Announced on: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025
Works-in-Progress: Susanna Boxall, "Beyond Left and Right: A Public Health Ethics Analysis of U.S. Carceral Housing Policies,"
Friday, October 3rd, PAC 113, noon
Over the last decade, a fierce debate has erupted concerning carceral housing policies. The left has departed from tradition and embraced a housing model based on gender identity. The right has responded to these changes by demanding a return to sex-based housing. Using a public health ethics lens, this project aims to show that both models fail at adequately protecting the dignity and safety of vulnerable populations (i.e., women and transgender individuals).
Susanna Boxall is faculty in the Philosophy Department.
For more information on the Humanities Center, please contact Erin Kelly at ekkelly@csuchico.edu.