Research Interests
Co-production of Public Safety and Public Order
Community Policing Efforts within Racial and Ethnic Communities
Community-Oriented Governance
Racial Profiling
The Impact of Personal and Professional Life Experiences on the Actions and Inaction of Public Administrators

Teaching
PADP 4620 Public Administration and Democracy
PADP 6910 Public Administration and Democracy
PADP 7930 Human Services Administration
PADP 7380 Ethics in Public Administration

Education
Ph.D. Public Administration, University of Georgia
M.P.A. University of Georgia
A.B. University of Georgia

Selected Publications

Articles
“An Analysis of Police Traffic Stops and Searches: A Mixed Methods Approach Offering Heuristic and Practical Implications,” with Michael Stahl. Forthcoming, Policy Sciences.

“Representing Blue: Representative Bureaucracy and Racial Profiling in the Latino Community,” with Vicky M. Wilkins. Forthcoming, Administration & Society.

“Quality of African American Life: An Introduction.” Forthcoming, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy.

“Black or Blue: Racial Profiling or Representative Bureaucracy,” with Vicky M. Wilkins. 2008, Public Administration Review, 68(4), 652-662.

“Theory into Practice: Linking Psychopolitical Validity with Community Policing.” 2008. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(2), 1-11.

“Leadership with an Enduring Impact: The Legacy of Chief Burtell Jefferson of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C.,” with J. Edward Kellough. 2006. Public Administration Review, 66(6), 811-820.

“African-American Male Junior Faculty’s Perceptions of Tenure and Promotion: Implications for (Academic) Community Building and Social (Campus) Capital,” with Sheneka M. Williams. 2006. Teachers College Record, 108(2), 244-272.

Book
Citizen Perspectives on Community Policing: A Case Study in Athens, Georgia.  1998. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. 147 pages.

Book Chapters
“Perceptions of Bias-Based Policing: Implications for Police Policy and Practice,” with Billy R. Close. Forthcoming in Michael Lynch (ed.) Racial Divide: Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice.

“The National Urban League: Reinventing Service in the 21st Century,” with Jennifer A. Wade. 2003. In K. Stanford and O. Johnson (Eds.) Black Political Organizations in the Post-Civil Rights Era. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, pp. 40-53.

Encyclopedia Entries
“Diversity in Police Departments.” 2006. In Jack R. Greene (ed.), Encyclopedia of Police Science, 3rd Edition, 2 Vols. (New York: Routledge).

“Minorities and the Police.” 2006. In Jack R. Greene (ed.), Encyclopedia of Police Science, 3rd Edition, 2 Vols. (New York: Routledge).

“National Organizations of Blacks in Law Enforcement.” 2006. In Jack R. Greene (ed.), Encyclopedia of Police Science, 3rd Edition, 2 Vols. (New York: Routledge).