Obie Clayton, Jr. - School of Social Work at the University of Georgia

Obie Clayton, Jr.
Office: University of Georgia School of Social Work
310 East Campus Road
Athens, GA 30602-7016
Office: 706.542.3364 oclayton@uga.edu
Home: 1836 Queens Way, Chamblee, Georgia 30341
ACADEMIC PREPARATION:
Ph.D. Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. 1981. Dissertation: An Empirical
Investigation into Criminal Behavior and Sentencing in Georgia: 1975-80.
M.A. Sociology, Emory University. 1978. Thesis: Indicators of Age at First Marriage: A
Marriage Model.
B.A. Religion/Sociology, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi. 1976. Cum Laude - Honors in
Religion.
Diploma High School, (Honors) 1972, Meridian Senior High, Meridian, Mississippi.
FURTHER TRAINING:
Motorola University- Leadership Training (Spring, 1997).
Harvard University Institute for Educational Management- Class of 1998.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Research Methods, Urban Inequality, Race Relations, Demography and Family.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
The Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies
at the University of Georgia School of Social Work
(August 8, 2011 - Present).
Adjunct Faculty of the Morehouse Research Institute and the Chivers – Grant Institute for the
Study of Family and Community Issues
(August, 2011 – Present).
Director of Sponsored Programs and Director of the Morehouse Research Institute
(January 5, 2008- August 29, 2011).
Chair and Professor of the Department of Sociology and Executive Director of the Morehouse

Research Institute. (January, 2001-Dec. 31, 2008).
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Vice Provost for Research and Executive Director of the Morehouse Research Institute,
Associate Professor of Sociology and Editor of Challenge: A Journal of Research on
African American Men. Jan., 1996 - Oct. 1998.
Executive Director of the Morehouse Research Institute, Associate Professor of Sociology
and Editor of Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men. Aug. 1992 –
Jan. 2001.
Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty Fellow, Department of Criminal Justice,
University of Nebraska at Omaha.1988 - Aug. 1992. Courses: Statistics, Research
Methods, Juvenile Delinquency.
Associate Professor 1986 - Dec. 1988. The Atlanta University Courses: Research Methods,
Statistics, Population. Research Associate - The Center on Health and Aging.
Assistant Professor, 1982 - May 1986. University of Massachusetts/Boston, Courses:
Corrections, Juvenile Delinquency, Deviancy, Research Methods, Demography.
Assistant Professor, 1979 – 1981.Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Courses: Demography, Analysis & Design, Punishment & Corrections, Industrial
Sociology, Social Psychology, Sociology of Aging, Social Problems.
Instructor, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 39301
Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Marriage & Family. Summer 1978.
FUNDED GRANTS AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2010
Received $ 1,000,000 grant from DHHS/Office of Minority Health for a consortium of 5
HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health.
2009
Received $ 900,000 grant from DHHS/Office of Minority Health for a consortium of 5
HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health.
Received $570,000 from the Administration for Children and Families/DHHS to develop
methodologies to strengthen families.
2008
Received $ 900,000 grant from DHHS/Office of Minority Health for a consortium of 5

HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health.
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Received $570,000 from the Administration for Children and Families/DHHS to develop
methodologies to strengthen families.
2007
Member of the University of Maryland’s Center of Excellence on Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism (START). Conducting research on inmates as potential recruits
for terrorist organizations. ($75,000)
Received $570,000 continuation grant from the Administration for Children and Families
to continue research on strengthening families.**
Received $170,00 Conference Grant from the Carnegie Corporation to host an
invitational roundtable on males in higher education.
2006
Received $1,000,000 grant from DHHS/Office of Minority Health for a consortium of 5
HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health. *
Received $570,000 from the Administration for Children and Families/DHHS to develop
methodologies to strengthen families.
2005
Received $1,000,000 grant from DHHS/Office of Minority Health for a consortium of 5
HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health.
Received $158,000 from the Dept. of Education to examine gender disparities in higher
education.
2004
2003
2002
Received $1,000,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services/Office of
Minority Health for a Consortium of 5 HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health.
Received $1,000,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services/Office of
Minority Health for a Consortium of 5 HBCU’s to address Minority Male Health.
Received $469,000 grant from Office of Population Affairs/Department of Health and
Human Services (Title X, Male Reproductive Health Project).

