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Quick thread on my fall 2020 research seminar, "Mass Incarceration beyond the New Jim Crow" @EmoryUniversity (in @EmoryHistory). As many of us know, it is really tough to get work done amidst a global pandemic. But to echo many of my colleagues, I was, for the... 1/
most part, proud of the work that the students produced in this course. It was a seminar course, front-loaded with readings, as they worked on individual research papers. They read and met with @TLeFlouria @douglasflowe @klytlehernandez @dnbrgr & @mfkantor 2/
and they wrote some really interesting papers. Topics included (but were not limited to): e-carceration and surveillance; the media-incarceration complex; medical care in correctional facilities; convict leasing; and juvenile justice in Georgia (the latter were clearly... 3/
stringing on my heart of nonexistent emotions). We learned about all kinds of crazy limits to the archive amidst the pandemic; however, @EmoryLibraries buffered us away from many of the potential roadblocks. I tried my damndest to break the paper into manageable parts, which 4/
included (after they brainstormed ideas and put together annotated bibliographies): a "three-page" introduction, potential a counterargument essay, and one (or two) content papers. By the end, final papers came in between 18 and 30! pages (including notes, etc.). I smiled. 5/
There's no underlying point to this thread aside from the fact that I wanted to add to the choir of praise that so many students, like so many professors, are doing phenomenal work and rolling with the punches! Now: rest, recover, and let's do it again in January. End/
