Professor Jenifer Barclay discusses how disability and ablism helped shape American ideas of slavery, black bodies, and the medical practice. She explains how the antebellum […]
Immigration as Racial Exclusion with Reece Jones
Professor Reece Jones discusses his book, White Borders. Tracing the connections between the Chinese Exclusion laws of the 1880s, the “Keep America American” nativism of […]
All Lives Matter Racism with Professor Sang Hea Kil
Professor Sang Kil talks about how “all lives matter” (ALM) has advanced Whiteness in the news. Using critical race theory’s critique of neoliberalism’s use of […]
LGBTQ+ Rights with Joanna Wuest
Joanna Wuest discusses her book, Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement. How did LGBTQ+ civil rights leaders address moral, […]
Citizenship Stripping with Amanda Frost
Amanda Frost discusses her book, “You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers.” Beginning with Reconstruction, American citizenship began a contested […]
Unpacking Our History Lecture: Disease, Slavery, and Politics in New Orleans
Antebellum New Orleans sat at the heart of America’s slave and cotton kingdoms. But it was also the nation’s “necropolis,” with epidemic yellow fever killing thousands each summer […]
Pregnancy in America with Rebecca Grant
Journalist Rebecca Grant author of “Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America” discusses her book. She describes the current state of maternal care […]
Cop Fragility and Blue Lives Matter with Frank Rudy Cooper
Professor Frank Rudy Cooper discusses his article, “Cop Fragility and Blue Lives Matter.” Professor Cooper discusses how after the rise of Black Lives Matter protests […]
Role-Playing in Police Trainings with Christina Aushana
Christina Aushana discusses her article “Inescapable Scripts: Role-Playing Feminist (re)visions and Rehearsing Racialize State Violence in Police Training Scenarios.” Professor Aushana talks about participating in […]
Plea Bargaining Bad Deals with Carissa Byrne Hessick
Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick discusses her book, “Punishment Without Trial,” and how plea bargaining has overtaken the criminal justice system. While our rights to a […]