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B. CHERIE DAWSON-EDWARDS PH.D. 216 Brigman Hall

University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292

Phone: (502) 852-0800 Email: cherie.dawson@louisville.edu

EDUCATION

2007 PhD Virginia Commonwealth University - Public Policy & Administration

Dissertation: Determinants of College Students’ Felon Voting Opinions: A Political

Socialization Approach

2001 MS University of Louisville - Administration of Justice

Professional Paper: Racial Profiling: Historical Origins, Current Issues & Future

Implications

2000 BA Western Kentucky University - Journalism and Sociology ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2011-Present Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 2010 to 2011 Associate Professor of Public Administration School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2009 to 2010 Assistant Professor of Public Administration School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2007 to 2009 Assistant Professor Department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky 2005 to 2007 Assistant Professor (Criminal Justice) School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice

Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2004 to 2005 Instructor (Criminal Justice) Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky 2002 to 2004 Assistant Professor (Visiting – Criminal Justice)

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Department of Social Work, Sociology and Criminal Justice Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

2018-Present Chair

Department of Criminal Justice, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville

2017-2018 Acting Director

Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville

2017-Present Director

Social Change Minor, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville 2009 to 2011 Department Chair School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2004-2005 Criminal Justice Program Coordinator Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1999-2001 Victim Services Coordinator, Exploited Children’s Help Organization, Louisville, Kentucky.

Responsibilities included: coordinating and facilitating the kids in court program for child witnesses in

criminal trials; fostering a close relations hip with the Louisville Division of Police Crimes Against Children’s

Unit; establishing working relationships with other community agencies; developing and implementing

the Family Court Children’s Waiting Room Program; maintaining computer records for victim services

programs; recruiting, training and coordinating volunteers; and obtaining and developing annual

evaluation data on victim services programs.

1998-1999 Probation Aide, Georgia Corrections Corporation, Gray, Georgia

Responsibilities included: attending court and performing initial intake proceedings; scheduling

community service work, reporting sessions, and jail time; tracking delinquent accounts, receiving

payments and making large deposits; and preparing necessary paperwork such as warrants, hearing

notices and delinquent letters.

AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS

2017 Unapologetic Supporter for Diversity, Equity & Poverty Programs, Educators' of

Color Celebration, Louisville, Kentucky 2016 Faculty Research Fellow, Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research

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2016 Distinguished Service Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville 2015 Jefferson County Public Schools Golden Oar Award 2015 Honoree, ACLU 60th Anniversary – Sixty Faces of Liberty 2011 Commissioned by Governor Beshear as a Kentucky Colonel 2003-2004 Doctoral Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University (declined) 2002-2003 Doctoral Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University 1994-1998 “Regents and Room” Full Scholarship Recipient, Western Kentucky University PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES Mathies, L., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Carpenter, B. (under review). The New Jane Crow: Black Girls’

Perceptions of Urban Middle School Disciplinary Interactions. International Journal of Student Voice.

Fisher, B., Dawson-Edwards, C., Higgins, E., & Swartz, K. (under review). Who Belongs in School? Examining

the Link between Racial Disparities in Perceived School Belonging and Suspension. American Journal of Community Psychology.

Dawson-Edwards, C., Tewksbury, R., & Nelson, N. (2017). The causes and pervasiveness of

DMC: Stakeholder perceptions of Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System. Race and Justice: An International Journal.

Nicholson, J., Higgins, G., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Walton, I. (2016). The Non-Medical Use of Pain

Relievers among African-Americans: A Test of Primary Socialization Theory. Journal of Substance Use. DOI:10.3109/14659891.2015.1122101

Swartz, K., Osborne, D., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, G. (2015). Policing Schools: Examining the

Impact of Place Management Activities on School Violence. American Journal of Criminal Justice. DOI:10.1007/s12103-015-9306-6

Walton, I.N., Dawson-Edwards, C. & Higgins, G.E. (2014). General Strain Theory and collegiate drinking

patterns among African American female students. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 40(1), 169-182.

Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, G.E. (2013). Knowledge & attitudes towards felon voting rights: An `

examination of the untapped perspectives of HBCU college students. Criminal Justice Studies, 26(4), 393-407.

Dawson-Edwards, C. & Higgins, G.E. (2013). It depends on the crime: Restoring voting rights for violent

and nonviolent felons. Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, 3(1), 41-57. Higgins, G.E., Khey, D., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Marcum, C.D. (2012). Examining the link between being a

victim of bullying and delinquency trajectories. International Criminal Justice Review, 22(2), 110-122.

Minor, K.I., Dawson-Edwards, C., Wells, J.B., & Griffith, C. (2009). Understanding staff turnover in

corrections. Professional Issues in Criminal Justice 4 (2), 43-57.

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Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). Enfranchising convicted felons: Current research on opinions towards felon

voting rights. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46 (3/4). [Reprinted in D. Phillips, Ed., Probation and parole: Current issues. New York: Routledge, 2008].

Lowe, N. C., Dawson-Edwards, C., Minor, K. I., & Wells, J. B. (2008). Understanding the decision to

pursue revocation of intensive supervision: A descriptive survey of juvenile probation and aftercare officers. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46, 137-170. [Reprinted as pp. 129-161 in D. Phillips, Ed., Probation and parole: Current issues. New York: Routledge, 2008].

BOOK CHAPTERS Dawson-Edwards, C., Nelson, N., & Nuss, K. (2017). What’s fueling DMC? The role of school

discipline decisions on disproportionality in the Juvenile Justice System. In N. Parsons-Pollard (Ed). Disproportionate Minority Contact. (2nd ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Dawson-Edwards, C. (2012). Disenfranchisement. In McDonald, Danielle & Miller, Alexis (Eds.).

Race, Gender and Criminal Justice: Equality and Justice for All? San Diego, California: Cognella Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-60927-180-0.

Dawson-Edwards, C. (2011; 2017). Politics, Policy and DMC Communities: The

Cyclical Impact of Community Political Disempowerment on DMC. In N. Parsons-Pollard (Ed). Disproportionate Minority Contact. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Wilderness Programs. In R. Ruddell and M. Thomas (Eds). Juvenile

Corrections. Richmond, KY: Newgate Press. BOOK REVIEWS Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). [Review of Criminological Perspectives of Race and Crime (2007) by Shaun

Gabbidon]. In the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 19(2). ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES Dawson-Edwards, C. (2016). Restorative Justice. In W.G. Jennings (Ed). The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). Jails. In J. Albanese (Ed). Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). Felony Disenfranchisement. In J. Albanese (Ed). Encyclopedia of Crime and

Criminal Justice. Walton, I. & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Brown v. Mississippi. In H. Taylor Green and S. Gabbidon (Eds.).

Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Walton, I. & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Ethno racial Prison Ghetto. In H. Taylor Green and S. Gabbidon

(Eds.). Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. TECHNICAL REPORTS Dawson-Edwards, C., Tewksbury, R., Higgins, G.E., & Rausch, C. (2014). Disproportionate Minority Contact

in Kentucky: Statewide Assessment Report.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS Dawson-Edwards, C. (2017). Disrupting Louisville’s School to Prison Pipeline through Restorative Justice. Louisville Urban League’s State of Black Louisville Report. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2015). Disrupting Democracy: Felony Disenfranchisement Laws and the Smart on Crime Era. Uprooting Criminology Blog. http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/disrupting-democracy-felony-disenfranchisement-laws-smart-crime-era/ Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). The Community as a Criminal Justice Laboratory. Uprooting Criminology Blog. http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/community-criminal-justice-laboratory/

GRANTS & CONTRACTS

Funded Principal Investigator (January 2011-June 2011), Pay It Forward mini-grant. Grant to support the

development of a service learning course that connects students with youth who are at-risk of becoming

part of the School-to-Prison Pipeline. ($5,500/semester; $12,000 total renewable - FUNDED).

Principal Investigator (May 2011-August 2011), Subcommittee of Equity & Justice for All Youth (SEJAY)

funding. Funding to pilot the Kentucky State University Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile

Justice (DMC) Internship Program. ($4,725 - FUNDED).

Principal Investigator (January 2013-October 2014), Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Grant

Name: Disproportionate Minority Contact in Kentucky. Grant to support a statewide disproportionate

minority contact study in Kentucky. ($119,000 – FUNDED).

