Michelle S. Phelps Assistant Professor Department of Sociology University of Minnesota phelps@umn.edu www.umn.edu/~phelps EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D., Sociology and Social Policy, Princeton University Dissertation: The Paradox of Probation: Understanding the Expansion of an Alternative to Incarceration during the Prison Boom Committee: Devah Pager, Kim Scheppele, Amy Lerman, Miguel Centeno 2010 M.A., Sociology, Princeton University Exam Areas: Demography, Inequality, and Crime and Punishment (Passed with Distinction) 2005 B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley (Highest Honors) ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2013- Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus) Faculty Affiliate, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota Faculty Affiliate, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Faculty Affiliate, University of Minnesota Law School BOOKS Goodman, Philip, Joshua Page, and Michelle S. Phelps.* Breaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle Over Criminal Justice. Under Contract with Oxford University Press. SCHOLARLY ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS In Publication 2013 Phelps, Michelle S. The Paradox of Probation: Community Supervision in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Law & Policy 35(1-2): 51-80. 2012 Phelps, Michelle S. The Place of Punishment: Variation in the Provision of Inmate Services Staff Across the Punitive Turn. Journal of Criminal Justice 40(5): 348-357. 2011 Phelps, Michelle S. Rehabilitation in the Punitive Era: The Gap between Rhetoric and Reality in U.S. Prison Programs. Law & Society Review 45(1): 33-68. Forthcoming Pager, Devah and Michelle S. Phelps. Inequality and Punishment: The End of Mass Incarceration? (with Devah Pager) in McLean, Alair and David Grusky (Eds), Living in a High Inequality Regime. New York: Russell Sage Press.
Phelps C.V., p. 2 Under Review Phelps, Michelle S. The Curious Disappearance of Sociological Probation Research in the U.S. Goodman, Philip, Joshua Page, and Michelle S. Phelps.* The Long Struggle: An Agonistic Perspective on Penal Development. Pager, Devah and Michelle S. Phelps. Prison as a Social Context: Residential Mobility, Social Ties, and Disorder in Prison. Pager, Devah and Michelle S. Phelps. The End of Mass Incarceration? The Social, Political, and Economic Contexts in which Prison Populations Decline. Working Papers Phelps, Michelle S. Mass Probation: Toward a More Robust Theory of State Variation in Punishment. *Winner of the 2 nd Place Award (Honorable Mention) for the American Society of Criminology Division on Corrections and Sentencing s 2012 Student Paper Award Phelps, Michelle S. From Managing Risk to Reforming Punishment: The Development of Mass Probation in Michigan. *Authors listed in alphabetical order. OTHER WRITING Phelps, Michelle S. Book Review: The Perils of Federalism: Race, Poverty, and the Politics of Crime Control, by Lisa Miller. Punishment and Society 15(3): 323-325. Phelps, Michelle S. The Paradox of Probation: Understanding Probation Expansion during the Prison Boom. March 6, 2013. Guest blog post for the Offender Supervision in Europe (OSE) Network, a working group of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Phelps, Michelle S. The Dangerous Trade-Off between Education and Incarceration. June 2, 2011. Guest blog post on Sociological Images. AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS 2012 2 nd Place Award (Honorable Mention), Student Paper Award, Division on Corrections and Sentencing, American Society of Criminology 2010 Graduate Student Workshop Invitation and Travel Award, Law and Society Association 2010 Distinction on Qualifying Exams, Department of Sociology, Princeton University 2010-2013 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation 2008 Summer Fellowship, Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, Yale Law School 2008-2010 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education 2005 Highest Honors, University of California, Berkeley
Phelps C.V., p. 3 INVITED PRESENTATIONS Goodman, Philip, Joshua Page, and Michelle S. Phelps. The Long Struggle: An Agonistic Perspective on Penal Development. Realigning California Corrections: Legacies of the Past, the Great Experiment, and Trajectories for the Future Conference. University of California, Irvine, Department of Criminology, Law & Society. Oct. 17-18, 2014 (scheduled). Phelps, Michelle S. From Managing Risk to Reforming Punishment: The Development of Mass Probation in Michigan. Penal Boundaries Workshop. University of Toronto, Centre for Criminology and Socio-legal Studies. April 11-12, 2014 (scheduled). Phelps, Michelle S. The Paradox of Probation Understanding the Expansion of an Alternative to Incarceration during the Prison Boom Opening Plenary, Offender Supervision in Europe (OSE) Network Launch Conference. Liverpool, UK. April 26, 2013. Seminar Series. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and Department of Sociology, University of Glasgow. April 23, 2013. Spring Festival. Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group, Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh School of Law. April 22, 2013. Pager, Devah and Michelle Phelps. Inequality and Punishment: A Turning Point for Mass Incarceration? Festschrift for Robert Hauser Conference. Stanford University. Nov. 5, 2011.* Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series. Vera Institute of Justice. New York, NY. Oct. 18, 2011. Festschrift for Robert Hauser Conference. University of Wisconsin. May 15, 2011.* Pager, Devah and Michelle Phelps. The Prison as a Socializing Institution The New Inequalities: Race, Crime, and the Life Course in the Era of Hyper-Incarceration Mini Conference. University of Minnesota, Life Course Center. Feb. 26, 2010 *=Non-presenting role CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Phelps, Michelle S. 2014. Mass Probation: Toward a More Robust Theory of State Variation in Punishment. Law and Society Association. Minneapolis, MN. May 29-June 1 (scheduled). Phelps, Michelle S. 2013. Reconceptualizing the Scale of Punishment: State Variation in Mass Probation. American Sociological Association. New York, NY. August 10-13. Phelps, Michelle S. 2013. From Managing Risk to Reforming Punishment: The Development of Mass Probation in Michigan. Law and Society Association. Boston, MA. May 30-June 2.
