KATIE DURANTE

My research agenda centers around incarceration and has two primary and distinct, yet interrelated, lines of inquiry: 1) race, ethnicity, and punishment and 2) incarceration and the family. Much of my research is interdisciplinary and has been published in a variety of journals and public outlets across academic fields. I welcome the opportunity to work with colleagues in different disciplines to generate new insights and address critical research questions. 

My ongoing and recently published research topics include:

• County-level context, politics, and racial/ethnic sentencing disparities 
• Longitudinal analyses of health during and after incarceration for individuals and family members
• Family relationship behaviors, maintenance, and barriers during incarceration
• The impacts of cannabis legalization on racial and ethnic disparities in prison and jail populations
• Critical approaches to studying race and ethnicity with secondary data
• Reentry challenges and collateral consequences 
• Dyadic relationship well-being and coparenting during incarceration