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California Institute of the Arts

Yannick Giovanni Marshall

Pronouns: School of Critical Studies

Marshall is currently on leave for the 2025-2026 academic year.

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Email address: ymarshall@calarts.edu
Office address:
E115
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Degrees:

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).