Updates

Lab associates Barbara Saa and Evelyn Walters presented their research at UNCC on July 20 at URC. They fielded questions from a variety of visitors for more than an hour.

Former lab associates Jasmine Sanchez and Barbara Saa have completed their white paper on insurance and police departments: “Insurance and Police Departments: Disbandment and Aftermath.” It is available on the publications page.

Lab associates Akshara Sisodiya and Mara McPhail presented research at UNCC on April 24 at URC. They gave a synoptic overview of their work and also fielded questions.

Our final talk of this year was by Megan Flocken (Catawba College). “The Impersonal is Political: What Does Pluralism Mean for Our Shared World?” was a capacity event.

Some pictures from the roundtable the lab hosted in conjunction with the Center for Professional & Applied Ethics and the J. Murrey Atkins Library on March 26, 2026. The event was a celebration of and discussion inspired by the new forthcoming book edited by Lauren Giulmette and Ada Jaarsma titled Feminist Making, Doing, and Sensing (Duke University Press, 2026). The event featured editor Lauren Giulmette and contributors Amanda Bennett, Lynne Huffer, Ryan Johnson, Qrescent Mason, Maria Mejia, and Martin Shuster discussing a range of topics with a large and varied group of roundtable participants.

Lab associates Akshara Sisodiya, Mariana Guzman, and Sarah Nti presented their research at the Honors Research Symposium on November 21, 2025 at The Dubois Center. First photo by Amy Hart.

Charlotte’s Department of Philosophy recently conducted some interviews of students. Former lab associate, Yasmin Moaf (’25 BA), remarked on her time at the lab (she was crucial to and worked extensively on the “Political Economy of Policing” project).

Lab associates Jasmine Sanchez and Barbara Saa presented their research around the role of insurance companies in the political economics of policing.