Odell Stroud Jr.

Odell Marion Stroud

FACULTY (GENERIC)
EMAIL
PHONE
850-412-7414
OFFICE
Payroll Clearing-Acad Affairs

Office Hours

Lewis-Beck Building Room #316

Tuesday/Thursday • 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Monday/Wednesday/Friday • By appointment

Schedule

HSA 4383 Quality Improvement in Health Services Organizations Tu. Th. - 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
HSA 5926 Executive Seminar in Health and Business Communications Wed. - 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

.Bio

Odell Stroud, Jr., a licensed attorney in the State of Florida, serves as the Director of the Division of Healthcare Management and as an Assistant Professor of Health Law in the School of Allied Health Sciences at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). Attorney Stroud received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University and a Juris Doctorate from the College of Law at Florida A&M University. In addition to teaching health law courses, Attorney Stroud teaches quality improvement in health services organizations and executive seminar in health and business communications. He has taught criminal law, American courts, and other legal courses at FAMU. Prior to joining the faculty at FAMU, Attorney Stroud litigated personal injury, criminal, and traffic cases.

He has published research in the areas of racial inequities and diversity and inclusion. His research interests are in the areas of medical marijuana, health disparities, and criminal law inequities/disparities. He is a member of a research team that has received funding for Medical Marijuana research.

Areas of Interest

  • Legal and cultural disparities
  • Football
  • Cooking

Education

  • Florida A&M University • 2008
    J.D., in Law

  • Florida A&M University • 2004
    B.S., in Business Administration

Work History

  • Assistant Professor/Director • Nov. 2022 - Present
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Assistant Professor/Interim Director • Feb. 2022 - Nov. 2022
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Assistant Professor • 2018 - present
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Visiting Professor • 2017 - 2018
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Associate Attorney • 2014 - 2017
    Gary A. Roberts & Associates, Tallahassee, FL

  • Adjunct Professor • 2014 - 2014
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

  • Associate Attorney • 2010 - 2014
    Henry C. Hunter & Associates, Tallahassee, FL

Publications

 
PEER REVIEWED Publications
  1. Stroud, Jr., O., Friday-Stroud, S., Farmer, E., Cooper, L., (forthcoming Fall 2023). An Analysis of the Legal and Managerial Implications of Telemedicine on the Haves and Have Nots Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of the National Society of Allied Health.
  2. Cooper, L., Weaver, J., Crowther, V., Lewis, M., Stroud, Jr., O., West, M. (2022). “Exploring Medical Marijuana Knowledge and Perceptions Among a Community-Based Sample.” Florida Public Health Review: Vol. 20. [Funded Research]
  3. Washington, J., Friday-Stroud, S., Stroud, Jr., O. (2021). “Florida’s Attempt to Right a Wrong: New Heirs’ Property Legislation.” Meek-Eaton Center for Social and Political Change Journal: The Bulletin. [Non-funded Research]
  4. Washington, J., Tidwell, A., Stroud, Jr., O. (2021). “Heirs’ Property: Lack of Clear Title Erodes Private Rights and Leads to Loss of Families’ Economic Wealth.” Meek-Eaton Center for Social and Political Change Journal: The Bulletin. [Non-funded Research]
  5. Friday-Stroud, S., Bolden Bailey, K., Stroud, Jr., O., Davis, B. (2020). “Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Facility Management Profession: A Planned Change Strategic Framework for Diversity and Inclusion.” Journal for Social and Political Change: The Bulletin - Special Edition Issue on Facility Management, 1, 2, 52-58. [Non-funded Research]
  6. Stroud, Jr., O., Parker, K., & Nwagbuo, J., Welch-Johnson, P., & Fedd, K. (2018). “Disproportionate Impact of Drug and Law Enforcement Laws in African American Communities.” National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates National Monograph. [Non-funded Research]
 
Works in Progress
  1. Moton, B., Bryant, J., Stroud, Jr., O., Moreno, Alex, (Under Review 2023). Project Future Leaders of the World (FLOW): A Qualitative Evaluation of a Pilot Peer-Education Training Program Among a Cohort of College Students. The Journal of the National Society of Allied Health.
  2. Stroud, Jr., O. State v. Snyder and Snyder v. Louisiana: An Analysis of the Equal Protection Clause of the Peremptory Challenge by the United States Supreme Court in a Death Penalty Case
  3. Stroud, Jr., O. No-Knock Search Warrants: What are the Costs?
 
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
  1. Stroud, Jr., O. & Friday-Stroud, S. (Accepted January 2022). The Emergence of Telemedicine: Does it Widen the Gap between the Have and Have Not? National Society of Allied Health Annual Conference and Meeting, March 10 -12, 2022. [Non-funded Research]
  2. Stroud, Jr., O. & Friday-Stroud, S. (Accepted December 2021). The Intersection of Economic and Health Impacts of COVID-19 on African Americans. National Association of African American Studies Conference, February 14-19, 2022. [Non-funded Research]
  3. Stroud, Jr., O., & Friday-Stroud, S. (Accepted April 2019). “Are Marijuana-Related Arrests and Convictions Increasing in Florida with the Rise of the Medical Marijuana Industry?” 21st Annual Society of Business, Industry, and Economics Conference, Destin, FL. April 10-12, 2019. [Non-funded Research]
  4. Stroud, Jr., O. (Accepted November 2017). No-Knock Search Warrants: What are the Costs? 26th Annual National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates National Conference, Dallas, TX. February 12-17, 2018. [Non-funded Research]
  5. Stroud, Jr., O. (Accepted November 2017). “Snyder and Snyder v. Louisiana: An Analysis of the Equal Protection Clause of the Peremptory Challenge by the United States Supreme Court in a Death Penalty Case,” 26th Annual National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates National Conference, Dallas, TX. February 12-17, 2018. [Non-funded Research]
  6. Stroud, Jr., O., Parker, K., & Nwagbuo, J. (Accepted November 2017). “Disproportionate Impact of Drug and Law Enforcement Laws in African American Communities.” 26th Annual National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates National Conference, Dallas, TX. February 12-17, 2018. [Non-funded Research]

Awards

 
FUNDING/GRANTS MANAGEMENT
  • Title: Advocate Health Care/FAMU Partnership (2023 – present)
    Role: Primary Negotiator
    Funding Source: Advocate Health Care
    Amount Gifted: $40,000/year

  • Title: Improving Graduate Programs in Health Sciences (2022 – present)
    Role: Activity Director
    Funding Source: Title III
    Amount Awarded: $268,593/year

  • Title: Gift Agreement Between FAMU Board of Trustees, HCA Management Services, and School of Allied Health Sciences (SOAHS) (2022 – present)
    Role: Funding Administrator
    Funding Source: HCA Management Services
    Amount Gifted: $1,500,000

  • Title: Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative “Assessing the Knowledge and Perceptions of Community Members Specific to the Compassionate Use of Marijuana,” (2019-2020)
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Funding Source: The FAMU Marijuana Education and Research Initiative
    Amount Awarded: $10,000

Courses Taught

  • HSA 6930 Advanced Topics in Health Care Management
  • HSA 4922 Capstone: Health Care Management
  • CCJ 4031 Cases in Corrections
  • CCJ 4360 Contemporary Issues of Corrections
  • HSA 5926 Executive Seminar in Health and Business Communications
  • CCJ 4947 Field Experience Criminal Justice
  • HSC 3640 Health Law
  • HIM 3016 Legal Aspects of Health Information
  • POS 4696 Legal Problems of the Poor
  • POS 3684 Nature and Functions of the American Legal System
  • HSA 4383 Quality Improvement in Health Services Organization