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2001
Received $450,000 grant from Office of Population Affairs/Department of Health and
Human Services (Title X, Male Reproductive Health Project).
Received $85,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to produce a documentary of the
Economic Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
Received $220,000 from Office of Minority Health/DHHS for Teen Violence Prevention
program. 2001.
2000
Received $110,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to conduct a
study of seat belt usage by minorities in Georgia.
Received $350,000 grant from Office of Population Affairs/Department of Health and
Human Services (Title X, Male Reproductive Health Project).
Received 352,000 from the National Science Foundation for support of a project to
increase minority enrollment in graduate school.
1999
1995
1994
$170,000 Conference Grant from the Ford Foundation to host a conference on African
American Fathers and Families.
Wrote a proposal to the Ford Foundation for support of the Morehouse Research Institute
and received $350,000.
Wrote proposal for membership in the Minority Male Consortium. A group of 16
HBCU'S receiving $4.9 million from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Wrote a proposal to the Rockefeller Foundation and received $200,000 for support of the
Morehouse Research Institute.
1993
1993
Received funds from the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Federal Transit Agency
to do research on Crime and Mass Transit.
Organized conference honoring the 50th anniversary of Gunnar Myrdal's An American
Dilemma. Conference was funded by Carnegie Corporation, Ford, Rockefeller, AT&T,
Coca Cola Foundations and the Foundation for Child Development. Received grants for
the conference in the amount of $117,000.

1992
1991
Member of the Evaluation Team of the Atlanta Project, Michael Giles, Chief
Evaluator. 1992.
Co-Principal Investigator "The Atlanta Social Survey on Urban Inequality," a
component of a multi-city study funded by the Russell Sage and Ford Foundations.
Received research funds from the University Committee on Research, University of
Nebraska at Omaha, to hold a conference on Homicide in the U.S. 1991.
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1989
1988
Received research funds from the Center for Public Affairs Research of the University of
Nebraska to study homicide in Omaha.
Consultant Division of Family & Children Services (State of Georgia). Developed
Worker Accountability System.
Received research grant from University of Nebraska's Center for Applied Urban
Research to study Violent Crime in Nebraska.
Project Director "Minority Manpower in the Aging Network". Funded by the
Administration on Aging. 1986 – 1987.
1985
Developed statistics and methodology courses for the Department of Sociology at the
Atlanta University - Dr. Wilbur Watson, Chair. Summer 1985.
Received grant to study alternative sentencing in Massachusetts from the Institute for the
Study of Black Culture -- The University of Massachusetts/Boston. Summer 1985.
Received Faculty Development Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences, University
of Massachusetts/Boston for my research on homicide. Fall 1985.
Received research funds from the Sociology Department, University of Massachusetts/
Boston, for research on homicide. Fall 1985.
1984
Visiting Scholar (Atlanta University). Conducted research on the lives of Southern
Blacks and taught a graduate statistics course. Additionally, I served as a consultant for a
half-way house operated for Cuban refugees sponsored by the Department of Justice and
the Atlanta University. Summer 1984.

1983
1982
Visiting Scholar (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research). Summer 1983.
Statistical Analyst for the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services.
Summer 1982.
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1981
1979
Instructor in (Lilly Foundation-Funded) Institute in Urban Problems Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Georgia. Summer 1980-1981.
Management Analyst: Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 1978 – 1979.
Consultant for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). Alternative
Transportation Report (Research Atlanta). Consultant for Georgia Department of
Offender Rehabilitation/Tim Carr, Director of Systems. Consultant for Georgia
Department of Human Resources -- Division of Youth Services.
Consultant for National Institute of Mental Health Study: 5-R01-PHS-MH31106 --
Conducted by Margaret Beale Spencer, Ph.D. Principal Investigator: Emory University.
1977
Student Intern: Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
“Radicalization of U.S. Prisoners.” Criminology and Public Policy, Vol. 7, Number 3,
August, 2009.
“Reflecting on Reconnecting Males to Higher Education.” (With Cynthia Hewitt and
Eddie Gaffney). New Directions for Student Services, Number 107, Fall 2004.
“The Church and Social Change: Accommodation, Moderation, or Protest?” Daedalus,
Vol. 124 Number 1, winter 1995.
"A Reconsideration of Black Homicide: Some Not So Known Facts." Challenge: A
Journal of Research on African Men, Vol. 3, No. 1, Oct. 1992.
"A Longitudinal look at Homicide in a Mid-Western City: Has it Changed?" (With V.
Webb). Sociological Practice Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan. 1991.
"Competing Exchange Rules in Social Welfare Work." Journal of Sociology and Social
Welfare." Vol. 17, No. 4, Dec. 1990 (Co-Author, Paula Dressel et al).

