1. LARRY LeFLORE, Ph. D.
2401 E. McKinney Street, 1215
Denton, TX 76209
940-565-8030(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 RESPONSIBILITIES
2013 – 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

2. 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 Sciences
FS 4533 Communications and the Family
FS 4903, FS 5903, FS 6903 Special Topics-- Basic Mediation
FS 4903, FS 5903, FS 6903 Special Topic --Family Mediation
FS 4903, 5903, 6903 Special Topics--Conflict Mediation
FS 4903, 5903, 6903 Special Topics--Advanced Family Mediation
FS 5573 Family Crisis
FS 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 2010
Cynthia 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 Nicholas
Tracy Christian (Chair)
Sandra Golden
Felicia Holloway
Karen Lindwall-Bourg
Margie Salgado
Sonia Snead

3. 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 Development
West Virginia University
Morgantown, 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 Mississippi
Hattiesburg, 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.

4. 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 Practice
Hattiesburg, 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

5. • Institutional Social Worker at Columbia Training School from
1971-1972
RELATED PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES
West Virginia University
2001 – 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

6. 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 University
10/05 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)

7. • 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 University
08/99 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 Mississippi
1987-1999
• Co-Chair of the USM United Way Fund Drive (1996)

8. • 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 University
10/05 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 University
08/99 to 05/05
• WV Governor’s Citizens Advisory Committee for the Governor’s Cabinet for Children
and Families (2004- 2005)

9. • 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)

10. 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 Education
2001 $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

11. 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 Act
1993 $270,346 - Children's Justice Act
1992 $240,356 - Children's Justice Act
1991 $175,682 - Children's Justice Act
1991 $64,088 - The MS criminal Justice Task Force
1989-1990 $34,985 - MS Department of Corrections Parenting Program Evaluation
1988 $4,741 - Juvenile Justice Policy Data Collection project
1988 $23,000 - Juvenile Justice Jail Removal Plan
1988 $12,000 - National Science Foundation Grant
1986 $4,946 - Mississippi Attitudes about Crime & Criminal Justice Agencies Project
1984 $7,402 - An Evaluation Study of the Mississippi Drug Identification Program
PUBLICATIONS
(Select list)
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.

12. 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.

13. "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 Resources
Network 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

14. 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.