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Social Justice in Community: "Abolition is a Human Right" with Carolyn Robbins

Co-presented with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the University of Maryland

The Social Justice in Community series brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.

How does human rights research impact our communities? How does scholarship on human rights violations or issues of social justice have any meaning in our day to day lives? And what is being discussed, studied, and thought about in universities today? Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights, the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, and the University of Maryland for the new series "Social Justice in Community," as we bring human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles. Featuring different scholars from the University of Maryland across a variety of disciplines, from African American Studies to Sociology to Criminology and Criminal Justice to Economics to Government and Politics to Anthropology to Hearing and Speech Sciences and more, this series brings exciting new voices to the Prince George’s County community and offers us all fresh ways to engage.

On April 4, 2024, Carolyn Robbins is presenting, "Abolition is a Human Right."

Carolyn Robbins is a current Ph.D. student in Rhetoric and Political Culture. Prior to attending the University of Maryland, Carolyn earned her B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy and her M.A. in Communication with a focus on rhetorical criticism from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Her scholarly pursuits focus on the rhetoric surrounding mass incarceration. She is particularly interested in the ways public memory, circular reasoning, and tautology come together to maintain hegemonic power structures. Outside of her research, Carolyn works to engage her students in collaborative learning exercises and meaningful discussions about advocacy.