Tyler Wall

Tyler Wall serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where his research critically examines state violence, policing, and social inequality through interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Justice Studies, Arizona State University

Research Interests:

• Critical Police Studies
• Cultural, Visual, and Political Dynamics of State Violence
• Law & Society
• Racism and Class Struggle
• Cultural Critique
• Political, Cultural, and Social Theory

Wall's scholarship bridges critical criminology, cultural sociology, and political theory to dissect how state violence manifests through policing practices and legal institutions, with particular attention to racial capitalism and class conflict. His work interrogates the visual and cultural representations of state power while advancing decolonial and anti-capitalist theoretical interventions.

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