Sasha Abramsky

Sasha Abramsky

Continuing Lecturer

350 Voorhies
Office Hours
Monday 12:30 to 2:30p.m. via Zoom - UWP 104c 002 course
Tuesday 2:00 to 3:30p.m via Zoom - UWP 104c 002 course
Monday 2:30 to 4:30p.m. via Zoom - UWP 104c 003 course
Tuesday 3:30 to 4:30p.m. via Zoom - UWP 104c 003 course
Available by phone if students inside or outside the class want to schedule meetings outside of normal office hours.

Biography:

I have taught for nearly 30 years, and I have been a freelance journalist and book author for 32 years. I am a columnist and feature writer for the Nation magazine, have published in many of the top magazines and newspapers in the US and the UK, and am the author of ten books. My eleventh, titled American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and DOGE Butchered the US Government, is published in January.

Education and Degree(s)
  • BA in politics, philosophy and economics from Balliol College, Oxford (1993).
  • MS in journalism, from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism (1994)
Honors and Awards
  • I have won many journalism awards over the years, including two PASS awards on my criminal justice reporting.
  • My book on the tennis player Lottie Dod was shortlisted for the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.
Courses
  • UWP 101
  • UWP 104C
  • UWP 104J
  • UWP 111B
Research Interests & Expertise
  • I write on politics, social justice themes, economic inequality, immigration.
  • I have written three books on the criminal justice system.
  • I also write memoirs, travel writing, and essays on tennis.
Publications
  • Nation magazine
  • Atlantic
  • NYRB
  • New York Times
  • The New Republic
  • American Prospect
  • Mother Jones
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • London Guardian
  • New Statesman
  • Salon
  • Slate
  • New Yorker online
  • Daily Beast
  • Truthout
  • Los Angeles Weekly
  • Boston Globe
  • Sacramento Bee
  • Sacramento Magazine
  • Sunday Telegraph
  • Observer