Kenya Covington

Background

About Kenya Covington

Previously, she directed the research department at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. in Washington, D.C. where she was responsible for the conceptualization and release of major research studies on black male unemployment, innovative legislation to boost homeownership among renters and the implementation of a health disparities grass root education campaign. Prior to this position she served as a Resident Scholar at the National Urban League. Her primary responsibilities involved the supervision of numerous research projects. Most noteworthy she coauthored a paper on the effects of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. Over her career, Dr. Covington’s articles have appeared in the Journal of Urban Studies, Brookings Institution Policy Briefs, Journal of Urban Affairs, the International Journal on Economic Development, the Harvard Journal on Legislation, City and Community, the National Urban League’s 2003 and 2004 publication “The State of Black America” and “The Review of Black Political Economy.”