DECONSTRUCTING FERGUSON is gearing up for its annual conference this May in Newark, NJ. This is a two-day event in which group members will engage with the public and with Newark city leaders on civic issues; additionally the group will convene to share ideas and discuss current research.

Emerging research by DF scholars includes work on public perception of police authority, historical patterns of development around the Ferguson and St. Louis area, the effects of mass incarceration on gang development, discourses of citizenship in court procedure, and more…