8:30–8:40 a.m. Opening Remarks –– 1.110 Thompson Conference Center
Yasmiyn Irizarry UT Austin (Moderator)
8:45–10:05 a.m. Plenary session: AI, Emerging Technologies, and Policing –– 1.110 Thompson Conference Center
| Elisha Cohen | University of Illinois | Facial Recognition & Sponsorship: Contours of Support for AI in Policing | |||
| Michael Gentzel | Souderton, Pennsylvania | Facial recognition and profiling technology, discrimination, and public safety: Some problems and potential solutions | |||
| Tom Williams | Colorado School of Mines | End Effector: On Police Robots and the need for an Abolitionist Robotics | |||
Pedro Valdez-Castro UT Austin (Moderator)
10:10 – 11:30 a.m. Police budgets, protests, and politics –– 1.110 Thompson Conference Center
| Kate McArdle | UT Austin | The Importance of Timing: Understanding the Defund the Police Movement’s Dependence on City Budget Timelines | |||||
| Miryea Sturdivant | Stanford | Know Justice, Know Peace: Criminal Justice Encounters and their Implications for Black Politics | |||||
| Joshua Ruffin | Towson | What’s race got to do with it? Factors influencing urban officers’ off-duty participation in Black Lives Matter protesting | |||||
| Tina Law | UC Davis | Defining “Riots:” The Racialized Origins and Evolution of “Riot” as an American Legal Concept, 1901-2021 | |||||
Lydia Okabe UT Austin (Moderator)
10:10 – 11:30 a.m. Community relations and families –– 2.122 Thompson Conference Center
| Kyle S. H. Dobson | University of Virginia | A Transparency Statement Improves Community-Police Interactions | |
| Sadiya Buccino | Boston University | Challenges of Child Welfare: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Foster Care and Mental Health Outcomes for Hispanic Children | |
| Michael Hames-Garcia | UT Austin | A study of emotional tone in attitudes toward police reform and community oversight. Co-authors: Guadalupe Cantu and Nya Jones of UT Austin | |
11:45–12:45 p.m. LUNCH –– Dining room, Thompson Conference Center
1 – 2:20 p.m. Plenary Q & A session with senior Austin police officers –– 1.110 Thompson Conference Center
| Kevin Foster (Moderator) | University of Texas | |
| Commander Lee Davis | Austin Police Academy | |
| Chief Wayne Sneed | Austin Independent School District Police |
Ricardo Lowe UT Austin (Moderator)
2:25–3:45 p.m. Traffic stops and police culture –– 1.110 Thompson Conference Center
| Max Lubell | UT Austin | Across the Thin Blue Line: Cultural Transmission of Criminal Threats | |
| Carl Reeds | University of South Florida | Examining the Intersection of Race and Neighborhood Context in Police Stops Outcomes | |
*Agenda is subject to change.