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Terence Keel

@terencekeel.bsky.social
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Professor • Author • Director of the BioCritical Studies Lab

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The eugenics movement ushered into US life what @terencekeel.bsky.social calls biomedical nihilism. It has shaped the way we think about people who lose their lives during violent encounters with the state. buff.ly/Nplpgt9
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Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics | Los Angeles Review of Books
For the Legacies of Eugenics series, Terence Keel examines how eugenics shapes the way we think about people who lose their lives during violent encounters with the state.
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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Professor @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" explains how death investigators are only accountable to the State. Full episode out now. Links in bio. #PoliceReform #GerogeFloyd #VitalSignsPodcast
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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Professor @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" explains how ambiguous death records provides cover for the state. Full episode available now. Links in bio. #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceReform #VitalSignsPodcast
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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Professor @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence" explains how the involvement of police in emergencies makes it so people can’t make mistakes. Full episode out now. Links in bio. #RacialJustice #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #VitalSignsPodcast
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Here's the transcribed zine of our chat with Dr @terencekeel.bsky.social on his book, "The Coroner's Silence" ( @beaconpress.bsky.social , 2025). Check out this and many more at tfsr.media/zines/#April...
zine cover of our interview "The Coroner's Silence: Dr. Terence Keel on US Deaths in Custody & Public Accountability" featuring a monochrome photo of a crow in front of a prison, plus "The Final Straw Radio - April 26, 2026"
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
When the World Is Watching and They Still Lie: The George Floyd Autopsy and the Hidden Deaths No One Sees Link: youtu.be/zio_K2kjxO0 #incustodydeaths, #yourrightscamp, #coroner, #blm, #blacklivesmatter, #thecoronerssilence
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Teaching young children the history of slavery and racism is only dangerous in a society where people are convinced of their freedom.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We will never fully know about all the cases of people dying in police custody. Because as @terencekeel.bsky.social points out, the government, at a federal level, hasn’t given us much leadership. @ruwithsonali.bsky.social
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Uncovering Coroners’ Complicity in Police-Custody Killings
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Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
~NEW EPISODE~ The Coroner’s Silence. How coroners and other death investigators are hiding police violence and in-custody deaths. Ft. Prof. @terencekeel.bsky.social 🎙️: bit.ly/46lZ94W
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Margaret Kimberley @margaretkimberley.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"between 2000 and 2020 we discovered 32,100 people died during arrests in the United States" @terencekeel.bsky.social "The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence," on @blackagendareport.bsky.social radio. www.blackagendareport.com/coroners-sil...
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The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence | Black Agenda Report
In his book, "The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence," Dr. Terence Keel investigates how coroners and medical examiners omit key information about police action...
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Just had a marvelous conversation about The Coroner’s Silence with Hunter Parnell on the Defenseless Podcast
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/12/2025
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's dismantling of climate science in the U.S. will cost lives.
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“Destroying Knowledge”: Michael Mann on Trump’s Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado
Climate scientists and meteorologists are sounding the alarm after White House budget director Russell Vought announced the Trump administration will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Resea...
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Thank you Bill Littlefield @ Arts Fuse for this thoughtful review: Chilling Inquiry into Institutional Indifference artsfuse.org/322316/book-...
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Book Review: "The Coroner’s Silence" - A Chilling Inquiry into Institutional Indifference - The Arts Fuse
The title of this revelatory book might suggest that it’s limited to uncovering the deficiencies and biases of a particular profession. But "The Coroner’s Silence" is far more than that.
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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
As the number of people personally impacted by gun violence continues to grow, more people are now experiencing MULTIPLE mass shootings over the course of their lifetime. For two Brown University survivors, this is their second time surviving a mass shooting! We do not have to live like this!
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Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
NEW FREE HELL! @terencekeel.bsky.social , author of, “The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social). Please consider becoming a paying member and keeping our show free and completely listener supported. www.patreon.com/posts/new-fr...
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NEW FREE EP! Terence Keel and In-Custody Death | This Is Hell!
Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with long-time friend Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. about the origins of "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) and how our broken death investigation system obscures the truth about deaths in police custody. #newbook ➡️ www.anativeson.org/p/a-conversa...
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A Conversation with UCLA Professor Terence Keel
In this powerful conversation, Eddie sits down with Professor Terence Keel of UCLA to discuss his groundbreaking book, The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence. K...
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Learn about BioCritical Studies Lab below in LAist! Proud of my students and the important work we do. ⬇️ #research #interdiciplinaryresearch #policeviolence laist.com/news/educati...
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How UCLA students use autopsy reports to help keep police accountable
Professor Terence Keel teaches students to examine autopsy reports and death records — and to think critically about how in-custody deaths affect families and society.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It's been such a rewarding book tour so far sharing "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) and meeting readers in their own communities. Thanks to Troy Upperman for beautifully capturing highlights of our launch event at Reparations Club in LA. #newbook #nonfiction #truecrimebooks
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Mark your calendars for next week after the holiday! Hope to see you in #NYC or #Cambridge! ⬇️ #booktour
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Each day, 3 people are expected to die in police custody. @terencekeel.bsky.social says the tragedy is that these victims have been failed many times over by local and state government. @brittanyepage.bsky.social
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Professor Uncovers How Coroners are HELPING COPS COVER UP FOR KILLINGS!!!
Brittany Page welcomes Dr. Terence Keel to the Page Perspective to discuss his new book, "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence." OUT NOW! Buy Dr. Keel's…
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thanks to all who have joined me this week as we kicked off the book tour for "The Coroner's Silence (@beaconpress.bsky.social)! Next week you can find me in #NYC at the Center for Brooklyn History on Tues., Dec. 2 and at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social on Wed., Dec. 3. Hope to see you there!
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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Excited for this conversation with @terencekeel.bsky.social in Brooklyn on Dec 2nd. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Had a marvelous conversation with @brittanyepage.bsky.social on her wonderful show about our broken death investigation system. More to come.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
See you tomorrow night at Reparations Club! Join us for the book launch event of THE CORONER’S SILENCE (@beaconpress.bsky.social), moderated by Cerise Castle. 🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 13 ⏰ 7:00 PM (PST) 📍 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016 #booklaunch #losangeles #reparationsclub #nonfiction
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Happy #PublicationDay, @terencekeel.bsky.social!🔍 THE CORONER’S SILENCE, his landmark intervention that uncovers how coroners and other death investigators are complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths, is a “searing exposé.” — @ruha9.bsky.social
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
“The Coroner’s Silence” is now available at bookstores near you. 📚 Thanks to @beaconpress.bsky.social my editor, supporters, and colleagues for helping make this work happen. We must not forget the misremembered victims of police violence & their stories. #pubday #bookrelease #nonfiction #truecrime
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Abandon the poor and unhealthy. Then call progressive democrats socialists for wanting fair wages and free healthcare.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"A stunning achievement. Reading this book changes how one sees this country and the people who bear the brunt of its contradictions. A tour de force and a must-read in these troubling times." —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. #newbook #bookrelease #nonfiction #truecrime #reading
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Preorder your copy of “The Coroner’s Silence” (@beaconpress.bsky.social) now. 🔗 rep.club/products/cor...
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Less than one month away! 📕 “The Coroner’s Silence” (@beaconpress.bsky.social) is coming a bookstore near you on Nov. 11. You can preorder your copy here: rep.club/products/cor... #bookrelease #nonfiction #newbook #truecrime #preorder #thecoronerssilence
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The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence
For readers of His Name Is George Floyd and Under the SkinA landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned violence through death investigati...
