Mass Incarceration
Daylighting Past, Present Prison Practices
SJSU's mass incarceration research illuminates connected workings of penal politics, economics, social theory, and human rights. Scholarship intersects with educational initiatives in our commitment to dismantling systemic barriers and creating impactful solutions for a just and equitable society. Below is a rotating selection of our standout faculty in this field.
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Featured Faculty
Bill Armaline
Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Political Sociology, Human Rights, Racism, Political Economy, Criminal Justice, Education
ORCID: 0000-0002-3720-1119
Dallas Augustine
Assistant Professor of Justice Studies
Punishment, Inequality, Prison, Reentry, Community Supervision, Parole, Employment,
Homelessness, Substance Use, Social Control
ORCID: 0000-0002-6846-6929
Alessandro De Giorgi
Professor of Justice Studies
Critical Criminology, Punishment and Society, Sociolegal Studies, Political Economy
of Punishment, Urban Ethnography, Marxist Theory
ORCID: 0000-0003-3772-1488
John Halushka
Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Sociology of Punishment; Law and Society; Prisoner Reentry; Race, Class, and Gender
Inequalities; Qualitative Methods
ORCID: 0000-0002-6217-4829
Edith Kinney
Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Law and Social Movements, Criminal Justice, Human Trafficking
ORCID: 0000-0001-6097-0525
Margaret "Peggy" Stevenson
Lecturer, Record Clearance Project Director
Courts and Society, Criminal Conviction Clearance, Experiential and Service Learning,
Legal Services for Low-Income Communities, Workers’ Rights, Restorative Justice
Aubrey Uresti
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
Courts and Society, Criminal Conviction Clearance, Experiential and Service Learning,
Legal Services for Low-Income Communities, Workers’ Rights, Restorative Justice
ORCID: 0000-0001-9460-446X
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