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Joseph Hankins examines the intersections of contemporary capitalism and political action. His book, 'Working Skin: Making Leather, Making Multicultural Japan,' traces the circulation of rawhide from Texas tanneries to Japan, scrutinizing forms of political oppression and economic exploitation in this connection. His current work is rooted in long-term political commitments to feminist prison abolition organizations in California. Collaborating with a group of organizers and scholars behind prison walls, Hankins runs the UC Sentencing Project, which explores the drivers of long-term incarceration and its impacts on individuals, families, and communities in California, advocating for transformative racial and gender justice in opposition to the criminal legal system. He teaches classes on racial capitalism, gender, the nature of humanity, abolition feminism, and liberalism, encouraging alternative models for understanding and addressing harm. He maintains long-standing, embedded relationships with political organizations, considering commitments to shape social science research and artistic production.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).