Current Appointments & Affiliations
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology
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2023 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Sociology
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2022 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of African & African American Studies
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2026 - Present
African & African American Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Sociohistorical contexts of racial violence: sundown towns and the durability of racialized public space
Journal Article Ethnic and Racial Studies · January 1, 2026 Scholarly work on racial violence has illustrated the diverse effects of historical practices like slavery, lynching, and redlining upon contemporary racial inequalities. We extend this work by considering the durable legacy of sundown towns–an understudie ... Full text CiteExamining Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Childhood Gun Violence Exposure: Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Gender.
Journal Article Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · December 2025 This study examined the long-term mental health outcomes associated with childhood gun violence exposure by race/ethnicity and gender. Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (1997-2021). Gun violence exposure was measured as an ... Full text CiteState-level changes in racial disparities in probation and parole rates in the United States, 2001-2018.
Journal Article American journal of epidemiology · November 2025 Although the public health field has increasingly studied the collateral consequences of incarceration, we know little about the health consequences of other forms of criminal legal contact, including probation and parole. Understanding spatial and racial- ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care From Adolescence Into Mid-Life
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027NextGenPop -- Recruiting the Next Generation of Scholars into Population Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2021 - 2026Health disparity of survival advantage: the case of non-Hispanic black preterm births
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2009
Ph.D.