Kevin G. Karpiak, PhD edit

Dr. Kevin Karpiak is a cultural anthropologist and criminologist whose work focuses on policing. He teaches at Eastern Michigan University.


Biography edit

Kevin Karpiak is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan[1]. His ethnographic work explores the practical nature of ethics in French police administration from an anthropological perspective, a topic on which he has published widely[2]. He has also served as Editor for several projects, including the group academic blog Anthropoliteia.net[3] and, most recently, as co-editor of the series Police/Worlds: Studies in security, crime and governance for Cornell University Press[4].

Notable Accomplishments edit

  • On Sunday, October 5, 2014 his chapter "Adjusting La Police[5]" was used as a foundational citation for the Dictionary.com Word of the Day, which was "tutoyer"[6].

Wiki-Inclusive Courses Taught edit

Publications edit

Karpiak, Kevin G., and William Garriott. "Introduction: disciplines, fields, and problems." In The Anthropology of Police, pp. 13-32. Routledge, 2018.[7]

Karpiak, Kevin. "No longer merely “good to think”: The new anthropology of police as a mode of critical thought." Theoretical Criminology 20, no. 4 (2016): 419-429.[8]

Karpiak, Kevin G. "The Anthropology of Police." InThe SAGE Handbook of Global Policing, pp. 103-121. SAGE, 2016.[9]

Karpiak, Kevin G. "Terreur, Terroir, Terrace: Vectors of Police and Public in France after Charlie Hebdo and La Bataclan." Anthropology Now 8, no. 2 (2016): 69-80.[10]

Mutsaers, Paul, Jennie Simpson, and Kevin Karpiak. "The anthropology of police as public anthropology." American Anthropologist 117, no. 4 (2015): 786-789.[11]

Karpiak, Kevin G. "Adjusting la police: The use of distance in the calibration of legitimate violence among the Police Nationale." In Policing and Contemporary Governance, pp. 79-95. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2013.[5]

Karpiak, Kevin G. "Of heroes and polemics:“The policeman” in urban ethnography." PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 33, no. s1 (2010): 7-31.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Eastern Michigan University: Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology". www.emich.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. ^ "User:DoctorKarpiak", Wikipedia, 2018-07-19, retrieved 2018-07-19
  3. ^ "Editorial Board". Anthropoliteia. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  4. ^ "Police/Worlds: Studies in Security, Crime, and Governance". Sage House News: The Cornell University Press Blog. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  5. ^ a b Policing and contemporary governance : the anthropology of police in practice. Garriott, William Campbell, 1977- (First edition ed.). New York. ISBN 1137309679. OCLC 895722572. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "tutoyer - Word of the Day | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  7. ^ The anthropology of police. Karpiak, Kevin,, Garriott, William Campbell, 1977-. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 2018. ISBN 9781138919655. OCLC 1019838821.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ Karpiak, Kevin (2016-11). "No longer merely "good to think": The new anthropology of police as a mode of critical thought". Theoretical Criminology. 20 (4): 419–429. doi:10.1177/1362480616659807. ISSN 1362-4806. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ SAGE Handbook of Global Policing. Bradford, Ben. SAGE Publications. 2016. ISBN 147395911X. OCLC 954195337.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ^ Karpiak, Kevin G. (2016-05-03). "Terreur, Terroir, Terrace: Vectors of Police and Public in France after Charlie Hebdo and La Bataclan". Anthropology Now. 8 (2): 69–80. doi:10.1080/19428200.2016.1202610. ISSN 1942-8200.
  11. ^ Mutsaers, Paul; Simpson, Jennie; Karpiak, Kevin (2015-11-19). "The Anthropology of Police as Public Anthropology". American Anthropologist. 117 (4): 786–789. doi:10.1111/aman.12372. ISSN 0002-7294.
  12. ^ Karpiak, Kevin G. (2010-05). "Of Heroes and Polemics: "The Policeman" in Urban Ethnography". PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 33: 7–31. doi:10.1111/j.1555-2934.2010.01063.x. ISSN 1081-6976. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)