Brett Stoudt

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Research Interests

  • Privilege; oppression; participatory action research; critical theories

Education

  • Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center

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Affiliated Campus(es)

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Brett G. Stoudt, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Doctoral Program at the City University of New York, Graduate Center where he is the former head of the Ph.D. program in Critical Social/Personality and Environmental Psychology and currently serves as Psychology’s Deputy Executive Officer of the Graduate Center Campus. He is also a faculty member in the Social Welfare and Urban Education doctoral programs. Dr. Stoudt has worked on numerous participatory action research projects with community groups, lawyers, and policymakers nationally and internationally. His general interests include the social psychology of privilege and oppression with specific focus on the human impact of the criminal legal system, especially policing. His most recent project is with the NYC coalition Communities United for Police Reform. He is also interested in critical methodologies, particularly critical approaches to quantitative research. Dr. Stoudt’s work has been published in volumes such as Geographies of Privilege as well as journals such as The Journal of Social Issues. He is the recipient of The Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Service from The Society for the Psychology Study of Social Issues. He has also received the Haupert Humanitarian Award from Moravian College and, with his participatory collective, received the Truth to Power Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research from the Education Node of the Urban Research-Based Action Network. Dr. Stoudt is currently the Associate Director of the Public Science Project.  He is also actively involved with Communities United for Police Reform as a steering committee member.

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Affiliated Campus(es)

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice