Amanda Sharry, Ph.D.

Amanda Sharry, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She earned her Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society and a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Irvine, and a B.A. in Sociology and Political Science from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Sharry’s research broadly focuses on mass incarceration, community corrections, and formerly incarcerated populations and the labor markets. Her current work explores the impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders on patterns of incarceration and recidivism.