Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

George Paul Meiu, John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University presents:
Queer Objects: Intimacy, Citizenship, and Rescue in Kenya
Co-sponsored with the Africana Studies Institute and the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

Colloquium Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/meet/anthrodept

“The Feminization of Transgender Women in Prisons for Men: How Prison as a Total Institution Shapes Gender”

Public Talk by Valerie Jenness, October 6, 1:30-2:30pm EST


Valerie Jenness is Acting Vice Provost, Academic Planning & Institutional Research and Distinguished Professor, Criminology, Law & Society, the Department of Sociology (by courtesy), and the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing (by courtesy) at the University of California, Irvine


Valerie Jenness’ research has focused on prostitution, hate crime, and prison violence and grievances to explore the links between deviance and social control, the politics of crime control, social movements and social change, and corrections and public policy. She is the author of four books, including: Appealing to Justice: Prisoner Grievances, Rights, and Carceral Logic (with Kitty Calavita); Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement Practice (with Ryken Grattet); Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence (with Kendal Broad); and Making it Work: The Prostitutes’ Rights Movement in Perspective.


She is also the co-editor of Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy (with David Meyer and Helen Ingram) and the author of many articles published in sociology, law & society, criminology, and gender journals (e.g., American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Problems, Criminology, Law & Society Review, and Gender & Society).


Her research has been translated and reprinted in German, Greek, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, presented at an array of professional conferences and universities in the U.S. and abroad (e.g., Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Columbia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, and South Africa), as well as to the U.S. Congress, the National Academy of Sciences, judges and staff attorneys for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. Her research has been discussed in media outlets, such as National Public Radio in the U.S. and Australia, the NYT, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, the LA Times,

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For questions contact Professor Nancy Naples at nancy.naples@uconn.edu