LARRY LeFLORE, Ph. D.2401 E. McKinney Street, 1215

Denton, TX 76209940-565-8030(h)601-467-3192 (c)

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

Doctor of Philosophy Sociology/Marriage and Family Therapy 1984 Florida State University

Master of Science Family Life Studies/Psychology 1980 The University of Southern Mississippi

Master of Science Community Counseling 1974 The University of Southern Mississippi

Bachelor of Arts Sociology/Psychology 1971 William Carey College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES2013 – Present Dean of the Graduate School Texas Woman’s University

2012—2013 Interim Dean, Graduate School Texas Woman’s University

Primary responsibilities include providing leadership and oversight in strategic planning, implementation, coordination, and review of graduate education. Thus, there is considerable interaction with vice presidents, academic deans, department chairs/program directors and faculty, and graduate students.

2005—2012 Chair and Professor Department of Family Sciences Texas Woman’s University

Primary responsibilities include coordinating undergraduate and graduate academic programs for four academic degree programs that include 12 academic degrees. The program areas are Early Childhood Education/Child Development, Counseling and Development, Family Studies, and Family Therapy. Specific responsibilities include: managing the department’s Counseling and Family Therapy Clinic; scheduling course offerings; managing personnel matters involving 23 faculty, one program assistant, three office staff persons, and 15 to 20 Graduate Teaching Assistants and adjuncts; representing the department throughout the University and the community; collecting and analyzing information regarding program activities, schedules, effectiveness, enrollment, planning and growth; managing the department’s budget; evaluating faculty, mentoring faculty, and managing search committees for the hire of faculty; recruiting

and providing orientation for adjunct faculty; creating and nurturing an atmosphere of excellence in scholarly teaching, research and service; developing and sustaining interest in grant writing and competition for external program and research funds.

Courses taught at TWU:*FS 1001 Seminar in Family SciencesFS 4533 Communications and the FamilyFS 4903, FS 5903, FS 6903 Special Topics-- Basic MediationFS 4903, FS 5903, FS 6903 Special Topic --Family Mediation

FS 4903, 5903, 6903 Special Topics--Conflict MediationFS 4903, 5903, 6903 Special Topics--Advanced Family MediationFS 5573 Family CrisisFS 6903 Special Topics -- Academic Life and Scholarship

*In addition to teaching the above listed courses, I was a guest lecturer in many classes that include FS 7433 Grant Writing in Family Sciences, FS 5894 Internship in Counseling, FS 5443 Multi-cultural Counseling, and FS 1001 Seminar in Family Sciences over the last seven years.

Dissertation Committee Chair:Tesia Wells, December 2012*Robert Williams, May 2010*Michele Vash, May 2008*

*Directed these dissertations to completion

Dissertation Committee Member:Robin Washington-White (Graduated December 2011)Deborah Purge (Graduated December 2010)Alan Wages (Graduated December 2010Cynthia Williams (Graduated May 2010)Sharon Pugh (Graduated December 2009)Amanze Charles Ihedioha (Graduated December 2009)Trecia Thomas (Graduate May 2009)Joseph DeYoung (Graduated May 2008)Gay Thomas McAlister (Graduated December 2006)Angelica Moore (Graduated May 2013)Margie Salgado (Graduated December 2013)

Degree Planning Committee Membership:Edna Chism NicholasTracy Christian (Chair)Sandra GoldenFelicia HollowayKaren Lindwall-BourgMargie SalgadoSonia Snead

Richard Toney

In addition, I served as Portfolio Committee chair for seven Family Studies On-line masters’ students and portfolio and scholarly paper committee member for many other masters’ students in Family Therapy and Family Studies from 2006 to 2012.

2004 – 2005 Director and Extension Professor Families and Health Programs West Virginia University Extension Service

Primary responsibilities include coordinating program efforts of 27 tenured/tenure track and clinical faculty in the areas of family and health related issues; represent West Virginia University, the WVU Extension Service, and the Center throughout the state of West Virginia; program development and evaluation; personnel development and evaluation; coordinate program efforts and collaborate with university, community, state, and national partners; budget building and management; providing orientation training for personnel; grant writing and management; foundation and development.

