March 24 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Daniel Gascón and LG Freierman of of University of Massachusetts, Boston

A conversation with Dr. Daniel Gascón and LG Freierman University of Massachusetts, Boston. Daniel Gascón is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a Research Fellow at the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy. He is the founding director of the Racial Justice Laboratory. Daniel’s current research combines sociology, criminal justice, law, and history. His recent solo-authored work appears in the journals Critical Sociology and Social Justice, and he is the lead author of the March 2024 book, Police and State Crime in the Americas: Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives with Palgrave-Macmillan Publishing. LG Freierman (they/them) is an alum from the UMass Boston Sociology department and the Bunker Hill Community College Liberal Arts Department. They are currently a lab assistant at the Racial Justice Laboratory. Find Dr. Gascón's book, The Limits of Community Policing: Civilian Power and Police Accountability in Black and Brown Los Angeles (NYU, 2019, link), and find a recent article by Dr. Gascón, "The Hispanic Outreach: Network Analysis of a Community-Based Policing Program in South Los Angeles" here. Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library. Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice).