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faculty
Erin Krafft, PhD she/her
Associate Professor
Crime & Justice Studies
Contact
508-999-8962
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Balsam Hall 9172
Education
| 2015 | Brown University | PhD in Slavic Studies |
| 2009 | University of East Anglia | MA in Literary Translation |
| 2007 | University of California, Berkeley | BA in Slavic Languages and Literatures |
Teaching
- Social Theory
- Gender and the State
- Totalitarianism Studies
- Education and Justice
- Nonviolence Studies
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
Examines Crime and Justice Studies as a multidisciplinary field of study that bridges criminology, criminal justice, and justice studies. Students engage with a variety of histories, policies, procedures, and politics that inform how crime and justice are constructed within U.S. transnational and intersectional contexts. Areas of analysis include state-making, citizenship, social control, criminality, surveillance and security, war, rights and law, revolution, prison writing, nonviolence, collective justice, and abolitionism.
Examines Crime and Justice Studies as a multidisciplinary field of study that bridges criminology, criminal justice, and justice studies. Students engage with a variety of histories, policies, procedures, and politics that inform how crime and justice are constructed within U.S. transnational and intersectional contexts. Areas of analysis include state-making, citizenship, social control, criminality, surveillance and security, war, rights and law, revolution, prison writing, nonviolence, collective justice, and abolitionism.
A study of sociological theorists. Designed to teach the theoretical foundations necessary for the critical study of crime and justice, the course will cover a range of theories focusing on those that assist in a critique of problems of power in matters of crime and justice.
A study of sociological theorists. Designed to teach the theoretical foundations necessary for the critical study of crime and justice, the course will cover a range of theories focusing on those that assist in a critique of problems of power in matters of crime and justice.
Introduction to the ways in which different academic disciplines explore the history, culture and social dynamics of cities, and how to make urban life viable, sustainable and just. The goal is to engage students in exploring the nature of urban life and finding ways to promote the social, cultural, and economic vibrancy of cities in our region, nationally, and globally.
Introduction to the ways in which different academic disciplines explore the history, culture and social dynamics of cities, and how to make urban life viable, sustainable and just. The goal is to engage students in exploring the nature of urban life and finding ways to promote the social, cultural, and economic vibrancy of cities in our region, nationally, and globally.
Introduction to the ways in which different academic disciplines explore the history, culture and social dynamics of cities, and how to make urban life viable, sustainable and just. The goal is to engage students in exploring the nature of urban life and finding ways to promote the social, cultural, and economic vibrancy of cities in our region, nationally, and globally.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
A study of sociological theorists. Designed to teach the theoretical foundations necessary for the critical study of crime and justice, the course will cover a range of theories focusing on those that assist in a critique of problems of power in matters of crime and justice.
Introduction to the ways in which different academic disciplines explore the history, culture and social dynamics of cities, and how to make urban life viable, sustainable and just. The goal is to engage students in exploring the nature of urban life and finding ways to promote the social, cultural, and economic vibrancy of cities in our region, nationally, and globally.
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Research
Research activities
- Community-engaged research within alternative educational spaces
- Transnational feminisms
- Linguistic and cultural translations
Research
Research awards
- $ 149,992 awarded by MA Department Of Higher Education for Transformative Justice Certificate Program
Research
Research interests
- Transnational feminisms
- Feminist Translation studies
- Gender and the state
- Autocracy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism
- Critical pedagogies
Select publications
- Erin Katherine Krafft (2023).
Marxist Criminology Abolishes Lombroso, Marxist Criminology Abolishes Itself
Abolish Criminology, 156-169. - Erin Katherine Krafft (2022).
Paradoxical Sexual and Gender Politics: Projects and Narratives of Russia’s Far Right
Paradoxical Right-Wing Sexual Politics in Europe, 201-221. - Erin Katherine Krafft (2022).
Punk Prayers versus Neoliberalism: Pussy Riot and the Fractured Feminist Family Tree
Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 56:2, 152-177. - Erin Katherine Krafft (2021).
Subjects, Subjectivities, and Slavic Studies: A Design for Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Slavic Review, 80, 327-333. - Erin Katherine Krafft (2021).
Translation, or Transliteration?: "Gender" Troubles in Russia
Translating Feminism: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text, Place, and Agency, 175-198.