1999 – 2003 Director and Extension Professor Center for 4-H and Youth, Family, and Adult DevelopmentWest Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia 26505-6031

Primary responsibility included developing and growing a newly organized center that included statewide responsibilities in youth development and family and consumer sciences; supervise more than 158 tenured/tenure track and clinical faculty and 83 clerical support staff persons located in 55 counties throughout the state; develop and evaluate faculty and staff; budget building and management; served as a member of leadership team for WVU Extension Service; build and sustain collaborative relations with university, community, state, and national partners. 1977 – 1999 Executive Assistant to the President 1997 – 1999

The University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-5001

Primary responsibilities include serving as the principal liaison between the president’s office and the faculty; serving as the principal liaison between the president’s office and the staff; directing three commencement ceremonies per year on the main campus and one on the Gulf Coast Campus; supervising three office staff persons; preparing the university’s agenda for the monthly meeting of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning; scheduling meetings for various committees for the president; representing the president at select gatherings and functions.

Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs 1995 – 1997

Continued the activities performed as interim Vice President and taught two courses per year.

Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1994- 1995

Responsibilities included: assisting the University's Chief Academic Officer in assuring that all University degree programs in six colleges maintain the highest academic credibility and quality; faculty development; hiring, rewarding and retaining faculty; curriculum and planning, etc.

Professor of Criminal Justice, 1994 to 1999

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, 1989-1994

Director of the Institute for Juvenile Justice Administration and Delinquency Prevention, 1989-1999 Responsibilities include managing the Children's Justice Act

Program and other externally funded services and research projects.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice --1982-1989

Instructor of Criminal Justice--1977-1982 Responsibilities as Instructor were to develop and teach

juvenile justice courses for the newly approved juvenile justice program within criminal justice. Assistant, associate, and professor positions had/have responsibilities that included: teaching juvenile justice and research methodology courses for the department; advising students at the masters and bachelors levels; thesis committee work; grant writing/management and research.

1992 – 1994 Forrest General Hospital's Life Focus Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi - (out-patient therapy clinic) Worked as a Marriage and Family Therapist with individuals,

couples, and families with marital or family issues.

1980 – 1992 Marriage and Family Therapist - Private PracticeHattiesburg, Mississippi

A part-time practice which included a maximum of five active

cases.

1971 – 1977 Mississippi Department of Youth Services Regional Director for seventeen counties of youth court

services from 1975-1977 Youth Court Intake Officer from 1973-1975 Youth Court Probation Officer from 1972-1973 Institutional Social Worker at Columbia Training School from

1971-1972

RELATED PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES

West Virginia University2001 – 2002 Chair Youth Council, Workforce Investment Board, Region Six West Virginia University

2001 – Present Contract/proposal Reviewer: Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration

2001-- 2002 Standing Review Committee Member CSAP Information Dissemination Panel

1999 – 2005 Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University (Adjunct Prof.)

2000 – 2005 Department of Sociology, West Virginia University (Adjunct Prof.)

The University of Southern Mississippi

1994 MACRO International Bethesda, MD Developed a protocol for juvenile justice and mental health agencies

in an effort to improve services for juveniles who are alcohol and other drug abusers. This was a Center for Substance Abuse, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1993 Faculty, USM-Hattiesburg (MS) Law Enforcement Training Academy

1991 Consultant: Ohio Governor's Office of Criminal Justice. Re: Over-representation of Minorities in Juvenile Justice

1990 – 1999 Faculty, National College of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Reno, Nevada

1990 – 1999 Faculty, Institute for Drug Free Schools at The University of Southern Mississippi

1989 – 1994 Charter Member, The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Conference Review Grants Program. Also reviewed grants for Substance Abuse Treatment

1989 – Present Grant Reviewer, U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

1988 – 1991 Lecturer, Gifted Studies Institute at The (Summers) University of Southern Mississippi

1988 – 1993 Consultant Forrest County Community Partnership Program, a Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services) funded program

1988 – 1996 Faculty, Mississippi Institute for Law Related Education

1988 – 1990 Consultant, Center for the Study of Youth Policy; University of Michigan; RE: Juvenile Detention Project in Broward County, Florida

UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES Texas Woman’s University10/05 to Present

