Samantha Martin

Samantha Martin is a graduate student in Georgia State Universitys joint Masters and Doctoral program in Sociology with a concentration in Race and Urban Studies. Samantha graduated with honors from Roosevelt University in May of 2015 with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Psychology. A lifelong resident of Chicagos South side, her interest in community research was sparked by a passion to understand the citys racial and economic stratification as it relates to education and gang activity, as well as a passion for improving the community organizations in urban areas that work to combat the causes and symptoms of systemic inequality. Her research interests include identity development of youth of color, juvenile delinquency, racial/economic inequity in education, intervention and community program evaluation, disproportionate minority contact, and the school to prison pipeline. She is specifically interested in the relationship between inequity in disciplinary and/or academic policy in schools and the early criminalization of Latina and African American girls in metropolitan areas.