewickley Academy (PA). Julian served as Co-Chair of the NAIS 2007 People of Color Conference. He was a member of Call to Action, NAIS's national think tank and advisory counsel on diversity. Julian is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Schools in New England. He is currently a trustee at the Chestnut Hill School.
Julian received his undergraduate degree in political science from Pace University in New York City and his master's degree in educational administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University. Julian has a long standing commitment to public serve. In 1994 Julian received the Patrick Daly/Mother Hale Community Service Award given by the City Council of New York for his work with The Constitution Works, a civic education program for New York City public school students.
Julian is a former Fellow and Counsellor for the Center for the Study of the President. He was awarded the prestigious Rockefeller Brothers Fund Leadership Fellow in 1999. As part of that Fellowship, Julian received funding to design an innovative change project. He created the Black Church Education Collaborative, a college pep program he developed for students attending historically black churches. From 2000-2003, Julian served as Director of the Summer History Institute at the Bostonian Society, which is Boston's historical society. Julian has over twenty years of independent school teaching and administrative experience. He began his career in teaching as a Howard Heinz Fellow at Sewickley Academy (PA). Julian served as Co-Chair of the NAIS 2007 People of Color Conference. He was a member of Call to Action, NAIS's national think tank and advisory counsel on diversity. Julian is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Schools in New England. He is currently a trustee at the Chestnut Hill School.