Date/Time
Date(s) - October 27, 2023
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
LSC 324, Lory Student Center
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Join us to hear from candidates for our Sociology Assistant Professor – Criminology position. Job Talks will be held hybrid. Please email us for the Zoom link. Colleagues and students from all departments & units are welcome to attend!
Dr. Cassandra Young, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University
“Remnants of Chattel: Black Women, Sex Trafficking, and the Criminal Legal System”
Interests & Areas of Expertise:
• human trafficking
- racism
- gender
- qualitative methods
- intersectionality
- Black feminism
Dr. Young’s research focuses on sex trafficking within the Black community, specifically victim experiences with the criminal legal system as victims and/or offenders. Her current scholarship examines how racist and sexist biases create multiplicative forms of victimization for Black sex trafficking survivors in criminal court. Her research has been published in Qualitative Criminology, Race and Justice, and Crime & Delinquency.