Michael Jolley

Mike Jolley is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of South Florida with Minors in Psychology and Women's Studies. He has taught sociology, social psychology, and gender studies at Hunter College and is currently a CUNY Writing Fellow at Bronx Community College as part of the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative. Over the last 10 years he has worked in mental health and has planned and managed several youth education and employment programs in Central Harlem. He also has experience in nonprofit grant writing and contract negotiation and has worked as a consultant providing personnel training in the areas of program design and management. His research interests include biopolitics and space and changing ideas about youth deviance.