Sheila Shankar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6532420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheila Shankar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheila |
| FAMILY NAME | Shankar |
| SIGNATURE | SHANKAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-3556-6116 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transformative mothering on the inside
Most incarcerated women in the United States are mothers of minor-age children, and many face dual involvement with the child welfare system. Maternal incarceration functions as a form of gendered and racialized social punishment which causes long-term harms for incarcerated mothers and children. However, critical feminist scholars have argued that mothering while incarcerated can be a contradictory experience: on the one hand, mothers experience…
Prison Power and Control Dynamics
Dynamics of incarceration resemble power and control dynamics of intimate partner violence and constitute state violence. We examined incarcerated mothers' experiences of the economic dynamics of incarceration to explore how they resemble forms of economic abuse. Based on constant comparative analysis, we found the following dynamics: (1) the prison overcharging and underfunding incarcerated mothers; (2) economic exploitation with staff withholdi…
You Have to Take Care of Your Own Mental Status”
Incarcerated women in the United States commonly experience prison-based mental health treatment. Feminist scholars stress the need to explore how incarcerated women exercise agency while navigating controlling treatment dynamics and how they experience these dynamics in relation to aspects of their selves (e.g., their thoughts and feelings). To explore these dynamics, we conducted semi-structured individual interviews with 42 incarcerated women …
You Have to Take Care of Your Own Mental Status”
Incarcerated women in the United States commonly experience prison-based mental health treatment. Feminist scholars stress the need to explore how incarcerated women exercise agency while navigating controlling treatment dynamics and how they experience these dynamics in relation to aspects of their selves (e.g., their thoughts and feelings). To explore these dynamics, we conducted semi-structured individual interviews with 42 incarcerated women …
You Have to Take Care of Your Own Mental Status”
Incarcerated women in the United States commonly experience prison-based mental health treatment. Feminist scholars stress the need to explore how incarcerated women exercise agency while navigating controlling treatment dynamics and how they experience these dynamics in relation to aspects of their selves (e.g., their thoughts and feelings). To explore these dynamics, we conducted semi-structured individual interviews with 42 incarcerated women …
Prison Power and Control Dynamics
Dynamics of incarceration resemble power and control dynamics of intimate partner violence and constitute state violence. We examined incarcerated mothers' experiences of the economic dynamics of incarceration to explore how they resemble forms of economic abuse. Based on constant comparative analysis, we found the following dynamics: (1) the prison overcharging and underfunding incarcerated mothers; (2) economic exploitation with staff withholdi…
Transformative mothering on the inside
Most incarcerated women in the United States are mothers of minor-age children, and many face dual involvement with the child welfare system. Maternal incarceration functions as a form of gendered and racialized social punishment which causes long-term harms for incarcerated mothers and children. However, critical feminist scholars have argued that mothering while incarcerated can be a contradictory experience: on the one hand, mothers experience…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Prison (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Constructivist grounded theory (1 work) · Control (management (1 work)