Before I got interested in restorative justice, I was interested in racial, ethnic, and national identity formation, immigration and acculturation, and cross-cultural mental health. I still occasionally return to these topics, especially in the context of conflict and justice. Below is a summary of this earlier work, with links to more detailed information.
Together with several different colleagues, I published several different papers and book chapters examining the relationship between racial identity and national identity in both white and black Americans. During this time we also published a paper of the acculturation of undocumented migrants in Georgia. See abstracts of published work.

I've worked on several different projects relating to the acculturation experiences of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. There were other publications but the most significant one was a co-authored book titled Building a Diaspora: Russian Jews in Israel, Germany, and the USA.  The book, the measures developed for the study, and other related information can be found on the Building a Diaspora homepage.  

Building a Diaspora book cover

As a graduate student at Michigan State University (1993-1999), I worked with Dr. Michael Lambert (now in North Carolina) on examining how different cultural socialization practices affect child and adolescent behaviors in Jamaica and the United States. Detailed information is available in Jamaica Project Descriptions.
Note: This is no longer an active part of my work.