James D Slack

Professor James D. Slack retired from the faculty of Jackson State University and, earlier, from Regent University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned the Ph.D. in political science from Miami University and the Ph.D. in Christian counseling from the National Christian Counseling Association through Cornerstone University. In addition to over 50 scholarly articles and book chapters, Professor Slack has written or edited 10 books, including several editions of Abortion,...See more

Professor James D. Slack retired from the faculty of Jackson State University and, earlier, from Regent University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned the Ph.D. in political science from Miami University and the Ph.D. in Christian counseling from the National Christian Counseling Association through Cornerstone University. In addition to over 50 scholarly articles and book chapters, Professor Slack has written or edited 10 books, including several editions of Abortion, Execution, and the Consequences of Taking Life (Transaction Publications and then Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017) and two editions of HIV/AIDS and the Public Workplace (University of Alabama Press, 1994, 1998). Dr. Slack is a pastoral counselor (crisis counseling) and has worked with the homeless, female victims of human trafficking, and men on death row. He can be reached at jslack0229@live.com. See less