Erin Michelle Turner Kerrison

Job title: 
Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor Erin Michelle Turner Kerrison's work extends from a legal epidemiological framework, wherein law and legal institutions condition structural determinants of health.  Specifically, through varied agency partnerships, her mixed-method research agenda investigates the impact that compounded structural disadvantage, concentrated poverty, and state supervision has on service delivery, substance misuse, violence and other health outcomes for individuals and communities marked by criminal legal system intervention.

Dr. Kerrison's research has been supported by a number of funding sources, including Arnold Ventures(link is external), the National Institute on Drug Abuse(link is external), and the National Science Foundation(link is external).  Her recent empirical research has been published in Health Services Research(link is external), Law and Human Behavior(link is external)PNAS(link is external)Punishment & Society(link is external)and Social(link is external) Science & Medicine(link is external).  She has delivered state and federal congressional briefings on this work and regularly consults with local, statewide, and nationwide organizations and agencies, on issues related to Black health and ending state violence.  

Dr. Kerrison earned a BA in Sociology and Philosophy from Haverford College, an MA in Criminology, Law, and Society from Villanova University, and a PhD in Criminology from the University of Delaware.  She was also awarded a Vice Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as an active participant in the American Society of Criminology, the Law & Society Association, and the Society for Social Work and Research communities.

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Research interests: 
  • Black Love and Liberation
  • Cultivating Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations
  • Data Science for Social Good
  • Designing Structures that Facilitate Carceral Abolition and Safety for All
  • Legal Epidemiology 
  • Redressing Health and Healthcare Inequity
  • US Criminal Legal System 

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