Co-Investigator (January 2017 – December 2018), National Institute of Justice Comprehensive School

Safety Initiative. Grant Name: School Climate, Student Discipline and the Implementation of School

Resource Officers. ($370, 307 – FUNDED).

Principal Investigator (September 2017 – September 30, 2018), Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice.

Grant Name: Jefferson County – Local Community DMC Assessment. Grant to support a local DMC study

in Jefferson County, Kentucky. ($22, 980.98 – FUNDED).

Submitted Center for Children’s Law and Policy. Grant Name: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Reduction Project. Grant

to support local disproportionate minority contact study in Hardin County, Kentucky. ($25,000 - NOT

FUNDED -finalist).

UofL Office of Community Engagement Research Project/Initiation Grant Addressing. Grant Name: Child

Maltreatment in Diverse Communities Through an Inclusive Prevention Initiative. ($25, 000 – NOT

FUNDED).

Consultantship November 2014-2016 Restorative Practices Consultant, Jefferson County Public Schools

(unpaid) PRESENTATIONS

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Keynotes & Invited Presentations March 2017 Conversation Panelist, “13th Public Screening & Community Conversation”,

Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Louisville, Kentucky. March 2017 Presenter, “Curbing the School to Prison Pipeline: Law, Policy & Practice”,

Louisville Bar Association November 2016 Presenter, “DMC in Kentucky: Trends & Policy Recommendations”, Criminal

Justice Policy Assessment Council- Prevention Subcommittee, Louisville, Kentucky

June 2016 Presenter, A Historical and Contemporary Exploration of Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice. System of Care Academy. Lexington, KY.

March 2016 Lecturer, “Disrupting Democracy: Felony Disenfranchisement Laws and the Smart on Crime Era,” Social Change Series on Crime & Punishment, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. November 2015 Keynote/Panelist, Ali’s Louisville “Restorative Practices in K-12 Education and

Racial Equity” – The Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice, Louisville, Kentucky.

April 2014 Keynote, “Inclusive Reentry: Community Readiness and Engagement in the

Reentry Process”, Virginia Disproportionate Minority Contact Conference

Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia.

October 2013 Presenter, “Recalibrating the Criminal Justice System: Understanding the

Implications of Sentencing Reform,” Brandeis Law School ACLU Chapter,

University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

Conference & Poster Presentations Dawson, C., Higgins, G.E., & Overstreet, S. (2018). Correlates to contact: Examining city police complaints on juvenile offenders. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New Orleans, LA. Fisher, B., Swartz, K., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, E. (2017). Racial Disparities in School Discipline: Looking Beyond the Classroom. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dawson-Edwards, C., Drescher-Burke, K., Swartz, K., Walton, I.N., & Nelson, N. (2016). Missing the Mark: Applying the Coercive Mobility Hypothesis to Exclusionary School Discipline Strategies. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2016). Implementing a Pilot Restorative Justice Project in an Alternative School Setting: A Case Study (poster session). Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Denver, Colorado. Dawson-Edwards, C. & Denton, A. (2015). Implementing and Evaluating Restorative Justice in Alternative Schools (poster session). Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Orlando, Florida. Walton, I.N., & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). Saving Our Students – SOS: The impact of current educational policies and procedures that disadvantaged at-risk students. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Clearwater, Florida.

