Prof. K. is a Mitigation Specialist/Investigator for the Federal Public Defender in the Capital Habeas Unit. She works on appeals to death penalty sentences. She has worked as a prisoner’s rights advocate, poverty law advocate, and in restorative justice practice as an alternative carceral and punitive discipline. She has served as adjunct faculty for schools of law teaching race, racism, and American Law. Her research interests include the development of Antiracist educational curriculum, dismantling prison pipelines, human rights, Truth & Reconciliation practices, and death penalty/prison abolition. Finally, she is pursuing an EdD at Antioch University in Multicultural and Anti-Racist Educational Professional Practice.
Courses Taught at Pitt
- LCJS 0100 - Intro to Law, Criminal Justice, & Society
- LCJS 1550 - Gender, Race, Class & Criminal Justice
- LCJS 1770 - Ethics in Criminal Justice