| Naomi Murakawa | |
| Associate professor | |
| Discipline: | Political science |
| Sub Discipline: | African-American studies |
| Education: | Columbia University (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) Yale University (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | Electing to Punish: Congress, Race, and the American Criminal Justice State |
| Thesis Url: | https://books.google.com/books/about/Electing_to_Punish.html?id=x-ZtHwAACAAJ |
| Thesis Year: | 2005 |
| Workplaces: | Princeton University |
| Notable Works: | The First Civil Right |
Naomi Murakawa is an American political scientist and associate professor of African-American studies at Princeton University. Along with Kent Eaton, she is also the co-chair of the 2017 American Political Science Association (APSA) Section 24 meeting.[1] Murakawa received her B.A. in women’s studies from Columbia University, her M.Sc. in social policy from the London School of Economics, and her Ph.D. in political science from Yale University.[2] She is known for her 2014 book, The First Civil Right, which contends that American liberals are just as responsible for mass incarceration in the United States as conservatives are.[3] [4] [5] In 2015, Murakawa won the Michael Harrington Book Award from APSA for this book.[6]