Dr. Schwartz-Chaney is a social activist scholar and writer in the dept of humanities at CUNY LaGuardia and also teaches in the graduate program at John Jay.

Dr. Joni Schwartz-Chaney is a critical researcher, social activist scholar with a focus on Black males in STEM, race and re-entry fromprison, race & vcommunication, and CRT. She is the author of several books and documentaries, and 25 scholarly articles. Her new book Critical Faith: Critical Race & the Church will be published by Fortress in 2024.