Research

 
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Research Interests

  • Mass Incarceration

  • The Politics of Reform

  • Diversion/ Alternatives to Incarceration

  • Policing

  • The School-to-Prison Pipeline

  • Black Criminality

Publications, Academic Research, and Presentations

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  • Diversion Programs, Explained // Website and Fact Sheet, Vera Institute of Justice (Apr 2022)

  • Decoding the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Criminalization, Policing, and the Politics of Reform in Philadelphia, MA Thesis, University of Pennsylvania (2021)

  • “Black Lives Matter,” University of Tennessee, Student Government Association SEC Exchange Summit (2020)

  • “Don’t Count Me Out! There’s Power in Participation: Voter Suppression & Destabilizing Its Reasonableness” Slides, Black Issues Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (February 2020)

  • “A Pillar of Human Rights: financial security for domestic violence victims,” University of Tennessee, Knoxville Senior Capstone (2019)