Brianna Harvey

Brianna Harvey is Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University, Fullerton. Her interdisciplinary research examines how carceral systems perpetuate anti-blackness through policies affecting Black youth and families. She employs community-rooted qualitative methods centered on liberation frameworks.

Education:

• Ph.D., Education and Information Studies, UCLA (2023)
• MSW, USC (2012)
• B.S., Sociology, University of La Verne (2007)

Research investigates collusion between schools, foster care, and prison systems, emphasizing resistance strategies among incarcerated disabled girls of color and Black foster youth. Work advocates for abolitionist reimagining of social institutions.

Publications analyze systemic violence through intersectional lenses, documenting narratives of survival across education and juvenile justice systems. Recent articles focus on dehumanizing mechanisms in prison-schools and transformative praxis.

Awards:

• Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
• UCLA Fellowship for Study of Black Life