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Clarence Jefferson (Jeff) Hall Jr. is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Queensborough Community College / CUNY, located in Bayside, Queens, New York. Hall's research focuses on the intersection of environmental politics and the carceral state in nineteenth- and twentieth-century New York.

Hall has presented his research at academic conferences and colloquia hosted by the New York State Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, American Society for Environmental History, Binghamton University Department of History, Stony Brook University Department of History, and at venues large and small across New York State.

His work has also been featured in major national media outlets, including The New York Times, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, NBC Nightly News, Canadian Television (CTV), CNN, and MSNBC, among others.