Teresa A. Booker CV
Teresa A. Booker
Associate Professor of Africana Studies
Political Scientist
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
JJC Affiliations
Africana Studies (JJC) and Criminal Justice Ph.D. (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Areas of Expertise
- Restorative justice and peacemaking
- Policy implementation and evaluation
- Africana community-based justice
Education
PhD The Graduate Center, City University of New York (Political Science)
MPhil The Graduate Center, City University of New York (Political Science)
MA The Graduate Center, City University of New York (Political Science)
BA University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Political Science, cum laude)
Bio
Teresa A. Booker is a political scientist and tenured Associate Professor of Africana Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Her work bridges Africana Studies, restorative justice, public policy, and community-based justice, with particular attention to African and African diasporic approaches to conflict, repair, accountability, and reintegration.
Her doctoral research examined humanitarian assistance during Operation Lifeline Sudan. Her scholarship examines how political, legal, cultural, and moral systems shape responses to conflict, inequality, accountability, and social repair.
Selected Scholarly Work
Books and Edited Volumes
Booker, Teresa A. (Ed.). (2016). Public Space, Public Policy and Public Understanding of Race and Ethnicity in America: An Interdisciplinary Approach. University of Akron Press.
Martin, L., Horton, H. D., & Booker, T. A. (2015). Lessons from the Black Working Class: Foreshadowing America’s Economic Health. Praeger.
Hansen, J. G., Booker, T. A., & Charlton, J. E. (2014). Walking with Indigenous Philosophy: Justice and Addiction Recovery (2nd ed.). J. Charlton Publishing.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Mufarreh, A., Waitkus, J., & Booker, T. (2022). Prison official perceptions of technology in prison. Punishment & Society, 24(3), 410–432.
Booker, T. (2021). Taking a modified jigsaw to it: An in-class method to teach students to write a literature review. College Teaching, 69(1), 58–60.
Booker, T. (2008). Cow reparations for the Dinka. International Journal of Restorative Justice, 4(1), 101–114.
Booker, T. (2008). Restorative justice Sudanese style: How African spirituality impacts notions of right and wrong. Journal of Pan African Studies, 8.
Booker, T. (2008). Genocide in Sudan: A look at three events. International Journal of Regional and Local Studies, 4(1), 71–88.
Book Chapters
Booker, T. (2016). No good samaritans: Explaining African colonialism and underdevelopment in popular African films. In J. Friedman (Ed.), The History of Genocide in Film: Atrocities on Screen (pp. 31–40). I.B. Tauris.
Booker, Teresa A. (2016). Three Louisiana floods: Cases of genocide? In L. Martin, D. Horton, & K. Fasching-Varner (Eds.), After the Storm: Militarization, Occupation, and Segregation in Post-Katrina America (pp. 59–68). Praeger.
Booker, Teresa A. (2014). Offenders in the midst: Race, religion, and prosecutorial discretion through the eyes of an African American city attorney. In J. Hansen, T. A. Booker, & J. Charlton (Eds.), Walking with Indigenous Philosophy: Justice and Addiction Recovery (2nd ed., pp. 140–171). J. Charlton Publishing.
Booker, T. (2009). Peace, spirituality, and justice (Nigerian style). In J. Adekunle (Ed.), Religion in Politics: Secularism and National Integration in Modern Nigeria (pp. 313–328). Africa World Press.
Forthcoming Publications
Booker, T. (In press). Restorative justice in South Sudan: A brief overview. In K. Clamp & I. Aertsen (Eds.), The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice. De Gruyter Brill.
Booker, T. (In press). Ubuntu in practice: Restorative justice and the reintegration of Africa’s former child soldiers. In K. Clamp & I. Aertsen (Eds.), The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice. De Gruyter Brill.
Teaching
Professor Booker teaches in Africana Studies, with courses and instructional areas in restorative justice, community-based justice, research methods, race and ethnicity, and contemporary Africa.
Research Summary
Professor Booker’s research examines Africana approaches to restorative justice, public policy, humanitarian relief, and community-based responses to harm. Her work focuses on how African and African diasporic communities understand justice, accountability, repair, reintegration, and social order, especially in contexts shaped by conflict, colonialism, inequality, and institutional change.
Faculty Expertise: topics/keywords
Restorative justice in Africa; policy implementation and evaluation; international relations