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Brandon Alston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University. He holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where he was a Doctoral Fellow at the American Bar Foundation and a Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow. His research focuses on surveillance systems in poor neighborhoods, prisons, and parole programs, with publications in Law & Society Review. He has received awards from major organizations including the ASA, ASC, and SSSP. His work is supported by grants from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, the Social Science Research Council, and the Institute for Citizens and Scholars.
- Education: Ph.D. (2023), MA (2019) - Northwestern University; MSM (2016) - Wake Forest University; BA (2014) - Haverford College
Alston's research intersects crime, deviance, urban sociology, and structural inequality. He explores how surveillance technologies and policies disproportionately impact marginalized communities, integrating theoretical frameworks from social control and critical race theory.
His grants and awards reflect interdisciplinary engagement with equity-focused institutions. Though no specific articles are detailed here, his work trends toward empirical studies of systemic surveillance and its sociological implications.
