Publications

Thomas-Davis, S., Smith, V., and Muhammad, B. (2023). On the frontlines: Stressors of Black women caring for children of incarcerated parents. In K. Holden and C. Jones (Eds.), Black Women and Resilience: Power, Perseverance, and Public Health. New York: SUNY Press. 

Capellan, N. and Davis, S. (2021). Child and Adult Food Care Program (CAFCP): Assessing participation, access, and utilization across Family Child Care Providers (FCCP). Submitted to Programs for Parents (PFP). 

Thomas-Davis, S. (2020). Cloaked in liminality: Negotiating roles, identity, and emotional labor within and between prison walls and academia. In J. A. Schlosser (Ed.), Prison stories: Women scholars’ experiences doing research behind bars. Lanhman, MD: Lexington Books. 

Thomas-Davis, S. (August 2020). Don’t rely on Black faculty to do the anti-racist work (How college leaders can give more than lip service to the need to dismantle systemic racism). Inside Higher Ed. 

Arditti, J.A, Christian, J. C., and Thomas, S. S. (2020). Mass incarceration and Black families. In A. James (Ed.), Black families: A systems approach. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing. 

 Thomas, S. S. and Christian, J. C. (2018). Betwixt and between: Incarcerated men, familial ties and social visibility. In R. Condry and P. Smith (Eds.), Prisons, punishment and the family: Towards a new sociology of punishment. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press 

Hanson, R. K., Bourgon, G., McGrath, R. J., Kroner, D., D’Amora, D. A., Thomas, S. S., and Tavarez, L. (2017). A Five-Level Risk and Needs System: Maximizing Assessment Results in Corrections through the Development of a Common Language. New York: The Council of State Governments Justice Center. 

Ragusa Salerno, L., Ostermann, M., and Thomas, S. S. (2013). The utility of the LSI-R for sex offenders. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 40(9), 952-969. 

Christian, J. and Thomas, S. S. (2009). Examining the intersections of race, gender, and mass imprisonment. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 7(1), 69-84. 

Christian, J., Mellow, J., and Thomas, S. S. (2006). Social and economic implications of family connections to prisoners. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34(4), 443-452.