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Philip McHarris

McHarris has keynoted and spoken at universities across the country, including Harvard University,^[19] Iona College,^[20] Boston College,^[21] Yale University Art Gallery,^[22] and Princeton University.^[23] McHarris was also the recipient of the Boston College 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award.^[1][24][21]

Early life and education

McHarris was born in Bronx, New York and grew up in Newark, New Jersey.^[1] McHarris attended high school at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Boston College.^[21] McHarris received a Master of Arts in Sociology and African American Studies from Yale University and a Master of Philosophy in Sociology and African American Studies from Yale University. He also attended Princeton University as a PhD Exchange Scholar. Philip McHarris is currently a PhD candidate at Yale University in Sociology and African American Studies.^[3][4] McHarris' academic research focuses on race, policing, housing, inequality, and mass incarceration.^[5][25][26]

Media

McHarris has frequently written and provided commentary on politics and social issues in news media outlets. He has appeared on CNN,^[12][27] PBS,^[13] ABC News,^[14] MSNBC,^[15] and Axios on HBO^[11]. His commentary has also been featured on BBC,^[28], Time,^[29] NPR,^[30] NBC^[31].

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,^[5] The Washington Post,^[2][6][7], Slate,^[32], Al Jazeera,^[8], and Essence^[9][10]. His commentary has also appeared in Time (magazine),^[16] CNN,^[33] Los Angeles Times,^[17] and MTV.^[18]

Politics and activism

McHarris has been an advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to end police violence.^[34] He has advocated for divesting from policing and reinvesting funds into community resources and alternative safety and emergency response systems.^[2][5][13]

In 2012 while an undergraduate student at Boston College, McHarris organized a student rally (along with Ben St. Gerard) following the shooting of Trayvon Martin two months earlier.^[35] In 2015 McHarris was a co-founder of the NYC chapter of BYP100, an African American youth organization in the United States with the main focus on community organizing, voter mobilization, and other social justice campaigns.^[36][37]

Publications and works

• McHarris, Philip V. (30 May 2020). "No More Money for the Police". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• McHarris, Philip V. (28 May 2020). "Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?". The Washington Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• McHarris, Philip V. (10 April 2020). "Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak". Essence.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

• Vargas, Robert; McHarris, Philip (8 January 2016). "Race and State in City Police Spending Growth: 1980 to 2010". Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3 (1): 96–112. doi:10.1177/2332649216650692.

External links

• Official Website

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