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Swartz, K., Osborne, D., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, G. (2014). Violent Crime: A Comparison of Stratified Neighborhoods. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, G. (2013). Drilling Down DMC: A Necessary Step. Presented at the joint conference of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice/ National Symposium on Juvenile Services, Louisville, Kentucky. Walton, I.N., Dawson-Edwards, C. & Higgins, G.E. (2013). Examining the Validity of the BMAST: A Rasch Model Approach. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2013). Keynote Address: Inclusive Reentry: Community Readiness and Engagement in the Reentry Process. Presented at the Seventh Annual Conference on Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Criminal Justice System, Petersburg, Virginia. Swartz, K., Osborne, D., Higgins, G., & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2013). Using Opportunity theory to understand The Influence of School Resource officers on School-Based Violence. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Dallas, Texas. Dawson-Edwards, C., Walton, I., Castle, T., & Parsons-Pollard, N. (2013). Is there an App for that? Teaching Criminal Justice with Social Media and Technology. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Dallas, Texas. Walton, I.N., Dawson-Edwards, C. & Higgins, G.E. (2012). General Strain Theory and Collegiate Drinking Patterns among African American Female Students. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Dawson-Edwards, C., Denton, A., & Smith, M. (2012). Evaluating Restorative Justice: The Motivation and Satisfaction with Family Group Conference Participants (poster session). Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Atlantic Beach, Florida. Dawson-Edwards, C., Walton, I.N., Castle, T. & Denton, A. (2012). Is there an App for that? Teaching Criminal Justice with Social Media and Technology. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Atlantic Beach, Florida. Dawson-Edwards, C., & Denton, A. (2012). Immigration in the Bluegrass. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, New York, New York. Hickman-Barlow, M., Jarjoura, G.R., Dawson-Edwards, C., DeValve, M., Guevara, L., & Walton, I.N. (2011). ROUNDTABLE: Service Learning in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Meeting, Washington, DC. Parsons-Pollard, N., Walton, I.N., Goodall, D., & Dawson-Edwards, C., (2011). Disproportionate Minority Contact: Contributing Mechanisms, Politics, Drugs and Solutions. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. Dawson-Edwards, C., Robinson, C. & Workman, B. (2011). Culturally Responsive Education and the STPP.

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Presented at the Paine College Conference on the Black Experience, Augusta, GA. Dawson-Edwards, C., & Walton, I. (2010). Student Philanthropy for Social Justice: Integrating Service Learning Pedagogy into the Criminal Justice Classroom. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Clearwater, Florida. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2010). Felon Voting Restrictions: The Cyclical Impact on Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Criminal Justice System. Presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Criminal Justice System, Petersburg, Virginia. McCauley, L., & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2010). Effective Strategies for Statewide DMC Subcommittees. Presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Criminal Justice System, Petersburg, Virginia. Dawson-Edwards, C., Walton, I., & Parsons-Pollard, N. (2010). An Analysis of the Clery Act, Campus Safety and College Choice Among African-American Students. Research Showcase Exhibit presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, San Diego, California. Dawson-Edwards, C., & Ramirez, M.E. (2010). Felon Voters: A Policy Analysis of Permanent Disenfranchisement in the Midwest. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, San Diego, California. Dawson-Edwards, C., & Walton, I. (2010). Cycles of Exile: An Examination of the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Research Showcase Exhibit presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, San Diego, California. Matthews, B., & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Service Learning in Corrections: Empowering Women Through Social Support. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). The Jeanne Clery Act: An Analysis of College Policies and Compliance. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Pipeline to the workforce: Training corrections’ future through service and learning. Presented at the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice Annual Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Cycles of exile: The School-to-Prison Pipeline as a collateral consequence of the Prison Industrial Complex. Presented at the Third Annual Conference on Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Criminal Justice System, Petersburg, Virginia. Minor, K.I., Dawson-Edwards, C., Wells, J.B., & Griffith, C. (2009). Understanding staff turnover in corrections. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Chase, T., Wells, J.B., Minor, K.I., & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Employee job satisfaction in juvenile corrections: A comparison of facility and organizational levels. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Dawson-Edwards, C., & Walton, I. (2009). Cycles of Exile: An Examination of the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Poster presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Walton, I., & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Examining Crime and Victimization Rates at HBCU’s. Poster presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). Knowledge and Attitudes towards Felon Voting Rights: The Untapped Perspectives of HBCU Students. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). Perspectives on Campus Safety & Victimization. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). Felon Voting Restrictions: A Back End Mechanism for Diminishing African-American Political Power. Presented at the Regional Conference of Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Criminal Justice System, Petersburg, Virginia. Dawson-Edwards, C., Walton, I., Grant, P., & Benders, D. (2008). The Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration of African-American Communities. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lowe, N. C., Dawson-Edwards, C., Minor, K. I., & Wells, J. B. (2008). Understanding the decision to pursue revocation of intensive supervision: A descriptive survey of juvenile probation and aftercare officers. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dawson-Edwards, C. & Walton, I. (2007). Same Thing With a Different Name? The Convict Lease System versus the Prison Industrial Complex. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2007). Convict Leasing vs. the Prison Industrial Complex: The Similarities Between the Effects of Post Civil War Crime Policy on African Slaves and 20th Century Drug War Policies on African-Americans. Presented at the Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies, Frankfort, Kentucky. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2004). Felony Disenfranchisement: The History, Law and Politics of Restoring Felon Voting Rights. Social and Behavioral Sciences Annual Seminars Series. Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Discussant May 2018 Presenter, “Unequal Justice”, Kentucky-Princeton Summer Institute April 2018 Panel Moderator, School Security Symposium, Department of Sociology March 2018 Panelist, Do Not Resist Film Screening – Department of Criminal Justice/Anne

