SJC Book Club
The SJC Book Club provides a forum for faculty, students, and staff who are interested in social justice issues to read books that go beyond traditional criminological scholarship (and thus may escape our class reading lists) and engage in critical discussions about important social, political, and cultural topics.
The Blood of Emmett Till, by Timothy B. Tyson
Evicted, by Matthew Desmond
One Person, No Vote, by Carol Anderson
Black in White Space, by Elijah Anderson
Drawing Deportation, by Silvia Rodriguez Vega
Becoming Abolitionists, by Derecka Purnell
Reproducing Race, by Khiara M. Bridges
The Unclaimed, by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Other Events & Initiatives
We have sponsored a variety of events and initiatives for the CLS department and wider university community. If you are interested in collaborating on an event, please reach out to us!
Integrating Art and Research to Advance Social Equity
Exoneree Talk with Michelle Murphy
Visit and discussion with incarcerated people at DC Central Detention Facility
Book Talk with Dr. Jamie Fader: On Shifting Ground: Constructing Manhood on the Margins
On the Same Page: Free Minds Poetry in the Community and the Classroom