Jonah A. Siegel

jonah picJonah A. Siegel, M.S.W., is a doctoral student in the Social Work and Sociology program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Jonah’s research focuses broadly on deviance and punishment, the spatial distribution of crime, felon disenfranchisement, and poverty and social welfare policy. Specifically, he is interested in studying the local effects of mass imprisonment in communities with high rates of incarceration. Jonah has devoted time and energy to queer rights issues since his college years; these concerns remain at the forefront of his work both professionally and avocationally.