Braden Institute for Social Justice Research March 2018 Discussant, Dismantling Structural Inequality Symposium – Brandeis Law School March 2018 Presenter, “Revolutionary Restorative Justice” at RedTalks, Honors Students

Council

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February 2018 Discussant, Louisville Urban League’s State of Black Louisville Report Release – Speed Art Museum

February 2018 Panelist, From #metoo to #nowwhat Symposium – Brandeis Law School February 2018 Panelist, Humana “Lift Every Voice Panel” November 2017 Discussant, Teaching in the Age of Trump: Politics, Criminal Justice and the

Classroom – American Society of Criminology. November 2017` Session Facilitator, Idea Incubator: Criminal Justice Reform – (re)Imagining

Social Justice at UofL Symposium – Cooperative Consortium for Transdisciplinary Social Justice Research.

November 2017 Panel Moderator, “A Superintendent’s Vision & Black Male Academies”. College of Arts & Sciences Yearlings Club Forum Series, University of Louisville

June 2017 Pop up Panelist, Community Conversation: Impact of Familial Incarceration in Louisville – The Special Project

February 2017 Panelist, PAL Coalition Meeting, Family & Children’s Place November 2016 Panelist, Scholar-Activist Breakfast – Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice

Research. November 2016 Panelist, “Where Do We Go From Here?” NAACP Get HYPE Program, University

of Louisville October 2016 Panel Moderator, ““Navigating the Criminal Justice System - A Black Lawyer’s

Perspective”, College of Arts & Sciences Yearlings Club Forum Series, University of Louisville

October 2016 Panelist, Student Athlete Open Forum & Discussion: Police Violence. Louisville Athletics, University of Louisville

March 2016 Panelist, Joint Week Criminal Justice Panel Discussion. Student Activities Board, University of Louisville

January 2015 Panelist, “The Elephant in the Room: An Open Discussion on Race and Criminal Justice”, Northern Kentucky University

November 2014 Panelist, Ali’s Louisville “Youth Opportunity and Access: Intergenerational Conversation” – The Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice, University of Louisville

November 2014 Panelist, Criminal Justice Panel, Rumble Young Man Rumble- Open Society Foundations, Louisville, Kentucky

October 2014 Panel Moderator, Trigger Documentary Viewing, sponsored by RED Media, University of Louisville Student Activities Board

March 2014 Facilitator, Healing Possible Quorum “Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation” Session

March 2014 Panel Chair/Discussant, “Stop! Hold Your Ground: Police Tactics”, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Wilmington, Delaware Discussant, “Behind the Bars: Political Power, Literacy & Prisoner Reentry”, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Wilmington, Delaware

June 2012 Panelist, African American Initiative Community Criminal Justice Summit, Louisville, Kentucky

April 2012 Panelist, School to Prison Pipeline, ACLU Youth Rights Conference, Louisville, Kentucky MEDIA PRODUCTS

August 2017 Guest, Ethics Forward –Forward Radio (106.5)