Phelps C.V., p. 4 Phelps, Michelle S. 2012. Understanding a Liminal Institution: The Development of Mass Probation in Michigan. Midwest Law and Society Retreat. Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin Law School. September 21-22. Pager, Devah and Michelle S. Phelps. 2012. Inequality and Punishment: A Turning Point for Mass Incarceration? American Sociological Association. Denver, CO. August 17-20. Phelps, Michelle S. 2012. Mass Probation and the Punitive Turn. Law and Society Association. Honolulu, HI. June 5-8. Goodman, Philip, Joshua Page, and Michelle S. Phelps.* 2012. Breaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle over Punishment. Law and Society Association. Honolulu, HI. June 5-8. Phelps, Michelle S. 2011. Regional and State-Level Variations in the Transformation of Rehabilitation in U.S. Prisons. American Society of Criminology. Washington, D.C. November 16-19. Phelps, Michelle S. 2011. Mass Incarceration and (Mass) Probation: Two Sides of Punishment or Different Strategies of State Control? American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, NV. August 20-23. Phelps, Michelle S. 2011. The Other Face of Punishment: Probation and the Punitive Turn. Law and Society Association. San Francisco, CA. June 2-5. Phelps, Michelle S. 2011. Mass Incarceration and (Mass) Probation: A Policy Feedback Example or Two Faces of State Control? Population Association of America. Washington, D.C. March 31- April 2. Pager, Devah and Michelle S. Phelps. 2010.* Prison as a Social Context: Inmate Trajectories and their Facility Environments over Time. American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA. August 14-17. Phelps, Michelle S. 2010. Regional and State-Level Variations in the Transformation of Rehabilitation in U.S. Prisons. Law and Society Association. Chicago, IL. May 27-30. Phelps, Michelle S. 2009. The Decline of Prisoner Rehabilitation: Rhetoric or Reality? Inmate Services in U.S. State Prisons from 1974-2005. Law and Society Association. Denver, CO. May 28-31. *=Non-presenting role TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (Soc 3101: Fall 2013, Spring 2014) Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (Soc 4105: Spring 2014)
Phelps C.V., p. 5 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008-2009 Research Consultant, Correctional Association of New York, New York, NY 2008-2009 Prison Monitor, Correctional Association of New York, New York, NY 2005-2007 Instructor, Fortune Society G.E.D. Program, New York, NY 2005-2007 Development Associate, Center for Court Innovation, New York, NY 2003-2005 Research Associate, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Oakland, CA 2003-2004 Tutor, San Quentin State Prison Education Program, San Quentin, CA SERVICE & ACTIVITIES Service Experience Editorial Board Member Law & Society Review (2013-2016) Occasional Reviewer American Journal of Sociology, Law & Society Review, Punishment & Society, Law & Policy, Ethnography, Social Psychology Quarterly Conference Panel Organizer (O), Chair (C), and/or Discussant (D) 2014 Law & Society Association Annual Meeting (O&C) 2013 Law & Society Association Annual Meeting (O) 2013 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting (C) 2012 Law & Society Association Annual Meeting (O&C) 2011 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting (C) 2011 Law & Society Association Annual Meeting (O&C) 2011 Population Association of America Annual Meeting (D) University Service Dept. of Sociology Graduate Affairs Committee (2013-2014) Advisory Board Member, Revocations Project, Robina Institute Co-Advisor, 2013 Symposium, University of Minnesota Law Review University Affiliations University of Minnesota (2013- ) Faculty Affiliate, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota Faculty Affiliate, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Faculty Affiliate, University of Minnesota Law School University of Michigan (2011-2013) Visiting Student Affiliate, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Princeton University (2007-2013) Graduate Associate, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University Graduate Trainee, Office of Population Research, Princeton University
Phelps C.V., p. 6 Professional Memberships American Sociological Association Law & Society Association American Society of Criminology Population Association of America