Rita Shah
Dr. Rita Shah is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University. She is a cultural criminologist who utilizes textual analysis and visual methods to understand the social and legal construction of correctional systems and structures. She focus on three lines of inquiry: 1) The meaning of rehabilitation and language surrounding the rehabilitative ideal; 2) The various ways in which correctional systems and structures are justified and maintained; and 3) The geographic community of correctional spaces. She also writes on critical pedagogical approaches to legal and criminological education at the undergraduate level. Her work has been published in the British Journal of Criminology and Contemporary Justice Review and is supported by NEH and NSF grants. Bridging the areas of criminology and law and society, her courses focus on the social construction of crime, the relationship between law and society, and issues of social justice. She received her BA in Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government (CLEG) from American University and her MA in Social Ecology and PhD in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine. In her free time, she can be found on photographic expeditions or watching football. (Go Dawgs!)
Supervisors: Justin B. Richland, Mona Lynch, and Susan Coutin
Supervisors: Justin B. Richland, Mona Lynch, and Susan Coutin
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