Thursday, November 7, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Roxboro House, Arlen Specter Center for Public Service, Jefferson East Falls
Open to Jefferson students, faculty and staff. Pre-registration is requested HERE. Lunch provided.
The Arlen Specter Center offers annual competitive research fellowships to aid scholars in their study and research of an area significant to the late Senator Arlen Specter’s legacy. Both fellows for the year 2019-2020 examine the U.S. prison system and undertake research to gain deeper insights into the issues of prison overcrowding and judicial fairness. Join the Arlen Specter Center on November 7 as the fellows discuss the contentious history of incarceration in the U.S. The working titles for their presentations are:
“Lock Them Up, but Where?: Making Sense of the Armed Career Criminal Act and the Late Twentieth-Century Crisis of Prison Overcrowding” by Charlotte Rosen, Ph.D. Candidate in History, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
“You Can’t Win When You Can’t Get Out of the Cage: Understanding the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and its Role in Expanding the Modern Prison Industrial Complex” by Timothy N. Welbeck, Esq., Adjunct Faculty Member, Thomas Jefferson University (East Falls) and Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Funding for the fellowships is provided by Shanin Specter, Philadelphia trial attorney and son of Arlen Specter, and his wife, Tracey Specter.
The Specter Fellowship Research Presentation is part of the Knowledge Exchange, a forum for faculty, staff, and students to share their research, practice-based work, and creative work. This program affords productive sharing and networking; may encourage mentoring and modeling; and will encourage an interdisciplinarity that will enrich our campus community of teacher/scholars, teacher/practitioners, and learners. Attendance is open to all. For more information, contact Professor Raju Parakkal, raju.parakkal@jefferson.edu.
Please note: This event is hosted by the Arlen Specter Center for Public Service at Jefferson East Falls.
*Students may earn credit for the Asano Humanities & Health Certificate by attending this event. If you would like to receive Asano Certificate credit for attending this event, please e-mail David Meinhart (david.meinhart@jefferson.edu) to confirm your attendance.