Emily Farris
Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University
2022
Emily Farris is an associate professor of political science at Texas Christian University. Her research in American politics focuses on local politics, in particular the politics of sheriffs with a forthcoming book with Mirya Holman titled Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the U.S. She received her MA and PhD from Brown University and BA from Furman University.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
