Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality

Andrew Johnson is finishing a PhD in Political Science at the University of California Santa Barbara. His major field is in Political Theory and secondary fields are in International Relations and American Politics. He has an emphasis in Global Studies and has taught for the Black Studies and Sociology departments. Andrew has an MA in Philosophy from Louisiana State University and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Maine. His dissertation explores the historical formation and development of police institutions and the importance of these histories for the police abolition movement.