略歴（Biography）
ミシェル・アレグザンダー（Michelle Alexander、1967–）は、アメリカの法学者、公民権活動家、作家。人種差別、刑事司法制度、公民権を専門とし、現代アメリカ社会における制度的人種差別を鋭く分析した研究で広く知られている。代表作 The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness（未邦訳）では、大量投獄がアフリカ系アメリカ人に与えた影響を歴史的・法的観点から論じ、刑事司法改革をめぐる議論に大きな影響を与えた。現代の人種問題と司法制度を考えるうえで欠かせない一冊として、世界的に読み継がれている。
Michelle Alexander (born 1967) is an American legal scholar, civil rights advocate, and writer whose work focuses on race, criminal justice, and systemic inequality in the United States. She is best known for examining how mass incarceration has reshaped the American justice system and perpetuated racial discrimination. Her landmark book, *The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness*, argues that the criminal justice system functions as a new form of racial caste, profoundly influencing public debate on policing, incarceration, and civil rights. The book is widely regarded as one of the most influential works on race and justice in the twenty-first century.
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