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"Race Differences in the Effect of Socioeconomic Status, Curriculum Tracking, Peer and
Parental Attitudes on College Attendance: The Specification of two Competing
Theories." (Co-Authors, R. Coates, C. Bennett and K. Chandler). Canadian Journal of
Education, Vol. 15, No. 3. June 1988.
"Deprofessionalization, Proletarianization and Social Welfare Work." Journal of
Sociology and Social Welfare, (Co-Authors P. Dressel, A. Chandler-Clayton, M. Sweat,
and M. Waters.) Vol. 15, No. 2, June 1988.
BOOKS:
"Attitudes Concerning the Use of Interpersonal Violence." (Phylon (December 1987).
"The Effects of Prison Crowding Upon Infraction Rates." Criminal Justice Review, Vol.
9, Number 2, December 1984 (With T. Carr).
"Subjective Decision Making in Medical School Admissions." Sex Roles, Vol. II,
Numbers 1 and 2, April 1984. (Co-authors R. Levinson and A. Baird).
"A Reconsideration of the Effects of Race in Criminal Sentencing." Criminal Justice
Review, Vol. 8, Number 2, December 1983.
"An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of Prison Crowding Upon Recidivism." Journal
of Criminal Justice, Vol. 15, No.3(With T. Carr).
An American Dilemma Revisited Race Relations in a Changing World: An American
(editor). 1996. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Black Fathers in Contemporary American Society: Strength, Weaknesses, and Strategies
for Change. eds. O. Clayton, R. Mincy and D. Blankenhorn. 2003. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Atlanta and “the Dream”: Race, Ethnicity, and Recent Demographic and Socioeconomic
Trends” in Past Trends and Future and Future Prospects of the American City. 2009. D.
Sjoquest (ed): Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
“Making Prisons Safer: Policies and Strategies to Reduce Extremism and Radicalization
among U.S. Prisoners” in Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy (2009). N.
Frost, J. Freilich and T. Clear (eds). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
“The Effects of Crime and Imprisonment on Family Formation” in Criminal Justice

Issues and the African American Community (2008). K. Murty and R. Finnell (eds).
Silver Spring, MD: Beckham Publications Group.
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“How Racial Attitudes and Perceptions Shape Housing Preference in Atlanta” in
Housing Issues and the African American Community 2003. Atlanta, Ga. Clark Atlanta
University Press.
“The Effects of Incarceration on African American Marriage Rates” in Black Fathers in
Contemporary American Society: Strengths Weaknesses and Strategies for Change. O.
Clayton, R. Mincy and D. Blankenhorn (eds.) 2003. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
“Racial Attitudes and Perceptions in Atlanta”in The Atlanta Paradox . D. Sjoquist (ed)
2000. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
"The Black Family in Atlanta." in The Status of Blacks in Atlanta. 2002. R. Holmes
(ed). Atlanta: Clark Atlanta University Press.
"The Administration of Justice" in African-Americans: Essential Perspectives. W. Reed
(ed) 1992. New York; Auburn House Press.
Published Monographs
The Consequences of Marriage for African Americans: A Comprehensive Literature
Review (with L. Blackman, N. Glenn, L. Malone-Colon and A. Roberts. 2005. New
York: The Institute for American Values.
Turning The Corner on Father Absence in Black America. 1999. Atlanta. The
Morehouse Research Institute and Institute for American Values.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Review of Policy Guidelines for Bail: An Experiment in Bail Reform, by John S.
Goldkamp and Michael R. Gottfredson, Temple University Press, 1985. Reviewed in
Journal of Criminal Justice, 1987, Vol. 15 (5): 422-3.
SOLICITED PUBLICATIONS:
“Men on Our Campuses”. A summary report from Reconnecting Males to Liberal
Education: A Morehouse College Symposium on Higher Education’s Shifting Gender
Balance”. 2000.
"The Omaha Homicide Project: Issues in Homicide Research." An Occasional Paper
Published by the Morehouse Research Institute. 1991.

