Vesla Weaver

Vesla Weaver
Weaver in 2014
Born	1979 (age 44–45) Virginia, USA
Spouse	Christopher Lebron
Academic background
Education	B.A., Government, 2001, University of Virginia PhD., Government and Social Policy, 2004, Harvard University
Thesis	Frontlash: Race and the politics of punishment (2007)
Academic work
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University Yale University University of Virginia
Website	veslaweaver.com

Vesla Mae Weaver (born 1979) is an American political scientist and author. She is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of political science and sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

Early life and education

Weaver was born in 1979. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia before enrolling in Harvard University for her PhD.

Career and research

Weaver is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of political science and sociology at Johns Hopkins Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. She researches racial inequality in the United States, discrimination based on skin color, economic polarization, and race in the United States criminal justice system.

Selected works

• Hochschild, Jennifer L.; Weaver, Vesla M.; Burch, Traci R. (2012). Creating a New Racial Order: How Immigration, Multiracialism, Genomics, and the Young Can Remake Race in America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15299-8.
• Lerman, Amy E.; Weaver, Vesla M. (2014). Arresting Citizenship. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-13783-4.

External links

• Official website
• Vesla Weaver publications indexed by Google Scholar