In episode 120, we speak with Professor Chris Uggen about his work on voting rights for people with criminal convictions.
Chris Uggen is Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor in Sociology, Law, and Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and a fellow of the American Society of Criminology. He studies crime, law, and inequality, firm in the belief that sound research can help build a more just and peaceful world. His current projects examine voting rights for people with criminal records, prison reentry, fairness in sentencing, Scandinavian justice, gun violence, and monetary sanctions. Chris received the 2023 American Sociological Association Public Understanding of Sociology award, in part for his work (with Doug Hartmann) as publisher and editor of TheSocietyPages.org, an online social science hub that has drawn more than 40 million visitors. He is a past Vice President of the American Sociological Association and Executive Secretary of the American Society of Criminology.
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Get in touch with Chris:
University of Minnesota Website //uggen001 AT umn.edu
Below are the papers co-authored by Chris that were
discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Uggen, C., Stewart, R., & Lookner, E. (2024). US Disenfranchisement and Re-Enfranchisement Explained. In Prisoners’ Vote (pp. 96-114). Routledge. [article link]
Behrens, A., Uggen, C., & Manza, J. (2003). Ballot manipulation and the “menace of Negro domination”: Racial threat and felon disenfranchisement in the United States, 1850–2002. American Journal of Sociology, 109(3), 559-605. [article link]
Uggen, C. (2023). Partnerships in Public Sociology: Expanding Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions. Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 64. [article link]