Brief autobiography

Jinkinson Payne (J.P.) Smith was born on January 4, 1995, in Evanston, Illinois. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended (in chronological order) Atlanta International School, Christ the King School, and Holy Spirit Preparatory School. He graduated from Holy Spirit Preparatory School with a high school diploma in 2013 before attending the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa for one year, after which he transferred to Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He graduated from Oglethorpe with a B.S. in biology in May 2018.

Publications

Smith J. Illegal Immigration and Violent Crime Rates in the United States, 2009-2014. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2018. AbstractID 3120820.

". What's wrong with scientific publishing, and how we can fix it. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2018. AbstractID 3129898.

". Has the Black-White IQ Gap in the United States Narrowed? A Literature Review. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2018.

" (2018, March 24). Testing hypotheses about determinants of electoral outcomes: evidence from the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Retrieved from osf.io/23z8g 

" (2018, May 19) A meta-analysis of the black-white IQ gap. Retrieved from osf.io/69rm4

" (2018, October 3) Is gun ownership associated with higher homicide rates? Results from the United States, 1973-2016 SSRN Electronic Journal. 2018. AbstractID 3260028. 

" (2018, December 20). The accuracy of FiveThirtyEight's 2018 midterm election predictions: an exploratory analysis. SocArXiv.

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