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
Inflated Denominators, Selection In Utero, and the Black Male Neonatal Death Paradox.
Journal Article Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · March 2026 BackgroundEpidemiologists speculate that comparatively high rates of fetal death among males conceived by non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women in the United States (USA) could explain the unexpectedly low neonatal death rate among extremely preterm (ePT ... Full text CiteSociohistorical 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 CiteA Note From the New Editors of Demography
Journal Article Demography · January 1, 2026 Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care From Adolescence Into Mid-Life
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 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
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2009
Ph.D.