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How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged

How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Vesla Weaver, for the Niskanen Center.

2020 PEWS Distinguished Article Award

2020 PEWS Distinguished Article Award

Congratulations to graduate student, Corey Payne. Sugar, Slavery, and Creative Destruction: World-Magnates and “Coreification” in the Longue-Durée

Vesla Weaver on No Jargon podcast

Vesla Weaver on No Jargon podcast

Professor Vesla Weaver dives into how this movement is different from protests of the past, what brought us to the current situation, how our nation’s police system has affected Black […]

Vesla Weaver co-authors article on Vox

Vesla Weaver co-authors article on Vox

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Vesla Weaver, co-authored the piece “How a 50-year-old report predicted America’s current racial reckoning” on Vox.

Vesla Weaver cited in Vox article

Vesla Weaver cited in Vox article

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Vesla Weaver cited in the Vox article “How Black People Really Feel About the Police, Explained”

Vesla Weaver featured on WYPR

Vesla Weaver featured on WYPR

Vesla Weaver has been listening in on long distance conversations between people in heavily policed neighborhoods in six cities on WYPR.

2020 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award Recipients

2020 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award Recipients

36 early-career faculty members earn Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards. Congratulations to Julia Burdick-Will & Ryan Calder!

Vesla Weaver co-authors article in The Washington Post

Vesla Weaver co-authors article in The Washington Post

“We Listened to People in Highly Policed U.S. Communities”, Velsa Weaver in The Washington Post.

Stuart Schrader quoted in New York Times

Stuart Schrader quoted in New York Times

Stuart Schrader in the New York Times about the 100 U.S. cities where protesters were tear-gassed.

A History of Police Funding

A History of Police Funding

Vesla Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, in Financial Times.