Hinton named the Class of 1954 Professor of History and Black Studies
Elizabeth Hinton, one of the nation’s leading experts on policing and mass incarceration in the United States, was recently appointed the Class of 1954 Professor of History and Black Studies, effective immediately.
She is a member of Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and has a secondary appointment as professor of law at Yale Law School.
Hinton joined the Yale faculty in 2020, having previously taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan.