Thursday, May 14
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Registration Required Below
Join us for an important and thought-provoking discussion with Brianna Nofil, assistant professor of history at William & Mary and author of The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration.
Nofil’s work tells the century-long history of migrant detention and resistance in city and county jails. Drawing on a variety of official documents and local sources, Nofil brings to light the experiences of the people behind the systems that are often only featured in headlines.
MTL’s Conversations Committee member and Western Connecticut State University Psychology Professor Emeritus Daniel Barrett will moderate the discussion, helping to illuminate the complex and often deeply personal intersections of immigration and incarceration.
This virtual webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Registered participants will receive an invitation with a link prior to the program. Please include a cell phone number to receive a text reminder.
Panelists:
Brianna N
ofil is an Assistant Professor of History at William & Mary. She is the author of The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration (Princeton University Press, 2024), which tells the century-long story of migrant detention and resistance in city and county jails. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, El País, The Marshall Project, Vox, and NPR’s Throughline. Nofil has received multiple awards including the Frederick Jackson Turner Award and Ellis W. Hawley Prize, awarded by the Organization of American Historians.
Dr. Daniel W. Barrett is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Psychology at Western Connecticut State University. A former resident of Redding, he graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University, earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University and served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Health Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor of the forthcoming Social Influence: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives and the author of Social Psychology: Core Concepts and Emerging Trends as well as numerous publications.
