Sara Wakefield is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, Newark. Her research interests focus on the consequences of mass imprisonment for the family, with an emphasis on childhood wellbeing and racial inequality, culminating in a series of articles and book, Children of the Prison Boom: Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality (Oxford University Press, with Chris Wildeman). She is currently working on a series of studies to more fully understand how social ties influence the conditions of confinement, community reintegration, and social inequality.

Sara Wakefield Curriculum Vitae