Ph.D. Brown School of Social Work & Public Health, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

MSW Brown School of Social Work & Public Health, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

BA  St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Professional/Research Interests

• The impact of housing and the lived environment on the health and well-being of African American adolescents and emerging adults.
• Psychological functioning, health-risk behaviors, and physical health outcomes of youth living in urban public housing.
• The role of protective factors (e.g., self-efficacy, parental monitoring, civic participation, and community cohesion) on adolescents' health and well-being.
• The reintegration challenges faced by incarcerated parents with dependent children as they reenter society.
• The effect of state policies on public assistance bans for individuals convicted of felony drug charges and its relation to health-risk behaviors, sex-risk behaviors, and food insecurity in returning parents and their children.