Dan Berger (American academic) explained

Dan Berger is an author, historian and professor at the University of Washington Bothell.^[1] His interests are critical race theory, prison studies, and contemporary social movements in the US, focused on prisons and "diverse ways in which imprisonment has shaped social movements, racism, and American politics since World War II."^[2] He received his Bachelor of Arts in interdisciplinary studies and Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Florida, and a doctorate in communications from the University of Pennsylvania.^[3]

Berger has written for Black Perspectives, Boston Review, Dissent, Jacobin, Truthout, Time, Salon.com^[4] and The Nation.^[5]

His books include:^[6]

• Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era (2014)
• The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States (2014)
• Rethinking the American Prison Movement (2017)
• Remaking Radicalism: A Grassroots Documentary Reader of the United States, 1973-2001 (2020)
• Stayed on Freedom (2023)

Captive Nation^[7] was awarded in 2015 the James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians.^[8]

External links

• About Dan Berger

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dan Berger . University of Washington . August 30, 2023.
2. Web site: Dan Berger . Routledge . August 30, 2023.
3. Web site: Dan Berger professor . University of Washington . August 30, 2023.
4. Web site: Dan Berger's articles at Salon.com . Salon.com . August 30, 2023.
5. News: Dan Berger . The Nation . August 30, 2023.
6. Web site: Dan Berger . August 30, 2023 . Public Books.
7. Bernstein . Lee . 2015 . Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era . . Book review . 45 . 4 . 63–64 . 10.1080/00064246.2015.1080916.
8. Web site: James A. Rawley Award: Past Winners . August 30, 2023 . Organization of American Historians.