Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago
About
Susila Gurusami is a sociologist of race, gender, punishment, and labor, with particular interests in carceral governance. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2017 and is a former University of California Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow. Her work has been published in Gender & Society, Social Problems, and Punishment and Society. Recognitions for this scholarship include funding and awards from the American Sociological Association, Sociologists for Women in Society, Society for the Study of Social Problems, the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, and the UIC Institute for the Humanities.
Current Work:
Dr. Gurusami is currently working on a book manuscript investigating how Black women engage in the labor of navigating state surveillance, regulation, and punishment in their everyday lives after returning home from prison and jail.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Race, gender, reentry, intersectionality, labor, carceral punishment, abolition
