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Michihiro Clark Sugata
Associate Professor
Criminology and Justice Studies Program Lead
Michihiro Clark Sugata is a Justice Studies scholar, a community activist, an educator....and those things all bleed together. He is passionate about all things he does - ranging from Prison Education to coaching youth basketball. Perhaps most importantly, he is a father of three and loves being involved in everything his kids do...which is a lot! He is an outdoor enthusiast and looks forward to getting into the mountains whenever life allows.
Areas of Interest
Carceral histories, Japanese incarceration during the WWII era, Cartographies of debt, Debt subjectivity, Financialization, Political Economy, Critical Theory
- PhD Justice Studies, Arizona State University, 2016
- M.A. Social Justice & Human Rights, Arizona State University, 2011
- B.S. Economics, Northern Arizona University, 1997
CRIM 225S Inequalities & Criminalization; CRIM 410 Theories of Justice & Crime; CRIM 362 Gender Sexuality & Crime; CRIM 431 Juvenile Delinquency; CRIM 455 Policing Bodies; SOC 466 Migration & Global Economy; SOC 280 Pilgrimage to Manzanar; SOC 510 Contemporary Social Theories; SOC 650 Race, Ethnicity & Gender
Team Lead for the Pelican Bay Research project, Organized and led field trip to Manzanar historic site with local students.