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MSU Denver Experts Guide
Racial Issues/Hate Crime
Andrea Borrego
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Fatal police-citizen encounters, Policing, Tasers/CEDs, Incarceration, Prisons/jails, Body worn cameras, Intimate partner violence/domestic violence
Allison Cotton
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Professor
Expertise: Race and crime, Social causes of crime, The death penalty, Women and crime, Juvenile delinquency, Poverty and crime, Prison culture, Criminal justice and the media
Ramon Del Castillo
Department: Chicana/o Studies
Title: Retired Professor
Expertise: Latino public policy issues and concerns, Diversity in American society, Chicana/o studies, Latino youth leadership development, Poetry
Stacey Hervey
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Group violence, Hate crimes, Juvenile delinquency, Education, Internet safety, Online recruiting, Extremism
Jonathan Kent
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Title: Professor
Expertise: Anthropology and prehistory, Archaeology, Historic Denver and Colorado, Native American issues
Chalane E. Lechuga
Department: Chicana/o Studies
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Race (race/racial inequality, US Census), Education (academic achievement/discipline disparities), Latina/o sociology
Anna Ropp
Department: Psychological Sciences
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Discrimination, Prejudice, Gender discrimination, LGBTQ discrimination
Darlene Sampson
Department: Social Work
Title: Clinical Field Faculty and Equity Specialist Coordinator, WEEAC
Expertise: Trauma, Issues related to children of color, Police and community interactions, Educational challenges, pedagogy and curriculum, Over suspension of children of color, School/community consultation-particularly with black/brown communities, Racial bullying, Diversity/equity/inclusivity, Mental Health, General social work
Whitney Traylor
Department: Management
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Corporate law (employment, civil rights, business, litigation), Race issues, Work/life balance, Workplace issues
Tara Tull
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Conflict resolution, LGBTQ student issues, Lesbian theory, Sexual harassment and services, Hurdles facing nontraditional women students, Resources for women
Devon A. Wright
Department: Sociology and Anthropology, Africana Studies
Title: Assistant Professor
Expertise: Black social movements, Conservative right-wing social movements, White supremacist ideology and racist rhetoric in conservative right-wing media organizations, the politics of Hip-Hop culture