Panel Discussion: Police Violence, Police Reform and the Death of Tyre Nichols 3/3

03/01/2023
By Malachi Robinson

Join the School of Criminology & Justice Studies for a panel discussion with policing experts on police violence, police reform and the death of Tyre Nichols.

Friday, March 3
noon to 1 p.m.
O'Leary Library 222

Panelist:

Joselyne Chenane Nkogo is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies and an alumnus of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship program. She earned her doctorate in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska, Omaha. She holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York, college at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Education Arts from Egerton University (Kenya). Her research interests include police/citizen relations, police legitimacy, race and justice, neighborhood contexts and crime, and immigration. Her work has been published in Criminal Justice and Behavior, Race & Justice, Crime & Delinquency, Feminist Criminology, British Journal of Criminology, and Policing and Society among others.

Melissa S. Morabito is an Associate Professor at University Massachusetts Lowell in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies and an Associate at the Center for Women and Work. She has an MSW from Columbia University and received her Ph.D. in Justice, Law and Society from American University. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health funded Center for Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Research. Prior to her academic career, Morabito was a policy analyst at the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Her research interests include understanding the intersection between police and public health challenges such as mental illness, domestic violence and substance use disorder. Morabito has worked with the Philadelphia, Chicago, Lowell and Boston police departments.

Chris Harris is an Associate Professor at UMass Lowell’s School of Criminology and Justice Studies. He earned his Ph.D. at the University at Albany's School of Criminal Justice in 2006. His research interests include police performance and police accountability, as well as community responses to youth violence. Harris has worked with numerous police departments nationwide, and his work has appeared in Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice & Behavior, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Police Quarterly, among others.

Sponsored by the School of Criminology & Justice Studies and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.