• 1974 Ph.D. Anthropology; Indiana University
  • MA African Studies; Howard University
  • 1964 BA Sociology/Anthropology; Boston University
  • issertation: Economic Networks Among Fishermen in Bagamoyo, Tanzania
  • Research interest: Black women and homicide (collaborated with Harold M. Rose in research on Black urban crime; his co-authored book, Race, Place, & Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America is dedicated to her.)