Dr. Alison Colby
Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: 252-328-1447
Email: colbya23@ecu.edu
Office: Rivers 240
Mailing Address:
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Mail Stop 155
East Carolina University
1000 E. Fifth St.
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Education:
Ph.D., Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice (2019)
M.S., Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice (2013)
B.S., Texas State University at San Marcos (2006)
Research Interests:
Corrections: Prison visitation, Prisoners’ families, Impacts of incarceration on families
Critical Criminology: Convict, Feminist, Rural, and Queer
Women’s and Gender Studies
Victimization
Qualitative Research Methods
Her scholarship has been published in Criminal Justice Studies, Critical Criminology, and a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prison celebrating 25 years of convict criminology. She is also a contributing author to Convict Criminology for the Future, edited by Dr. Jeffrey Ian Ross (University of Baltimore) and Dr. Francesca Vianello (University of Padua).
Teaching Interests:
Principles of Criminal Justice Administration and Management (CRIM 6300)
Special Topics in Criminal Justice (“Inside-Out” Prison Exchange Program) (CRIM 4600)
Race, Gender, and Special Populations in the Criminal Justice System (CRIM 3700)
Dr. Colby also engages in the following teaching and pedagogical styles:
- Active Learning
- Backward Design
- Developmental Learning
- Feminist Pedagogy
- Inclusive Learning Community
- Lived Experience
- Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program Trained Instructor