She has a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine and an M.A. in Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania. Lori’s interests lie at the intersection of criminology and sociolegal studies, with a specific focus on prisons, punishment and the lived experience of penal sanctions. Lori is currently working on a study of the ways in which prisoners experience and make meaning of their punishment (their “penal consciousness”), a project examining the experiences and culture of transgender prisoners, and an implementation evaluation of a community corrections anti-violence initiative in Kansas City. Lori’s work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice, and has been published in Justice Quarterly and Criminology & Public Policy.