Collective Survival and Wellbeing

Poverty & Violence

Deckard, Faith M. and Javier Auyero. 2022. “Poor People’s Survival Strategies: Two Decades of Research in the Americas.” Annual Review of Sociology 48(1):373-395. VIDEO SUMMARY AVAILABLE VIA FACULTI

What individual and collective strategies do poor people North and South of the U.S. border adopt to survive?

Policing

Malone Gonzalez, Shannon and Faith M. Deckard*. 2024. “’We Got Witnesses’: Black Women Navigating Police Violence and Legal Estrangement.”Social Problems 71(3):894-911. VIDEO SUMMARY AVAILABLE VIA AUTHOR ATTIC

How do Black women navigate interactions with police?

Pandemic

Deckard, Faith M. 2026. “The Pandemic Let Us Breathe.” In Rudruppa, S., Gonzalez-Lopez, G., and Smith, C., Editors. World Making in Nepantla: Feminists of Color Navigating Life and Work in the Pandemic. The University of Texas Press.

How did one family find peace amid heightened global uncertainty?