Making Policy Equitable and Communities Safer
Dr. Dungy shares her expertise globally, delivering lectures on policy, community development, and criminal justice reform.
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Guest Speaker, “Participatory Action Research with Marginalized Communities,” Michigan State University, October 28, 2024.
Guest Speaker, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot," University of Missouri - St. Louis, December 9, 2004.
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Guest Panelist, “Gendered Justice: Women, Survivors and the Criminal Legal System.” Safety & Just Challenge, October 17.
Guest Panelist, “Predicting the Future: Incarcerated Women’s Views of Reentry Success.” Citizens for Prison Reform,” Citizens for Prison Reform, July 17, 2024.
Program Speaker, “Hidden Curriculum Summit,” Texas Southern University. June 11-13, 2024.
Guest Speaker, “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, & Black Lives Matter,” Michigan State University, January 17, 2024.
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Co-Facilitator, “Bridging The Gap: Holding Mindful Conversations About Important Topics,” Michigan Department of Health and Human, October 23, 2023.
Presenter, “Public protest participation during a pandemic shape human behaviors and commitment to collective action,” American Sociological Association, August 7, 2023.
Guest panelist, “Housing Structural Barriers & Challenges that Formerly Incarcerated People Face,” Building Michigan Community Conference, May 10, 2023.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” University of Illinois-Chicago, April 8, 2022.
Guest panelist, “Perspectives on Community Policing,” Michigan State University, March 30, 2022.
Guest speaker, "The Politics of Respectability,” University of Houston-Downtown, March 30, 2022.
Keynote speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” University of Houston-Downtown, March 31, 2022.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” Georgia Southern University, March 23, 2022.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” Michigan State University, November 10, 2021.
Guest panelist, “Trauma, Community Health & the Criminal Legal System,” Michigan State University, October 19, 2021.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” Northeastern University, April 20, 2021.
Guest speaker, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” University of Minnesota, April 19, 2021.
Guest panelist, “Critical Conversations: Key Issues for Discussing Race in America - Race & Policing,” Howard University, March 25, 2021.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” Washington University-St. Louis, March 2, 2021.
Guest panelist, “Black Lives Matter vs. Far Right Extremism: Protests, Movements, & Riots,” University of Illinois Chicago, February 23, 2021.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” University of Central Florida, February 19, 2021.
Guest panelist, “Defund the Police: Reimagining Public Safety,” University of California, February 17, 2021.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don't Shoot,” Arizona State University, January 29, 2021.
Guest panelist, “Police-Community Relations: Race, Place, and Community Action,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine, January 28, 2021.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” Michigan State University, November 24, 2020.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” Claremont Graduate University, November 11, 2020.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” San José State University, October 28, 2020.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” University of New Haven, October 27, 2020.
Guest speaker, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” Rutgers University, October 19. 2020.
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WLNS. “The Legal Battle in City Lawsuits,” December 21, 2023.
Crain’s Detroit Business. “Duggan puts crime prevention on residents — to the tune of $700,000,” March 9, 2023.
AXIOS. “Diversity Efforts Struggle During Officer Shortages,” October 29, 2022.
WTOP News. “Senator: Dems back reparations for those who ‘do the crime,’” October 9, 2022.
WLNS 6 News. “Legal Expert on Marijuana Pardon,” October 7, 2022.
USA Today. “An apologetic rioter had a moment during a Jan. 6 hearing. How should we feel about that?” August 6, 2022.
WILX. “MSU Professors and Community Members Learning How to Prevent Youth Violence in Lansing,” July 9, 2022.
Britannica ProCon.org. “Spanish and Swahili Dictionaries Banned by Michigan Prisons,” June 6, 2022.
LEO Weekly. “Louisville Police 2020 Protest Plan Warned Of Wheelchair-Bound Human Shields, Officer Impersonation,” June 2, 2022.
Detroit News. “Crump accuses officer of racial profiling Lyoya; results of autopsy released,” April 29, 2022.
News Channel 3. “Bipartisan policy reform bills stall in Mich. Senate for 10 months before Lyoya’s death,” April 15, 2022.
Spartan News Room. “Michigan Prison Recidivism Declines as Vocational Skills Rise,” March 18, 2022.
The Crime Report. “All is Not Forgiven,” March 14, 2022.
The Conversation. “Criminal Justice Researcher Examines the Needs of Marginalized Groups that Often Go Ignored,” March 9, 2022.
WTOP News. “Derek Chauvin's Sentencing is Just the Beginning,” July 16, 2021.
WILX News 10. “News 10 at 11pm,” June 25, 2021.
The Crime Report. “Can U.S. Policing Be Saved,” May 17, 2021.
Detroit Free Press. “What's next to fix policing in Michigan after the verdicts in George Floyd's murder trial?” April 25, 2021.
Politico Magazine. “21 Experts on What the Verdict Means – and Where to Go From Here,” April 21, 2021.
Detroit News. “'Justice won': Detroit leaders, experts hail guilty verdicts for Chauvin,” April 20, 2021.
CBS News. “Voters approve police reform measures across the country” November 9, 2020.
The Charger Bulletin. “Author Jennifer Cobbina speaks to university students about protests changing America,” November 2, 2020.
Iowa City Press-Citizen. “Race, policing experts talk history of policing, what 'defunding' means and more in UI panel,” October 17, 2020.
Clever. “What does American police reform actually look like?” August 19, 2020.
Wired. “How US police used military tactics to turn peaceful protests violent,” June 4, 2020.
The New York Times. “Facing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force,” May 31, 2020.
Newsy. “After More Violent Protests, Minnesota Officials Ask For Calm,” May 29, 2020.
El Mercurio. “Muerte de afroamericano a manos de la policía aviva tensiones raciales en EE.UU,” May 29, 2020.
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Crime Report - “Why police diversity won’t fix the problems of policing,” January 17, 2021.
National Public Radio (NPR) – “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot Examines What Led to Ferguson and Baltimore Protests,” August 1, 2019
NYU Press Blog – “The Links between Slavery, Policing, and Racism,” July 30, 2019
Kirkus Review – “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How they Changed America,” May 12, 2019
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Michigan Radio – “An exception to the rule or a new chapter? What Chauvin verdict means for criminal justice reform,” April 21, 2021.
Newbooks Network Podcast – “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America,” September 24, 2020
WPFW Pacifica in Washington DC. “Community Watch and Comment,” August 26, 2020
WBAL News Radio, “WNN AM with Dr. Jennifer Cobbina,” June 16, 2020
POLITICO, “How Ferguson and Baltimore Explain Why It’s Different This Time,” June 11, 2020
This is Not a Pipe Podcast, “Jennifer E. Cobbina: Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” November 7, 2019
Sunday Journal – “Dr. Cobbina Author of Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” October 3, 2019
Author Story – “Jennifer Cobbina on Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter and How They Changed America.” September 14, 2019
WKAR Radio, “MSU research examines how race, gender, and demographics impact crime and police decision-making” August 23, 2019
The Pat Miller Program – “Jennifer Cobbina on her book ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,’” August 13, 2019
The Hill (Op-Ed), “Instead of investing money into police departments, let's put it toward communities” August 11, 2019
Futurity – “Stories offer Protesters’ Views of Ferguson, Baltimore Police,” August 8, 2019