Stuart Schrader

Stuart Schrader is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). He holds a PhD in Africana Studies from New York University. His research focuses on racial inequality in criminal justice systems, war and empire dynamics, and global counterinsurgency's impact on policing. Schrader authored Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing (2019), which examines how U.S. policing adopted tactics from global counterinsurgency campaigns.

His teaching emphasizes police and prison systems, Black social movements, and social theory. In 2023, he received the JHU Alumni Association Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences. Schrader’s work bridges historical analysis with contemporary activism, critiquing militarized policing and carceral systems.

His articles explore topics like police brutality’s roots in Jim Crow-era New Orleans, the global security-industrial complex, and demilitarization efforts. Through the Chloe Center, he advances interdisciplinary scholarship on racism, colonialism, and immigration.