Dr. Sandra Trappen

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Publications

Selections from my peer-reviewed scholarly and public writing:

Peer-reviewed Articles:

Trappen, Sandra L. 2026. Hidden Labor, Hidden Harm: Gendered Trauma Exposure and the Paradox of Double Exposure in Federal Probation. Women & Criminal Justice. Advance online copy.

Trappen, Sandra L., 2026. ROI and the Misclassification of Criminal Justice Education Programs: How Accountability Metrics Shape Public Universities and the Evaluation of CJ Education. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Advance Online copy  

Trappen, Sandra L. and Cruz, L., 2022. Taking Stock: A Scoping Review of Research in Criminal Justice Education. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. December 2022.

Trappen, Sandra L. and McLean, K., 2021. Policing Pain: a qualitative study of non-criminal justice approaches to managing opioid overdose during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community. Vol. 49, Issue 2, 2021. 

Trappen, Sandra L., 2017. “Knowledge is for Cutting: Waging War on the Human Terrain.” Transmissions: Journal of Film and Media Studies (Łódź Film School, Poland). Vol. 2; pp. 100-116.

Supplemental, Editorially Reviewed:

Trappen, Sandra L., and Patricia Clough (Eds.) 2013. Always at War: Economy, Labor, Life, and Blood.” Social Text Online. June 17, 2013.  

Trappen, Sandra L., 2013. Mayberry R.F.D. Will Not Be Presented Tonight. Social Text Online. June 17, 2013.

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Social Media & Open-Access

Trappen, Sandra L., 2013. War and Disability, The Feminist Wire, November 25, 2013.

Reviews

2018. Sandra Trappen. Review of Themed Issue “Armed/Unarmed: Guns in American and Visual Material Culture.” The Journal of Visual Culture, Vol.17, Issue 3, December 2018.

2018. Trappen, S. Re-Imagining Public Space: The Frankfurt School in the 21st Century. Edited by Diana Boros and James M. Glass. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 250p. Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press, 16(1), 224-226. doi:10.1017/S1537592717003309

Edited Collections

2018. Trappen, Sandra L. Veterans and Disability  In. (Heller, T., Parker Harris, S., Gill, C. and Gould, R. (Eds.) Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Policies, Concepts, and Controversies. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. July, 31, 2018.

Media 

2020. Guest panelist on “Self-Medicated” Podcast. Recurring podcast produced by radio personality, Murf Meyer. Program discussed how economic inequalities play a role in mental health, generational addiction, and the criminal justice system.

2016. Guest panelist on “Open Dialogue” – a discussion panel show produced by Accessible Media Inc.,(AMI) of Toronto, Canada. AMI is a not-for-profit multimedia organization, whose mission is to provide programming for Canadians who are blind, partially sighted, deaf, hard of hearing, mobility or print restricted. The program’s focus was war and disability. Programming broadcast on cable TV, Bell Aliant 66, Rogers 196, Shaw & Telus 889, and Sirius XM channel 172.

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