Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
My research explores how women’s motherhood affects their incarceration experience. Specifically, I look at how inmates’ motherhood serves as a tool of punishment and social control in jail.
My work has been published in the Women’s Studi
The Jail Education Project in July will award its first associate’s degree, and has helped nine formerly incarcerated students transition to Merrimack’s Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program.