Kent State University professor receives grant to study alleged racial bias

KENT: An associate professor at Kent State University has received a $280,000 federal research grant to help study alleged racial bias within the Syracuse Police Department.Shawn Rohlin, associate professor of economics, and William Horrace, an economics professor at Syracuse University, received the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and National Institute of Justice, Kent State announced Thursday.They also have been named W.E.B. DuBois Scholars.The study will