THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK | PhD CANDIDATE Email:
[email protected] Crystal M. Hayes MSW EDUCATION University of Connecticut School of Social Work Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, September 2017 – Present Anticipated Graduation Spring 2021 Dissertation: “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” and Incarcerated: A Critical Phenomenological Study of Childbearing & Pregnancy Experiences of Incarcerated Black Women Advisory Committee Chair: Kathryn R. Libal, Ph.D. Advisory Committee Co-Chairs: S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, CTS, & Marianne R. M. Yoshioka, Ph.D. Smith College School for Social Work Master of Social Work, August 2006 Thesis: Are All Mothers Created Equal and Implications for Social Work Thesis Advisor: Fred Newdom, MSW Mount Holyoke College Bachelor of Arts, May 2004 Double Major Africana Studies and Politics Weed Honor’s Scholar RESEARCH INTERESTS • Feminist and intersectional human rights approaches for addressing issues of the carceral state, reproductive injustice, and violence against women • Anti-racist pedagogy in social work education • Political social work, advocacy, human rights, and reproductive justice social work research 1 Crystal M. Hayes | The University of Connecticut | School of Social Work | PhD Candidate PRACTICE EXPERIENCE 2019-Present Black Mama’s Bailout Campaign, Court Watcher Volunteer, Durham, North Carolina 2018-Present Prison Doula & Consultant, Raleigh, North Carolina 2016-2018 Advisory Board Member and Volunteer, The Prison Birth Project, Holyoke, Massachusetts