Jaden Janak (they/he) is an Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Race Matters Program at St. Olaf College. Their research focuses on U.S. prison abolition organizing, LGBTQ+ radical politics, and popular culture. His current book project, Experiments in Freedom: Present Histories of an Abolitionist Future, explores U.S. prison abolitionist organizing from the 1990s to the present. Their scholarship can be found in journals such as Liminalities, GLQ, Behemoth, Social Education, and Communication/Critical Cultural Studies. He is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Applied Transgender Studies and organizes with local and national abolitionist collectives. He is a dog dad of two and an enthusiastic supporter of women’s sports. For more information, visit my website!