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The #Goodreads #giveaway for "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) ends this Friday! Click the link below to enter. ⬇️
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
@terencekeel.bsky.social makes an important point here. Real public safety involves addressing the root causes of crime: low wages, lack of affordable housing, unmet health needs. Not draconian executive orders. @latimes.com
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Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our justice system has a responsibility to care for people who are incarcerated, regardless of their innocence. The Trump admin, unfortunately, doesn’t think so. @terencekeel.bsky.social
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Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
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gayatripat.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
As @beaconpress.bsky.social author @terencekeel.bsky.social opines in the @latimes.com, the push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail instead endangers more people. Check out his great piece below. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I have an op/ed today published in #LATimes. My original title was “Why Ending Bail Reform Threatens Public Safety.” I believe people in jail have rights and are not simply suspects. #opinion #newwriting www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-…
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Contributor: The push to hold more nonviolent suspects in jail threatens public safety
Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Trey Reed and Cory Zukatis were both found dead hanging from trees in the state of Mississippi yesterday. Major media has been slow to cover this story, but more details have come out today.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Book #giveaway is open now over on #Goodreads! Follow the link below to enter to win one of 25 copies of “The Coroner’s Silence,” (@beaconpress.bsky.social ) now through Oct. 11. shorturl.at/muO9V (U.S. only and a valid mailing address is required.) #bookgiveaway #nonfiction #bookrelease #truecrime
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It’s no secret the jails in LA are the most dangerous in the United States. Just this year alone, there have been 36 deaths in 35 weeks, setting a record for the number of people who have died here in LA County jails during the month of September.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This fall I’ll be coming to a city near you—mark your calendars if you’re near #LA, #Baltimore, #DC, or #Cambridge to join us in discussion about “The Coroner’s Silence. #booktour #reparationsclub #politicsandprose @redemmas.org @harvardbookstore.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Did you know Elizabeth Catlett was one of the first Black women to earn an MFA, and is the first woman of color to have a feature exhibit at the National Gallery of Art? A new exhibit of her work opens this weekend at The Art Institute of Chicago ⬇️ www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
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Elizabeth Catlett: "A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies" | The Art Institute of Chicago
Bringing together over 100 works from across Catlett’s awe-inspiring career, this long-overdue retrospective showcases the significant role this revolutionary artist and radical activist played in her time and still today.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Russian #translation of "Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science" is now available. Big thanks to Academic Studies Press! #russiantranslation #nonfiction #booktranslations www.academicstudiespress.com/979888…
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Excited to share a preview of this important film, "Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television’s Attempt to End Racism." Watch the preview here and you can read more about the project, linked below. vimeo.com/1003183502/3...
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Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television's Attempt to End Racism
Teaser for a documentary film currently in production: Negotiating America: Vegetable Soup and Television's Attempt to End Racism is a feature-length documentary…
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
It’s 🔍COVER REVEAL🔍 Friday for @terencekeel.bsky.social at the #UCLA BCS Lab! THE CORONER’S SILENCE is a landmark investigation into forensic medicine that exposes the systematic concealment of state-sanctioned police violence through death investigations. Cover design: Carol Chu
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, “The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence,” which will hit the shelves Nov. 11 this year. Big thanks to @beaconpress.bsky.social! Preorder link below ⬇️
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"The Rangers’ report revealed that the reported altercation took place in what detainees in the jail referred to as the 'fight cell' — a known blind spot in the facility’s surveillance system." Why is there a blind spot? Read more @themarshallproject.org ⬇️ www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/06/h...
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Who Answers for a Death in Custody?
Jacilet Griffin is one of many nationwide left with grief and unanswered questions when a loved one dies behind bars.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
You can also follow me over on TikTok for video content ⬇️ www.tiktok.com/@tdkeel
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Terence Keel's Creator Profile
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A few years ago, I got the chance to talk to ABC News about long-standing flaws in the "science of death," that disproportionately impact Black and Latinx inmates. Read more here: abcnews.go.com/US/medical-e...
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Medical examiners impacted by relationships with police, study finds
Researchers point to the fact that medical examiners have a close relationship with law enforcement offices in their calls for change.
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Terence Keel @terencekeel.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New to Bluesky! I'm a Professor of Human Biology & Society at UCLA & founder of the BioCritical Studies Lab. I write about religion, science, and anti-racism. Looking forward to connecting with folks here. www.terencekeel.com
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Terence Keel | Research, Academics, Social Justice
Official Site of Terence Keel featuring social justice, research, and academic work. Terence Keel is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles jointly appointed in the Depart...
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