My research is interested in the construction of cultural support for policing and police violence, the social acceptability of punishment, and the discursive strategies used in the communication of violent events and how they allude to anti-Blackness and misogynoir. I am also interested in the accumulative effects of violence exposures over the life course and the health impacts of vicarious trauma.
Dr. Jé Judson (she/her) is a social & behavioral scientist working at the intersections of structural racism, violence, and gender. Her research interrogates cultural support for policing and police violence, examining the social acceptance of punishment and the normative discourse and practice of anti-Blackness and misogynoir. She is interested in the accumulative effects of violence exposures over the life course and the health impacts of vicarious trauma. Jé applies critical qualitative and historical methods of inquiry with a story-telling approach that centers the voices and experiences of community members. Dr. Judson earned a PhD in Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences from Tulane University School of Public Health, an MPH in Nutrition from Tulane School of Public Health, and a BA in Africana Studies from Oberlin College.