Dr. Yannick Giovanni Marshall writes and teaches in Black Studies and is the author of two books of poetry: Empress and Old Friend, We Made This For You, as well as several articles on policing, anti-Blackness and settler colonialism. His research focus is on police power, colonial policing in Nairobi and the US, the white supremacist state, anti-colonial movements and movements against anti-Blackness. Prior to coming to CalArts, he was an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Knox College. His current book project is The End of Supplication: The Invention of the Prostrate African and the Replacement of Black Marronage in America for Zed Books (Bloomsbury Press).