His research explores individual narratives and official and media discourse of punishment and rights in the context of broader institutional inequalities and sociopolitical conditions. He is the author of four books: The Pains of Mass Imprisonment with Jamie G. Longazel (Routledge, 2013); Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American Veterans (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012); Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison (University of Michigan Press, 2008); Jurors' Stories of Death: How America's Death Penalty Invests in Inequality (University of Michigan Press, 2004); and co-editor of The New Civil Rights Research: A Constitutive Approach (A Choice Outstanding Academic Book Title for 2006) Email: bfs@udel.edu