The Journal of Race and Policy

The Consortium for Research on Race, Diversity, and Policy, and its Board of Directors, are saddened by the untimely passing of our beloved Brother, Dr. Terry Kershaw, on the evening of Wednesday October 28, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Consortium, not to mention the field of Africana Studies, has lost a visionary and distinguished scholar and leader. Indeed, those who had the good fortune to know and work with Terry have lost a dear colleague and friend. Dr. Kershaw was a founding board member of the Consortium, and he served on the editorial review board of The Journal of Race Policy since its inception in 2005. He leaves behind a body of work that will have a lasting influence on the discipline of Africana Studies. We will honor his memory by redoubling our efforts to advance the tradition of scholar-activism, which was cherished by Dr. Kershaw.

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The Journal of Race and Policy is soliciting manuscripts for publication consideration addressing the correlation of race and policy formation, implementation, and results. The Journal seeks critical and creative research that advances the understanding of the juncture of Race and foreign policy making. Works employing Innovative theoretical and methodological approaches are also encouraged. For more information, please read the Call for Papers below:

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A Note of Appreciation for Service Rendered:

As his term as editor of The Journal of Race and Policy ends, we would like to acknowledge the leadership and contributions of Dr. Donathan L. Brown of the Department of Communication Studies at Ithaca College. During his three-year term as editor, the journal has expanded its national and international reach to the multiplicity of academic disciplines, and increased the number of submissions, which has resulted in enhancing the journal’s interdisciplinary reputation. Notable too, is that he has been instrumental in revitalizing the journal's book review section (edited by Dr. Armado Rodriguez, Department of Communications Studies, Syracuse University). Dr. Brown has also assisted with the development of the Consortium for Research on Race, Diversity, and Policy (CRRDP), and supported its research and institutional recruitment efforts. His contributions are sincerely appreciated, and we thank Dr. Brown for his dedicated service!

The Journal of Race and Policy is in press, and will be available to the public by July 31, 2015. This issue marks the tenth year of publication, which coincides with the biannual publication of the journal for the first time ever. Volume 11 issue 1 includes a diverse collection of three scholarly articles, by Adrienne Holloway of DePaul University, Armado Rodriguez of Syracuse University, and Carlos Figueroa of Ithaca College. In, “Higher Education and the Making of Immigration Policy,” Amardo Rodriguez examines a recent case study out of Harvard University’s public policy program pertaining to the so-called linkage between IQ and the (re)making of immigration reform policy. Here, Rodriguez ultimately contends that this ideology promotes a certain kind of methodological hubris that undermines rigorous research, lessens our understanding of the human experience, and makes for poor public policy, especially immigration policy. In, “Are low-income African American households accessing redeveloped neighborhoods? A case study of four Chicago neighborhoods,” Adrienne Holloway critiques affordable rental housing in Chicago since the establishment of U.S. federal housing policy. Utilizing gentrification and Housing Choice Voucher data for the Chicago area, this paper examines the degree to which low-income African American household are accessing redeveloping urban neighborhoods. And in, “Quaker Political Interventions, and U.S. Puerto Rico Policy Development, 1900–1917,” Carlos Figueroa explores how Quaker political interventions — between the Foraker Act (1900) and the Jones Act (1917) — shaped insular policy debates over the extension of citizenship, and self-government in Puerto Rico. Figueroa examines the debates held at the Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and other Dependent Peoples (LMC) over U.S. Puerto Rico policy development within the context of an emerging U.S. imperialist state.

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The Journal of Race and Policy would not be here if it were not for the editors who ensure the quality of the articles. The names below are the editors that contribute to the body of knowledge pertaining to race and policy.

Michael L. Clemons, Founding Editor
Old Dominion University

William H.L. Dorsey, Associate Editor
Atlanta Metropolitan College

Donathan L. Brown, Managing Editor
Ithaca College

Amardo Rodriguez, Book Review Editor
Syracuse University

Adolphus G. Belk Jr.
Winthrop College

Beverly A. Bunch-Lyons
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Micheal A. Boatwright
South Carolina State University

Sharnon D. Brown-Clemons
Norfolk Public Schools

Alan Colon
Independent Scholar

Marvin P. Dawkins
University of Miami

Leroy G. Dorsey
University of Memphis

Roberson Taj Frazier
University of Southern California

Judson L. Jeffries
The Ohio State University

Sekou Franklin
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

Christopher A. House
Ithaca College

Ollie A. Johnson
Wayne State University

Kimberly James
The Headwaters Group, St. Paul, MN

Charles E. Jones
University of Cincinnati

William G. Jones, III
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Terry Kershaw
University of Cincinnati

Jonathan Leib
Old Dominion University

Kidane Mengistaub
Penn State

Berhanu Mengitsu
Old Dominion University

Tracy Middleton
Benedict College

Vanessa Sheppard
Georgetown University

Wendy Smooth
The Ohio State University

Karin Stanford
California State University, Northridge

D'Andre Orey
Jackson State University

Adolph Reed. Jr.
University of Pennsylvania

Mitchell Rice
Texas A&M University

Gail Singleton Taylor
Old Dominion University

Susie Jans-Thomas
University of West Florida

Alex Wilingham
Williams College

Rudolph Wilson
Norfolk State University

Naomi Zack
University of Oregon

The Journal of Race and Policy (JRP) was conceived at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia in 2004. It was initiated with a small seed grant from the university's Division of Academic Affairs. The mission of the journal is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of research on public policy issues and initiatives in areas such as education, employment, health care, political participation, social welfare, and social justice. As an independent, peer reviewed, scholarly publication, the journal seeks to promote intellectual debate, rigorous investigation, and the development of new ideas on race, ethnicity, diversity, and public policy in American society and the global arena. The JRP speaks to the contemporary problems and complexities that beset the United States and the world in light of quickened and more profound patterns of technological and economic development - patterns frequently coupled with population expansion marked by racial, ethnic, and cultural diversification. Within this context, the pursuit of the goals of social equity and justice are regarded as paramount for long-term domestic and global stability. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling, in April 2005, the journal published its inaugural issue entitled Evolving Considerations of Race: African Americans in the Post-Brown Era. Dr. Donathan L. Brown of Ithaca College serves as managing editor of the journal. Dr. Michael L. Clemons is the Founding Editor and Executive Director of the Consortium for Research on Race, Diversity, and Policy.