NICOLE SOLOMON LINDAHL 3935 NE 69 th Avenue Portland, OR 97213 510.282.9750 nicolelindahl@berkeley.edu EDUCATION 2016 (expected) Ph.D. Candidate, Jurisprudence and Social Policy University of California, Berkeley My dissertation, Intimate Bonds: Race, Dehumanization, and Boundary Maintenance in the Neoliberal Prison, explores the relationships among prisoners, volunteers, and prison staff within San Quentin State Prison between 2000 and 2010. The project builds on my observations and experience during four years coordinating the San Quentin College Program (2002 to 2006). I examine how social boundaries among prisoners, prison staff, and volunteers are constructed and policed, and how relationships are formed within and despite these boundaries using life history interviews with 35 formerly incarcerated men and in-depth interviews with 35 retired prison staff and San Quentin volunteers. I argue that the development of intimate interpersonal bonds, particularly when formed across rigid social boundaries, involves significant risks, but also assists in prisoners survival process, buffers against racially-charged violence, and at least partially ameliorates the effects of dehumanization for both prisoners and staff. San Quentin offers lessons in how prison staff, volunteers, and prisoners can work together to create environments in which dignity, personal growth, and racial tolerance are facilitated. 2001 BA, Rhetoric with distinction University of California, Berkeley ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS 2011 Lindahl, Nicole Solomon. Intimacy, Manipulation, and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries at San Quentin Prison. Berkeley, CA: Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/15w491vk POLICY PUBLICATIONS 2015 Deborah Mukamal, Rebecca Silbert, Rebecca Taylor & Nicole Lindahl. Degrees of Freedom: Expanding College Opportunities for Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Californians. Stanford Criminal Justice Center & Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute for Law & Social Policy. https://www.law.stanford.edu/organizations/programs-and-centers/stanford-criminaljustice-center-scjc/renewing-communities 2009 Diana Brazzell, Anna Crayton, Debbie A. Mukamal, Amy L. Solomon, & Nicole Lindahl. From the Classroom to the Community: Exploring the Role of Education during Incarceration and Reentry. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411963 1
2007 Lindahl, Nicole. Venturing beyond the Gates: Facilitating Successful Reentry with Entrepreneurship. New York, NY: Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/venturingbeyondthegates.pdf 2007 Anna Crayton & Nicole Lindahl. Back to School: A Guide to Continuing Your Education after Prison. New York, NY: Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/back_to_school_final_5.28.08.pdf SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & INVITED LECTURES May 2015 August 2014 August 2014 May 2014 April 2014 Naïve Volunteers, Manipulative Prisoners, and the Dangers of Expressing Vulnerability in Contemporary California Prisons. Law & Society Association, Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. Panel Organizer. Cold Dynamics : The Interplay of Race, Gender, and Class Among Prisoners and Volunteers at San Quentin Prison. American Sociological Association, Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. On Witches & Crack Whores : Representations of Female Crack Users in the European Witch Hunts and the War on Drugs. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. Masculine Ethics on Maximum Security Prison Yards in California. Law & Society Association, Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. Panel Organizer and Chair. California Prison Politics and the Making of Race in the Era of Hyper-Incarceration. Stanford University Law School Law & Society Program, Inaugural Conference, Stanford, CA. November 2013 Prison Initiation: Mapping the Contradictions of Race, Ethnicity, and Affiliation in Contemporary California Prisons. American Society of Criminology, Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 2013 February 2013 Developing a Feminist Approach to the Study of Incarcerated Men. Association for the Study of Law, Culture, & the Humanities, Annual Conference. London, UK. Prison Initiation: Mapping the Contradictions of Race, Ethnicity, and Affiliation in Contemporary San Quentin. Western Society of Criminology, Annual Conference. Berkeley, CA. Nov 2012 Collective Healing from the War on Drugs. UC Berkeley Human Rights Center 2012, Human Rights Fellows Conference. Berkeley, CA. Oct 2012 Mirror Images: Prisoners, Officers, and the Culture of Incarceration. Invited lecture for Banned Books, Banned Bodies, sponsored by the UC Berkeley Multicultural Center. Berkeley, CA. 2
