Much of the research on ethnoracial diversity in nonmetropolitan America consists of case
studies describing how the arrival of Hispanics has transformed a particular community. To …

I contribute to our understanding of black–white inequality in the United States by assessing
the legacy of “sundown towns.” Sundown towns are places that restricted who could live …

The heart of the citizen-state encounter is the interpersonal interaction, and quantitative
methods alone cannot fully capture its nuances. The interpersonal citizen-state encounter …

During the past 30 years, the federal government has transferred more responsibility for the
control, development, and support of public policy to states and local communities in a …

Ethnography is valuable, but the expressions of ethnography in the community development
literature are inadequate. This methodological insufficiency showcases a failure by …

AmeriCorps, a voluntary public service program founded in 1993, has largely consisted of a
nonminority middle-class group, generally 20 to 29 years old, who had the financial …

Governments sometimes apologize for their mistakes but apologizing for mistakes does not
always impart legitimacy on governments. Policing's history in the United States creates the …

My research examines the politics of coalition surrounding the Standing Rock movement,
which occurred in 2016-17, led by Oceti Sakowin Tribal members, who gathered at the …

Discipline Interventions for African American Students and the Perceptions of School
Administrators A Dissertation Presented to Page 1 Discipline Interventions for African American …

This study aims to explore whether the historical institution of slavery in the United States is
manifested in contemporary white racial resentment towards African Americans through …