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Kayla Martensen, ABD
Title/s: Lecturer
Office #: Mundelein Center, Room 805B
Phone: (773) 508-8608
Email: kmartensen@luc.edu
CV Link: K_Martensen_CV_Fall_2023..
Courses Taught
- CJC 101 - Criminal Justice in a Global Context
- CJC 345 - Social Justice and Crime
- CJC 372 - Race, Ethnicity & Criminal Justice System
Awards
2020 Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship, $5000 Division on Women and Crime, American Society of Criminology
2019 Institute of Race and Public Policy, $1,500 University of Illinois Chicago
Selected Publications
Martensen, K. (2022). Prison is not Feminist, Service is not Liberation: Punishment, Service and a Web of Detainment. In Bierria, A., Caruthers, J. &, Lober, B. (Eds.) Abolition Feminisms: Feminist Ruptures Against the Carceral State. Haymarket Books.
Wong, R. & Martensen, K. (2022). Let's start talking: A reflective essay on minority students' experiences in academic spaces, publishing, and journal involvement. Learned Publishing, 35: 413–417. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1471
Martensen, K. (2022). Book Review: Latinas in the Criminal Justice System: Victims, Targets, and Offenders. eds Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko. Theoretical Criminology, 26(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806221089669
Martensen, K. & Richie, B.E. (2021). Prison Abolition in Global Perspective. In Oxford Encyclopedia of International Criminology. Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.625
Martensen, K. (2021). Sanctuary?: A Discussion on Latinx/a Women and Girls in a Carceral State. In Leonard, L. (Ed), People, Process, and Practice in Criminal Justice. IGI Global. 10.4018/978-1-7998-6646-6.ch002
Richie, B., Kanuha, V.K. & Martensen, K. (2021). Colluding with and Resisting the State: Organizing Against Gender Violence in the U.S. Feminist Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085120987607
Martensen, K. (2020). Review of Carceral State Theories and Applications. Social Compass, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12801
Martensen, K. (2020). Teaching Abolition to Future Police Officers: A Reflective Essay on Pedagogies of Response and Care. Contemporary Justice Review, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2020.1755848
Maniglia, R. and Martensen, K. (2020). Introduction to Special Issue on Teaching Social Justice: The Classroom as a Space for Social Transformation. Contemporary Justice Review, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2020.1755933
Richie, B. and Martensen, K. (2020). Resisting Carcerality, Embracing Abolition: Implications for Feminist Social Work Practice. Affilia, 35(1), 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109919897