Chiara Packard

Asst Prof @UofUsociology | Punishment, law & society, prosecution, inequality | she/her | Opinions are my own

Find me on Bluesky at @chiarapackard.bsky.social

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

I'm officially moving to Bluesky 👋 Long overdue, but I'm done with this site. You can find me @chiarapackard.bsky.social - Hope to see you there! ✨

[Katie Durante🍹🦕 @KatieD_PhD]

Hello, criminologists! Consider nominating yourself or a colleague or a friend (AKA a frolleague) for this award! 😁

Please reach out with any questions!

#crimtwitter

[Jillian Sunderland @SocJillian]

Hi all! I have a new article out! I introduce privilege diffusion—a rhetorical strategy that disperses blame on to vague forces like “culture” or “masculinity,” that appear critical but ultimately obscure responsibility for those with privilege.

https://t.co/XQgrVD7LHz

[Dr. Ashley T. Rubin @ashleytrubin]

Giving my crash course in qualitative methods tomorrow. As always, slides are posted online for anyone interested (I have the short and longer versions posted). https://t.co/kBzcYlAoQq

[Josh Seim @JoshSeim]

Coming February 2026 from University of California Press.

A theory-driven case study of frontline labor at one of the largest public benefits bureaucracies in the nation: the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services.

More details soon.

[Faith M. Deckard @Deckardfaith]

🚨NEW PUB🚨

In this article, my friend-colleagues and I suggest that rather than thinking about police contact as direct officer-civilian interactions (temporally constrained), we might view and measure it as PERPETUAL (1/4)

[Law and Society @law_soc]

#GivingTuesday is a great opportunity to celebrate the diverse scholarly community our members work together to create! If you would like to donate to #LSA, please click the link below:

https://t.co/dz8eoEulwG

#LawAndSociety #CommunityBuilding #AccessToJustice
@chiarapack

[CJ Smiley, Ph.D. @UptownKastro]

Excited to be a co-chair/founder of the @ASAnews community on prison education and being a panelist for our first event w/ some amazing people: @gaberosales @SarahHoiland #MeganKlein #CarlaBarrett #MaryNellTrautner

Register link: https://t.co/8ENMbPz6a6

[Erin Eife @erin_eife]

Two more days until this exciting conversation! Please join the listserv (or dm me!) for meeting info. We're really excited to talk with @MichelleSPhelps about her wonderful new book on Friday at 3p ET.

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

@gd_wilson Miss you too! Join us! 😊

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

Link to join the mailing list: https://t.co/dfecZPlob5

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group on Oct 25th at 3 pm ET to discuss The Minneapolis Reckoning by @MichelleSPhelps!

We’re lucky that Dr. Phelps will be joining us for this conversation! @Punishment_CRN @erin_eife

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

https://t.co/ssQ1rDQ6x6

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

@ashleytrubin VERY useful!

[Erin Eife @erin_eife]

Join us on 10/25! Dm me if you’d like to be added to the listserv for the Zoom link.

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

@ashleytrubin Great tips, thank you!!

[Chiara Packard @chiarapack]

@kim_jungmyung Yay!! Congrats! 🥳

[Jungmyung Kim @kim_jungmyung]

My first solo-authored paper is published at
@ERSjournal! It is nice to see a published outcome of my work.
https://t.co/Z7FbUQ8seC