Interviews & Media

Incarcerated firefighters make up a significant portion of the fire response teams, especially during fire season in California and Nevada. In this interview with Afsha Bawany, I describe some of the surprising statistics and facts about our incarcerated firefighters.

Key Highlights:

• A criminal record often bars individuals from work as a firefighter in the community.

• Incarcerated firefighters make less than $10/day.

• Incarcerated firefighters make up more than one-third of our active firefighting force during fire season.

Read the full interview here.

Take a look into my upper-division course on corrections at UNLV. In this interview with Afsha Bawany, I tell students and the public what goes on in my classroom.

Key Highlights:

• Students can expect to learn about jails, prison, probation, parole, and more.

• Students will be surprised by some of the facts shared in this course.

• Students can expect to engage in critical thought, written analyses, and collaborative work.

Read the full interview here.

This article explores one of my first publications, translating the numbers into real-world terms. In this article by Caitlin Kizielewicz, myself and my co-author highlight the important pieces of this article for the public.

Key Highlights:

• Prison work and vocation programs generally show positive results, but findings remain mixed.

• As a field, we must better understand what it means for a program to be "successful" for incarcerated individuals.

Read the full interview here.

In this podcast, junior colleagues and I discuss how best to network in academia and how to tackle conferences. Hosts Jennifer Tostlebe and Jose Sanchez talk with Vivian Aranda-Hughes and I about early mistakes, how to be successful in grad school, and how to follow famous academic around at conference without being caught.

Key Highlights:

• Grad school is hard!

• Networking is hard!

• You'll be okay.

Listen to the full podcast here.