SHERILL MORRIS - MVSU



CURRICULUM VITAE

SHERILL V. C. MORRIS-FRANCIS, Ph.D.

14810 Fir Knoll Way

Cypress, TX. 77429

Cell: 281-725-8010

E-mail: sherillmorris@; sherill.morris@mvsu.edu

Education

2009: Ph.D. Juvenile Justice, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, 77445

Dissertation topic: The Relationship between Juvenile Emotional States and Tobacco Use.

2002: Master of Science, Social Work (Administration), Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.

1996: Diploma, Management Studies, Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.

1992: Bachelor of Science, Social Work, Upper Second-Class Honors, Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Kingston Jamaica

1987: Certificate in Computer Science, Institute of Management and Production (IMP) Kingston, Jamaica

1984: Diploma in Teaching, Moneague Teachers College, St. Ann, Jamaica.

Positions:

July 2018 – Present: Director, Academic Assessment, Mississippi Valley State University.

August 2014 – Present: Assistant Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Department of Criminal Justice, Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS.

January 2010 to August 2014: Assistant Dean, College of Juvenile Justice and

Psychology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas

January 2010 - to July 2014: Adjunct Assistant Professor –Prairie View A&M

University, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Department of Juvenile Justice, Prairie View Texas.

August 2008 to August 2009: Graduate Assistant (Research), Department of Curriculum

Instruction, College of Education, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas

August 2008 to December 2008: Adjunct Professor - Lone Star College, Fairbanks Campus, Houston, Texas

August 2006 to December 2006: Graduate Assistant - Research, College of Juvenile

Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University

January 2007 to May 2009: Graduate Assistant (Teaching) College of Juvenile Justice

and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University

Summer 2007 and 2008: Graduate Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Tutor/Mentor ACCESS Program. University College, Prairie View A&M University

October 2005 to July 2006: Social Worker, Invictus Youth Center, Brampton, ON, Canada.

June 2004 to September 2005: Social Worker, Maple Star Therapeutic Foster Care Services, Markham, ON. Canada.

1992 to 2004: Deputy Director/Director Field Operations, Women’s Center of Jamaica Foundation, Kingston Jamaica.

2002 to 2004: Adjunct Lecturer - Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

2000 - 2004: Adjunct Lecturer - Jamaica Police Academy. Spanish Town, Jamaica

Teaching Experience:

Graduate – Mississippi Valley State University

Criminal Justice System – An Overview

Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency

Seminar in Corrections

Seminar in Law Enforcement

Special Topics in Criminal Justice – Re-Entry

Other Graduate Courses Taught:

Research Methods

Statistics

Women and the Criminal Justice System

Undergraduate: Mississippi Valley State University

Criminal Justice Ethics

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Correctional Counseling

Courts Systems and Practice

Juvenile Justice Systems and Practice

Criminal Justice Ethics and Careers

Introduction to Statistics

Research Methods

Other Undergraduate Courses Taught:

Comparative Criminal Justice

Gender and Crime

Victimology

Criminological Theory (Lower and Upper levels)

Social Inequality & Crime

Juvenile Probation and Parole

Principles of Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Administration in America

Introduction to Sociology

Organization and Administration of Social Services

Introduction to Social Services Administration

Research Interest:

Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Minorities and the Juvenile Justice System

School Factors and Delinquency

Juvenile Mental Health Issues

Female Juvenile

Domestic Violence

Restorative and Community Justice.

Honors and Awards:

2019 Nominee – National Advisor (2020-2022) Alpha Phi Sigma, Criminal Justice

National Honors Society

2019 Nominee - IHL Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award

2017 – 2018 STAR Employee for the Year- Department of Criminal Justice, Mississippi Valley State University.

