Biography

Recent Courses Taught

•   Social Stratification 
•   Deviant Behavior and Social Control 
•   Sociology of Crime and Criminal Law 

Research Interests

•   Wrongful Convictions 
•   Conditions of Confinement 
•   Community Reentry after Incarceration 
•   Qualitative Methodology 

Selected Publications 

•  Estes, Michelle L., Maggie León-Corwin, and Jericho R. McElroy. 2023. “Unsafe communities: Environmental injustice in carceral spaces.” Safer Communities. 23(2): 124-141. https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-08-2023-0039
•  Estes, Michelle L. 2023. “’We can’t, sorry, but we can’t do it’: How wrongful convictions impact employment and education throughout the life-course.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 62(5): 275-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2023.2213690.
•  Estes, Michelle L., Adam M. Straub, and Maggie León-Corwin. 2023. “Making the invisible visible: Examining women in Black Lives Matter.” Sociological Spectrum. 43(4-5): 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2023.2245936.