Calvin John Smiley

Calvin John Smiley is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College-City University of New York (CUNY). Smiley is the author of Purgatory Citizenship , published by University of California Press. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment , The Prison Journal , and Punishment & Society , and his research has been featured in the Washington Post , the Guardian , Toronto Star , and Le Monde . Outside of writing, Smiley works with incarcerated...See more

Calvin John Smiley is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College-City University of New York (CUNY). Smiley is the author of Purgatory Citizenship , published by University of California Press. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment , The Prison Journal , and Punishment & Society , and his research has been featured in the Washington Post , the Guardian , Toronto Star , and Le Monde . Outside of writing, Smiley works with incarcerated youth and young men in New York City. He lives in Queens, New York. See less