Maco L. Faniel researches and writes about African American life in the late twentieth century. He is particularly focused on writing histories of how those considered invisible, deviant, worthless, or marginal made meaning of American life. More, specifically he will now be investigating the political economy and lived experience of the War on Drugs in Houston, TX.

Maco L. Faniel gave two lectures as a Scholar-in-Residence 2017.

"Houston Crackdown: Federal Mandate, Local Policy"

"Houston Crackdown: It was Bigger than Policing"