Alex Pearl is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He holds a B.A. in Film & Media from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Alex is an interdisciplinary scholar whose intellectual interests emerge from his experiences working in and nearby state prisons. He studies 20th century entanglements between higher education, the carceral state, legal activism, and US militarism. As a graduate research fellow with the UNM's Center for Regional Studies during the 2023-2024 academic year, Alex is currently researching the legacy of the 1980 Duran Consent Decree in New Mexico. He teaches courses in environmental justice and theories/methods in American Studies.  

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apearl00@unm.edu