Naomi Murakawa

Naomi Murakawa is an American political scientist and associate professor of African-American studies at Princeton University. Along with Kent Eaton, she is also the co-chair of the 2017 American Political Science Association (APSA) Section 24 meeting.[1] Murakawa received her B.A. in women’s studies from Columbia University, her M.Sc. in social policy from the London School of Economics, and her Ph.D. in political science from Yale University.[2] She is known for her 2014 book, The First Civil Right, which contends that American liberals are just as responsible for mass incarceration in the United States as conservatives are.[3][4][5] In 2015, Murakawa won the Michael Harrington Book Award from APSA for this book.[6]

Naomi Murakawa
TitleAssociate professor
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
Yale University (PhD)
ThesisElecting to Punish: Congress, Race, and the American Criminal Justice State (2005)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineAfrican-American studies
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Notable worksThe First Civil Right

Selected publications
  • Murakawa, Naomi (2016). The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199892785.
  • Beckett, Katherine; N. Murakawa (2012). "Mapping the shadow carceral state: Toward an institutionally capacious approach to punishment". Theoretical Criminology. 16 (2): 221–44. doi:10.1177/1362480612442113.
  • Murakawa, Naomi; K. Beckett (2010). "The Penology of Racial Innocence: The Erasure of Racism in the Study and Practice of Punishment". Law & Society Review. 44 (3–4): 695–730. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00420.x.

See also

References
  1. "Politics and History (Section 24)". American Political Science Association.
  2. "Naomi Murakawa". Department of African American Studies. Princeton University.
  3. Goldstein, Dana (2015-01-15). "'Blame Liberals'". The Marshall Project.
  4. Osterweil, Willie (2015-01-06). "How White Liberals Used Civil Rights to Create More Prisons". The Nation.
  5. "Did Liberals Put Black America Behind Bars?". Newsweek. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  6. "Michael Harrington Book Award Winners". American Political Science Association.


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