“Getting White Boys to Get Their Heads out of Their Asses”: Instructor Accounts of Teaching a Race and Crime Course
“Getting White Boys to Get Their Heads out of Their Asses”: Instructor Accounts of Teaching a Race and Crime Course
Maisha N. CooperCarlene Y BarnabyAlexander H. UpdegroveAhram ChoAndrekus Dixona Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USAb Criminal Justice Program Department of History, Philosophy and Political Science, Kingsborough Community College CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, USAc Department of Criminal Justice, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USAd Department of Criminal Justice, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USAMaisha N. Cooper, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include juvenile justice and race and crime. Her recent work has appeared in Justice Quarterly and Victims & Offenders.Carlene Y Barnaby, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences, Criminal Justice Program at the Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY. Her research interests include race & crime, immigration, wrongful conviction and criminal justice education. Her recent work has appeared in the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice and Crime & Delinquency.Alexander H. Updegrove, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas. His research interests include racialization and racism in the criminal legal system, public opinion, and injustice. His recent work has appeared in Race and Justice, Crime & Delinquency, and the University of Massachusetts Law Review.Ahram Cho, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University. Her research focuses on correctional experiences and outcomes, gen- der, crime, and justice, and quantitative methods. Her recent work has appeared in Crime & Delinquency and Feminist Criminology.Andrekus Dixon, is a Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas. He received his Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Texas. His research interest includes diversity issues, race and crime, victimology and capital punishment.