Organized by faculty members in the Departments of English (Deborah McDowell), History (Claudrena Harold) and Politics (Vesla Weaver), this multi-disciplinary symposium, sponsored by the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, will examine the historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural roots, as well as the myriad implications of the rise in incarceration in the United States.
Participants include:
Angela Y. Davis, Political Activist and Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz
Michelle Alexander, Ohio State University, Associate Professor of Law
Heather Thompson, University of North Carolina- Charlotte, Associate Professor of History
Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Ruth Gilmore, Director, Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California
