PhD, Norfolk State University
MSSW, Columbia University
BA, SUNY College at Old Westbury

Biographical Sketch

Michael is a native New Yorker who recently relocated to Charm City, Baltimore, MD. He has earned a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, and completed his doctoral Social Work course work at Norfolk State University Michael was awarded the Paige E. Cook scholar at Columbia University for outstanding contributions to the profession of Social Work. Michael brings over 20 years experience in the field of Social Work and his colleagues describe him as having a passion for helping people. Michael has held a number of interesting professional social work positions in a variety of different fields of practice.

Prior to joining the faculty at Morgan State University School of Social Work, Michael worked as a Clinical Social Worker in Virginia's Department of Correction and a school social worker. As the past director of Rutgers University's, Project SEARCH, Michael has worked to coordinate the aftercare services of ex-offender youth. Additionally, he has also been the New Jersey state coordinator for Social Work p.r.n. and an administrator of a school/community based program for Grand Street Settlement. Michael has done extensive research in the area of Youth Development and has several written articles relative to Juvenile Delinquency and Gangs.

Professional/Research Interests

Urban Child Welfare, Returning Citizens

Recent Publications

Archibald, P., Sinclair, M. & Daniels, K (2017) Social Work Analysis of Social Change Reflecting Renewed Plans for Effective Urban Community Policing in Baltimore City Urban Social Work. Urban Social Work. 1(1) 5-19

Allen-Milton, S., Sinclair, M. & Vakalahi, H. (2016) Organizational Identification: Perspectives of Dispersed Social Workers. Advances in Social Work. 17(2) 285-303

Estreet, A, Wells, A. Tirmazi, M. Sinclair, M. & Nebitt, V.(2016) Race and Social Justice In Baltimore: A Youth Perspective. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping. 21(3) 64-75

Pratt-Harris, N., Williams, N., Sinclair, M. & Marshall (2016) Police Involved Homicides of Unarmed Black Males. In Police and the Unarmed Black Male Crisis. (Moore,, S.
Adedoyin, A and Robinson, M. (Eds).

Sinclair, M. & Smith, B. (2015) Engaging Urban African American Adolescents in Treatment. In Social Work Practice with African American in Urban Environments textbook(Wells-Willbon, McPhatter and Vakalahi (Eds).

Pratt-Harris, N., Williams, N., Sinclair, M. & Marshall (2016) Police Involved Homicides of Unarmed Black Males: Observations by Black Scholars in the midst of the April 2015 Baltimore uprising. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 26(3) 377-389

Current Courses

SOWK 630, SOWK 631, SOWK 632 and SOWK 643