BIOGRAPHY
LaTosha Traylor holds PhD and MA degrees in Criminology, Law, and Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Women’s Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Traylor is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher, and mentor trained in qualitative research methods.
Traylor’s research interests are composed of three substantive areas: motherhood at the intersection of criminalization, reentry decision-making strategies for women during the reentry process, and the implications of criminalization and subsequent incarceration for vulnerable families and communities.
At CSUF, Dr. Traylor teaches Sociology of Corrections and Introduction to Social Research. Traylor has published papers on these topics in Sociology Compass (2015), Souls: A Critical Journal on Black Politics, Culture, and Society (2012), and the Oxford Handbook on Sentencing and Corrections (2012).
