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Michael Sierra-Arévalo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
His new book, "THE DANGER IMPERATIVE: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing", shows how policing’s preoccupation with danger shapes police culture and violence in the United States.
Sierra-Arévalo's research on policing, firearms, and violence prevention is published in leading journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Criminology, Law & Society Review, and the Annual Review of Law and Social Science.
His writing and research are also widely featured in media, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Times Higher Education, Slate, GQ, and NPR.
He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University and his B.A. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.