"Alcohol as a Contributor to Homicide." An Occasional Paper Published by the Center
for Public Affairs Research - University of Nebraska at Omaha. 1989.
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"Patterns and Recent Trends in Omaha's Homicide Rate." An Occasional Paper to be
published by the Center for Public Affairs Research - University of Nebraska at Omaha
(With V. Webb). 1989.
"The Study of Elderly and Rural Blacks in United States: Comments and Suggestions for
the 1990 Census Data Products." United States Senate Subcommittee on Energy,
Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes. (With W. Watson, W.B. Attah and B.
Cook) A presentation with proceedings published November 1987.
"The Social Ecology of Elder Homicide." A working paper funded and published by the
Administration on Aging.1985.
"Blacks in the Criminal Justice System." A background paper for The Assessment of the
Status of African Americans. The William Monroe Trotter Institute - University of
Massachusetts at Boston.
MEDIA PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED SPEECHES
Correlates of Youth Homicide. National Symposium on Health Behavior Change:
Disease Prevention & Health Promotion. Urban Medical Institute/Morgan State
University. October 2005.
“Campus gender gap: Progress or problem?” The Seattle Times. October 2005.
Black Colleges Confront Challenges”. A paper presented at the National HBCU Week
Conference. Washington, D.C., September 14, 2005.
The invisible men. St. Petersburg Times. April 2005.
Debating DuBois—one ivy grad at a time. Columbia News Service. February 2005.
Promoting Marriage: Should Marriage be Promoted, and Among Whom? Stanford
University. October 2004.
Whither Blackness? Is Anybody Home? Black Parenting in America: Where Do We Go
From Here? New America Foundation. Washington, DC. Feb. 2000.
PRESENTATIONS
How Immigration is Changing the Face of Atlanta. A paper presented at the Georgia

State University, Andrew Young School of International Studies. Feb. 2007.
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“You’re Not Black Enough: Social Constructions of Blackness. A paper presented at the
Emerging Black Leaders Symposium at Tufts University. February 2007.
Atlanta and Race Relations from “1906 to 2006”. A paper presented at the Emory
University’s Transforming Community Project. February 2007.
The Effects of Incarceration on Black Marriage Rates. A paper presented at the DuBois
Conference at Clark Atlanta University. March 2005.
The Consequences of Marriage for African Americans. A paper presented at the Annual
Symposium of the Institute For American Values. Sept. 2005.
Where are the Men? Declining male enrollment in Higher Education. A paper presented
at the Annual Conference of the White House Initiative on HBCU’s. Washington, DC.
Sept. 2005.
Fragile Families Data Workshops -Workshop at the Population Association of America
Meeting, Atlanta. GA. 2002.
“Domestic Violence and Discretionary Police Action in Urban Areas: Exploring Data
Patterns Using Correspondence Analysis.” A paper presented at the Southern
Sociological Society. Baltimore, Maryland. 2001.
“A Growing Divide: Sentencing and Incarceration Patterns in Rural and Urban
Georgia.” A paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society, Baltimore,
Maryland. 2001.
“Persistent Inequalities: Poverty and Segregation in Atlanta.” A paper presented at the
Population Association of America. Atlanta, GA. 2001.
“Sex, Drugs and Illiteracy: An Examination of Criminal Sentencing in Georgia,
1980-2000.” A paper presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association, Mobile,
Alabama. 2001.
American Sociological Association, Recent Research in the Sociology of Mental
Health. 1999.
A paper presented at a symposium to celebrate the publication of the Multi-City study of
Urban Inequality at the John F. Kennedy School of Education, Howard University. 2000.
“Correlates of Violence Against Women”, with William Wakefield et al. A paper
presented at the American Society of Criminology. San Diego, CA. 1997.

Southeastern Regional Sociology Symposium: “The Changing Role of Religion in
Contemporary American Society.
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Alpha Kappa Delta initiation keynote address. Ohio University. 1994.
"Religion and Social Change". A paper presented at the 6th National Morehouse
Research Institute's Spring Conference.
Chaired Session on Crime and Delinquency at the 1993 annual meeting of the
Association of Black Sociologists. 1993.
Presented paper to the Graduate Faculty and students at the State University of New York
at Albany, School of Criminal Justice. Crime and Violent Behavior." A round table
discussion at the annual meeting of the Association of Black Sociologists. 1992.
"The Omaha Project: Methodological Issues in Homicide Research". A paper presented
at the 1992 meeting of the American Society of Criminology. 1991.
"Alcohol as a Factor in Domestic Violence." A paper read at the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of criminal Justice Sciences. 1991.
Homicide Then and Now: A Longitudinal Analysis of Homicide in Omaha, Nebraska
(with Vince Webb). A paper presented at the annual meetings of the Academy of
Criminal Justice. 1990.
"Characteristics of Intoxicated Victims and Offenders" (with V. Webb). A paper
presented at the 1990 meeting of the American Society of Criminology.1990.
"Violent Death in the Black Community" (with Phil Secret). Paper presented at annual
meeting of American Society of Criminology. 1989.
"Mobility in Academic Setting." Paper presented at annual meeting of Southern
Sociological Society. 1989.
"Women Who Care: A Study of Women in the Gerontology Profession." A paper
presented at the 1988 Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems." 1988.
"Sociodemographics of Black Aging." Presented at the 1988 Geriatric Education
Conference of Atlanta University and the University of Alabama Medical School. 1988.
"The Divorce Revolution: Comments on Divorce in Black America." A paper given to
the American Jewish Committee's Task Force on Divorce in the United States. 1987.
"Homelessness in America: The Need for Action." A paper presented at the 42nd
Annual Family Institute of Morehouse College. 1987.

