Biography
My work explores digital technology, racial capitalism, 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
Courses Taught
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