Education

Ph.D., Sociology and Educational Leadership and Administration/Minor-Cr, Union Institute and University

M.S., Criminal Justice, Duplichain University

M.A., Sociology, Georgia State University

B.A., Sociology - minor in Psychology, Louisiana State University

Biography

Ashraf Esmail has a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies with focus in Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Educational Leadership and Administration. He has a MA in Sociology and a MS in Criminal Justice. He is the senior editor of the Journal of Education and Social Justice and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Leadership, Education, and Business Studies. His areas of expertise includes Family, Race and Ethnicity, Cultural Diversity, Political Sociology, Urban Education/Multicultural Education/Violence in Education, Criminology, Deviance, Social Problems, Poverty and Employment, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, Corrections, Terrorism and Homeland Security, Forensics, Bullying, Natural Disasters, and Gun Violence. He has published books including Youth Violence in American Schools: How Can it Be Alleviated, “Oh, It’s like CSI..” Qualitative Study of Job Satisfaction Experiences of Forensic Scientists, Racial Disparity in Sentencing Outcomes: A Study of Sentencing Decisions Under Arizona’s Perspective Sentencing Structure, Internet Identity Theft: An Insight into Victimology and Law Enforcement Response, Professional Development in Community Corrections: A Case Study, A Critical Assessment of Technical Violations in Criminal Justice: A Probationer’s Perspective, Gun Violence in American Society: Crime, Justice, and Public Policy, Post 911: Communication Between Public and Private Law Enforcement, Don’t Touch that Enter Key! Warn the Victim. Stop the Fraud, and Dark Denials and Despicable Damage: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in America. He has an upcoming book entitled Terrorism Inside America’s Border’s. He has presented at conferences including American Society of Criminology, Southern Criminal Justice Association, Justice Studies Association Conference, and Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Southern Sociological Society, Midsouth Sociological Society, and American Sociological Association.