Dr. Jakari N. Griffith

Jakari Griffith serves as Interim Assistant Provost for Global Engagement at Bridgewater State University, where he leads the Minnock Institute for Global Engagement (MIGE), directing international programming, travel safety, and global partnerships. An Associate Professor of Management, he teaches organizational behavior, leadership, and managing people and organizations. His research examines employment barriers facing justice-involved individuals, including the impact of criminal records on hiring, workplace aggression, and equitable workforce development. He is co-editor of Employing Our Returning Citizens (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) and has published in Organizational Dynamics, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and other journals. Previously, he served as Department Chair for Management and Marketing and as a Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Provost. He is a graduate of AASCU's Emerging Leaders Program and Harvard University's Management Development Program.

Select Publications: 

Young, N.C., & Griffith, J.N. (Eds.) (2024). Employing Our Returning Citizens: An Employer-Centric View. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54941-0

Anazodo, K.S., Young, N.C.J., Griffith, J.N., Chan, C., Ricciardelli, R.R., Rade, C.B., Ali, A.A., Cook, H., & Ahmadi, R. (2026). The overlooked workforce: Harnessing the talent of people with criminal histories. Organizational Dynamics, 55(1), 101196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101196 

Griffith, J.N., Rade, C.B., & Anazodo, K.S. (2019). Criminal history and employment: An interdisciplinary literature synthesis. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 38(5), 505–528. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-10-2018-0185 

Griffith, J.N. & Young, N.J. (2017). Hiring ex-offenders? The case of ban the box. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 36(6), 501–518. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-04-2017-0066