Chair, Masters of Art in Teaching Program Assessment Committee, 2015 Co-Chair, Center for Statistical Services Recommendation Committee, 2015 Co-Chair, Pioneer Open Access Repository (May 2014 – Present) Co-Chair, Graduate Enrollment Task Force (Fall 2014 – Present) Member, TWU Chancellor’s Advisory Council (Fall 2012 – Present) TWU Member Representative, Council of Graduate Schools (Fall 2012 – Present) TWU Member Representative, Texas Association of Graduate Schools (Fall 2012 –

Present) TWU Member Representative, National Association of Graduate Admissions

Professionals (Fall 2012 – Present) Member, Hook Scholarship Committee ( Fall 2012 – Present) Member, TWU Provost’s Academic Leadership Council (Fall 2012 – Present) Co-Chair, TWU Academic Plan Implementation Steering Committee

(Fall 2011 – Present) Member, TWU University Distance Education Advisory Committee (Fall 2011 –

Present) Member, TWU Academic Program Priority Selection Committee (Fall 2011 – Present) Sub-Committee Chair for the Provost’s TWU Academic Efficiency Plan Sub-committee

(Fall, 2010) Member of the TWU Graduate Council (2009-2012) Member of the TWU Athletic Council (2009-2011) Member of the Woodrow Wilson Fellow Steering Committee (2009-2011) SACS Reaffirmation Committee; Student Affairs Team (2011-present) Co-Chair for the TWU Distance Learning Task Force (November 2008 – 2011) Member TWU Summer Stipends Selection Committee (2008 – 2010) Member of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee

(2007-2008) Member of the Selection Committee for Dr. Uhlir Endowed Fellowship for Higher

Education Administration (2007 – 2011) Member of the TWU Athletic Council (2007-2008)

Chair of Graduate Grade Appeal Process (2007) TWU Graduate Council (January 2007 – Expired term for Dr. Jackson) Chair of the Internal Reviewer Committee for the Nursing Ph.D. program (Spring 2007) Nominated for potential evaluator to THECB, to achieve goals set forth in Closing the

Caps by 2015 initiative (January 2007 to 2010) Department of Sociology Search Committee for faculty position (September 2006 – June

2007) College of Professional Education Dean’s Search Committee (November 2006 – July

2007) Council of Chairs (October 2005 – 2012) College of Professional Education Leadership (October 2005 – 2012) Faculty Advisor for student organization—Alpha Ministries (September 2006 –2011) Centennial Celebration Planning Committee for Education Program in College of

Professional Education (2005-2006)

West Virginia University08/99 to 05/05

Brown v. Board of Education Decision 50th Anniversary Steering Committee (WVU 2003-2004)

North Central Accreditation (NCA) Self-Study Steering Committee Member, West Virginia University; chair of the subcommittee on the “demonstration of integrity in practices and relationship (2002- 2003)

Search committee member for the Dean’s position College of Human Resources and Education, West Virginia University (2001-2002)

Chair of search committee for WVU-Extension’s Director of Development position (2001-2002)

Member of the President’s Consultation Committee on the assessment of the Council for African American Affairs, West Virginia University (2002--2005)

WVU-ES Representative on the West Virginia University’s Affirmative Action Oversight Team (2000--2005)

Member of the WVU Extension Services Social Justice Committee (2000--2005) Member of the Martin Luther King Day Planning Committee (2000--2005)

The University of Southern Mississippi1987-1999

Co-Chair of the USM United Way Fund Drive (1996) Member of the Self-Study Committee on Teaching for the SACS Review (1994-1995) Member of The University Appeals Committee (1993-1999) Member of the University Athletics Council (1993-1999) Member of the University Planning and Advisory Committee (1991-1992) First Chairperson for the University Drug Prevention Council (1991-1992) Member of the University SCANNING Task Force (1991-1993) Member of the University Council (1991-1999) Member of the University Committee on Smoking (1990-1999) Member of the University Committee on Smoking (1990-1999) President of the University's Faculty Senate (1990-1991) and served as a delegate for the

College of Liberal Arts for seven years (1987-1994)

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY/PROFESSION

Texas Woman’s University10/05 to Present

Member of the Professional Advisory Group-Pastoral Care Department, Parkland Hospital, Dallas ,TX (2010-present)

Planning Committee member for Fifth National Healthy Marriages Research Conference for the Administration for Children and Families (HHS) June 2008 Conference in Charlotte, NC.