2015-2017 HDRTP Scholars - Junior Faculty Scholar, for two years, in the Health Disparities Research Training Program (HDRTP), Jackson State University

Grants/Awarded/Not Funded:

April 2015 – Co-PI - A Historically Black University Campus Assessment of the Investigation and Adjudication Practices and Protocols of on Campus Sexual Assault: A Mixed-Method Approach (NIJ – $255,702 - Not Funded)

2014 – August - Present: Principal Investigator (With Dr. Oko Elechi) Longitudinal Study with AVANCE – Houston, INC Families (Parents of Head Start children transitioning into kindergarten at age 5 years).

2013- Co-Principal Investigator – Service-Learning Grant – investigating Restorative Practices in a middle school in Texas: Implementation and Assessment ($5,000).

2010 – Co-Principal Investigator – Profile of Children in Conflict with the Law in Jamaica - grant from the Office of the Children’s Advocate, Jamaica ($1,000,000 JA$). Results published as a National Document

Consultancy:

Summer 2017: Internal Evaluator/Consultant, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Summer Reading Institute, Mississippi Valley State University.

Summer 2016: Internal Evaluator/Consultant, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Summer Reading Institute, Mississippi Valley State University.

Summer 2015: Internal Evaluator/Consultant, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Summer Reading Institute, Mississippi Valley State University.

2014 Elechi, O.O., Morris-Francis, S.V.C. & Cobbs, R.E, M., (2014). Program Evaluation of AVANCE Head Start Program, Houston, Texas.

Reviews:

Reviewer for:

National Science Foundation (NSF) Panel Reviewer, January 2020

National Science Foundation (NSF) Panel Reviewer, March 2019

Journal of Social Sciences

Crime and Delinquency

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

Editor:

Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice & Psychology

Research Briefs, a publication from the College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology

Publications:

Book

Morris-Francis, S., Gibson, C., and Grant, L. (2019). Crime and Violence in the

Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica, Lexington Books.

Morris, Sherill V.C. (2010). Juvenile Emotional States and Tobacco Use. Lambert

Academic Publishers

Refereed Publications

Morris-Francis, S.V.C. (2020). Gender Identity in Mongolia. In Gender and Identity around the World. Chuck Stewart (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger. (Forthcoming)

Morris-Francis, S.V.C. (2020). Gender Equality, In Sexual Harassment and Misconduct, by Gina Robertiello (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger. (Forthcoming)

Morris-Francis, S.V.C. (2020). Title IX, In Sexual Harassment and Misconduct, by Gina Robertiello (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger. (Forthcoming)

Cobbs, R.E.M., Elechi, O.O., & Morris-Francis, S. (2018). Community. In Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. Sage Publication. 10.4135/9781483359922

Morris-Francis, S, V. C., Cobbs, R.E.M., & Elechi, O.O. (2017). Racial Profiling, In the Use and Abuse of Police Power in America by Robertiello (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.

Elechi, O.O., Morris-Francis, S, V. C., & Cobbs, R.E.M. (2017). Social Control Theory, in the Use and Abuse of Police Power in America by Robertiello (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.

Cobbs, R.E.M., Morris-Francis, S, V. C, & Elechi, O.O. (2017). Understanding Probable Cause, In the Use and Abuse of Police Power in America by Robertiello (Ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.

Wang, Y., Shuttleworth, D., & Morris-Francis, S. (2016). Improving teachers ‘quality of

Teaching reading through personal development. US-China Education Review-B,

September 2016, Vol. 6, #9. 532-541.

Morris-Francis, S. V. C. (2016) Tobacco Use. In R. J. Levesque (Ed.). Encyclopedia of

Adolescence, 2nd ED. New York, New York: Springer.

Morris, S. V. C., (2015). Crime and Punishment in Africa. In Wesley G. Jennings Ed.).

The Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

Morris, S.V., Rockett, J. L., & O. O. Elechi. (2012). Victimization Patterns.  In Jay

Albanese (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

Morris, S.V., Rockett, J. L. & Elechi O.O. (2012). Qualitative Research.  In Jay

Albanese (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

Elechi, O. O, Piper, D., & Morris, S.V. (2012) Case Studies. In Jay Albanese

(Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

Morris, S. V. C. (2011) Tobacco Use. In R. J. Levesque (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Adolescence

(pp. 2983-2995). New York, New York: Springer.

