Michael Pfeifer

Professor

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research & Evaluation Center

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Department Of History

Research & Evaluation Center

History

Michael Pfeifer is currently serving as a Cuny--John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Professor at Cuny--John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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Michael Pfeifer

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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history african american studies social history criminology american studies criminal justice racial discrimination critical race theory white supremacy violent behavior sociology historical review black experience theoretical criminology black politics racial studies criminal justice system historical sociology urban sociology anti-racism ethnic studies urban history american literature social sciences historiography political history interpersonal violence violent crime contemporary racism american lynching interdisciplinary history public scholarship rough justice violence against women feminist criminology historical evidence victimology criminological theory crime against humanity american mob violence civil war era racial lynching antebellum midwest extralegal violence final thoughts lynching scholarship narrative family violence western american literature musical expression historical scholarship journalism history oppression disparate impact international criminology domestic violence partner violence folklore studies settler colonialism ethnohistory indigenous peoples general music musical analysis crime science racial equity federal higher education policy geopolitical conflict global justice genocide hostile heartland northern united states heartland lynching white america hidden history native americans catholic church collective violence

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Lynching in the Midwest. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

homicideafrican american studiestheoretical criminologycriminology

Philip Dray. a Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age.. The American Historical Review (2024)

Michael J Pfeifer

racial discriminationhistorical analysishistorical reviewcultural historysocial historyhistorical sociologyafrican american studieshistory

The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State. Journal of American History (2023)

Michael J Pfeifer

matthew williamsracial discriminationblack politicsfree statesocial historyafrican american studiesamerican political thoughtpolitical historyhistory

1. the Strange Career of New Orleans Catholicism: Race and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 1905– 2006. New York University Press eBooks (2021)

Michael J. Pfeifer

religious studiesurban historyculturecultural historyafrican american studies

2. the Making of a Midwestern Catholicism: Transnational Identities, Ethnicity, and Catholic Culture in Iowa City, 1840– 1940. New York University Press eBooks (2021)

Michael J. Pfeifer

midwestern catholicismcultureethnicitytransnational identitiescatholic culture

3. Wisconsin Marianism and Upper Midwestern Catholic Culture, 1858– 2010. New York University Press eBooks (2021)

Michael J. Pfeifer

religious studieswisconsin marianismreligion

Ersula J. Ore, Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2018. Pp. 175. $30.00 (Paper).. The Journal of African American History (2021)

Michael J. Pfeifer

african american studiesrhetoricblack experiencehistory

The Making of American Catholicism: Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience. New York University Press (2021)

Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. ’S Seminole Burning and the Historiography of the Lynching of Native Americans. The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (2020)

Michael J. Pfeifer

intellectual historysocial changeinterdisciplinary historysettler colonialismethnohistorynative americansculturecultural historyhistoriographysocial historyindigenous peopleshistorical sociologyafrican american studieshistory

Hostile Heartland: Racism, Repression, and Resistance in the Midwest. Historian (2020)

Michael J. Pfeifer

oppressionracial discriminationdisparate impactsociologycritical race theorycontemporary racismhistorical reviewhostile heartlandwhite supremacyprotestafrican american studiesanti-racismpolitical historyracial studieshistory