Marissa Jackson SowSpring 2023 Syllabus — State PowerIn 2022, the (very awesome) then-Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Richmond School of Law asked me if I would…10 min read·Sep 21, 2023----
Marissa Jackson SowFall 2023 Syllabus — Contemporary Black Feminist Thought in the LawThis Fall, I have the honor and opportunity to debut a new reading group at the University of Richmond School of Law — Contemporary Black…6 min read·Sep 16, 2023----
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & Orders(excerpt from) The Shopping CartI noticed the stares before I considered what they meant, of folks trying, and failing, to make sense of what they were seeing. As was…·6 min read·Feb 17, 2021----
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & OrdersClean up in Aisle 5This morning, I was wheeling my shopping cart past a magazine stand in Whole Foods Market and caught a glimpse of a magazine cover…2 min read·Jan 23, 2021----
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & OrdersThe Patently Racial Politics of Bridgerton’s Racial UtopiaLike tens of millions of viewers around the world, I treated myself to Season One of Shondaland’s adaptation of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton…11 min read·Jan 16, 2021----
Marissa Jackson SowinLaws & OrdersI See YouThe power of seeing and being seen·4 min read·Sep 27, 2020----
Marissa Jackson SowThe Art of a Bad DealOn Black Voters’ Limited Negotiating Power4 min read·May 5, 2020--2--2
Marissa Jackson SowinZORAFinding My Home in Motown’s MarginsDetroit may be changing but it is still full of Black culture and history·9 min read·Nov 8, 2019--3--3
Marissa Jackson SowA Response to Eugene Robinson/When Equality and Innocence Are Not EnufOn Monday, October 14, 2019, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson published a brilliant, passionate opinion essay in the Post titled…·5 min read·Oct 16, 2019----
Marissa Jackson SowOn What Goes UpEmpire is durable, yet thoroughly unsustainable.·1 min read·Aug 30, 2019----