Elechi, O. O., Morris, S. V., & Schauer, E. J. (2010). Restoring Justice (Ubuntu) – An

African Perspective. International Criminal Justice Review 20(1), 73-85.

Mason, E., Hansen, J., & Morris, S. V. (2009). The Absence of African American

Teachers in the Classroom: A Study on Employment Conditions and Teacher Retention.

Journal of Educational Concepts, Fall, 2009 issue.

Work in Progress

Morris-Francis, S. V. C., Grant, L., & Gibson, C. (2020). Youth and Gender Violence and Crime in the Caribbean, Lexington Books (Forthcoming).

Morris-Francis, S. V. C. “Crime, Violence, and Drugs” in the Handbook of Caribbean Economics for Taylor & Francis.

Morris-Francis, S.V.C. Book Manuscript in development – “Juvenile Probation and Parole – Re-entry”

Morris-Francis, S. V. C. Youth Experiences and Their Involvement in Delinquency: A Case for Building Self-Efficacy Skills

Conference Participation and Presentation:

2020 – February 27 – 28, 51st Annual Conference of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association, Montgomery, AL. Presenter and Session Chair.

Private Prisons and the Problem of Mass Incarceration in Mississippi.

With Alaba Oludare, Rochelle Cobbs and Oko Elechi.

2019 – September 6, Advancing Mississippi Annual Conference, Mississippi Institute of Higher Learning, Jackson, MS 39211. Conference participant.

2019 – April 16, Mississippi Valley State University Research Day. Mentored five undergraduate students in their research:

The Effects of Violent Rap and Gangster Rap Music on Juvenile Delinquency. With Kambreca Mitchell and Quametutia Vance, Undergraduate CJ student. (Second Place Poster competition winner)

Juvenile Murder Charge and the Death, with Rhonique Alexander (Third Place Poster completion winner)

The Use of Corporal Punishment as a Disciplinary Measure, with Jevonte Coates and Tyler Brewer

2019 – March 26- 30. 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Baltimore, MD. Roundtable Organizer and Moderator: Assessing the Community Youth Gang Problem in the Mississippi Delta.

Chaired session entitled: Theories in Family Violence

2018 – SACS COC Annual Meeting, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, December 8 – 11, 2018. New Orleans, LA.

2018 – October 4-5, Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference (TxAHEA), October 4 - 5, 2018. Denton, TX.

2018 – April 12, 2018, Mississippi Valley State University Research Day. Mentored four undergraduate and one graduate student on their research:

Adolescents Inhalant Use and Major Depressive Episodes: Evidence from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. With Khadijah Kidd, Undergraduate CJ Student. (Second Place Poster Winner)

Youth and their Involvement in Delinquency: Building Self-Efficacy Skills. With Kentrell Randolph, undergraduate CJ student (Third place poster winner)

Legalizing Marijuana and Criminalizing Alcohol: The Debate. With Nicholas Berkes, Undergraduate CJ student.

The Effects of Violent Rap and Gangster Rap Music on Juvenile Delinquency. With Reggie Jackson, Undergraduate CJ student.

An Analysis of Opioid Use in the United States by Age, Race, and Gender, with a brief look at the State of Mississippi. With Augustus Johnson, Graduate CJ student.

2018 – February 22 - 25, 47th Annual Meeting of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS), Fayetteville, Arkansas. Represented MVSU Graduate Studies Program in my capacity as Chair, Graduate Council.

2018 – February 21 – 22, 48th Annual Conference of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (GHBGS), Fayetteville, Arkansas. Represented MVSU Graduate Studies Program in my capacity as Chair, Graduate Council.

2018 – February 13- 17. 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) New Orleans, LA. Roundtable Organizer and Moderator: Twenty-First Century Crime Issues in the Caribbean: Youth Violence and Crime Concerns.

