A native Baltimorean, Stanley Jenkins Jr. obtained a Bachelor of Arts in religious
studies from Morgan State University, a Master of Arts in History from the same
institution, and a Master of Arts in Theology from St. Mary's Seminary and
University. As an African American, a former Christian minister, and a retired law
enforcement professional, Mr. Jenkins has observed the debilitating effects of
racism, individual and collective forms of violence, and closed-minded thinking.
This trifecta of social maladies constitutes the research interests that Mr. Jenkins
explored in graduate school. In his capacity as an instructor of World Religions at
Morgan State University, he continually engages students in critical discourse(s)
about the intersections of religious texts, ideas, and practices, with systems of
social inequality (racism, sexism, classism), and violence in various forms
(genocide and war). Mr. Jenkins recently served as the Community Engagement
Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and the City and as a
digitization intern with the Beulah M. Davis Special Collections in the Earl S.
Richardson Library at Morgan State University