Lawrence M. Mead III (born 1943) is a professor of politics and public policy at New York University (NYU).
Government Matters, his study of welfare reform in Wisconsin, was a co-winner of the 2005 Louis Brownlow Book Award, given by the National Academy of Public Administration.
[4] Mead has published dozens of articles on poverty, welfare, program implementation, and related subjects in scholarly journals, such as the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, The Public Interest and the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
[7] The paper drew widespread outrage[8][9] from the academic community for allegedly perpetuating racist, xenophobic and classist stereotypes,[10] and multiple petitions circulated requesting a retraction.
[9] NYU issued a statement expressing its rejection of "false, prejudicial, and stigmatizing assertions about the culture of communities of color in the United States" in his paper.