Terrance Wooten

Assistant Professor

University of California, Santa Barbara

Terrance Wooten is an assistant professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  He is currently working on his first book manuscript, Registered: Homelessness, Sex Offense, and Carceral Sexuality, which examines how those who have been designated “sex offenders” and are homeless in the Maryland/DC area are managed and regulated through social policies, sex offender registries, and urban and architectural design. His scholarly interests are located at the intersections of Black studies, gender and sexuality studies, studies of poverty and homelessness, and carceral studies.