Paper Session - An Assessment of Use of Force Policies: A Content Analysis Approach – with Rochelle McGee Cobbs and Oko Elechi.

2017 – November 15 – 18. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Philadelphia, PA. Organizer and Chair -Roundtable discussion: Twenty-First Century Crime Issues in the Caribbean: Terrorism, Female Victimization, and LGBTQQ Concerns.

2017 – October 6. 17th Annual Eliminating Health Disparities Conference: Health Matters. Jackson State University, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, School of Public Health (Participant).

2017 - March 21 – 25, 54th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Kansas City, Missouri. Presenter and session moderator Panel Discussion: The New Conversation – What Do We Tell Our Youth about Police Encounters?

2017 – February 22 – 23, 47th Annual Conference of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (GHBGS), Annapolis, Maryland. Represented MVSU Graduate Studies Program in my capacity as Chair, Graduate Council.

2016 - November 16 – 19, 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) New Orleans, LA. Presenter and session moderator. An Assessment of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the Mississippi Delta.

2016 – October 6, 16th Annual Eliminating Health Disparities, Research Day, Jackson State University, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research. Poster and paper presented: Students’ Perception of Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Gonorrhea in Washington and Leflore Counties’ High Schools, Mississippi. (with Dr. Richard Mushi)

2016 - June 16, 8th Annual Men’s Health & Healthcare Conference: Eliminating Health Disparities – Equipping Men for Health. Jackson State University, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, School of Public Health (Participant).

2016 - April 7, Graduate Research Day Mississippi Valley State University. Presented three posters with graduate students:

Aging, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System (with Kevin Cespedes, Jodian Staple, and Shota Shalashvili)

Perceptions of Sexual Victimization among MVSU Undergraduate Women (with Kevin Cespedes)

Students’ Perceptions of Racial Discrimination on a Historically Black University Campus (with Jodian Staple)

2016 – March 29 – April 2, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Denver, Colorado. Presenter

Health Disparities in an American Southern Prison: Community Based STD Screening and Intervention Management. With Drs. Rochelle Cobbs and Oko Elechi.

Societal Responses to and the Extent of Domestic Violence in one Caribbean Country. With graduate students Kevin Cespedes and Jodian Staples.

2016 – March 1- 2, 47th Annual Conference of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools, Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, MD.

2015 – December 6 – 8, Mississippi Reading Association, Annual Literacy Conference. Presenter – Professional Development Activities Improve the Quality of Teaching Reading in Mississippi Delta Teachers, (with Dr. Ying Wang)

2015 – November 18 – 21, 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Washington, DC. Presenter and session moderator.

November 18, Chair, Roundtable – How are Universities Responding to Student-On-Student Sexual Assault?

November 19, Paper (with Sharmaine Tapper) – Mind over Matter: The Connection of Belief, Affect and Antisocial Behavior Among Transitioning Serious Offenders.

2015 – October 8 – 9, 15th Annual Conference – Eliminating Health Disparities TECHealth. Hosted by Jackson State University, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research. Poster and paper presentation – An Assessment of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the Mississippi Delta.

2015 – June 18, 7th Annual Men’s Health & Healthcare Conference: Eliminating Health Disparities – Equipping Men for Health. Hosted by Jackson State University, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research.

2015 – April 9, Graduate Research Day Mississippi Valley State University. The Cycle

Of Domestic Violence: The Silent Epidemic – Is that So? The case of Mississippi, with a graduate student, Mr. Artiko Greer.

2015 – March 3 – 7, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Orlando, FL. Presenter and session moderator Panel – Perceptions of Opportunity and Formal Responses to Juvenile Delinquency. Paper presented – Perceptions of Opportunity among Juvenile Offenders: Making the Connection with Belief, Affect and Antisocial Behavior, with Ms. Sharmaine Tapper

Organizer and Moderator - Roundtable: The Cycle of Domestic Violence: The Silent Epidemic. Is that So?

