Katheryn Russell-Brown (born Katheryn K. Russell, September 17, 1961) is an American social scientist, professor of law and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at

University of Florida Law School The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (UF Law) is the law school of the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest operating public law school in Florida, and second oldest overall ...

. Her main areas of expertise are

race and crime Race is one of the correlates of crime receiving attention in academic studies, government surveys, media coverage, and public concern. Research has found that social status, poverty, and childhood exposure to violent behavior are causes of the r ...

, sociology of law and

criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...

Education

Russell-Brown received her B.A. from the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

, her J.D. from the

Hastings College of Law The University of California, Hastings College of the Law (UC Hastings) is a public law school in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, UC Hastings was the first law school of the University of California as ...

and her

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

from the

criminology Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

department of the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...

Memberships

Russell-Brown is a member of the

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice and criminology. ACJS promotes criminal justice and criminology edu ...

and the

American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, the ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of acad ...

, and is currently executive counselor to the

American Society of Criminology The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of Ohio State University whose members focus on the study of crime and delinquency. It aims to grow and disseminate scholarly research, with members wo ...

. She is also on the editorial board of the Carolina Academic Press, as well as that of ''Critical Criminology'' and ''Justice Quarterly''.

Career

Russell-Brown previously taught at Alabama State University (1987-1989), Howard University (1991), City University of New York School of Law (1994), Washington College of Law (1997), and the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

(1992-2003). Russell-Brown was cited by the

Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

in the case ''Harris v. Alabama'' (1995) in regard to her article ''The Constitutionality of Jury Override in Alabama Death Penalty Cases'' (1994).

Works

As Katheryn K. Russell

*''The Constitutionality of Jury Override in Alabama Death Penalty Cases'' (''Alabama Law Review'': 1994) *'' The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment and Other Macroaggressions'' (New York University Press: 1998) *''Race and Crime: An Annotated Bibliography'' (Greenwood Press: 2000) *''Petit Apartheid in the U.S. Criminal Justice System: The Dark Figure of Racism'' with Dragan Milovanovic (Carolina Academic Press: 2001)

As Katheryn Russell-Brown

*''Underground Codes: Race, Crime and Related Fires'' (New York University Press: 2004) *''Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime, and African Americans (Perspectives on Multiracial America)'' (Rowman & Littlefield: 2006) *''The Color of Crime'' (New York University Press: 2008)

Children's books

*''Little Melba and Her Big Trombone'', illustrated by Frank Morrison ''(''Lee & Low Books: 2014) *''A Voice Named Aretha'', illustrated by Laura Freeman (Bloomsbury: 2020) *''She Was the First: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm'', illustrated by Eric Velasquez (Lee & Low Books: 2020)

Sources

*''Katheryn Russell-Brown'' at "Faculty and Staff", University of Florida Levin College of Law (Retrieved 4 October 2009

*''Spotlight: Katheryn Russell-Brown'', University of Florida (Retrieved 4 October 2009

External links

*
Petit Apartheid in the U.S. Criminal Justice System: The Dark Figure of Racism
' with Dragan Milovanovic (2001) *
Katheryn Russell-Brown
' at the University of Florida Levin College of Law Website. *

' at the University of Florida Website. *
Katheryn Russell-Brown
' at the

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