Present | Adjunct Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health | |
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Present | Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | |
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Present | Graduate Program Director, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | |
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2010 - 2013 | Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health | |
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2008 - 2010 | Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University ‐ Bloomberg School of Public Health | |
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2007 - 2008 | Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice | |
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2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health | |
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1998 - 2005 | Research Assistant, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice | |
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1996 - 1998 | Program/Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2017 - 2020 | How Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice Involvement Influence the Lives and Deaths of an Urban African American Cohort Followed For 45 Years |
National Institute of Drug Abuse - R01 | |
Role: Co-investigator | |
Colleague(s): Kerry M. Green (PI) | |
2016 - 2019 | Comprehensive School Safety Initiative |
National Institute of Justice | |
Role: Co-investigator | |
Colleague(s): Finn Esbensen (PI) | |
2014 - 2016 | Crime, Justice, and Urban Life as Seen through HBO's "The Wire" |
University of Missouri | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
2013 - 2016 | The Impact of Life Events on Patterns of Drug Use in an Urban African American Cohort |
National Institute of Drug Abuse - R01 | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
2012 - 2014 | Exploring Violent Careers over the Life Course: A Study of Urban African American Males and Females |
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
2012 - 2013 | Evaluation of No Kid Hungry Maryland's School Breakfast Expansion Efforts |
Share Our Strength Foundation | |
Role: Co-investigator | |
Colleague(s): Lori Leonard (PI) | |
2011 - 2013 | Incentive Mentoring Program (IMP): Development of Evaluation Design and Two-year Outcomes |
Shelter Foundation | |
Role: Co-investigator and Project Director | |
Colleague(s): David Altschuler (PI) | |
2009 - 2013 | Substance Use and Psychological Problems among African Americans into Midlife |
National Institute of Drug Abuse - R01 | |
Role: Co-investigator | |
Colleague(s): Kerry M. Green (PI) | |
2008 - 2012 | Drug Abuse and Crime across the Life Course in an African American Population |
National Institute of Drug Abuse | |
Role: Co-investigator | |
Colleague(s): Margaret Ensminger (PI) | |
2005 - 2007 | NIDA Epidemiology Training Program: Johns Hopkins University |
National Institute of Drug Abuse - T32 | |
Role: Trainee | |
Colleague(s): William Latimer (PI) | |
2001 - 2004 | The Aftermath of Incarceration in the Lives of Disadvantaged Men: A 50-year Follow-up Study |
Russell Sage Research Grant | |
Role: Research Assistant | |
Colleague(s): Robert Sampson (PI) and John Laub (PI) |
Honors and Awards
- SPR Early Career Preventionist Network (ECPN) Travel Scholarship, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2011, 2012
- NIDA Director's Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, 2006
- Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, 2002
- Sutherland Fellowship, University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1998-2000
- Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 1994
- Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society, Indiana University, 1991
Courses
- Life Course Criminology - Senior Seminar
- Crime & Justice through HBO's "The Wire"
- Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Introduction to Criminology
- Statistical Tools for Criminal Justice
- Research Design in Social & Behavior Sciences
- Evaluating Criminal Justice Interventions
- Graduate Research Methods
2005 | PhD, University of Maryland at College Park | |
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2000 | MA, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Criminology and Criminal Justice | |
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1994 | BA, Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Criminal Justice and Psychology | |
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