Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Zoe Colley works on twentieth century American history, with a focus upon race, crime, and political organizing. I am also interested in the policing of African American communities, and the struggle against racism within the criminal justice system. Before joining the University of Dundee un 2004, I worked as a Teaching Fellow at the University of St Andrews. I was a Scouloudi Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research during 2002.
Research
My current research examines the intersection between the criminal justice system and African American activism during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
- I am close to completing a monograph, which has been provisionally titled Presumed Guilty: Black Power, Radical Politics, Crime, and Justice.
- I am also writing a journal article on the use of behavioural modification against politically active prisoners in the 1960s and 1970s, entitled “Erasing Minds: Behavioral Modification, Political Prisoners, and Psychological Experimentation in America’s Prisons, 1960-1974.”
- I am working on a journal article on prison reform in Arkansas from the 1950s through to the 1980s.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- America: Land of the Free (HU22001, level 2)
- America in the Sixties (HY32032, level 3)
- Martin Luther King and the American Civil Rights Movement (HY42038, level 4)
Postgraduate
- Directed Reading in Historical Research (HY52025, level 5)
- Documenting Dissent: Power, Protest, and Social Justice in the Twentieth Century (HY52031, level 5).
- Historical Skills and Sources (HY52006, level 5).
- History and Documentary (HY52029, level 5)
- Public History (HY51045, level 5)
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Newcastle University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master of Arts, Newcastle University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1998
Bachelor of Arts, Newcastle University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1997
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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The Nation of Islam and the US Criminal Justice System 1930-1975
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
5/04/14 → 4/05/14
Project: Research
Research Output
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The Making of Eldridge Cleaver: The Nation of Islam, Prison Life, and the Rise of a Black Power Icon
Colley, Z., 1 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Civil and Human Rights. 6, 1, p. 61-90 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
War without Terms: George Jackson, Black Power and the American Radical Prison Rights Movement, 1941-1971
Colley, Z., Apr 2016, In: History. 101, 345, p. 265-286 22 p., 12228.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“All America is a Prison": The Nation of Islam and the Politicization of African American Prisoners, 1955-1965
Colley, Z., May 2014, In: Journal of American Studies. 48, 2, p. 393-415 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Ain't Scared of Your Jail: arrest, imprisonment, and the Civil Rights Movement.
Colley, Z., 2012, Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. 160 p. (New Perspectives on the American South)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Race and Rights: New Perspectives on the African American Experience
Colley, Z. A., 2005, In: Journal of Contemporary History. 40, 1, p. 179-188 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review