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September 2013 Guest, Great Day Live Kentuckiana—ECHO Taste for Prevention (television appearance) August 2013 Panelist, Kentucky Tonight-Drug War (television appearance) TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses taught – Department of Criminal Justice, U of L Undergraduate JA 200-50 Crime & Justice in the US U12 JA 305-02/50 Criminal Behavior F11, U12 JA 360-01/50/75 Juvenile Justice F12, F13, S14 JA 460-50 Corr Treat & Rehab F12 CJ 485-01/02/75 Sem: Justice Admin. WR F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, S12, S13, S14, S15, S16, F16, F17, F18 JA 495-02 Theories of Crime F13 JA 523-50/53 Race & Gender CJ-WR F13, U16, U17, U18 JA-596-50/53/54 Juvenile Justice Issues F14, U13 JA 596-76 Social & Restorative Justice S17, U18 Graduate CJ-644-75 Seminar in Juvenile Justice S14, S16 JA 611-75 Critical Issues in Corrections S15 Independent Study / Mentored Research Fall 2015 Katie Nuss, Mentored Research, 3 credit hours Spring 2015 Angie Schwendau, Mentored Research, 3 credit hours Fall 2013 Demetrius Latham, Theories of Crime, 3 credit hours Fall 2012 Amanda Denton, 3 credit hours Thesis / Dissertation committees 2012 JA Thesis Committee Member—Andrew Denney 2014 Sociology Thesis Committee Member-Brittany Buttry-Watson 2015 JA Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member – David Connor 2016 CED Capstone Project Member – Marcia Carmichaelm, LaRhondalyn Mathies &

Erica Young 2017 -Present CJ Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member – Cassandra Rausch 2017 -Present CJ Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member – Nadia Nelson 2017 CJ Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member – Heather Tolle 2017 CJ Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member- Jason Nicholson PhD Qualifying Paper committee Summer 2016 Member, Ph.D. Qualifiers Committee, University of Louisville Summer 2014 Chair, Ph.D. Qualifiers Committee, University of Louisville Courses Taught at Other Colleges/Universities Introduction to Criminal Justice; Police Systems/ American Law Enforcement; Criminal Investigations (traditional and online); Criminal Law; Criminal Procedures; Issues and Ethics in Criminal Justice; Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice; Introduction to Corrections; Institutional Corrections (traditional and online); CJ Administration; Research Methods in CJ; Community Relations & CJ; Community Corrections

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(traditional and online), Probation & Parole; Legal and Ethical Issues in Adult Corrections & Juvenile Justice Studies; Foundations of Correctional & Juvenile Justice Practice (traditional and online); Administration of Correctional & Juvenile Justice Studies (graduate online); Law and Ethics in Correctional & Juvenile Justice Studies (graduate traditional and online); Adult Corrections (graduate); Fundraising and Grantsmanship (graduate); Organizational Development (graduate); Social Equity & Justice in Public Administration (graduate) SERVICE

Professional Service March 2016 Site Visitor, NASPAA Reaccreditation, Augusta University February 2014 Site Visitor, NASPAA Reaccreditation, Florida Atlantic University February 2013 Site Visitor, NASPAA Reaccreditation, Indiana University-Purdue University June 2012 Assessor, Kentucky State Police Captain Promotion Board 2011 Member, Leadership Kentucky Class of 2011 June 2010 Assessor, Kentucky State Police Captain Promotion Board June 2009 Assessor, Kentucky State Police Captain Promotion Board June 2008 Assessor, Kentucky State Police Lieutenant Promotion Board 2008 Founder/Advisor, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ) charter chapter, Eastern Kentucky University (first chapter in Kentucky) Committee Service Spring 2018-Present Member, JCPS Alternative School Taskforce Spring 2018 Participant, JCPS Racial Equity Policy Ad Hoc Committee Fall 2016 Member, JCPS Site Based Decision Making Council (SBDM) Policy Review 2016-Present Co-chair, SEJAY Differential Treatment Workgroup 2016-Present Member, Community Coaching Team, The Special Project 2016-Present Member, JCPS Behavior Supports Communications & Outreach Committee 2016-Present Member, National ACLU Aid in Dying Subcommittee 2016-2019 Member, ACJS Public Policy Committee 2016-2017 Subcommittee Chair, ACJS Awards Committee – Minority Mentorship Award

