In their essay “Police Repression Is the Problem, Not the Solution,” CARL Director Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III, Dr. Jude Paul Dizon, Dr. Vanessa Miller, and Jessica Hatrick offer an incisive critique of colleges and universities mobilizing campus and municipal police in response to peaceful Encampment for Gaza protests.

This study explored the dynamic nature of 42 Black undergraduate and graduate students’ senses of safety as it relates to their college campuses due to the shifting vulnerabilities exposed in the current political and societal climate.

Charles H.F. Davis III, CSPHE faculty member and director of the Campus Abolition Research Lab, has been selected for induction into the 38th Martin Luther King, Jr. College of Ministers and Laity’s Collegium of Scholars at Morehouse College. The College of Ministers and Laity honors individuals who have shown commitment to the adaptive faithful servant-scholar moral cosmopolitan leadership tradition and selfless service to humanity, in tribute to Dr. King.

In recent years, higher education leaders have been forced to confront the negative impact of police presence on Black and racially minoritized campus populations. We propose that higher education leaders and policymakers take seriously contemporary calls to defund and abolish campus police in order to craft safer and more empowering campus environments for minoritized populations on campus and in surrounding communities

In their essay “A Case for Abolishing Campus Police,” CARL Director Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III and Dr. Kamaria B. Porter offer a compelling argument for alternative understandings of campus safety and the need for postsecondary institutions to divest from the institution of policing.

On December 7th, during the meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, the University’s eight-member governing board, Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III offered public comment regarding campus racism and political repression of student activism by Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students and their supporters.

Season 1 of the #PoliceFreeCampus Podcast is now available! This season engages organizers, practitioners, and scholars in discussing the challenges and possibilities for colleges and universities without the police. The podcast is hosted by CARL Director Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III.

CARL Director speaks with Higher Ed Dive about plan to arm campus police at George Washington University.

CARL Research Associate Brandy Jones named fellow at the Center for HBCU Research, Leadership, and Policy at Howard University.

Penn Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Graduate/Undergraduate Conference is accepting proposals for papers and presentations with abolition focus.