Noel Cazenave

Noel Cazenave: “Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize”

Check out Professor of Sociology, Noel Cazenave’s, recent talk with the Matrix Center “Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize: Why Racial Justice Activists Must Chart Our Own Course and Not Get Sidetracked into Reacting to the Backlashes of Frightened Democrats and Angry Republicans Like Those Against ‘Defund the Police’ and ‘Critical Race Theory.“

Noel Cazenave: “Accusations about teaching ‘critical race theory’ in Connecticut often lack evidence”

Professor Noel Cazenave was cited in the recent Hartford Courant article, “Accusations about teaching ‘critical race theory’ in Connecticut often lack evidence, used as a vehicle for broader attacks on equity and inclusion.”   *Excerpt* Recent outcry over critical race theory is a manifestation of white conservative backlash to the racial justice movement that gained surging support […]

Noel Cazenave: “A Community Organizer Takes on White Vigilantism”

Read Noel Cazenave’s interview in The New Yorker, A Community Organizer Takes on White Vigilantism by Eliza Griswold. Excerpt Noel Cazenave, a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut and the author of “Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism,” sees such resistance as part of a long history of […]

Noel A. Cazenave’s Perspective on Political Engagement Among African Americans

Noel A. Cazenave – Interview on Political Engagement Among African Americans Ph.D. – Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut What accounts for low levels of voter turnout among African Americans? A major problem is the lack of candidates and platforms that truly articulate our concerns. Having to continuously vote for “the lesser of two evils” […]