Geraldine Downey
Dr. Downey, Director, Center for Justice; Robert Johnston Niven Professor of Humane Letters in Psychology – Columbia University, has worked on and taught about issues related to incarceration since the 1970s. Downey has been Vice-Provost for Diversity Initiatives, Vice-Dean of Arts and Sciences, and interim Dean of Social Sciences. Downey is a member of the Faculty Steering Committee of the Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights, and Community Advisory Council at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the American Psychological Association Mentor Award. Her work on the causes and consequences of social exclusion and rejection is internationally recognized. She is currently studying how identities of hope (e.g., the student identity) can transform the narrative about people deemed rejectable (e.g., people with a criminal conviction).
Biography current as of April 18, 2022