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Jenna Pasanen

PhD Student

Teaching Assistant

Criminology, Law, and Justice

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Contact

Building & Room:

BSB 4030C

About

International professional specialized in violence against women. Passionate about social and racial justice, feminist criminology & abolition.

Research interests: Criminalization of women survivors of intimate partner violence, women's needs as returning citizens after incarceration, crisis intervention support, risk assessment and management, victim advocates, prison education

Selected Publications

Master’s Thesis: Emotional Labor of Domestic Violence Shelter Workers (2015)
https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/97078

Notable Honors

2021, Departmental Service Award, UIC Dept. of Criminology, Law, and Justice

2020, Public Service Graduate Internship Award, UIC

2022, 2022-2023 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellow, The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

Education

BSocSc, Social Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland
MSSc, Gender Studies, University of Tampere, Finland