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Fall 2017 Events from John Jay Research
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Not in NYC or otherwise unable to attend? You can find much of the content from our events of semesters past on our YouTube page.
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John Jay Research Fall 2017 Book Talk Series
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Tuesday, October 3rd
4.30-5.45pm
Main Lecture Hall
L.63NB
African-American Art: A Visual and Cultural History offers a current and comprehensive history that contextualizes black artists within the framework of American art as a whole. Through a carefully selected collection of creative works and analysis, the book offers a fresh and compelling look at black artistic expression.
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Lisa Farrington is Professor of Art History and founding chair of the Art & Music Department at John Jay College. Her scholarship explores the intersection between African-American and female artistic identity.
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Monday, October 30th
Policing Immigrants: Law Enforcement on the Front Lines
traces the transition of immigration enforcement from a federal concern at the nation's borders to a patchwork system of local policing throughout the interior US. The response of localities to immigration enforcement can best be predicted not by crime rates or economic conditions, but by local voter conservatism.
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Marie Provine is Professor Emerita of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University.
Monica Varsanyi is Professor of Geography and Political Science at John Jay and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Scott Decker is Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University.
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Tuesday, November 7th
Locked In
offers a groundbreaking examination of what its subtitle terms "the true causes of mass incarceration and how to achieve real reform." Pfaff argues that changes in prosecutor behavior during the 1990s have played the largest role in the contemporary US approach to punishment through mass imprisonment - and further, that solving the problem will require new ways of thinking about reform.
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John Pfaff is Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. His research focuses primarily on the role of criminal sentencing policies and practices in contributing to mass incarceration. His recent work has illuminated the previously underappreciated role that prosecutorial discretion has played in driving up prison populations.
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Additional Fall 2017 Research Events
The Office for the Advancement of Research is proud to present research events taking place around the college sponsored by academic departments, centers of research and practice, and other college entities. A comprehensive listing can be found on the college's event calendar.
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The History of Russian Collusion from the Tsars to Putin
Thursday, October 5th
1.45-2.
45pm
Main Lecture Hall
L.63NB
Why do Russian leaders meddle and collude with competitors at home and abroad? What can be done to prevent future political interventions? Dr. Roy Godson delivers a lecture explore the historical roots and contemporary patterns of this very timely topic.
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Roy Godson is Professor of Government Emeritus at Georgetown University and a fall 2017 teaching adjunct at John Jay College. He has been a consultant to the US National Security Council, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and related agencies of the US Government. He recently testified to the US Senate Intelligence Committee on
Russian meddling in the 2016 US election
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Various Dates
John Jay College presents the
Forensic Science Graduate Lecture Series
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open to the public for the first time in Fall 2017. Highlights include talks from Glinda Cooper of the Innocence Project ("A Scoping Review of Cognitive Bias Research in Forensic Science" - September 26th) and Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch ("Retractions, Post-Publication Peer Review, and Fraud: Scientific Publication's Wild West" on December 5th).
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John Jay College, the Center for American Progress, and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation present The Smart on Crime Innovations Conference
Please join new John Jay College President Karol Mason and the leading minds of the bipartisan justice reform movement on Tuesday, October 10th and Wednesday, October 11th
, for the Smart on Crime Innovations Conference. Co-hosted with the Center for American Progress and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, the conference brings together community leaders, criminal justice practitioners, elected officials, businesses, foundations, the media, and researchers to showcase promising criminal justice interventions informed by evidence and data.
This two-day conference will serve as a public statement that people from across the ideological spectrum are committed to pursuing smart, fair, and effective criminal justice and public safety policies. Featured speakers include Former Attorney General Eric Holder.
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