Lessing
Title:
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Office:
Pick Hall 517
Phone:
(773) 702-3404
Email:
Department:
Violence
Global Fieldwork: Witnessing the Spread of Prison Gangs in Brazil by Asst. Prof. Benjamin Lessing
Published: September 18, 2017Edited by: Andrew Bauld and Louise Lerner | UChicago News
Chicago Tonight: PhD student Anjanette Chan studies how violence affects childhood friendships
Published: March 30, 2017Newsweek: Sociologist Forrest Stuart warns "sending in the Feds" could spark more violence in Chicago
Published: January 26, 2017Vox: Political Scientist Paul Staniland fears violent backlash if Clinton wins
Published: October 27, 2016Chicago Magazine: Sociologist Forrest Stuart dishes on drill rap and Chicago gang violence
Published: September 20, 2016Video: Sociologist Forrest Stuart discusses research on social media, gangs, and "drill rap" in Chicago
Published: June 30, 2016Washington Post: Chris Blattman and co-authors find wartime violence can change people for the better
Published: June 28, 2016Discovering the Roots of Racist Vigilantism in Louisiana
Published: October 16, 2014My work involves exploring the role of violence in American politics, and to do so, I look into the archives. In July of 2013, with the support of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, I went to Louisiana to investigate the organizational roots and practices of a mostly forgotten vigilante group active during Reconstruction known as the White League.