Calvin John Smiley
CalvinJohn Smiley received his Ph.D. from The Graduate Center-CUNY in 2014. His work focuses on issues related to race, inequality, and social justice. More specifically, as a critical sociologist and criminologist, he has studied mass incarceration and prisoner reentry, particularly for urban inhabitants.
Smiley has been published in a number of academic peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. In addition, his research has been cited in notable publications such as The Washington Post and Le Monde (France). He is the co-editor of Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives of Returning Home published by Routledge Press. Finally, Smiley is working on a book-length manuscript on his work on prisoner reentry, specifically examining many of the intricacies and complications of prisoner reentry and how men and women navigate and negotiate reentry space, moving from confinement to community, with diminished legal rights and amplified social stigmas.
For more information on Dr. Smiley's research, teaching, and publications, please visit: www.cjsmiley.com