joy james
ebenezer fitch professor of humanities • williams college
a political philosopher writing and teaching on abolition, antiblackness, feminisms, and the captive maternal, author of in pursuit of revolutionary love and new bones abolition. she is the ebenezer fitch professor of humanities at williams college.
bio from williams college
read
- Not Your Guru — lux magazine, 2023
- BAR Book Forum: Joy James' Book, "New Bones Abolition" — black agenda report, 2023
- Reaching Beyond "Black Faces in High Places": An Interview With Joy James — truthout, 2021
- At the impasse of Revolution and Revolutionary Love — scalawag, 2023
- Abolitionist scholars featured in virtual events — cornell chronicle, 2020
watch
- Captive Maternal Roundtable 2022 w/ Dr. Joy James — anna almore, 2022
- Dr. Joy James: "In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love" — black liberation media
- Myth: Lesser Evil? (w/ Dr. Joy James) — black liberation media
- Dr. Joy James on New Bones and the Captive Maternal — black liberation media
hear
- New Bones Abolition and the Function of the Captive Maternal with Joy James — millennials are killing capitalism, 2024
- Joy James on Revolutionary Love, Captive Maternals, and Autonomy — time talks, 2023
- Episode 151: Making Revolutionary Love w/ Dr. Joy James — the deep dive, 2023
- #79 In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Dr. Joy James & Deej — the malcolm effect, 2023
- In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities — hard knock radio, kpfa, 2025