Biography
My work explores capitalism, digital technology, and the state in urban contexts. My recent publications look at the application of digital technology in criminal justice in New York City and Chicago.
Education
- Ph.D., New School for Social Research, Department of Politics
- MA, University of Westminster, Centre for the Study of Democracy
- B.A., Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Geography and Geographic Information Science
Associate Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Associate Head, Geography and Geographic Information Science
Recent Publications
Jefferson, B. J. (2022). Programming Colonial Racial Capitalism: Encoding Human Value in Smart Cities. In S. Koshy, L. M. Cacho, J. A. Byrd, & B. J. Jefferson (Eds.), Colonial Racial Capitalism (pp. 232-254). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478023371-008
Jefferson, B. J., & Melamed, J. (2022). Racial Capitalism Now: A Conversation with Michael Dawson and Ruth Wilson Gilmore. In S. Koshy, L. M. Cacho, J. A. Byrd, & B. J. Jefferson (Eds.), Colonial Racial Capitalism (pp. 311-332). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478023371-011
Koshy, S., Cacho, L. M., Byrd, J., & Jefferson, B. J. (Eds.) (2022). Colonial Racial Capitalism. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478023371
Koshy, S., Cacho, L. M., Byrd, J., & Jefferson, B. J. (2022). Introduction. In S. Koshy, L. M. Cacho, J. A. Byrd, & B. J. Jefferson (Eds.), Colonial Racial Capitalism (pp. 1-30). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478023371-001
Jefferson, B. (2019). Crime Mapping. In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition (pp. 11-15). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10528-1