March 2012 Nov 2011 October 2011 June 2011 March 2011 Nov 2010 Intimacy and Emotional Labor at San Quentin Prison. Association for the Study of Law, Culture, & the Humanities, Annual Meeting. Fort Worth, TX. Intimacy, Manipulation, and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries at San Quentin Prison. American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Officer-Prisoner Relations and the Struggle for Dignity in California Prisons. Invited respondent for the Ann Lucas Lecture Series in Criminal Justice, San Jose State University. San Jose, CA. Seesaw In/justice: The Interface of Over- and Under-Policing in Marginalized Neighborhoods. (Co-presented with Shaun Ossei-Owusu). Law & Society Association, Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Trust, Manipulation, and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries at San Quentin Prison. UC Berkeley Center for Race & Gender. Berkeley, CA. Seesaw In/justice: The Interface of Over- and Under-Policing in Marginalized Neighborhoods. (Co-presented with Shaun Ossei-Owusu). American Society of Criminology, Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS 2015 2016 Graduate Fellow, University of California Dissertation Year Fellowship, UC Berkeley. 2013 2014 Graduate Fellow, Berkeley Empirical Legal Scholars, Center for the Study of Law & Society, UC Berkeley Summer 2012 Graduate Fellow, Center for Human Rights, Berkeley Law. 2010 2012 Graduate Fellow, Center for Research on Social Change, UC Berkeley. Spring 2011 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Teaching & Resource Center, UC Berkeley. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2014 Research Consultant, Renewing Communities Project, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy & Stanford Criminal Justice Center Conducted 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with staff of college and college support programs serving currently and formerly incarcerated students across the US. Facilitated a focus group with 15 formerly incarcerated college students. Co-authored report assessing the current landscape of higher education opportunities for criminal justice-involved populations in California and offering recommendations for expanding these opportunities. 2008-2011 Graduate Student Researcher, Youth and Neighborhood Change Project, UC Berkeley Center for Research on Social Change 3
Conducted 10 interviews with adult and youth residents of the San Antonio neighborhood in Oakland, CA as part of an interdisciplinary research team of graduate students and professors. Interviews focused on participants experiences with police, schools, violence, gentrification and other neighborhood issues. Coded and analyzed interview transcripts using Atlas.ti software. 2008-2009 Graduate Student Researcher, New York City Crime Decline Project, with UC Berkeley Professor of Law Franklin E. Zimring Analyzed statistical data from the FBI s Uniform Crime Reports on crime rates in New York City from 1970 to 2005. Conducted a content analysis of New York Times articles referencing New York City crime rates from 1970 to 2005. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2012 Lecturer, Department of Criminal Justice, San Francisco State University CJ 333: Research Methods, Sections 01 & 02 2009-2012 Graduate Student Instructor, Legal Studies and Rhetoric Departments, UC Berkeley Legal Studies 109: Aims and Limits of Criminal Law, Fall 2009 & Fall 2013 Rhetoric 103b: European Identity & the Other, Spring 2012 Legal Studies 102: Policing & Society, Summer 2011 Legal Studies 170: Crime & Criminal Justice, Summer 2010, Fall 2010, & Fall 2011 Legal Studies 160: Punishment, Culture, & Society, Spring 2010 & Summer 2013 2002-2006 English and Composition Instructor, Prison University Project, San Quentin Prison Remedial English and Composition II, Spring 2006 English 101, Spring, Summer, & Fall 2005 Remedial English and Composition I, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, & Fall 2003 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006-2008 Assistant Director, Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY Directed initiatives exploring the viability of entrepreneurship as a reentry strategy and increasing higher education opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. Researched and wrote reports, grant proposals, and concept papers. Sponsored and moderated lectures, panels, and other events, including a monthly lecture series on new research in the field of prisoner reentry. Presented research and policy findings at national conferences and forums. 2002-2006 Program Director and English Instructor, Prison University Project, San Quentin, CA Coordinated the College Program at San Quentin, the only on-site, degree-granting higher education program in California s 35state prisons. Recruited and advised faculty 4
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE and students and served as a liaison among the sponsoring university, correctional staff, program faculty and students. Taught English and Composition courses and developed curriculum standards. Cultivated dynamic campus life: organized poetry slams, guest lectures, graduation ceremonies and other events; launched and edited the Anthology of Student Writing. 2013 present Founding Member, Underground Scholars Initiative, UC Berkeley, a student organization aimed at recruiting and retaining students personally impacted by the criminal justice system. 2009 2013 Founding Member, UC Berkeley Criminal Justice Working Group, sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center for Race & Gender. 2007 2008 Member, New York City Discharge Planning Collaboration, facilitated by the New York City Departments of Correction and Homeless Services. 2006 Core Member, City of Oakland Taskforce on the Reintegration of Adjudicated Individuals, established by Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums. COMMUNITY SERVICE 2009-2013 Coordinator and Tutor, GED Tutoring Program, San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA 2001-2002 Capoeira Instructor, Oakland Asian Students Enrichment Services and Hawthorne Elementary School, Oakland, CA LANGUAGES Fluent Portuguese Conversational Spanish 5