#  Boston College: Lowell Humanities Series : Alice Goffman "On the Run" 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 8, 2015** 

 07:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **The Murray Function Room, Yawkey Center, Boston College**  



 

 



 

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**Alice Goffman** is an American sociologist, urban ethnographer, and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her book, *On The Run: Fugitive Life in an American City* examines the largely hidden world of police beatings, court fees, sentencing hearings, and low level warrants that pervade daily life for young people in one poor Black neighborhood in Philadelphia. *On The Run* was listed as a Notable Book of 2014 by *The New York Times* as well as being listed among the best nonfiction books of 2014 by *Publisher’s Weekly*.For additional information about the Lowell Humanities Series, please visit our website ([www.bc.edu/lowell](http://www.bc.edu/lowell)) or contact the series director, Professor James Smith at <james.smith.2@bc.edu>.



 

 



 

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