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  • Sarah Beth Kaufman, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor , Sociology and Anthropology
  • George M. Storch Memorial Building
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    • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Sarah Beth Kaufman is a sociologist and critical criminologist, interested broadly in knowledge, culture, politics, and art. She worked as a mitigation specialist in New Orleans during the late 1990’s, helping to secure reduced sentences for impoverished capital murder defendants, before completing a Ph.D. in sociology at New York University, where she also taught for the Bard Prison Initiative at the Bayview Women’s Correctional Facility. Students who take her classes can expect to become sharper readers, writers, and critical thinkers.

    Dr. Kaufman’s 2020 book, American Roulette: The Social Logic of Death Penalty Sentencing Trials with University of California Press, is the first systematic ethnography of death penalty trials in the United States. Taking readers inside capital courtrooms across the country, Kaufman shows that the “super due process” accorded capital is the system’s best attempt at fair and impartial criminal sentencing, but fails to create justice. If you want to know how a courthouse in Lubbock, TX compares to one in Brooklyn, NY, she’s a good person to ask. She also co-authored the documentary theatre project, To Be Honest: Voices on Islam from an American City.

    • Ph.D. - New York University
    • M.A. - Tulane University
    • B.A. - Wesleyan University

    "The Criminalization of Muslims in the United States, 2016." Qualitative Sociology, 2019.

    “To Be Honest: Voices on Islam During the 2016 Presidential Election.” A one-act play co-authored with William Christ and Habiba Noor, 2017.

    “Mourners in the Court: Victims in Death Penalty Trials, Through the Lens of Performance.” Law & Social Inquiry: Journal of the American Bar Foundation, 2017.

    "Citizenship and Punishment: Situating Death Penalty Jury Sentencing."Punishment and Society: The International Journal of Penology 13, 3: 333-353, 2011. 

    "The Criminalization of New Orleanians in Katrina's Wake." Social Science Research Council, 2006.

    Dr. Kaufman's publications are available here.  

    • Introduction to Sociology
    • Criminology
    • Deviance and Social Control
    • Sociology of Punishment
    • Sociology of Health and Illness
    • Research Methods
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    Funding the Public Humanities
    Tuesday, October 11, 2022

    Meet the current and past Public Humanities Faculty Fellows

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    The Trinity Story
    IMPACT No. 7
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    Monday, August 09, 2021

    More than 50 Tiger faculty dive into Summer 2021 research projects and 2021-22 academic leaves

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    IMPACT No. 6
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    Rachel Kaufman ’22 Wins a Beinecke Scholarship
    Thursday, June 03, 2021

    Kaufman is third student in Trinity history to win prestigious postgraduate award

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    Trinity Announces 2020-21 Faculty Promotions and Tenure
    Wednesday, September 30, 2020

    13 faculty promoted; 9 granted tenure

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    IMPACT No. 5
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    Trinity Faculty and Staff Honored for Distinguished Achievement
    Thursday, July 02, 2020

    A total of 26 employees receive recognition

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    A World of Change
    Thursday, May 30, 2019

    Trinity supports more than 60 faculty research projects for the 2019-20 academic year

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