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faculty
Toniqua Mikell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Crime & Justice Studies
Contact
508-999-8624
tmikell@umassd.edu
Balsam Hall 9172
Education
| 2019 | University of South Carolina | PhD in Criminology & Criminal Justice |
| 2014 | University of South Carolina | MA in Criminology & Criminal Justice |
| 2012 | Winthrop University | BA Sociology/Criminology |
Teaching
- Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Black Studies
- Justice Studies
Programs
Courses
Introduction to the American criminal justice system. The course will discuss the core components of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Throughout the course, students will learn about the relationship between these components and the challenges that the criminal justice system currently faces.
Introduction to the American criminal justice system. The course will discuss the core components of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Throughout the course, students will learn about the relationship between these components and the challenges that the criminal justice system currently faces.
An overview of the mass media¿s role in constructing images of women labeled as sex offenders. This course focuses on historical and contemporary constructions of femininity with emphasis on women¿s proximity to power. This course highlights the role of hetero-patriarchy and white supremacy within mass media portrayals of criminalized women.
Online and Continuing Education Courses
The history of criminology through a study of the theorists who comprise the field's three dominant schools of thought: Classical Criminology, Positivism and Critical Criminology. Students will be introduced to critical deconstructions of each paradigm through a fourth school of thought: Anti-Colonial Criminology. The historical and political contexts of each theory and theorist will be emphasized to highlight the impact criminology has on policy, society and human relations.
Research
Research activities
- Media representation of black women's criminality and victimization
- Carceral state impacts on women and femmes
Research interests
- Intersectional criminology
- Black feminist theory
- Queer criminology
- Female sex offenders
- Racial justice
Select publications
See curriculum vitae for more publications
- Isom, D.A., Boehme, H.M., Mikell, T.C., Chicoine, S., & Renner, M. (2021).
Status Threat, Social Concerns, and Conservative Media: A Look at White America and the Alt-Right
Societies - Isom, D.A., Mikell, T.C., & Boehme, H.M. (2021).
White America, Threat to the Status Quo, and Affiliation with the Alt-Right: A Qualitative Approach
Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 41, Issue 3, 213-228. - Andersen T.S., Scott D.A.I, Boehme H.M., King S., & Mikell T. (2020).
What Matters to Formerly Incarcerated Men? Looking Beyond Recidivism as a Measure of Successful Reintegration
The Prison Journal, Vol. 100, Issue 4, 488-509. - Burrow, J., Isom, D.A., & Mikell, T. (2020).
No Man’s Land: The Denial of Victimisation in Male Statutory Rape Cases
Journal of Sexual Aggression, Vol. 26, Issue 3, 316-333. - Isom Scott, D.A., and Mikell, T. (2019).
‘Gender’ and General Strain Theory: Investigating the Impact of Gender Socialization on Young Women’s Criminal Outcomes
Journal of Crime & Justice, Vol. 42, Issue 4, 393-413.
Additional links
- Status Threat, Social Concerns, and Conservative Media: A Look at White America and the Alt-Right
- White America, Threat to the Status Quo, and Affiliation with the Alt-Right: A Qualitative Approach
- What Matters to Formerly Incarcerated Men? Looking Beyond Recidivism as a Measure of Successful Reintegration
- No Man’s Land: The Denial of Victimisation in Male Statutory Rape Cases