Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the Carceral State

The Carceral State and the Future of the American University

Khalil Gibran Muhammad investigates the intersections of higher education, the prison-industrial complex, and systemic inequities in the U.S. that threaten the advancement of academic freedom. Using Black studies as a lens, this lecture delves into the impact of mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline on access to higher educational outcomes.

Khalil Gibran Muhammad is the inaugural Professor of African American Studies and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he directs the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project.

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About the series

Convened by the WashU Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for the Humanities, this Sawyer Seminar explores how Black studies can sustain academic freedom and help reimagine democratic higher education. Through a yearlong series of conversations featuring leading scholars and public intellectuals, the seminar brings together faculty, students and community partners to examine how Black studies offers vital perspectives on power, inequality and democracy while shaping the future of higher education.

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