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Nasaskyia Hicks

Research Assistant Professor


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Email: nasaskh@clemson.edu
 

Educational Background

Ph.D. Educational Leadership
Columbia International University 2021

Postdoctoral Fellow
Clemson University 2022

Courses Taught

Introduction to Juvenile Justice

Profile

Dr. Nasaskyia R. Hicks is a research assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice and an affiliate member of the Drugs and Crime Research Lab. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Clemson’s Center for Criminal Justice and Social Research under the mentorship of Dr. Bryan Lee Miller. Dr. Hicks holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Columbia International University. Her research intersects education and criminal justice, with a primary focus on school violence. Dr. Hicks works closely with school districts throughout South Carolina to implement and evaluate school-based prevention initiatives. She currently leads several interdisciplinary research projects supported by the U.S. Department of Justice and the South Carolina Department of Education.

Research Interests

School Violence; Bullying Prevention; Family-Serving Programs

Research Publications

Hicks, Nasaskyia Rokenza, Iryna Sharaievska, Lyudmyla Tsykalova, Jasmine Townsend, and Bryan Miller. 2025. Veteran Perspectives on Family-Serving Recreation and Leisure Programs. Journal of Veterans Studies, 11(1). DOI: 10.21061/jvs.v10i1.556

Hicks, Nasaskyia Rokenza, Shanada McFadden, and Natallia Sianko. 2025. Community-Oriented Policing in a Majority-Black Neighborhood: In Search of a Local Solution to a National Problem. Transforming Communities. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/tcjournal/vol2/iss2/1

Hicks, Nasaskyia Rokenza. 2024. Addressing Student Behavior to Meet Everyone’s Needs. Phi Delta Kappan, 106(4), 36-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/00317217241304829

Hicks, Nasaskyia Rokenza, Iryna Sharaievska, Jasmine Townsend, Deborah Tysor, and Bryan Miller. 2024. Recreation-Based Programming for Veteran Families: Practitioners’ Perspectives. Journal of Veteran Studies, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v10i1.556

Hicks, Nasaskyia Rokenza. 2024. Toward Social and Emotional Learning for Justice-Involved Youth: A Conceptual Framework. Journal of Applied Juvenile Justice Services, 11, 72-81. DOI:10.52935/24.893.7



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