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faculty
Viviane Saleh-Hanna, PhD
Director
Black Studies
Professor
Crime & Justice Studies
Contact
508-910-6453
508-999-8808
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Liberal Arts 399E
Contact
508-910-6453
508-999-8808
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Liberal Arts 399E
Education
| 2007 | Indiana University | PhD in Criminal Justice |
| 2000 | Simon Fraser University | MA in Criminology |
| 1998 | University of Ottawa | BA in Criminology |
Teaching
- Crime and Justice Studies
- Black Studies
- Women and Gender Studies
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
An introduction to the principal concepts and methods of Afrocentric scholarship. Topics include the social, political, aesthetic, and economic experiences of Black people in America and throughout the world. Students will develop their academic research, critical reading & writing, and oral presentation.
The history of criminology through a study of the theorists who comprise the field's three dominant schools of thought: Classical Criminology, Positivism and Critical Criminology. Students will be introduced to critical deconstructions of each paradigm through a fourth school of thought: Anti-Colonial Criminology. The historical and political contexts of each theory and theorist will be emphasized to highlight the impact criminology has on policy, society and human relations.
The history of criminology through a study of the theorists who comprise the field's three dominant schools of thought: Classical Criminology, Positivism and Critical Criminology. Students will be introduced to critical deconstructions of each paradigm through a fourth school of thought: Anti-Colonial Criminology. The historical and political contexts of each theory and theorist will be emphasized to highlight the impact criminology has on policy, society and human relations.
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
The history of criminology through a study of the theorists who comprise the field's three dominant schools of thought: Classical Criminology, Positivism and Critical Criminology. Students will be introduced to critical deconstructions of each paradigm through a fourth school of thought: Anti-Colonial Criminology. The historical and political contexts of each theory and theorist will be emphasized to highlight the impact criminology has on policy, society and human relations.
The history of criminology through a study of the theorists who comprise the field's three dominant schools of thought: Classical Criminology, Positivism and Critical Criminology. Students will be introduced to critical deconstructions of each paradigm through a fourth school of thought: Anti-Colonial Criminology. The historical and political contexts of each theory and theorist will be emphasized to highlight the impact criminology has on policy, society and human relations.
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
The internship experience is designed to provide a broad exposure to the workings of crime and justice related organizations, businesses, agencies, and collectives¿including but not limited to advocacy groups, community based programs and organizations, nonprofit organizations, courts, law offices, social service, law enforcement agencies, and research related positions, including academia.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
Topics will be determined by the faculty member and will therefore vary.
The internship experience is designed to provide a broad exposure to the workings of crime and justice related organizations, businesses, agencies, and collectives¿including but not limited to advocacy groups, community based programs and organizations, nonprofit organizations, courts, law offices, social service, law enforcement agencies, and research related positions, including academia.
Register for this course.
An in-depth examination of the theoretical formulations, social movement contexts, and political praxes for the study of crime and justice. This will be pursued through a study of abolitionism across a variety of historical contexts and institutional and community settings in order to facilitate incisive critical thought on the most pressing social problems of our time.
Register for this course.
Research
Research awards
- $ 149,992 awarded by MA Department Of Higher Education for Transformative Justice Certificate Program
Select publications
- Viviane Saleh-Hanna (2016).
Reversing Criminology's White Gaze: as Lombroso's Disembodied Head Peers through a Glass Jar in a Museum foreshadowed by Sara Baarman's Ghost
The Palgrave Handbook on Prison Tourism - VIviane Saleh-Hanna (2015).
Black Feminist Hauntology: Rememory the Ghosts of Abolition?
Penal Field/Champ Penal, 12 - Viviane Saleh-Hanna (2008).
Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria
Viviane Saleh-Hanna received her Master of Arts from the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and her Ph.d in Criminal Justice at Indiana University in Bloomington. She has worked with prisoners all over the world including Canada, the United States, Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt. Before moving to the United States she lived in Nigeria and worked with prisoners along the West African coastline. Her book, Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria (2008) is the first to include first-hand accounts about life in prison written by prisoners in a West African prison. These rare chapters provide an in-depth view of the segments of Nigerian prisoners’ lives and struggles that they have decided to share with the world.
Her doctoral research was on Crime, Resistance and Song. Tracing the Cross-Atlantic slave route through lyrics Dr. Saleh-Hanna highlights the world views artists contribute to struggles for justice in Nigeria through Afrobeat, Jamaica through Reggae and the United States through Hip Hop. Her work includes lyrics and music by artists such as Fela Kuti, Lagbaja, Miriam Makeba, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Spiritchild and the Welfare Poets. She has been involved in penal abolition movements and international gatherings for more than 20 years. Her most recent research and publications have included hauntology and the sociological study of ghosts, historic memory, abusive structural relationships and works inspired by Toni Morrison’s and Octavia Butler’s novels. As an example of this work please read Black Feminist Hauntology: Rememory the ghosts of abolition? Dr. Saleh-Hanna serves on the board of editors for the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons and the African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies.
Latest from Viviane
Mentioned in
- Apr 24, 2024 Olivia Munyambu '24: Researching the mental health of UMassD students of the African diaspora
- Oct 13, 2023 Crime and justice studies faculty and alumni contribute to new book
- May 24, 2021 UMass Dartmouth receives Massachusetts Board of Higher Education grant to create innovative curriculum for a Transformative Justice Certification Program