Dr. Avon Burns is the acting Coordinator/Professor of criminal justice at Mott Community College and Adjunct Professor at Ferris State University. She graduated from Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice with a MS in 1979 and has distinguished herself in the criminal justice field through her work as an academic.

Dr. Burns has eighteen years experience with Mott Community College’s criminal justice program. She developed the City of Flint’s First Crisis Intervention Training Program and restructured the Flint Police Training
Academy to accommodate previously excluded groups. She is regularly sought as an advisor to develop and implement criminal justice training programs for the State of Michigan and Universities.

Dr. Burns has been called upon by the Governor of the State of Michigan to serve on the Michigan Corrections Officers Training Council representing Michigan Community Colleges.

Dr. Burns has received the YWCA Corporate Women of Achievement, Who’s Who American Teachers, Teaching Excellence from the University of Texas, Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Mott Community College and the Who’s Who in the Midwest awards.