Marissa Jackson SowRace and National Security — Fall 2024 Public Syllabus(A humble offering and work-in-progress)Sep 28Sep 28
Marissa Jackson SowSpring 2023 Syllabus — State PowerIn 2022, the (very awesome) then-Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Richmond School of Law asked me if I would…Sep 21, 2023Sep 21, 2023
Marissa Jackson SowFall 2023 Syllabus — Contemporary Black Feminist Thought in the LawThis Fall, I have the honor and opportunity to debut a new reading group at the University of Richmond School of Law — Contemporary Black…Sep 16, 2023Sep 16, 2023
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & Orders(excerpt from) The Shopping CartI noticed the stares before I considered what they meant, of folks trying, and failing, to make sense of what they were seeing. As was…Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & OrdersClean up in Aisle 5This morning, I was wheeling my shopping cart past a magazine stand in Whole Foods Market and caught a glimpse of a magazine cover…Jan 23, 2021Jan 23, 2021
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & OrdersThe Patently Racial Politics of Bridgerton’s Racial UtopiaLike tens of millions of viewers around the world, I treated myself to Season One of Shondaland’s adaptation of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton…Jan 16, 2021Jan 16, 2021
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & OrdersI See YouThe power of seeing and being seenSep 27, 2020Sep 27, 2020
Marissa Jackson SowThe Art of a Bad DealOn Black Voters’ Limited Negotiating PowerMay 5, 20202May 5, 20202
Marissa Jackson SowinZORAFinding My Home in Motown’s MarginsDetroit may be changing but it is still full of Black culture and historyNov 8, 20193Nov 8, 20193
Marissa Jackson SowA Response to Eugene Robinson/When Equality and Innocence Are Not EnufOn Monday, October 14, 2019, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson published a brilliant, passionate opinion essay in the Post titled…Oct 16, 2019Oct 16, 2019