Expert Witness

(November, 2007 - December, 2007). Ithaca, NY.
Retained to provide testimony as expert witness, at a New York State Division of Human rights hearing regarding a racially hostile work environment in the college promotion process and to determine if racism operated in the College setting and to assess the plaintiff for the presence of race-based traumatic stress injury.

(April, 2006 - August, 2007). Chicago Ill.
Retained to provide testimony as expert witness regarding a racially hostile work environment and consumer racial profiling. Issues associated with race and racism in society and psychological harm to plaintiffs. Certified as an expert witness in federal court. Expert report survived Daubert challenge and I testified at jury trial regarding race-based traumatic stress injury experienced by plaintiffs.

(April, 2006 - August, 2007). Chicago Ill.
Retained to provide testimony as expert witness regarding psychological harm and injury to plaintiffs in a racially hostile work environment and consumer racial profiling as well as issues associated with race and racism in society.

(July, 2000 - November, 2001). San Francisco, CA. Retained to provide testimony as expert witness regarding a hostile racial environment at school and sporting event. Issues associated with race and culture in society and psychological harm to plaintiffs.

(1999-2000). Alexandria, LA
Retained in 30-year-old desegregation case by school board. Retained as Equity expert. Asked to advise the School board and Superintendent regarding modification of desegregation plan as to its- psychological and emotional impact, insure that the plan accounted for various view points of community people, examine special education and educational and resource Equity issues, help develop racial-cultural diversity training programs, and provide testimony and evidence to the validity of one race schools- if they were properly funded and well as other matters.

(1998). Brooklyn, NY.
Retained to consultant with Audubon Society about issues of race, social justice and environmental racism as it related to lawsuit against development in Brooklyn area supported by the Black community; Asked to serve as liaison to community groups in an effort to build a viable coalition in anticipation of further litigation; Asked to consult with board to assist in broadening their mission to include issues associated with urban related environmental racism; Met with attorney, community leaders and health experts and participated in meetings with board as consultant on race and racial identity.

(1997) Jersey City, NJ.
Retained to assess the psychological impact of racial discrimination experienced by the twenty-two plaintiffs during time of employment and provide expert testimony pertaining to defendants work environment, employment practices and systemic discrimination. Developed assessment strategy and drafted report regarding analysis of employee’s racial discrimination using social and psychological literature.

(1997). Roseland, NJ.
Retained to assess the extent of racial discrimination experienced by the two plaintiffs during time of employment

(1996). Baton Rouge, LA.
Retained in 40-year-old desegregation case by school board. Asked to advise the school board and superintendent regarding modification of desegregation plan as to its- psychological and emotional impact, insure that the plan accounted for various view points of community people, examine special education and equity resource allocations, help develop diversity training program, and provide testimony and evidence to the validity of one race schools- if they were properly funded and well as other matters- case settled.

(1995). Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas
Asked for affidavit regarding the role of race in transracial adoptions.

(1996-1997). Syracuse, NY. Family Court, Wampsville, NY.
Retained and testified about racial elements of biracial identity development and assessed parents racial identity statuses in biracial custody case.

(1995). Family Court, Columbus, OH.
Retained to prepare testimony regarding biracial identity development and racial issues as they may be understood by parents-case settled.

(1994). State Supreme Court, New York, NY.
Retained and testified about racial elements of the court evaluations and parents racial identity in biracial custody case.

Consulting Contracts

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, New York, NY. (2007 - Present). Contracted to provide racial-culturally inclusive cognitive-behavioral therapy training to Directors, supervisors, managers, social work, clinical and counseling staff. The Jewish board is a large and comprehensive social service agency with over 3000 staff and many programs and types of services through out NYC.

Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services, (September 2005, June 2006). Hired as consultant to the department on issues of organizational cultural competence and to develop training on the impact of cultural trauma.

New Jersey Psychological Association (July, November 2005), Provided consultation regarding the organizations ethnic and cultural competence and goals and to conduct a diversity training workshop for the executive board.

University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, (October, 2005). Provided consultation to diversity training staff regarding how to enhance their training of hospital staff.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD) – (September, 2004) –

Expert Panelist on Ethnocultural Adaptations of Interventions for Disasters and Terrorism – submitted reports and helped develop guidelines for national training for disaster response.

Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHAS), the University of Connecticut Center for Trauma Response, Recovery and Preparedness (CTRP), and Yale University School of Medicine
(August 2003 - May 2004).

Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHAS), the University of Connecticut Center for Trauma Response, Recovery and Preparedness (CTRP), and Yale University School of Medicine
(January - March 2003)

Assisted with Operations manual and training for behavioral health personnel Gave presentations on responding to disasters in communities of color and produced a report of my assessment of procedures and training with a focus on racial-cultural communities.

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, New York, NY. (2001-2002). Organizational cultural competence – Race and diversity, staff development.

Rapides Parish School System, Alexandria, LA. (1999-2000).
Equity consultant (see above).

East Baton Rouge Parish School System Baton Rouge, LA. (1996-1997).
Needs assessment, diversity training, advisement on educational equity and desegregation.

Expert Witness

(November, 2007 - December, 2007). Ithaca, NY.
Retained to provide testimony as expert witness, at a New York State Division of Human rights hearing regarding a racially hostile work environment in the college promotion process and to determine if racism operated in the College setting and to assess the plaintiff for the presence of race-based traumatic stress injury.

(April, 2006 - August, 2007). Chicago Ill.
Retained to provide testimony as expert witness regarding a racially hostile work environment and consumer racial profiling. Issues associated with race and racism in society and psychological harm to plaintiffs. Certified as an expert witness in federal court. Expert report survived Daubert challenge and I testified at jury trial regarding race-based traumatic stress injury experienced by plaintiffs.

(April, 2006 - August, 2007). Chicago Ill.
Retained to provide testimony as expert witness regarding psychological harm and injury to plaintiffs in a racially hostile work environment and consumer racial profiling as well as issues associated with race and racism in society.

(July, 2000 - November, 2001). San Francisco, CA. Retained to provide testimony as expert witness regarding a hostile racial environment at school and sporting event. Issues associated with race and culture in society and psychological harm to plaintiffs.

(1999-2000). Alexandria, LA
Retained in 30-year-old desegregation case by school board. Retained as Equity expert. Asked to advise the School board and Superintendent regarding modification of desegregation plan as to its- psychological and emotional impact, insure that the plan accounted for various view points of community people, examine special education and educational and resource Equity issues, help develop racial-cultural diversity training programs, and provide testimony and evidence to the validity of one race schools- if they were properly funded and well as other matters.

(1998). Brooklyn, NY.
Retained to consultant with Audubon Society about issues of race, social justice and environmental racism as it related to lawsuit against development in Brooklyn area supported by the Black community; Asked to serve as liaison to community groups in an effort to build a viable coalition in anticipation of further litigation; Asked to consult with board to assist in broadening their mission to include issues associated with urban related environmental racism; Met with attorney, community leaders and health experts and participated in meetings with board as consultant on race and racial identity.

(1997) Jersey City, NJ.
Retained to assess the psychological impact of racial discrimination experienced by the twenty-two plaintiffs during time of employment and provide expert testimony pertaining to defendants work environment, employment practices and systemic discrimination. Developed assessment strategy and drafted report regarding analysis of employee’s racial discrimination using social and psychological literature.

(1997). Roseland, NJ.
Retained to assess the extent of racial discrimination experienced by the two plaintiffs during time of employment

(1996). Baton Rouge, LA.
Retained in 40-year-old desegregation case by school board. Asked to advise the school board and superintendent regarding modification of desegregation plan as to its- psychological and emotional impact, insure that the plan accounted for various view points of community people, examine special education and equity resource allocations, help develop diversity training program, and provide testimony and evidence to the validity of one race schools- if they were properly funded and well as other matters- case settled.

(1995). Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas
Asked for affidavit regarding the role of race in transracial adoptions.

(1996-1997). Syracuse, NY. Family Court, Wampsville, NY.
Retained and testified about racial elements of biracial identity development and assessed parents racial identity statuses in biracial custody case.

(1995). Family Court, Columbus, OH.
Retained to prepare testimony regarding biracial identity development and racial issues as they may be understood by parents-case settled.

(1994). State Supreme Court, New York, NY.
Retained and testified about racial elements of the court evaluations and parents racial identity in biracial custody case.

Consulting Contracts

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, New York, NY. (2007 - Present).
Contracted to provide racial-culturally inclusive cognitive-behavioral therapy training to Directors, supervisors, managers, social work, clinical and counseling staff. The Jewish board is a large and comprehensive social service agency with over 3000 staff and many programs and types of services through out NYC.

Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services, (September 2005, June 2006). Hired as consultant to the department on issues of organizational cultural competence and to develop training on the impact of cultural trauma.

New Jersey Psychological Association (July, November 2005), Provided consultation regarding the organizations ethnic and cultural competence and goals and to conduct a diversity training workshop for the executive board.

University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, (October, 2005). Provided consultation to diversity training staff regarding how to enhance their training of hospital staff.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD) – (September, 2004) –

Expert Panelist on Ethnocultural Adaptations of Interventions for Disasters and Terrorism – submitted reports and helped develop guidelines for national training for disaster response.

Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHAS), the University of Connecticut Center for Trauma Response, Recovery and Preparedness (CTRP), and Yale University School of Medicine
(August 2003 - May 2004).

Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHAS), the University of Connecticut Center for Trauma Response, Recovery and Preparedness (CTRP), and Yale University School of Medicine
(January - March 2003)

Assisted with Operations manual and training for behavioral health personnel Gave presentations on responding to disasters in communities of color and produced a report of my assessment of procedures and training with a focus on racial-cultural communities.

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, New York, NY. (2001-2002). Organizational cultural competence – Race and diversity, staff development.

Rapides Parish School System, Alexandria, LA. (1999-2000).
Equity consultant (see above).

East Baton Rouge Parish School System Baton Rouge, LA. (1996-1997).
Needs assessment, diversity training, advisement on educational equity and desegregation.