Her most recent publication, in Contemporary Justice Review, “Repeat Performance: Is Restorative Justice just another good reform gone bad?” is a piece related to her ongoing overarching life project: to demonstrate that the United States’ persistent penal reform stasis can be interrupted, advance theory as to how it may be re-directed, while cultivating and participating in strategies that foster a just and humane society. Dana came to the study of punishment from a history of street activism and is deeply committed to applying her work beyond the academy. Her interests include social change movements, restorative justice, penal history, penal abolition, immigration, and social control. Check out a web project where she was the scholar-in-residence.