Professor Joanna Schwartz discusses her new book, Shielded: How The Police Became Untouchable. Prof. Schwartz draws on her experience as a civil rights attorney and […]
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Black Disability Politics with Sami Schalk
Dr. Sami Schalk discusses her book, Black Disability Politics. By examining the Black Panthers Party’s support of the 504 protests and Panthers’ amplification of black […]
White Christian Nationalism with Bradley Onishi
Professor Bradley Onishi discusses his book. “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism- and What Comes Next.” Prof. Onishi talks about the […]
Scenario Training and Police Reform with Jessica Katzenstein
Dr. Jessica Katzenstein discusses her research on how U.S. police officers absorb and resist reforms during a mounting legitimacy crisis. She explores why reforms fail […]
Violence as Neighborhood Trauma with Dexter Voisin
Dean Dexter Voisin discusses his book “America the Beautiful and Violent: Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago.” History and context play a huge role […]
Violence, Reconstruction, and Redemption with Carole Emberton
Carole Emberton, Associate Professor of History at University at Buffalo, discusses her book Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South After the Civil War. Contrasting Freedmen and Ex-Enslavers, […]
Christian Slavery with Katharine Gerbner
Professor Katharine Gerbner discusses her book Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World shows how debates between slave-owners, black Christians, and missionaries transformed […]
Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools with Christopher Willoughby
Christopher Willoughby, a Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Medicine and Health at Pitzer College, talks about his book, Masters of Health: Racial Science and […]
The Water We Swim In with Dr. Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo
This talk will make the case that systemic forms of oppression are maintained and reinforced through subtle patterns of thought and behavior, and present some […]
