Dr. Natasha C. Pratt-Harris is a published author and editor,  NSF-Grant Funded Principal Investigator,  Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of the Masters in Sociology and Applied Sociology and Social Justice PhD Program in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and (Criminology/ Criminal Justice) with Morgan State University. As the only Black female criminologist who grew up in the city of Baltimore, attended k-12 public schools in the city, and is a current full-time tenured professor, teaching in the discipline, in the city, her research and activism are aligned with her expertise based on her academic prowess and lived experiences. She resides in Baltimore with her husband of 25 years and is the proud mother of two adult daughters and one middle school-aged daughter.