Faculty Profiles

Kami Chavis Simmons
Associate Professor of Law
Phone: 336.758.5726
Email: simmonkc@wfu.edu
Location: Worrell 3322
Articles
- Subverting Symbolism: The Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and a Cooperative Federalism Approach to Enforcement of Federal Hate Crimes Legislation, (forthcoming American Criminal Law Review, Georgetown University Law School).
- Cooperative Federalism and Police Reform: Using Congressional Spending Power to Promote Police Accountability, 62 Ala. L. Rev. 351 (2011).
- New Governance and the New Paradigm of Police Accountability: A Democratic Approach to Reforming Local Law-Enforcement Agencies, 59 CATH. U. L. Rev. 373 (2010).
- The Politics of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Participation in the Federal Reform of Local Police Practices, 98 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 489 (2008).
Other Publications
- Taking Names and Keeping Score: Racial Profiling and the Illusory Remedy of Information Collection During Traffic Stops, 18 Wash. & Lee J. Civ. Rts. & Soc. Just. (forthcoming October 2011).
- New Orleans Probe Demonstrates Need for Implementing Systemic Reforms Within Nation's Police Departments, Huffington Post, August 8, 2011 (Op-ed).
- The Intangible Impact of Police Misconduct on Communities and Community Policing, Trial Briefs, NC Advocates for Justice Publication (forthcoming October 2011).
- Rifts Remain Between Minorities and Police Officers: Disagreement Between Crowley and Gates Ignites Lasting Debate, Winston-Salem Journal, August 4, 2009, at A10.
Works-In-Progress
- Police Corruption in the United States and Lessons from Abroad.