"Structural Correlates of Homicide Among the Elderly." A paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society. 1987.
"Aggregate vs. Individual Data on the Study of Prison Problems." Annual Meetings of
the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 1986.
"Elder Abuse and the Role of the Primary Family". Atlanta University Conference on
Family Caregivers. 1986
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"Roundtable - "Black on Black Homicide". 1985. Annual Proceedings of the Eastern
Sociological Society. 1985.
"The Significance of Race in Judicial Determinations in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts" with Barbara Nobles-Crawford. A paper presented at the 1985
Proceedings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 1985.
"Crowding, Infraction Rates and Recidivism: A Methodological Note." A paper
presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 1985.
"The Effects of Prison Crowding Upon Recidivism." A paper presented at the 1984
Eastern Sociological Society's Annual Meeting. 1984.
"The Offender's Perceptions on Law and the Criminal Justice System." A paper
presented at the 1984 Proceedings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 1984.
Participated in a Conference on Black Homicide, sponsored by the Center for Disease
Control in Atlanta, Georgia.
"A Reconsideration of the Effects of Race in Criminal Sentencing." A paper presented at
the 1983 Proceedings of the Eastern Sociological Society. 1983.
"The Effects of Prison Crowding upon Teenage Infraction Rates." A paper presented at
the 1983 Proceedings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 1983.
Member of Program Committee and Organizer of Section on Social Stratification. Mid-
South Sociological Association. 1982.
"Demographic and Structural Variables in Criminal Sentencing." A paper read at the
Proceedings of the Mid-South Sociological Association (Co-author: John Scanlon). 1981.
"Untangling the Effects of Socioeconomic Background and Individual Ability on
College Attendance for Blacks and Whites," (Co-author: Richard Briggs), Mid-South
Sociological Association. 1981.

"Correlates of Black Return Migration to the South," presented at Emory University's
Sociology Seminar. 1980.
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"Subjective Decision Making in Medical School Admissions." A paper read at the
Proceedings of the Mid-South Sociological Association (Co-authors: Drs. Anne Baird
and Richard Levinson). 1980.
"Theory of Attitudinal Differences Concerning Violence Controlling the Class." A paper
read at the Proceedings of the Mid-South Sociological Association. 1979.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
President, Mid-South Sociological Association. 2002.
The Meyers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America. 1997.
American Sociological Association's Spivak Award for Dissertation Research American
Sociological Association Fellowship. 1979.
C. Wright Mills Award in Sociology (Millsaps College). 1976.
Danforth Semi-Finalist North American Ministerial Fellowship (1976), declined offer.
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. 1975.
ETA Sigma Phi (Academic Honorary). 1975.
Omicron Delta Kappa (Academic and Service Honorary). 1975.
Lilly Foundation Award in Religion - Millsaps College (award carried travel to Israel)
Emory University Fellowship.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Sociological Association.
Georgia Sociological Society.
Eastern Sociological Society.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
American Society of Criminology.
Midsouth Sociological Association.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENTAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES:

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BOARDS:
Chair, Provost Search Committee
Departmental Search Committee.
Departmental Curriculum Committee.
College Human Subjects Committee.
Institutional Effectiveness Committee.
College Education and Curriculum Committee.
Faculty Committee on Research.
American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Committee.
American Society of Criminology Graduate Paper Committee.
Metropolitan Atlanta Crime Commission (1987-1988) and (1992-2002).
Center of Health and Aging - Atlanta University (1986-1988).
Supreme Court of Georgia’s Commission on Children, Marriage and Law (2006- present)
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