Philip V. McHarris
| Philip V. McHarris | |
|---|---|
| File:Philip McHarris.jpgPhilip McHarris.jpg | |
| Born | December 4, 1992 (age 33) Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Boston College Yale University |
| 💼 Occupation | academic, writer |
| 📆 Years active | 2012–present |
| 🌐 Website | philipvmcharris |
Philip V. McHarris (born December 4, 1992) is an American academic at Yale University and writer.[1][2][3][4]
McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,[5] The Washington Post,[6][7][8] Al Jazeera,[9], and Essence[10][11] regarding issues related to race, policing, housing, and social inequality. He has appeared on HBO,[12] CNN,[13] PBS,[14] ABC News,[15] and MSNBC.[16] His commentary has also been featured in Time (magazine),[17] Los Angeles Times,[18] and MTV.[19]
McHarris has keynoted and spoken at universities across the country, including Harvard University,[20] Iona College,[21] Boston College,[22] Yale University Art Gallery,[23] and Princeton University.[24] McHarris was also the recipient of the Boston College 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award.[1][22]
Early life and education
McHarris was born in Bronx, New York and grew up in Newark, New Jersey.[1] McHarris attended high school at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Boston College.[22] McHarris received a Master of Arts in Sociology and African American Studies from Yale University and a Master of Philosophy in Sociology and African American Studies from Yale University. He also attended Princeton University as a PhD Exchange Scholar. Philip McHarris is currently a PhD candidate at Yale University in Sociology and African American Studies.[25] McHarris' academic research focuses on race, policing, housing, inequality, and mass incarceration.[5][26][27]
Media
McHarris has frequently written and provided commentary on politics and social issues in news media outlets. He has appeared on CNN,[13][28] PBS,[14] ABC News,[15] MSNBC,[16] and Axios on HBO[12]. His commentary has also been featured on BBC,[29] Time,[30] NPR,[31] and NBC[32].
McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,[5] The Washington Post,[6][7][8], Slate,[33], Al Jazeera,[9], and Essence[10][11]. His commentary has also appeared in Time (magazine),[17] CNN,[34] Los Angeles Times,[18] and MTV.[19]
Politics and activism
McHarris has been an advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to end police violence.[35][36][37] He has advocated for divesting from policing and reinvesting funds into community resources and alternative safety and emergency response systems.[6][5][14]
In 2012 while an undergraduate student at Boston College, McHarris organized a student rally (along with Ben St. Gerard) following the shooting of Trayvon Martin two months earlier.[38] In 2015 McHarris was a co-founder of the NYC chapter of BYP100, an African American youth organization in the United States with the main focus on community organizing, voter mobilization, and other social justice campaigns.[39][40]
Publications and works
- McHarris, Philip V. (30 May 2020). "No More Money for the Police". The New York Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - McHarris, Philip V. (28 May 2020). "Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?". The Washington Post. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - McHarris, Philip V. (10 April 2020). "Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak". Essence. Unknown parameter
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- Vargas, Robert; McHarris, Philip (8 January 2016). "Race and State in City Police Spending Growth: 1980 to 2010". Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3 (1): 96–112. doi:10.1177/2332649216650692. Unknown parameter
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External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beecher, Melissa (February 14, 2013). "From Afar, MLK Winner Exults". The Boston College Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments". Time. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ "Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22". Pressroom. Retrieved 2020-08-25.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ NJ.com, Robin Wilson-Glover | NJ Advance Media for; NJ.com, Tennyson Donyéa | NJ Advance Media for (2020-08-13). "Making Black lives matter". nj. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 McHarris, Philip V.; McHarris, Thenjiwe (2020-05-30). "Opinion | No More Money for the Police". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 McHarris, Philip V. "Democrats are ignoring a key piece of criminal justice reform — slicing police budgets". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 McHarris, Philip V. "Should Mike Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk record disqualify him?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 McHarris, Philip V. "Perspective | Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 McHarris, Philip; Imani, Zellie. "It is time to cancel student debt and make higher education free". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2020-04-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 McHarris, Philip V. "Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 McHarris, Philip V. "Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Bail Out Is Freeing Black Mothers From Jail".
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22". Pressroom. Retrieved 2020-07-08.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CNN, Story: Scottie Andrew, CNN Video: Victoria Fleischer and Jon Sarlin. "What the US would look like without police, as imagined in 3 scenarios". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered". PBS NewsHour. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Watch More In Common Season 1 Episode 677 How the Black Lives Matter Movement is changing America Online". ABC. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "'People are saying: We gave you a chance. Now we want to influence how we're kept safe': Sheriff on calls to defund police". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments". Time. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "LAPD responds to a million 911 calls a year, but relatively few for violent crimes". Los Angeles Times. 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 19.0 19.1 Kim, Yoonj. "What 'Defund The Police' Means (And Doesn't Mean) And Where It Came From". MTV News. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ↑ "Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010". sociology.fas.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ Editor, Abigail Rapillo News. "Week of the Peacemaker: "#JustDemocracy"". The Ionian. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Doyle, Sara (2014-02-12). "MLK Scholarships Recognize Marks, Other Finalists". The Heights. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ "'Let Us March On' exhibit celebrates early civil rights images by Lee Friedlander". YaleNews. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ Liz. "Heath Pearson". Evil Twin Booking Agency: Campus speakers bureau. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ "What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered". PBS NewsHour. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ "Summer Institute on Inequality | Social Science and Policy Forum". www.sas.upenn.edu.
- ↑ "Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010". sociology.fas.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ What a traffic stop without police could look like - CNN Video, retrieved 2020-08-22
- ↑ "Trump signs executive order on policing". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety". Time. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ↑ Aguilar, Lea Ceasrine, Rose. "The Growing Calls To Defund Police & What That Would Look Like". www.kalw.org. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ↑ "What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?". NBC10 Philadelphia. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ↑ McHarris, Philip V. (2020-06-26). "The People Arrested for Protesting Police Are in Danger". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ↑ CNN, Scottie Andrew. "There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means". CNN. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ↑ Columnist, Star-Ledger Guest (2020-08-17). "To make Black lives matter, we need to reimagine public safety | Opinion". nj. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ↑ "A growing call to defund the police – here's what it means". www.wrcbtv.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ "What a traffic stop without police could look like". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ "The Heights, Volume XCIII, Number 20 — 12 April 2012 — Boston College Newspapers". newspapers.bc.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ McHarris, Philip V. "Community Policing Is Not the Answer". The Appeal. Retrieved 2020-03-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Contributors (2020-01-29). "Increases in police funding will not make Black people safe, it is time city leaders listened". The Black Youth Project. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
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