ABENA SUBIRA MACKALL 6 Appian Way Gutman 247 Abena [email protected] Cambridge, MA 02138 (347) 852-0975

ABENA SUBIRA MACKALL 6 Appian Way http://scholar.harvard.edu/abena Gutman 247 [email protected] Cambridge, MA 02138 (347) 852-0975

EDUCATION Expected 2018 Harvard Graduate School of Education Ed.D., Culture, Communities, and Education Dissertation: “Arrested in Adolescence: Youth Perceptions of Relationships, School Experiences, and Justice System Involvement” Committee: Natasha K. Warikoo (Chair), Bruce Western, Roberto G. Gonzales

2015 Ed.M., Education

2012 London School of Economics and Political Science MSc. with Merit, Race, Ethnicity, and Post-Colonial Studies

2011 Hunter College MSEd., Childhood Special Education: Learning Disabilities

2009 Princeton University A.B. cum Laude, Politics with Certificate in African American Studies

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Social Contexts of Education and Human Development, Juvenile/Criminal Justice, Poverty, Qualitative Methodologies, Basic Applied Statistics

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2017 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship ($27,500) 2017 ABLConnect Teaching Innovator Prize, Harvard University 2017 Finalist, American Bar Foundation Law & Inequality Doctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016 Minority Dissertation Travel Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship ($1,000) 2016 Julius B. Richmond Dissertation Fellowship, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University ($10,000) 2013 Inequality & Criminal Justice Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government ($27,500) 2013 Graduate Student Fellow, Spencer Foundation New Civics Early Career Scholars Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education ($7,000)

Mackall CV Page 1 of 5 2008 Public Service Fellowship, Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Princeton University 2005 National Achievement Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Foundation

RESEARCH AND CONFERENCE GRANTS 2017 Dissertation Research Grant, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School of Government ($6,000) 2016, 2014 Research Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean’s Summer Fellowship ($3,000/year) 2015 Dissertation Research Grant, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard Kennedy School of Government ($2,000) 2015 Fall Travel Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Education 2015 Research Grant, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School of Government 2015 Spring Travel Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Education

PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS Mackall, Abena Subira. “Promoting Informed Citizenship through Prison-based Education.” Critical Education. (Forthcoming)

Mackall, Abena Subira. “How do the Conditions of Incarceration and Preprison Socialization Jointly Shape Perspectives on Participation in Prison-Based Activities?: Insights from Formerly Incarcerated Adults in Massachusetts.” Under Review.

Deckman, Sherry L.; Fulmer, Ellie Fitts; Hoover, Katharine; Kirby, Keely; Mackall, Abena Subira. “Numbers are Just Not Enough: A Critical Analysis of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Elementary and Middle School Health Textbooks.” Under Review.

Mackall, Abena Subira. “Ethical and Responsive Techniques for Phenomenological Interviewing with Criminally-Involved Youth.” In Progress.

Mackall, Abena Subira. “‘We Don’t Wanna Mess Kids Up’: Diversion and Support Services for Crime-Involved Youth in Massachusetts.” In Progress.

Mackall, Abena Subira. “Examining the Educational Life Histories of Deeply Criminally-Involved Youth.” In Progress.

Mackall, Abena Subira. (2014). [Review of the book How College Works]. Harvard Educational Review, 84(3), 557-559.

Mackall CV Page 2 of 5 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (*denotes upcoming) “‘Immature Brains’: Research and Evolving Youth Justice Policy.” American Society of Criminology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 16, 2017*

“Promoting Informed Citizenship through Prison-based Education.” Law and Society Association Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, June 22, 2017

“Arrested in Adolescence: Youth Perceptions of Relationships, School Experiences, and Justice System Involvement” American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX, April 30, 2017

“Civic Health as Public Safety: A Case for Promoting Informed Citizenship through Prison-based Education.” Association for Moral Education, Cambridge, MA, December 9, 2016.

