She specializes in issues of race, class, and gender inequalities with special attention to sport and a new interest in the carceral system. Her project, “Transitioning Together: Developing a Community-Based Research Project with Graduating Seniors and Individuals Returning from Incarceration” is a senior capstone course on prisons in the U.S. She plans to partner with a community re-entry program on a collaborative research project. This will give students the chance to sharpen their own research skills, but also to help IORC meet an existing need. Knowledge generated here will serve the purpose of furthering students’ sociological perspective and IORC’s mission of