2013 – November 20 – 23, 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology

(ASC) Atlanta, GA. Presenter and session moderator: paper presented – Youth Experiences and their Involvement in Delinquency: A case for Building Self-Efficacy Skills

2013 – March 19 – 23, 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Dallas, TX. Presenter and session moderator: paper presented - Bridging the Ideological Gap in the Teaching and Learning of Restorative Justice

2012 – November 14 – 17, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology

(ASC), Chicago IL. Conference participant

2012 – April 20: Presenter “Bridging the Ideological Gap in the Teaching and Learning of Restorative Justice” with Dr. Oko Elechi and Dr. Edward Schauer, at the 7th Annual Research Symposium, under the theme – “Diversity in Research” sponsored by the College of Juvenile Justice & Psychology, Prairie View A & M University.

2012 – March 13 – 17, 49th Annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), New York City. Conference participant and session moderator

2011 – November 16 – 19, 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology

(ASC), Washington, D.C. Paper presented - Profile of Children in Conflict with the Law in Jamaica, with Dr. Camille Gibson and Dr. Lorna Grant

2011 – March 1 – 5, 2011, 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Toronto Canada. Recruiter and presenter – paper presented – Proposal – Profile of Children in Conflict with the Law in Jamaica, with Dr. Camille Gibson and Dr. Lorna Grant

2010 – November 16 – 20. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), San Francisco, California. Paper presented “Private Prisons and the Incarceration of Immigrants” Main author (with Dr. Oko Elechi and Dr. Edward Schauer)

2010 – February 23 – 27, 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, California. Presented three papers and chaired one session.

February 24, Paper presentation - “Restorative Justice Response to Minority Overrepresentation in the Juvenile Justice System”

February 25, Panel Discussion – “Addressing the Mexican Border Gang Problem”

February 26, Paper presentation – “The Relationship between Juvenile Emotional States and Tobacco Use”

2009 – November 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA, November 4 – 7, 2009. Conference participant

2009 – June 3, Conference on Youth Violence: Strategies for Prevention, Intervention and Empowerment, Prairie View A&M University, Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center. Conference participant and moderator

2009 – May 14, “Restoring Justice (Ubuntu) – An African Perspective” Paper presented at the 2nd National Conference on Restorative Justice, San Antonio, TX, May 13 – 15, 2009.

2009 – April 17, “Research Meets Practice” 5th Annual Research Symposium, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas. Conference participant and moderator

2009 – March 10 - 14, “Feminists Responses to Restorative Justice and Gendered Violence” Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Boston, Massachusetts. Main author (with Dr. Oko. Elechi).

2008 – March, - “Victimization and Trauma as Predictors of Female Assaultive Behavior: The Case of Texas” Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Cincinnati, OH. March 11 – 15, 2008.

2008 – April 18, “Improved Mental Health Services to Reduce Juvenile Justice Involvement” Paper presented at the 4th Annual Research Symposium, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View, Texas, April 2008.

2007 - April 13, Book Review, “Sugar and Spice and No Longer Nice: How can we stop girls’ violence” Paper presented at the H. Elaine Rodney, 3rd Annual Excellence in Research Symposium, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University, April 2007.

2007 – March 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Seattle, Washington, March 13 – 17, 2007. Conference participant

Service to the Discipline:

Vice-Chair – 2018-2020 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Section ACJS

Co-Chair 2014 – The Caribbean Crime Study Group

Member - 2017 – 2018 ACJS Affirmative Action Committee

Member - 2016 – 2017 ACJS Affirmative Action Committee

Member – Juvenile Justice Section ACJS

Member – Restorative and Community Justice Section ACJS

Member – Minorities and Women Section ACJS

Member - African Criminology and Justice Association ACJS

Service – to Mississippi Valley State University

2018 – Chair, Program Review and Assessment Committee, Mississippi Valley State University, (2018 – present)

2018 – Present: Editorial Board Member: Up From the Cotton Patch – Revisited

2018 – Present: Member - Historical Site and Up from the Cotton Patch Committee

2017 – Chair, Curriculum Committee, Mississippi Valley State University (2017 – 2020)

