Carolyn
Levy
PhD Candidate
108 Weaver BuildingUniversity Park , PA 16802
Email:
cal65@psu.edu
Office Hours:
- In-person office hours are currently suspended. Please email me to schedule a Zoom appointment.
Education:
- MA: University of Connecticut
- BA: University of California, Santa Cruz (University Honors, Magna Cum Laude, and Highest Honors in the Major)
Biography:
I am a PhD candidate working under the direction of Dr. Lori Ginzberg in the dual-title PhD program with the Departments of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. I am also an affiliate of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center.
Dissertation:
My dissertation, Benevolent Surveillance: Prison Matrons and Women's Prison Reform in Nineteenth-Century America, focuses on the development of systems of incarceration and women's prison reform in the United States.