Steven Cureton is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  Professor Cureton received his PhD at Washington State University in 1997.

Areas of Specialty include Criminology and the Family
Areas of Research Interest include: Race and Crime, Deviant Subcultures, African-American Street Gangs, African-Americans and Professional Football, Race Relations, African-American Dating, Mating, and Marriage Selection.

Areas of Teaching: Deviance, Juvenile Delinquency, Contemporary Gangs in America, African-American Social Thought, African-American Perspectives on Crime.

Journals in which Publications appear: Journal of Gang Research, Journal of Black Studies, Journal of Criminal Justice, African-American Research Perspectives.

Chapter Publications in Gangs in America III  Ron Huff (ed.) and The System in Black and White Markowitz and Jones-Brown (eds.)

Forthcoming Book:  South Central's Hoover Street Crips.

Books in Progress: Nightkrawlers and In The Interest of Winning Football Games.