Brittany Friedman

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Brittany Friedman
Born
Brittany Michelle Friedman
NationalityAmerican
EducationPh.D. Northwestern University
Occupation(s)Sociologist
Assistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California
Known forsociology of punishment and social control
Notable workCarceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons
Awards
Websitewww.brittanyfriedman.com

Brittany Michelle Friedman is an American sociologist appointed as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California and faculty affiliate of the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation and the Equity Research Institute.[1] Her research intersects at the sociology of law, sociology of race, political sociology, economic sociology, and criminal justice. Friedman is most known for her research on social control and cover-ups, the Black Guerilla Family and black power movement behind bars, and the financialization of the criminal legal system as seen with pay to stay. She is a frequent commentator on public media outlets on topics related to institutional misconduct, cover-ups, prison reform, and racism.[2][3][4] [5][6][7] Her most notable project is a forthcoming book titled Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. She is also a film producer and co-founder of the Captive Money Lab.[8][9]

Friedman's research has been supported by a variety of funding sources, such as the National Science Foundation, the American Society of Criminology, and the American Bar Foundation.[10][11][12][13]

Friedman completed her bachelor of arts in history at Vanderbilt University, her master of arts in Latin American studies at Columbia University, and her PhD in sociology at Northwestern University under the direction of sociologist John Hagan.[14]

Awards and honors (selected)

References

  1. ^ "Brittany Friedman". Price Center for Social Innovation. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. ^ "Black Radical Prisoner Organizing Didn't Die With George Jackson". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  3. ^ Harris, Alexes (2021-04-15). "Daunte Wright and the grim financial incentive behind traffic stops". Vox. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. ^ "New York Ends a Punishment That Traps People in Poverty". The Appeal Political Report. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  5. ^ "Solitary Confinement As a Tool of Political Oppression | Black Agenda Report". Black Agenda Report. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  6. ^ "Constructing a threat: On prison repression of Black politics". This Is Hell!. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  7. ^ "Perspective | Forcing people to pay for being locked up remains common". Washington Post. 2022-05-01. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  8. ^ "Decoded FIlm Studios". decodedstorylab.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  9. ^ Hyperobjekt. "Captive Money Lab". Captive Money Lab. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  10. ^ a b "NSF Award Search: Award#1703056 - Doctoral Dissertation Research: Organizational Emergence in the Era of Racial Risk: The Black Guerilla Family and the Aryan Brotherhood in California". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  11. ^ a b "Award Winners". www.asc41.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  12. ^ Heimer, Karen (July–August 2014). "2014 ASC Award Winners" (PDF). The Criminologist. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  13. ^ a b "2021-22 Access to Justice Scholars - American Bar Foundation". www.americanbarfoundation.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  14. ^ "Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsife.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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