Subcommittee Spring 2016 Member, JCPS Code of Conduct Review Committee 2015-2016 Member, SCJA Outstanding Graduate Student Award Committee 2015-2016 Member, ACJS Nominations and Elections Committee Spring 2014 Advisory Member, JCPS Code of Conduct Review Committee 2013- 2014 Member, Healing Possible Quorum Advisory Board, Center for Health Equity 2012 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Implementation Planning

Committee March 2010 Member, Open Doors Project Committee, Kentucky Domestic Violence Association February 2010 Member, DMC Summit Planning Committee 2010-2011 Member, SEJAY Executive Committee 2010-2011 Workgroup Chair, Community Alliances Team (SEJAY) 2008-2012 Member, Nominating Subcommittee (JJAB) 2008-Present Member, SEJAY Subcommittee (JJAB) Manuscript reviewer

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2008 – 2016 Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Youth and Society, IJOTCC, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminal Justice Studies, Contemporary Journal of Sociology and Anthropology

Membership in professional organizations 2014-Present National Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union, New York 2013-2015 Member, National Conference of Black Political Scientists 2012-Present Member, American Society of Criminology (ASC) 2009-2010 Member, American Correctional Association (ACA) 2008-Present Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) 2008-2012 Member, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ) 2007-Present Member, Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA) COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY SERVICE Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Member, Assistant Director Search Committee, Muhammad Ali Institute for

Peace & Justice Fall 2017 Member, Behavior Incident Response Team (BIRT), University of Louisville Fall 2017 Member, Community Engagement Council, College of Arts & Sciences,

University of Louisville Spring 2017 Member, A&S Distinguished Service Committee Spring 2017-Present Member, Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation Certificate Steering

Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville Fall 2016 Member, Paralegal Studies Director Search Committee, College of Arts &

Sciences, University of Louisville March 2016-Present Faculty Affiliate, Anne Braden Institute, University of Louisville Fall 2015-Present A & S Diversity Council, University of Louisville Fall 2015-2016 SIGS Internal Grant Social Justice Proposal Committee, University of Louisville 2015-Present Muhammad Ali Institute – Faculty Research Group Member, University of

Louisville DEPARTMENT SERVICE 2015-Present Member, CJ Graduate Admissions Committee, University of Louisville 2012 – 2015 Member, CJ Ph.D. Admissions Committee, University of Louisville 2012 – Present Chair, CJ Assessment Committee 2017-Present Chair, Diversity Committee PROFESSIONAL BOARD SERVICE 2015-2016 Board Chair, ECHO – Exploited Children’s Help Organization Board of Directors 2014 Member, B.R.A.C.E.S. Advisory Board, Jefferson County Public Schools 2014-2016 Co-Chair, JCPS Equity Council 2013- 2015 Immediate Past President, ACLU-KY Board of Directors 2012-Present Editorial Board Member, Journal of Criminal Justice Education (JCJE) 2012-2015 Secretary, JCPS Family Resource/Youth Services Centers Advisory Council 2012-Present Member, Minority Recruitment Advisory Board (MTRP) 2012-2016 Member, ECHO – Exploited Children’s Help Organization Board of Directors Chair, ECHO Taste of Prevention Fundraiser Subcommittee 2012-2016 Member, Mission Behind Bars and Beyond (MBBB) Board Chair, Policy Subcommittee 2012-2016 Member, Luther Luckett Christian Church Board

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2010-2012 Chair, ACLU-KY Board of Directors 2010-2015 Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 2008-2012 Appointee, Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JJAB) COMMUNITY SERVICE February 2015-2017 Facilitator, Restorative Circles, Minor Daniels Academy, Louisville, KY July 2017 Mentor/Chaperone, Girls on the Rise Mentoring Trip to Cincinnati, JCPS

Department of Diversity, Equity and Poverty Programs April 2017 Facilitator, How to be a Phenomenal Woman – Restorative Circle, Atherton High

School Retreat – Hopscotch House, Prospect, KY February 2017 Presenter, Educator’s Rising Conference, University of Louisville 2015-2016 Initiative Owner, Mayor’s Office One Love Louisville Implementation Team November 2012 Louisville Metro Youth Detention Center Career Day August 2012 Restorative Justice Louisville Facilitator Interviews July 2012 Volunteer Faculty Member, BCTC Latino Leadership & College Experience Camp,

Lexington, Kentucky