Research Interests: Black Geographies, Gun Violence, Political Violence, and Criminal Courts

Talia LaSane, a third-year Criminal Justice Ph.D. scholar at Temple University, employs both qualitative and quantitative methods, including spatial mapping, social network analysis, storytelling, and community-based participatory approaches. Using a Black geographies lens, she studies the convergence of place, race, and networks within the criminal justice and criminal legal system. In this effort, she remains actively engaged in on-the-ground work with urban, racialized, and minoritized individuals to generate evidence of and for more safe, livable, and equitable geographies. Her ultimate goal, then, is to contribute to work that can shape better systems and practices that have a positive impact. to amplify and center the voices and experiences of impacted communities and foster community-led solutions.

Faculty Advisor: Jason Gravel
Curriculum Vitae