Proposal Reviewer for the Family Therapy Section NCFR national Conference in San Francisco, 2009 

Planning Committee member for Fourth National Healthy Marriages Research Conference for the Administration for Children and Families (HHS) June 2008 Conference in Charlotte, NC.

Academic Advisory Board Member for McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series (2008-present)

Proposal Reviewer for National Council on Family Relations, 2008 Planning Committee member for Third National Healthy Marriages Research Conference

for the Administration for Children and Families (HHS) June 2008 Conference in Charlotte, NC.

Abstract Reviewer for American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Conference (2008 – 2010)

Evaluation consultant with ANTHEM-STRONG FAMILIES –DALLAS (05/06 to 09/11) Efficacy Project for the Practical Parent Education curriculum, Plano Independent School

District (10/06 to 10/07)

West Virginia University08/99 to 05/05

WV Governor’s Citizens Advisory Committee for the Governor’s Cabinet for Children and Families (2004- 2005)

North Central West Virginia Head Start Policy Council (2002 – 2005) Board Member of the Youth Council for WV Region Six Workforce Investment Board

(2000-2005) Chair of the Youth Council for WV Region Six Workforce Investment Board (2001) Chair, research committee, WV Association for Dispute Resolution (2001-2002)

The University of Southern Mississippi

Board Member of the Forrest County Area Development Partnership, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1996-1999)

Board Member of the Bank of Mississippi Community Board, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1995-1999)

Board Member of the Pine Burr Council, Boy Scouts of America, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1995-1999)

Charter Board Member of the Pine Belt Boys and Girls Club, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1987-1992; 1995-1999)

Member of the Board of Directors for the Forrest County, Mississippi Unit of the American Cancer Society, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1993-1995)

Chairperson for the Hattiesburg Public School District's Strategic Planning Initiative,Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1993-1994)

Board Member of the Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, State of Mississippi (1984-1999)

Member of the Curriculum Committee for the Mississippi Judicial College (1985-1999) Chairperson of a Special State Criminal Justice Task Force (Appointed by the Governor),

State of Mississippi, 1991-1992

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

Outstanding Support of Student Life, TWU, May 2015 Leadership West Virginia Class of 2001 Who’s Who Among International Professionals 2001 Recognized by the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Leaning with "A Resolution

For His Contribution To Diversity In Higher Education" (February 15, 1996; Jackson, MS) Most Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient, William Carey College (December 10, 1992) Heritage Award For Community Service presented by William Carey College (Spring

Convocation, 1992) Phil Hardin Award For Distinguished Faculty Service And Leadership (1991) Testified before the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Juvenile Justice, June 24, 1991 Distinguished Contribution to The Advancement of Juvenile Justice Award (1990) Faculty Excellence in Service Award (1989) National Science Foundation Minority Research Award (1989) WHO'S WHO Among Black Americans (1977-Present)

AFFILIATIONS(Past and Present)

Council of Graduate Schools Texas Association of Graduate Schools National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals National Council on Family Relations National Association of Extension 4-H Agents West Virginia Association of Extension 4-H Agents National Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Association West Virginia Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Association American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy West Virginia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy The MS Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

The MS Council on Family Relations MS Association of Correctional Professionals

LICENSES/CERTIFICATION(Active /Inactive)

Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (Active) American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, #18409 (Active) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; State of Florida, #0097 (Inactive) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist: State of Mississippi, #T0423 (Active)

EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND SERVICE GRANTS

Texas Woman’s University

2006/2011 $263,300 – Healthy Marriages Sub-grant with Strong Families of Dallas, HHS, Administration for Children and Families

West Virginia University

2001 $100,000 – School Violence Prevention grant, U. S. Department of Education2001 $21,500 - University Wide Tobacco use Prevention Campaign, through the West

Virginia University Department of Dental Practice and Rural Health and the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health

The University of Southern Mississippi

1996 $329,000 - Children's Justice Act Office of Children, Youth and Families,Mississippi Department of Human Services

