Public Scholarship  |  Accountability Research  |  Community Engagement

Pattern Hunters, LLC

Founded by Andrea Hagan, Criminologist & Public Intellectual

Clarity. Advocacy. Power.

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The Work at the Intersection

Pattern Hunters, LLC is a public scholarship and accountability research platform that produces Foundation Analyses — long-form public scholarship applying the H.T.I.L.G. framework (History, Theory, Intersectionality, Law, Geography), an original analytical methodology developed by Andrea Hagan, for examining structural patterns in Louisiana and beyond.

Our work lives at the intersection of criminology, community engagement, and institutional accountability. Andrea's commentary has been published in the Louisiana Illuminator, The Lens, The Conversation, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. A criminology textbook chapter is forthcoming.


Four Modes of Work

Foundation Analysis

Long-form public scholarship examining structural patterns through theory, data, law, and geography. Published at patternhunters.com and syndicated to LinkedIn and Substack.

Commentary

Published accountability commentary in regional and national outlets, grounded in the H.T.I.L.G. framework and the African American literary tradition.

Public Scholarship Education

Teaching individuals, students, and institutions what public scholarship looks like, why it matters, and how to do it — from the community up.

Policy Briefs

Available by request to legislators, agency heads, and organizational leaders. Identifies structural failure points and statutory remedies already implemented in other jurisdictions.


What We Bring to the Room

Public scholarship and community-facing writing Criminology and structural accountability Mass incarceration and carceral geography Racial justice and historical pattern analysis Hip Hop epistemology and cultural theory Commentary, journalism, and public intellectual practice Youth civic engagement IB and AP curriculum integration Community-based participatory research District partnership development HBCU curriculum and research partnerships

Where the Work Appears

Louisiana Illuminator Commentary contributor
The Lens, New Orleans Active contributor — Pipeline to Prison series and No Country for Our Boys series
Baton Rouge Advocate Guest columnist
patternhunters.com Foundation Analysis and newsletter
LinkedIn Newsletter 500+ subscribers
Substack Growing subscriber base

How We Work Together

University course licensing Guest lecture and visiting scholar engagements Conference presentations and keynotes Secondary school visiting scholar residencies Professional development workshops for faculty District curriculum partnership and retainer IB and AP curriculum integration HBCU research and course partnerships Community-based research collaboration Policy brief consulting

Pattern Hunters, LLC is building the infrastructure for public scholarship as a community practice — one analysis, one classroom, one district, one conversation at a time.