James E. Jones Jr. Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Book of the Year
International Labor History Association
Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University
Outstanding Book
Featured Speaker
37th Annual Mother Jones Dinner,
Mother Jones Foundation, Springfield, IL
My Story
Ahmed White is the James E. Jones Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he has lived since 2024. A graduate of Southern University and Yale Law School, he has also taught at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Northwestern University, and Villanova University. His teaching and writing focus on labor and criminal law and he has emerged as a leading authority on the history of class violence and repression in twentieth century America.
IN THE PRESS
"Deeply researched and movingly written, Under the Iron Heel reveals a legacy of repression that continues to shape the labor movement to this day."
GABRIEL WINANT,
author of The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America