1995 $43,000 – Minority Faculty Development Grant U. S. Department of Education

1995 $359,000 - Children's Justice Act Office of Children, Youth and Families, Mississippi Department of Human Services

1994 $303,200 - Children's Justice Act1993 $270,346 - Children's Justice Act1992 $240,356 - Children's Justice Act1991 $175,682 - Children's Justice Act1991 $64,088 - The MS criminal Justice Task Force1989-1990 $34,985 - MS Department of Corrections Parenting Program Evaluation1988 $4,741 - Juvenile Justice Policy Data Collection project1988 $23,000 - Juvenile Justice Jail Removal Plan1988 $12,000 - National Science Foundation Grant1986 $4,946 - Mississippi Attitudes about Crime & Criminal Justice Agencies Project1984 $7,402 - An Evaluation Study of the Mississippi Drug Identification Program

PUBLICATIONS

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BOOK CHAPTERS

Hardesty, D. C., Cote, L.S., & LeFlore, L. (2003). “Changing Campus Culture,” In Promoting Positive Child, Adolescent, and Family Development: A Handbook of Program and Policy Innovations, edited by R. M. Lerner, F. Jacobs, and D. Werlieb. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.

LeFlore. L. (1989). “The Mississippi Juvenile Justice System.” In Mississippi High School Students and the Law: A Handbook for Educators, Parents and Students. Margaret D. Smith, Vol. 1 (ed.), Brandon, MS, Quail Ridge Press, Inc.

LeFlore, L. (1990). “The Juvenile Court in Mississippi: A Court of Records.” In Mississippi Juvenile Court, Margaret D. Smith, Vol. 1. (ed.), Brandon, MS, Quail Ridge Press, Inc.

REFERRED JOURNALS

Falconer, R. C., Reeves-Kazelskis, C., & LeFlore, L. (2000). Perceptions of teachers, Administrators, and community members about returning to a Neighborhood School structure [Monograph]. Monographs of the National Association of African American Studies & National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies: 2000 Education Monograph Series.

LeFlore, L. (1994). Ayers v. Fordice. Encyclopedia of African American Education. Greenwood Press.

LeFlore, L. (1990). Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Judicial Response. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, vol. 41, no. 3A.

LeFlore, L. (1989). Perceived importance of parenting behaviors: an exploratory study. Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation, vol. 14, no. 1, Fall/Winter.

LeFlore, L. (1987). A comparison study of family environment for official delinquent and non-delinquent youths. Journal of Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, Vol.15, no. 2, November.

LeFlore, L. (1987). The impact of dessert philosophy on the juvenile justice system. Quarterly Journal of Ideology, Vol. 11, No. 4.

CONFERENCE PRESENTIONS(Selected List)

“Real Fathers Communicating with their Children.” A workshop co presented at the Adolescents Symposium of Texas 2013, Garland, TX, February 6-7, 2013.

“Black Fathers: Active Parents in their Children’s Lives.” A workshop co-presented at the Texas Association for Infants in Mental Health Conference, Dallas, TX, January 7 -7, 2012.

“Non-Custodial Black Fathers: Active Parents in Their Children’s Lives.” Texas Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, November 17 – 19, 2011.

“An Ounce of Health Literacy: Reducing Inequities in Health Care through Prevention.” Fourth national African American healthy marriages Connecting Research and Practice Conference, Raleigh, NC, June 16 – 19, 2009.

“Building Strong and Healthy Families: In Sickness and In Health.” Plenary presentation at the Third National African American Healthy Marriages Connecting Research to Practice Conference, Raleigh-Durham, NC, June 16 – 20, 2008.

“Building Strong Families: Sweet as Sugar.” A workshop presented at the Third National African American Healthy Marriages Connecting Research and Practice Conference, Raleigh-Durham, NC, June 16 – 20, 2008. “Native American Folklore and Youth Development Programs.” Presented at the National Association of Native American Studies Conference in Houston, TX, February 24, 2003.

“Center Restructuring: A Model for Program and Administrative Efficiency.” Presented at the 2001 Spring Continuing Education Conference for Social Workers, West Virginia Chapter National Association of Social Works Annual Meeting in Charleston, WV, April 24, 2001.

