Prof. Craig teaches constitutional law, political and civil rights, real estate law, and fair housing law.
Research Interests
- Residential integration
- Housing finance and policy
- Municipal finance
- Racial wealth gap
- State & local government law related to land use and community development
Biography
Prof. Craig was born and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and graduated with special honors from Hattiesburg High School. Prof. was a Ron Brown Scholar, a National Coca-Cola Scholar, and named Mississippi's Most Valuable Student by the Elks Foundation. Prof. Craig graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia where he majored in French and Political & Social Thought. His undergraduate thesis focused on the experience of Black women in the Second Wave of the Great Migration. Prof. Craig was also an Echols Scholar, a member of the university's liberal arts honors program. After college, Prof. Craig came back to his home state of Mississippi and joined Teach For America (TFA). He taught kindergarten for three years in Greenville, in the Mississippi Delta. He served as a national spokesperson for TFA and received the inaugural Roger Malkin Fellowship for excellence in teaching and service. Prof. Craig earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journal of Race & Law. After law school, Prof. Craig served as a law clerk to the late Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Detroit and for Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in Jackson. In 2014, he was appointed Special Policy Advisor to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity during the Obama Administration. He handled stakeholder engagement with civil rights organizations and affordable housing developers, led the agency’s efforts involving compliance with human rights obligations related to housing, and was part of the team that drafted the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule published in 2015. Following his appointment, Jade was a lawyer in private practice in Tampa, Florida, for seven years before becoming a law professor. His practice included commercial litigation and labor & employment law.
Education
B.A. French, University of Virginia Main Campus (2006)
J.D. Law, Columbia University (2012)