SHADEEQUA SMITH has dedicated her career to studying the criminal justice system and understanding its impact on individuals, families, and communities. Her efforts are informed by her work with organizations that improve the transition from incarceration into the community, problem solving courts, the U.S. Probation Office, and, most recently, as the director of training for the nonprofit Prison of Peace. Shadeequa holds an LL.M. from Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, a J.D. from The University of Mississippi School of Law, and a B.A. in criminal justice from The University of Southern Mississippi.