“Considering Selection in Prison Programming: A Descriptive Analysis of Factors Contributing to Enrollment and Completion in Massachusetts” 2016 Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, March 10, 2016

“Transactional, Protective, and Self-Actualizing Participation in Prison-based Activities: Implications for Selection-bias and the Sociological Study of Imprisonment” Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, Las Vegas, NV, February 2, 2016

“Managing ‘the pains of imprisonment’: How incarcerated individuals use prison-based activities to address the conditions of incarceration” American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 19, 2015

“Beyond Recidivism: How Incarcerated Individuals Use Prison-based Activities to Manage the Conditions of Incarceration and Preserve Autonomy.” 2015 American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 18, 2015

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013 – 2016 Prof. Bruce Western, Harvard University, “Boston Reentry Study” “New York Reentry Study” • Interviewed and conducted phone check-ins with formerly incarcerated adults during the year following their release from Massachusetts state prisons. • Developed thematic codes to analyze interview data.

2015 Profs. Richard Murnane and Sean Reardon, Harvard University, “The Role of Private Schooling in Contributing to Inequality of Educational Outcomes” • Organized and assembled secure Private School Universe Survey dataset. • Conducted preliminary descriptive analyses on demographic trends in private school enrollment.

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2012 Prof. Suki Ali, London School of Economics and Political Science, “Race and Adoption in Britain” • Drafted a report on trends in interracial adoption in Britain and relevant legislation.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE Instructor in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education 2016 – 2017 Educational Inequality in the Era of Mass Incarceration (graduate level module)

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education Spring 2016 Educational Justice (Prof. Meira Levinson) Spring 2016 Educating to Transform Society: Preparing Students to Disrupt and Dismantle Racism (Prof. Aaliyah El-Amin) Spring 2015 Establishing Safe Spaces for Adolescent Learning: Preventing Bullying and Discrimination (Prof. Gretchen Brion-Meisels) Fall 2014 Cultural Explanations for Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Education (Prof. Natasha K. Warikoo) Spring 2014 Applied Data Analysis (Instructors Courtney Pollack, Samuel Ronfard, and Darrick Yee) Fall 2013 Empirical Methods: Introduction to Statistics for Research (Prof. Terry Tivnan) Spring 2013 Gender and Sexuality: School Climate and the Hidden Curriculum (Prof. Sherry L. Deckman)

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Harvard College 2014 – Present Cabot House Sophomore Advisor

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE 2013 – 2015 Instructional Coach, Match Teacher Residency Program, Boston, MA • Mentored middle and high school teacher residents and led individualized professional development sessions on ELA instruction and establishing positive learning environments. • Evaluated teacher residents to identify targeted growth areas and trained teacher residents in best practices for analyzing data to monitor student progress and modify instruction

2013 Graduate Student Fellow/Consultant, Boston Public Schools - Office of Educator Effectiveness, Boston, MA • Wrote key teacher and student observables for 9 ‘elements’ of teaching for Boston Public Schools’ Rubric of Effective Teaching, which school leaders use in teacher evaluations.

Mackall CV Page 4 of 5 • Developed guidance documents and exemplars to support educators and evaluators in successfully implementing BPS’ educator evaluation system.

2009 – 2012 Teacher, Democracy Prep Charter School, New York, NY 6th Grade Special Education Teacher/Teach for America Corps Member (2009 – 2011) Summer Mentor Teacher (Summers 2011, 2012) • Designed assessment-based Individualized Education Programs and monitored academic and behavioral progress in conjunction with guardians, school-based staff, and relevant social service agencies. • Collaborated with 3 teachers to co-teach 23 differentiated lessons each week. • Supervised and prepared daily feedback reports on lesson planning, content delivery, and academic and behavioral best practices for Teach for America Corps Members in training.

EDITORIAL SERVICE Harvard Educational Review (Co-Chair and Editor 2013 – 2015); Punishment & Society (Occasional Reviewer)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2015 – Present Harvard Graduate School of Education Writing Center, Teaching Fellow 2015 – Present Cabot House, Harvard College, Resident Tutor 2016 Course Design Assistance, Educational Justice Course with Prof. Meira Levinson 2015 Course Design Assistance, Culture, Institutions, and Society PhD Core Course with Prof. Natasha K. Warikoo 2013 – 2014 Course Design Assistance, Analytic Reading and Writing Tutorial with Prof. Meira Levinson 2012 – 2013 Harvard Interfaith Prisoner Education Initiative, Mentor

REFERENCES Natasha K. Warikoo (chair) Bruce Western Harvard University Harvard University 6 Appian Way 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 495-2488 (617) 495-3879

Roberto G. Gonzales Harvard University 6 Appian Way Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected] (617) 496-1013

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