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Maryland Equity Project Spring Colloquium Series

Presentation by Dr. Samantha Viano
When Feb 05, 2025
from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
Where Benjamin 0306 / Online
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The Maryland Equity Project (MEP) spring colloquium series will kick off with Dr. Samantha Viano, Associate Professor of Education at George Mason University. Dr. Viano will present her talk titled High Schools, the Prison-Industrial Complex, and the Pursuit of Safety and Security

Join us in person (Benjamin 0306) or via Zoom.

Students will have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Viano before her talk, between 10:30-11:30am. Sign up here to reserve a spot!

To learn more about our speaker series, please contact MEP Faculty Director, David Blazar (dblazar@umd.edu), or Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kayla Bill (kbill@umd.edu). You can also stay connected to MEP by subscribing to our mailing list.

About the presentation: 

High Schools, the Prison-Industrial Complex, and the Pursuit of Safety and Security

The continued threat of school violence along with an aggressive surveillance technology industry has led K-12 schools to greatly expand their use of security. This comparative case study of four high schools in a large, diversifying suburban district investigates differences in security across schools and whether/how these differences map onto differences in how administrators, teachers, and students describe their experiences in the school. We examine these differences overall, by the demographics of the school, and racial identity of participants. We identify how these patterns do and do not follow quantitative secondary data through a mixed methods matrix analysis approach. The study aims to contribute to the understanding of school security as part of the prison-industrial complex in order to inform policies on school security and surveillance.

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