Dr. Brittany Gilmer
Associate Professor
- email: bvgilmer@ua.edu
- phone (205) 348-2267
- office location Farrah Hall 437
- Curriculum Vitae
- Website
Education
- PhD University of Toronto, Geography
- MS University of Wisconsin-Madison, Urban and Regional Planning
- BA University of Wisconsin-Madison, Political Science
Research Areas
- Maritime Piracy
- Legal Geographies
- International Crime
- Gun Violence
Bio
Selected Publications
Gilmer, B. and Dewey, S. (2022) Captive calculations and benevolent abandonment: Ransom piracy and the carceral occupation of hostage ships off the coast of Somalia. Political Geography. 95: 1-9.
Gilmer, B. and Wakeham, J. (2021). Between Ransom and Release: Exploring Caringscapes of Somali Piracy Hostage Incidents. Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 12(3): 301-319.
Wakeham, J., and Gilmer, B. (2020) Care in Uncaring Places: Exploring Somali Piracy Hostage Incidents. British Journal of Criminology. 60(5): 1242-1259.
Gilmer, Brittany. (2019) Invisible Pirates: Women and the Gendered Roles of Somali Piracy. Feminist Criminology. 14(3): 371-388.
Gilmer, Brittany and Britanee Kane. (2019) Counter Piracy Programming and Potential Barriers to Reintegrating Pirates: An African Restorative Justice Critique. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 58: 12-21.
Gilmer, Brittany and Caroline Comerford. (2019) Promoting pirate prisons: exploring the intersections of narratives, media, and criminal justice reform in East Africa. Crime, Law and Social Change. 71(4): 403-421.
Gilmer, B. (2017) Hedonists and Husbands: Piracy Narratives, Gender Demands, and Local Political Economic Realities in Somalia. Third World Quarterly. 38(6): 1366-1380.
Gilmer, Brittany. (2017) Somali Piracy Prisoners and Biopolitical Penal Aid in East Africa. Punishment & Society. 19(1): 115-131.
Gilmer, B. (2016) Fishermen, Pirates, and the Politics of Aid: An Analysis of the Somali Fishermen Registration Programme. Geoforum. 77: 106-113.