Maxwell School News and Faculty Media, Opinion and Analysis

Murphy examines race and borders in the colonial Caribbean in new book

Tessa Murphy

In her new book, "The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021), Tessa Murphy, assistant professor of history, traces how generations of Indigenous Kalinagos, free and enslaved Africans and settlers from a variety of European nations used maritime routes to forge connections that spanned the eastern Caribbean.

December 18, 2021

Flores-Lagunes to Lead the American Society of Hispanic Economists

Flores-Lagunes’ three-year term will begin Jan. 1, 2022. He will serve as president-elect for the first year, president for the second year and past-president for the third and final year.

December 6, 2021

Jackson Discusses Police Use of Tasers in Asbury Park Press

Jenn M. Jackson, assistant professor of political science, talks about the use of Tasers by law enforcement in the Asbury Park Press article, "Tasers, hailed as a way to avoid deadly police shootings, are seldom used in NJ."

November 10, 2021

Garcia discusses structural racism, COVID-19 outcomes in Public Health Post blog

"The Devastating Toll of Structural Racism," written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia and Ph.D. student Claire Pendergrast, was published in Public Health Post.

September 20, 2021

Sharp examines racism, US history in Syracuse.com piece

August 12, 2021

See related: Race & Ethnicity, United States

Bringing Abolition in: Addressing Carceral Logics in Social Science Research

Elizabeth Jordie Davies, Jenn M. Jackson, Shea Streeter

Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science, and co-authors review and offer theoretical groundings and empirical approaches to the study of abolition.

August 10, 2021

See related: Civil Rights, Race & Ethnicity