Biography

Cassandra Philippon, Ph.D. is a criminologist and professor of sociology. She earned her Doctorate in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland – College Park in 2023. Her research is focused on the experiences of people with criminal legal system experience. Dr. Philippon’s dissertation examined life inside a women’s prison via virtual qualitative interviews with women incarcerated inside Arizona’s only women’s prison. She has published work investigating continuity of health care concerns for people living with HIV/HCV who have been in and out of carceral facilities and which evaluates the impact of experiential learning opportunities afforded to students through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.

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