Biography
My work explores machines, economies, and states. My recent publications look at the history of digital technology in the criminal justice system in the United States.
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
Courses Taught
GGIS 105 - The Digital Earth
GGIS 221 - Geographies of Global Conflict
GGIS 412 - Geospatial Technology and Society
GGIS 595 - Geopolitics and Engineering
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Recent Publications
Jefferson, B. J. (2018). Computerizing carceral space: Coded geographies of criminalization and capture in New York City. Environment and Planning A, 50(5), 969-988. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X18767427
Jefferson, B. J. (2018). Dark side of the planet: hidden dimensions of urban agglomeration. Urban Geography, 39(10), 1581-1588. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2018.1450464
Jefferson, B. J. (2018). Policing, data, and power-geometry: intersections of crime analytics and race during urban restructuring. Urban Geography, 39(8), 1247-1264. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2018.1446587
Jefferson, B. J. (2018). Predictable Policing: Predictive Crime Mapping and Geographies of Policing and Race. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2017.1293500
Jefferson, B. J. (2017). Cities, Crime, and Carcerality: Beyond the Ecological Perspective. Journal of Planning Literature, 32(2), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412216688217
