Heather Ann Thompson

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Heather Ann Thompson
Born
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
EducationUniversity of Michigan (B.A.)
University of Michigan (M.A.)
Princeton University (Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Historian, author
Websitewww.heatherannthompson.com

Heather Ann Thompson is an American historian, author, activist, professor, and speaker from

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
.

Early life

Thompson was born in

Oxford, England, but in her teen years the family moved to the North Rosedale Park neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. Thompson graduated from Cass Technical High School
.

Career

Thompson earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the

incarceration in the U.S.[4] Thompson's books include: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Rebellion of 1971 and its Legacy (Pantheon Books, August 2016); Whose Detroit: Politics, Labor and Race in a Modern American City (2001, new edition 2017); and the edited collection, Speaking Out: Protest and Activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Thompson was also named a distinguished lecturer by the Organization of American Historians.[4]

The Attica uprising of 1971

The culmination of more than a decade of research, Blood in the Water offers the first definitive account of the 1971

America's criminal justice system. Thompson's research for the book included interviews with former Attica prisoners, hostages, families of victims, lawyers, judges, law enforcement, and state officials, as well as significant amount of material never before released to the public. Blood in the Water was winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2017.[5] Thompson also served as the lead historical consultant for the documentary Attica, released by Showtime in 2021.[6]

History of Detroit and the present-day motor city

Thompson's 2001 book, Whose Detroit? Politics, Labor and Race in a Modern American City is a regularly cited account of the

rates of incarceration
.

Publications

Source:[7]

Books

Articles

Awards and recognition

  • Winner
    Pulitzer Prize in History
    , 2017.
  • Winner Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, 2017
  • Winner Ridenhour Book Prize, 2017.
  • Winner J. Willard Hurst Book Prize in Socio-Legal History, 2017.
  • Law and Literature Prize, 2017
  • Cundill Prize in History, Longlist, 2017.
  • Honorable Mention. Silver Gavel Award. American Bar Association. March 2017.
  • Finalist Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2017. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy February 2017. (announcement of award, April 2017)
  • Winner. Book Prize. New York City Bar Association. January 2017
  • Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy named on 14 "Best Books of 2016" lists, including those compiled by The New York Times, Newsweek, Kirkus Review, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Bloomberg, the Marshall Project, the Baltimore City Paper, Book Scroll, and the Christian Science Monitor. Additionally, Blood in the Water was named on the Best Human Rights Books of 2016 list, and received starred reviews from Library Journal, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly.
  • Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction 2016. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy. October 2016
  • Finalist, 2015
    Columbia School of Journalism, March 2015.[8]
  • Finalist, 2014 Media for a Just Society Awards for Magazine Article: "How Prisons Change the Balance of Power in America" The Atlantic, National Council for Crime and Delinquency.[9]
  • Appointed Distinguished OAH Lecturer, Organization of American Historians, 2013.[4]
  • Most Distinguished Scholarly Article Award for "Rethinking Working Class Struggle Through the Lens of the Carceral State: Toward a Labor History of Inmates and Guards", Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas (Fall, 2011). Awarded by the Labor Movements Section. The American Sociological Association.
  • Best Article in Urban History Award for "Why Mass Incarceration Matters: Rethinking Crisis, Decline, and Transformation in Postwar American History",
    Journal of American History
     (December 2010). Awarded by Urban History Association, 2011.
  • Soros Justice Fellowship, The Open Society Institute, 2006-2007.[3]
  • The Rockefeller Foundation
    , 2004.
  • Research Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2000-2001.

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Heather Ann (October 7, 2013). "How Prisons Change the Balance of Power in America". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Prison Policy Initiative. "PPI Board Member Heather Thompson chosen as a 2014 Media for a Just Society Award Finalist". {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b "OSI Names Winners of 2006 Justice Fellowships". Open Society Foundations.
  4. ^ a b c "OAH Distinguished Lecturer Profile | OAH". www.oah.org.
  5. ^ "2017 Pulitzer Prizes". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "Attica Official Trailer (2021)". Showtime Documentary Film. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Dr. Heather Ann Thompson - Pulitzer Prize Winner | Author | Speaker | Consultant". Dr. Heather Ann Thompson.
  8. ^ "Lukas Prizes: 2015 Winners - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism". Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  9. ^ http://www.nccdglobal.org/sites/default/files/content/mjs-finalists-2014.pdf [bare URL PDF]

External links

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