In 2019, he presented doctoral hooding commencement speech at UNC Chapel Hill . Hooding also allows the interrogators to remain anonymous and thus to act with impunity. Hooding is the placing of a hood over the entire head of a prisoner. Hooding is also potentially dangerous, especially when a prisoner's hands are also bound. Hooding is a common prelude to execution. In the first half of the twentieth century, hooding was rarely used.