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Hannah Walker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin's College of Liberal Arts. She also serves as Director of Research for The Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice, focusing on intersections between criminal justice, political participation, and policy feedback. Her teaching includes courses like Issues & Policies in American Government, Race/Crime Justice/Civil Rights, and The Politics of Immigration.
Research Interests: Walker investigates racialized policy feedback, voter registration dynamics for returning citizens, immigration enforcement consequences, and police behavior reform. Her work connects institutional practices to marginalized communities' political engagement, emphasizing spatial inequalities and carceral state impacts.
Recent Publications highlight criminal justice reform, voting rights, and immigration policy. Topics span from post-incarceration voter mobilization and racialized policing to social media-driven policy attitudes and spatial inequality in policing. These works often employ field experiments and mixed-method analyses.
Academic Leadership: Walker contributes to the Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice, bridging legal studies with social justice frameworks. Her teaching emphasizes American governance structures, racial disparities in criminal justice, and immigration politics.
