Writing & publications
Writing is where questions slow down long enough to reveal their structure—and where analysis, experience, and imagination can meet.
An intellectual throughline
My scholarly work began with politics, institutions, behavior, and public administration. The questions have continued to widen.
I write across forms because different kinds of knowing ask for different containers: formal research, professional analysis, public-facing essays, reflection, and longer creative work.
Recent publication
Scholarly chapter
Contemporary Black Thinkers in the Diaspora and Their Conceptualizations of Africa
Edited by Abdul Karim Bangura
Palgrave Macmillan · 2024
Pages 1–15
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-66277-5 (opens in a new tab)
View the book (opens in a new tab)Doctoral dissertation
Competing Political Cultures on Gun Violence in the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area: A Comparative Analysis of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Howard University
View dissertation on ProQuest (opens in a new tab)The reading room
Authored and co-authored chapters, dissertation research, academic papers, and formally published scholarly work.
Government, institutional, analytical, and professional work with precise attribution.
Public-facing writing in Dr. Felder’s own voice—where inquiry meets lived experience.
Books, workbooks, guides, journals, notebooks, and educational publications with authorship and imprint relationships verified for each entry.
Research orientation
“How do we understand what we are encountering—and what becomes possible when understanding deepens?”
This recurring question connects research, public service, education, conversation, and the exploration of Self.