Tryon Woods, PhD
Associate Professor
Crime & Justice Studies
Contact
508-999-8406
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Liberal Arts 392C
Education
| 2007 | University of California, Irvine | PhD |
| 2000 | Arizona State University | MS |
| 1995 | Wesleyan University | BA |
Teaching
- Crime & Justice Studies
- Black Studies
- Women & Gender Studies
Teaching
Programs
Teaching
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.
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.
Examination of the meaning of justice across a variety of contexts. The aim of this course is to develop historical, structural, social, and ethical analyses of justice applicable to contemporary social issues, institutional case studies, and social processes. Contradictions between theory and practice are highlighted.
Examination of the meaning of justice across a variety of contexts. The aim of this course is to develop historical, structural, social, and ethical analyses of justice applicable to contemporary social issues, institutional case studies, and social processes. Contradictions between theory and practice are highlighted.
Directed readings and analysis in selected topics.
Directed readings and analysis in selected topics.
An exploration of public policy in a criminal justice context. The causes and consequences of public policy will be explored to demonstrate the complexity of the relationships between criminological knowledge, policy and practice.
An exploration of public policy in a criminal justice context. The causes and consequences of public policy will be explored to demonstrate the complexity of the relationships between criminological knowledge, policy and practice.
An investigation of how the political, social, and economic interests that converge on the site of the prison determine criminal justice policy. This course is a study in the cultural and political economic dimensions of structural violence, with the prison system as the illustrative case study.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Directed readings and analysis in selected topics.
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Research
Research Interests
- Black Studies
Select publications
P. Khalil Saucier and Tryon P. Woods (2020).
Ex Aqua: Excavating Black Power in the Mediterranean
Manchester University Press
Tryon P. Woods (2019).
Blackhood Against the Police Power: Punishment and Disavowal in the "Post-Racial" Era
Michigan State University Press
P. Khalil Saucier, Tryon P. Woods, Patrice Douglass, Barnor Hesse, Tamara K. Nopper, Greg Thomas, Connie Wun (2016).
Conceptual Aphasia in Black: Displacing Racial Formation
Lexington Books
Dr. Woods teaches Black Studies and critical approaches to de-disciplining knowledge. He has taught at Providence College, Brown University, Rhode Island College, Sonoma State University, and Long Beach State University. He has also taught at San Quentin State Prison in the San Francisco Bay Area and worked with community organizations in Oakland, Seattle, and New York City on police accountability, supportive housing for drug users, youth peer education, and HIV/AIDS prevention.
In addition to publishing articles across the humanities, social sciences, and law, Dr. Woods' books include On Marronage: Ethical Confrontations with Antiblackness (Africa World Press 2015), Conceptual Aphasia in Black: Displacing Racial Formation Theory (Lexington 2016), Blackhood Against the Police Power: Punishment and Disavowal in the “Post-Racial” Era (Michigan State University Press 2019), Ex Aqua: Excavating Black Power in the Mediterranean (Manchester University Press 2020), and Blackhood At-Large: The Cinema of Social Death (forthcoming).