of a memoir, Secret Daughter published by Viking in 2006.Her documentary, The Old Man and the Storm, followed the travails of an extended New Orleans family for three years post-Katrina. Her other credits include Ashes of Cold War; Showdown in Haiti; The Confessions of RosaLee and A Kid Kills.
studies, worked as an investigator for private attorneys handling felony criminal defense cases. As a graduate student, Mohamed worked with the Law Offices of Milton C. Grimes during the Rodney G. King police brutality lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. From 1999-2009, Mohamed taught at the University of San Diego where he was also the Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and was twice voted outstanding professor of the year. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. His book, Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and Class, offers novel insight into the world of college drug dealers, exploring issues of deviance, race, and stratification in the U.S. War on Drugs.
A RAFIK MOHAMED A. Rafik Mohamed was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the D.C. metropolitan area. He earned his bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in D.C. and his master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. As an undergraduate, Mohamed worked as an intern investigator for the D.C. Public Defender Service and prior to beginning graduate
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