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Distinguished African American Studies professor, Oscar A. Barbarin, Ph.D., awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) grant to study racial disparities in School Discipline. The Department of African American Studies, a part of the University System of Maryland’s flagship campus at the University of Maryland, proudly announces faculty member Oscar Barbarin, Ph.D. was named the winner of a grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This funded project addresses the racially disparate use of school suspensions and expulsion.

A new report released September 15th by the University of Maryland School of Public Health provides urgent recommendat

A recent study published in Criminology by researchers at the University of Maryland and at Arizona State University (ASU) finds that Black and Hispanic offenders were more likely to be eligible for life sentences under federal sentencing guidelines, but not more likely to receive life sentences.