Amanda H. Williams

Former GPI Global Intern

Bio

Amanda Williams is a rising senior at Harvard College. She will graduate spring 2010 with a degree in history. Over the next year she intends to complete a senior thesis on the topic of pan-African intellectual history between 1900 and 1919. An avid advocate of social justice, especially concerning African Americans, Amanda intends to pursue a career in law. She joined the GPI Global Internship for summer 2009.

Featured Work

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3178491939/">Thomas Hawk</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 22, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Mass Incarceration as Social Control

Historians of mass incarceration in the U.S. have long argued for an assessment of the U.S. criminal justice system in terms of human ...