Tarleton State University’s second “State of the American Society” speaker series, features Dr. Heather Ann Thompson—an expert on the history of mass incarceration—and brings leading scholars and Texas policymakers to Stephenville to discuss current U.S. events and critical issues.
Thompson, a history professor at the University of Michigan, will take an in-depth look at “Why Mass Incarceration Matters: To Our Cities, Our Economy and Our Democracy.” During the past two years, she has presented her work on prisons and justice policy in the U.S. and abroad, speaking at the historic 2015 Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform in Washington D.C.
Thompson’s recent piece in TheAtlantic on how mass incarceration has distorted democracy in America was a finalist for the best magazine article of 2014 award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
Sponsored by Tarleton’s Department of Social Sciences and its School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Strategic Studies, the event takes place in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Theater. For a map of the Stephenville campus, visit www.tarleton.edu/campus. There is no charge. The public is invited.
