Incarceration Nation: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the U.S. Prison
Crisis
9th Annual American Studies Symposium
March 19 and 20, 2010
Department of English, University of Florida
Friday March 19
Spotlight on Faculty Research
2:00-3:30 pm, 219 Dauer Hall
In this roundtable, faculty will
introduce themselves and discuss their research interests. Featuring Joe
Spillane, Assoc. Professor of History, UF (prison history); Jodi Lane,
Assoc. Professor of Sociology, Criminology and Law, UF (juvenile justice);
and Patricia Warren, Assistant Professor in the College of Criminology,
FSU (racial profiling).
Cell Blocks and Red Ink: Mass Incarceration, the Great Recession, and the Future of Penal Reform
4:00-5:30 pm, Ustler Hall
Invited Speaker: Marie Gottschalk,
Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Reception
6:00-8:00 pm, Ustler Hall
For invited speakers, participants
and audience members.
Saturday, March 20
Local Activism
9:30 am - 10:45 am, Ocora Room, Pugh Hall
Local Activism, highlighting
the work of local activist organizations on various issues relating to
incarceration, community reintegration, and/or abolition.
Jails for Jesus: Becoming a Faith-Based Prison Nation
11:00-12:30 pm, Ocora Room, Pugh Hall
Invited Speaker: Tanya Erzen, Associate
Professor of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University.
Lunch Break
12:30-2:00 pm, Ocora Room, Pugh Hall
Spotlight on Graduate Student Research
2:00-3:15, Ocora Room, Pugh Hall
Featuring Chris Hazlett, Ph.D. Candidate
in English (prison writing networks) and Virginia Hamner, J.D./M.A. Women’s
Studies (female prisoners and the law).
Prison Regime as Genocide: White Supremacist Statecraft and the Condition of ‘Abolition’
3:30-5:00 pm, Ocora Room, Pugh Hall
Invited Speaker: Dylan Rodríguez,
Professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies, University of California at Riverside.
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