Dr. Ashraf Esmail, associate professor and program coordinator of the criminal justice program at Dillard University serves as the director for the Center for Racial Justice, located on the Dillard campus. He is a Baron Hilton Criminal Justice Endowed Professor.   Dr. Esmail has an active research agenda and extensive experience in interdisciplinary research with focus areas in sociology, criminal justice, and educational leadership. He has authored several books on law enforcement, public policy, terrorism, criminal justice, and race. A few of those titles are, Youth Violence in American Schools: How Can it Be Alleviated, Racial Disparity in Sentencing Outcomes: A Study of Sentencing Decisions Under Arizona’s Perspective Sentencing Structure and Terrorism Inside America’s Borders.In addition to his research and teaching experience, Dr. Esmail has worked and presented at conferences at the national, regional, and university levels since early graduate school. He has organized, presided, and presented at conferences including annual meetings of the Society of Criminology, Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Annual Meetings of the Society of Criminology, Race, Gender, Class, Midwest Sociological Society, the National Association for Multicultural Education, and the National Association for Peace Education. He served as president of the National Association for Peace Education from 2010 and 2011 and currently serves as senior editor for the Journal of Education and Social Justice and International Journal of Leadership, Education, and Business Studies. He is the co-editor for the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Higher Education. Dr. Esmail is a state commissioner for the Louisiana Justice Commission and serves on the board of directors for Louisiana Coalition for Offender Resources. He is currently a member of Alpha Phi Sigma. 

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