2017 – Chair, Research Committee, Mississippi Valley State University (AY 2017-2020; 2020 - 2022)

2017 – Member, Academic Policy Committee (AY 2017 – 2020)

2017 – Member, Program Review and Assessment Committee, Mississippi Valley State University, (2017 – 2018)

2017 – Member, IRB Committee, Mississippi Valley State University, (2017 – 2020)

2016 – 2018: Mentor – Freshmen, Sophomores and Seniors Internship Placement

2016 – Member, Enrollment Management Committee, Mississippi Valley State University.

2016 – Chair, Graduate Council, Mississippi Valley State University (AY 2016-2017 & 2017 – 2018).

2016 - Planning Committee Chair – Graduate Coordinators – First “Graduate Students’

Meet and Greet” June 30, 2016

2016 Appointed to the SACSCOC 5th Year Interim Review Committee for 2016

2017 and 2017-2018 academic years at MVSU

2015 - Present - Department of Criminal Justice - Library Liaison

2014 – Present, Associate Advisor – Zeta Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, MVSU

2014 – Present Department Representative - Strategic Planning Committee, MVSU

2014 - Present - Member – Title IX Planning Committee, MVSU

2015 - Chair - Search Committee for Assistant Professor and Lecturer Department of

Criminal Justice, MVSU

Community Service Involvement

2019 Member: Itta Bena Unified Community Coalition

2019 Jan – to present: Chair, Greenwood Community Steering Committee on Youth Gang Violence

2018 Invited guest on WGNL 104.3 and 106.3 FM Radio Talk Show to speak on the topic – “Violence in the Black Community”. March 7, 2018; November 7, 2018

2018 Organizer - Greenwood Community Focus Group Discussion – Drug and

Crime in the Community, July 14, 2018

2016 Invited Presenter at the Cultural Competency Conference: Engaging,

Empowering, and Promoting Culturally Competent Practices in Mental

Health. Presentation – Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in the

Criminal Justice System – An Overview. December 9, 2016. Hinds

Behavioral Health Services, Jackson, MS.

2016 Guest Speaker – Life Help’s Cultural Diversity Day “The Colors of

Jamaica” January 22, 2016.

2008 to Present: Member of the Cy-Fair Lions Club, Houston, Texas

1986 to Present: Member of Lions Club International

Service to Prairie View A& M University

2012 to 2014: Appointed to the Prairie View A&M Communications Committee

2011 to 2014: Academic Coach - iREAD Program (PVAMU’s Quality Enhancement

Program)

2010 to 2014: Co-Chair, Certification Committee – Department of Justice Studies,

PVAMU

2010 – 2014 – Member of the SACS Review and Assessment Committee – Prairie View

A & M University

2010 to 2014: Member, The Women’s Council for Leadership and Service, PVAMU

2010 Chair, Search Committee for the Associate Dean of the College of

Juvenile Justice & Psychology, PVAMU

Chair, Search Committee for the position of Student Recruiter for the

College of Juvenile Justice & Psychology, PVAMU

2009 to 2014: Appointed to the University’s Historically Underutilized Business

(HUB) Committee, PVAMU

2007 to 2009: Member, Planning Committee, H. Elaine Rodney, Annual

Excellence in Research Symposium, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, PVAMU

2007 to 2009: Faculty Fellow, Building #41, University College, Prairie View

A&M University

2006 to 2009: Secretary, Doctoral Student Association, Prairie View, A&M University

2006 to 2014: Member, Students Recruitment Committee, and Fundraising

Committee in College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, PVAMU

2006 to 2009: Member, International Students Association, PVAMU

Current Professional Affiliation:

Alama-Mississippi Sociological Association

Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society

Mississippi Reading Association

The National Scholars Honor Society

The American Society of Criminology (ASC)

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)

Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA)

Former Professional Affiliation:

Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers, and

Ontario Association of Social Workers

Jamaican Association of Social Workers

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