RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pan African Genealogy
- African American Genealogy from Slavery to Freedom.
- Afro Brazilian and Caribbean from slavery to Freedom.
Offender Reentry – Correctional Statistics, reintegration into the community and reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices:
- Reauthorization of the Second Chance Act of 2013: the Second Chance Act of 2007 and its Appropriations needs
- Examine the cost and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience.
- Identifying policy obstacles inhibiting reform of the reentry process.
- Investigate interventions and programs that work to reduce recidivism by addressing obstacles to reentry;
Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Creating and implementation of strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement.
Racial Impact Statements as means of reducing unwarranted sentencing disparities in criminal justice.