Dr. Ashraf Esmail
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Dillard University
New Orleans, LA, UNITED STATES
Enthusiastic about pursuing an active research agenda in Sociology, Criminal Justice, Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies.
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Biography
Dr. Ashraf Esmail is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Dillard University. He has previously served as President of the National Association for Peace/Anti-Violence Education in 2010-2011. I served as State Chapter President for the National Association for Multicultural Education in Louisiana from 2005-2013. He has also served as Proposal Review Lead for the National Association for Multicultural Education since 2010. Dr. Esmail was local committee chair for the conferencein 2008. He also serves as senior editor for the Journal of Urban Education and the Journal of Education and Social Justice.
Industry Expertise (5)
Education/Learning
Legal Services
Law Enforcement
Research
Training and Development
Areas of Expertise (6)
Crime and Delinquency
Incarceration
Criminal Justice
Social Justice
Youth Violence
Forensic Science
Affiliations (3)
- Journal of Urban Education : Senior Editor
- Journal of Education and Social Justice : Senior Editor
- Delgado Community College : Part-Time Faculty
Articles (4)
“Negotiating Fairness”: A Study on How Lesbian Family Members Evaluate, Construct, and Maintain “Fairness” with the Division of Household Labor
Journal of Homosexuality
2010-01-01
In this article, I examine how dual-earner lesbian families construct and evaluate an equal division of household labor through their perceptions of “fairness.” Through 22 interviews of dual-earner lesbian families (a total of 44 subjects), I identify that lesbian partners use ...
Voting the Issues or Voting the Demographics? The Media's Construction of Political Candidates Credibility
Race, Gender & Class
2008-01-01
The authors examine news items covering presidential political candidates running for office and how the coverage varies according to the candidates' characteristics. The data for this article comes from items appearing on the websites of four television news organizations...
African American college males and females: A look at color mating preferences
Race, Gender & Class
2006-01-01
This paper explores color-preference attitudes among African-American males and females in the areas of interpersonal attraction and mate selection. The hypothesis underlying the study is that, as lightness in skin color increases, so, too, the perception of attractiveness ...
Assessing effective online instruction sites
Academic Exchange Quarterly
2006-01-01
Using student evaluators and a random sample of on-line instructional sites, we assess the usefulness of on-line instructional sites for learning. Theorists' theories of learning and criteria used in constructing useful sites play a vital role in the development...
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