News and Digital Media
WLNS. “The Legal Battle in City Lawsuits,” December 21, 2023.
Crain’s Detroit Business. “Duggan puts crime prevention on residents — to the tune of $700,000,” March 9, 2023.
AXIOS. “Diversity Efforts Struggle During Officer Shortages,” October 29, 2022.
WTOP News. “Senator: Dems back reparations for those who ‘do the crime,’” October 9, 2022.
WLNS 6 News. “Legal Expert on Marijuana Pardon,” October 7, 2022.
USA Today. “An apologetic rioter had a moment during a Jan. 6 hearing. How should we feel about that?” August 6, 2022.
WILX. “MSU Professors and Community Members Learning How to Prevent Youth Violence in Lansing,” July 9, 2022.
Britannica ProCon.org. “Spanish and Swahili Dictionaries Banned by Michigan Prisons,” June 6, 2022.
LEO Weekly. “Louisville Police 2020 Protest Plan Warned Of Wheelchair-Bound Human Shields, Officer Impersonation,” June 2, 2022.
Detroit News. “Crump accuses officer of racial profiling Lyoya; results of autopsy released,” April 29, 2022.
News Channel 3. “Bipartisan policy reform bills stall in Mich. Senate for 10 months before Lyoya’s death,” April 15, 2022.
Spartan News Room. “Michigan Prison Recidivism Declines as Vocational Skills Rise,” March 18, 2022.
The Crime Report. “All is Not Forgiven,” March 14, 2022.
The Conversation. “Criminal Justice Researcher Examines the Needs of Marginalized Groups that Often Go Ignored,” March 9, 2022.
WTOP News. “Derek Chauvin's Sentencing is Just the Beginning,” July 16, 2021.
WILX News 10. “News 10 at 11pm,” June 25, 2021.
The Crime Report. “Can U.S. Policing Be Saved,” May 17, 2021.
Detroit Free Press. “What's next to fix policing in Michigan after the verdicts in George Floyd's murder trial?” April 25, 2021.
Politico Magazine. “21 Experts on What the Verdict Means – and Where to Go From Here,” April 21, 2021.
Detroit News. “'Justice won': Detroit leaders, experts hail guilty verdicts for Chauvin,” April 20, 2021.
CBS News. “Voters approve police reform measures across the country” November 9, 2020.
The Charger Bulletin. “Author Jennifer Cobbina speaks to university students about protests changing America,” November 2, 2020.
Iowa City Press-Citizen. “Race, policing experts talk history of policing, what 'defunding' means and more in UI panel,” October 17, 2020.
Clever. “What does American police reform actually look like?” August 19, 2020.
Wired. “How US police used military tactics to turn peaceful protests violent,” June 4, 2020.
The New York Times. “Facing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force,” May 31, 2020.
Newsy. “After More Violent Protests, Minnesota Officials Ask For Calm,” May 29, 2020.
El Mercurio. “Muerte de afroamericano a manos de la policía aviva tensiones raciales en EE.UU,” May 29, 2020.
Op-Eds and Book Reviews
Crime Report - “Why police diversity won’t fix the problems of policing,” January 17, 2021.
National Public Radio (NPR) – “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot Examines What Led to Ferguson and Baltimore Protests,” August 1, 2019
NYU Press Blog – “The Links between Slavery, Policing, and Racism,” July 30, 2019
Kirkus Review – “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How they Changed America,” May 12, 2019
Radio and Podcast Features
Michigan Radio – “An exception to the rule or a new chapter? What Chauvin verdict means for criminal justice reform,” April 21, 2021.
Newbooks Network Podcast – “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America,” September 24, 2020
WPFW Pacifica in Washington DC. “Community Watch and Comment,” August 26, 2020
Sunday Journal – “Dr. Cobbina Author of Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” October 3, 2019
Author Story – “Jennifer Cobbina on Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter and How They Changed America.” September 14, 2019
The Pat Miller Program – “Jennifer Cobbina on her book ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,’” August 13, 2019
Futurity – “Stories offer Protesters’ Views of Ferguson, Baltimore Police,” August 8, 2019
This is Not a Pipe Podcast – “Jennifer E. Cobbina: Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” November 7, 2019
WKAR Radio – “MSU research examines how race, gender, and demographics impact crime and police decision-making,” August 23, 2019.