Meaghan Mingo
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About Meaghan
Mingo is a sociologist whose research focuses on how race, place, and institutions shape the lives of children and youth, with a focus on the education and criminal legal systems. Her current work uses ethnographic methods to examine school discipline and the treatment of Black children in the rural U.S. South. Mingo previously worked in the nonprofit and corporate sectors as an evaluator, researcher, and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Contributions
Protect Children, End Corporal Punishment in US Schools
Publications
Demonstrates how social, cultural, and historical dimensions of race and place shape how school discipline is carried out today. Reveals the role of (1) cultural expectations related to adult authority and children's obedience and (2) the desire to prepare and protect Black children from the threat of racial violence in creating punitive environments in schools.
Provides an overview of the history and causes of mass incarceration in the United States and its collateral consequences to individuals, children, families, communities, and society.
Briefly outlines who is most at risk for experiencing parental incarceration, before providing an overview of recent multidisciplinary research on the impacts of parental incarceration for American children, ages 0–17.
Reports on focus group research exploring how Black heterosexual men understand, prioritize, and want to address HIV prevention—highlighting their needs for clearer communication and culturally relevant information about prevention and condom use.