“The Center for 4-H and Youth, Family, and Adult Development: Social Work Practice at Work.” Presented at the 2000 Spring Continuing Education Conference for Social Workers, West Virginia Chapter National Association of Social Workers Annual Meeting in Charleston, WV, April 6, 2000.

“Perceptions of Teachers, Administrators, and Community members About Returning to a Neighborhood School Structure.” Presented at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in Houston, TX, February 25, 2000.

"Father Participation in Family Matters among Families of Head Start Children."Presented at National Head Start Research Conference in Washington, D. C.,July, 1996.

"Calling all Men." presented at the National Head Start Conference,New Orleans, LA, May, 1996.

"Family Issues and the Corrections System." Presented at the Family ResourcesNetwork Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, May, 1994.

"Legal Issues Presented by Clients in Marital and Family Therapy."Presented at the Mississippi Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,Jackson, MS, February 1993.

“Data Collection and Analysis Issues in Studies of Minority Disparity in Juvenile Justice.” Presented at the Annual Training Session of the Office of Juvenile Justice Formula Grant

Conference, Seattle, Washington, February, 1993.

“Minority Issues and the Processing of Juvenile Cases.” Presented at the Annual Training Conference of the Southeastern Coalition of State Advisory Groups, Orlando, Florida, 1991.

“The Importance of Parenting Programs for Minority Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children.” Presented at the Third North American Conference on Family and Corrections, Topeka, Kansas, September 23-25, 1991.

“Building Family Strengths: A Strategy for Corrections Institutions.” Presented at Celebrate the Family – The Seventh Building Family Strengths Conference, Pennsylvania State University, April 3-5, 1991.

“Parenting at a Distance: A Preliminary Evaluation of a Corrections Program for Inmate Mothers.” Presented at the National Black Family Summit, Columbus, South Carolina, March 21-23, 1990. Paper was included in the proceedings for this summit.

“Disproportionate Incarceration of Minority of Youths.” Presented to the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 15-19, 1990.

“Perceived Importance of Parenting Behaviors as Reported by Incarcerated Mothers and Non-criminal Mothers: An Exploratory Study.” Presented at the First National Family and Corrections Conference, Sacramento, California, April, 1988.

“A Study of Family Environments for Black Official Repetitive/Serious Delinquent and Non-delinquent Youths.” Presented to the Sixth Annual Southern Regional Conference of the Association of Black Psychologists, Jacksonville, Florida, April 2-4, 1987.

“A Comparison Study of Family Environments for Official Delinquent and Non-delinquent Youths.” Presented to the Southern Regional Symposium – Building Family Strengths, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, April 10-12, 1986.

“An Examination of Family Interaction and Family Environment for Official Delinquent and Non-delinquent Youths.” Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 7-12, 1986.

“Juvenile Court Statutes, Dessert Philosophy, and Efforts to Correct Juvenile Justice.” Presented to the 31st Annual Southern Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, February, 1986.

“An Examination of the Relationship between Family Environment and Official Delinquent and Non-delinquent Status.” Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 13-17, 1985.

“Community Corrections and the Black Juvenile.” Presented to the First Southeastern Conference on Blacks in Juvenile Justice, Columbia, South Carolina, October 28-30, 1984.

“Moral-Religious Emphasis in the Black Family and Delinquent Behavior.” Presented at the Third National Conference for the Stabilization of the Black Family, Niagara University, Buffalo, New York, November 2-4, 1989. Co-author, Dr. P.J. Dalzine, Chairperson, Department of Social Work, Central State University.

“The Use of Sexual Genograms in Teaching Human Sexuality.” Presented at the National Council on Family Relations, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 5-9, 1989. Co-author, Dr. M.A. Holston, Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, The University of Southern Mississippi.

“Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Mothers’ Attitudes and Parenting.” Presented to the First National Conference on Family and Corrections, Sacramento, California, April, 1988.

“Women in the Labor Force: An Investigation of Marital Conflict.” Presented to the NASW’s National Conference on Women Issues, Atlanta, Georgia, May 28-31, 1986.

“Mississippi’s Attempt to Correct Offenders with the Use of a Drug Identification Program.” Presented to the 30th Annual Southern Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, February 27-28, 1985.

“Marital Problems and the Use of Formal and Informal Networks.” Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists, Long Beach, Mississippi, May 3-4, 1984.