Books & Media.
Unequal City: Race Schools and Perceptions of Injustice
Chicago has long struggled with racial residential segregation, high rates of poverty, and deepening class stratification, and it can be a challenging place for adolescents to grow up. Unequal City examines the ways in which Chicago’s most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life opportunities, and encounters with the law. In this pioneering analysis of the intersection of race, place, and opportunity, sociologist and criminal justice expert Carla Shedd illuminates how schools either reinforce or ameliorate the social inequalities that shape the worlds of these adolescents.
Shedd draws from an array of data and in-depth interviews with Chicago youth to offer new insight into this understudied group. Focusing on four public high schools with differing student bodies, Shedd reveals how the predominantly low-income African American students at one school encounter obstacles their more affluent, white counterparts on the other side of the city do not face. Teens often travel long distances to attend school which, due to Chicago’s segregated and highly unequal neighborhoods, can involve crossing class, race, and gang lines… Read more >>
Videos.
Can police departments be defunded and/or abolished? Mike Gilliam is joined by Carla Shedd to discuss this urgent - and politically charged - issue.
Panel discussion exploring the topics of racial justice, implicit bias, and youth empowerment.
Broken Windows, Broken Schools: A Panel Discussion on Education Justice Co-curated by Carla Shedd, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies...
At a preview of “East Lake Meadows,” Prof. Carla Shedd reflects on the challenges and potential solutions for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
This is the seventh panel of the two-day conference on the popular television series “The Wire.”
Carla Shedd, assistant professor of sociology and African American studies at Columbia University, discusses her work on race and the carceral continuum…
Podcasts & Radio.
Midday on WNYC: The Enduring Legacy of Stop and Frisk
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, president of Policing Equity and the Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity at John Jay, and Dr. Carla Shedd, discuss the psychological and social costs of stop-and-frisk policing.
Black and Latinx students, institutional racism, and the carceral continuum
Dr. Carla Shedd discusses the interactions with institutions of low-income Black and Latinx students, how institutional racism impacts children, professionals’ ethical responsibilities, and how to create safe spaces.
The Thought Project: Episode 25 — An Interview with Dr. Carla Shedd
Dr. Carla Shedd's work focuses on timely issues related to criminal justice, race, social inequality, and urban policy. In this podcast, she discusses her book, Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice.
Articles & Features.
Race, Ethnicity, and Youth Perceptions of Criminal Justice
This paper advances a comparative conflict theory of racial and ethnic similarities and differences in youth perceptions of criminal injustice. We use HLM models to test six conflict hypotheses with data from more than 18,000 Chicago public school students… Read more >>
Sociologist Carla Shedd Gives Voice to Young People Navigating Enduring Inequality
Unequal City draws on survey data from some 18,000 Chicago public school students. It intently focuses on four public schools in Chicago, one more than 99% African American; one predominantly minority... Read more >>
Professor Carla Shedd's Unequal City Makes Zora's 100 Greatest Books List
Professor Carla Shedd (Sociology, Urban Education) is among the prominent authors who made the cut for The ZORA Canon, a list of the 100 greatest books by African American women... Read more >>
The "Black-on-Black Crime" Myth is the US's Substitute for Caring About Black Safety
Crime rates in poor black neighborhoods are often high because of concentrated poverty, lack of investment and low employment and education prospects, she added. But this violence is also presented as evidence of a unique cultural pathology — a "dysfunctional culture…" Read more >>
How Millions of White Americans Bought into a Racist Myth
Days after President Donald Trump mocked professional athletes taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality inflicted upon communities of color… Read more >>