Dr. Kerry L. Shipman is an author and scholar whose work spans books, legal scholarship, doctoral research, reentry, race, family and leadership. His permanent body of work is organized here so readers can move easily between published books, journal articles, research, citations and academic work.
A 26-Week Guide to Reentry, Recovery, and Life After Struggle
A trauma-informed workbook for people rebuilding after incarceration, homelessness, addiction or major life disruption. P2R combines structured reflection, accountability, coping, identity and goal-setting into a practical progression toward stability.
Status: Published paperback.
How to Start and Run Your Own Vending Machine Business
Co-authored with Koby M. Shipman, this compact entrepreneurship guide grew from direct experience building a family vending business without a preexisting playbook. It covers the opportunity, mistakes, risks and practical realities of starting.
Published: April 2020.
Southern Journal of Policy and Justice, Vol. 13 (2019), pp. 75-92
Shipman’s legal scholarship examines race, impartiality and the assumptions embedded in the reasonable-person standard.
Dr. Shipman’s Ph.D. dissertation is a hermeneutic phenomenological study focused on family support and successful reentry. It examines how formerly incarcerated African American men experience family relationships during the difficult process of rebuilding life after incarceration.
Published in the Southern Journal of Policy and Justice in 2019, this article examines race, impartiality and the social assumptions embedded in the reasonable-person standard. The work is indexed on Google Scholar and has been cited in later legal scholarship and briefs.
Published by the American Inns of Court in The Bencher, this 2019 article explores professional paths available to law graduates beyond the conventional law-firm route.
The Fatherhood Blueprint — a guide for young, unexpected and rebuilding fathers centered on responsibility, healing, co-parenting, identity and legacy.
From Harlem to the Bench — a memoir-in-development connecting adversity, fatherhood, law, public service, loss, leadership and reinvention.
Keep the Family Close — Academic Edition — a planned expansion of the dissertation research into a broader practice and policy conversation around family-centered reentry.
Development status is shown intentionally so forthcoming projects are not presented as already published.
