Peter Pihos
Ph.D. Student
pihos (at) sas.upenn.edu
Education
A.B. in History and Literature, Harvard College (1999); J.D., New York University School of Law (2005); M.A. in Law & Society, New York University (2006)
Fields
American History; Urban History; Legal History
Research Interests
I am interested in the governance of American cities in the post-WWII period. In particular, I am interested in the development and transformation of policing and criminal justice in tandem with the rise of the civil rights movement and black political empowerment.
