Publications and Reports
Research Highlights
I am a Co-PI on the SpaceTech Scholars DHSI Department of Education Grant - 2023-26. Postsecondary Education Grant #P031S210060. $1,321,000.
I consulted on Civil Case: Spencer v. Washington State, Department of Corrections in April/May of 2023 for the Plaintiff.
In 2022, I co-edited a special edition in the journal, Trends in Organized Crime titled, "When Prison Gangs Become Organized Crime: Studying Protection Arrangements and their Consequences.”
In 2017-18, I was awarded the Classroom to Career, Roadrunner Retention Fund: ($50,000) Co-PIs Rebecca Trammell and Jesse Lunsford to create a peer advising program that served six departments.
My interviews took place in eight prisons across two states. I interviewed inmates and prison staff at all security levels (minimum - maximum) including protective custody units.
In addition to my prison work, I co-authored articles about Restorative Justice in Yemen, social movement organizations, and teaching STEM students.
Selected Publications
Trammell, Rebecca, Lisa Maria Ratliff, Michael Botyarov, Jeffrey Forrest, Roberto De Mata. Forthcoming. “A Qualitative Approach to Understand STEM Bridge Programs and the Importance of Relationship Building” Connected Science Learning.
Grant Report: Trammell, Rebecca and Lisa Maria Ratliff. June 2026. “SpaceTech Impact Preliminary Report.” Postsecondary Education Grant #P031S210060.
Gundur, R.V. and Rebecca Trammell. 2022. "When Prison Gangs Become Organized Crime: Studying Protection Arrangements and their Consequences" Trends in Organized Crime. 25: 365-377.
Wulf, Timbre and Rebecca Trammell. 2021. “Understanding Disrespectful Behavior Through a Gendered Lens: Racism and Power in a Women’s Prison” The Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. 10 (2)
Trammell, Rebecca, Mackenzie Rundle, and Andrea Borrego. 2021. "Anger, Frustration, and Snitching: Inmates Describe Structured Isolation in a High-Tech Prison." Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 42 (9): 1067-1085
Trammell, Rebecca, Anthony Cook, Maria DeLeon Marquez, Paul Hinkle, Lucy Protze, and Nathaly Rodriguez. 2018. "From Procedural Justice to Procedural Injustice: Understanding Prison Staff and Inmate Conflict." The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. 57 (4): 537-555.
Trammell, Rebecca, Wulf-Ludden, Timbre, Pyfer, Nicole, Jakobitz, Emily, Mullins-Orcutt, Jordan, and Kaylee Nowakowski. 2018. “Doing Gender as Self-Improvement: An Exploration of How Incarcerated Men and Women Interpret the Advice from Prison Employees.” Feminist Criminology. 13 (5): 516-542.
Government Report: Capps, Jennifer, Rebecca Trammell, Hyon Namgung, and Jennifer Raby. 2017 “The Analysis of Data Collected for the Truancy Problem Solving Court Pilot Project by the Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance of Colorado.” Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice, State of Colorado.
Robnett, Belinda, Carol Glasser, and Rebecca Trammell. 2015. "Waves of Contention: Relations Among Radical, Moderate, and Conservative Movement Organizations." Research in Social Movements, Conflict, and Change. 38: 69-101.
Trammell, Rebecca and Mackenzie Rundle. 2015. “The Inmate as the Nonperson: Examining Staff Conflict from the Inmate’s Perspective.” The Prison Journal. 94 (4): 472-492.
Trammell, Rebecca, Wulf-Ludden, Timbre, and Denise Mowder. 2015. “Partner Violence in Women’s Prison: The Social Consequences of Girlfriend Fights.” Women and Criminal Justice. 25 (4): 256-272.
Book Review: Trammell, Rebecca for Kristine Levan, 2014 “Prison Violence: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions.” For Rutgers University Press Criminal Law and Criminal Book Reviews.
Trammell, Rebecca, Jennifer Raby, Alexandra Anderson, Shannon Hampton, and Travis Stickney. 2014. “Maintaining Order and Following the Rules: Gender Differences in Punishing Inmate Misconduct.” Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 35 (10): 804-821.
Trammell, Rebecca and Travis Morris. 2012. “The Connection between Stigma, Power and Life Chances: A Qualitative Examination of Gender and Sex Crime in Yemen.” Sociological Focus. 45 (2): 159-175.
Government Report: Patrick, Mackenzie and Rebecca Trammell. 2012 “Staff Interactions and Inmate Violence: A Report on Violence and Mutual Respect in Prison” Report to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
Government Report: Trammell, Rebecca, Abby Vandenberg, Timbre Ludden and Mackenzie Patrick. 2012. “Mutual Respect, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Prison: An Inmate Report on Violence and Mutual Respect in Prison” Report to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
Government Report: Trammell, Rebecca, Abby Vandenberg, and Timbre Ludden. 2012. “Mutual Respect, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Prison: A Response to the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons Report” Report to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
Trammell, Rebecca. 2011. Enforcing the Convict Code: Violence and Prison Culture. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Trammell, Rebecca and Sharon Oselin. 2011. “Women and Sexual Offending.” Pp. 81-98 in Women Criminals: An Encyclopedia of People and Issues. Editor: Vickie Jensen. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers.
Trammell, Rebecca. 2011. “Symbolic Violence and Prison Wives: Protective Pairing in Men’s Prisons.” The Prison Journal. 91 (3): 305-324.
Morris, Travis and Rebecca Trammell. 2011. “Formal and Informal Justice and Punishment: Urban Law and Rural Mediation Rituals in Yemen.” Race and Justice: An International Journal. 1 (2): 131-153.
Trammell, Rebecca. 2009. “Relational Violence in Women’s Prison: How Women Describe Interpersonal Violence and Gender.” Women and Criminal Justice. 19 (4): 267-285.
Trammell, Rebecca. 2009. “Values, Rules and Keeping the Peace: How men Describe Order and the Inmate Code in California Prisons.” Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 30 (8): 746-771.
Government Report: Trammell, Rebecca and Brad Conner. 2009. “LiveWise Coalition, Violence and Drug Prevention Safety Summit Report and Recommendations” Report to the LiveWise Coalition.
Government Report: Trammell, Rebecca, Samantha Clinkinbeard, and Hank Robinson. 2009. “Report on the Nebraska Department of Corrections Education Program.” Report to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
Trammell, Rebecca and Scott Chenault. 2009. “We Have to Take These Guys Out: Motivations for Assaulting Incarcerated Child Molesters.” Symbolic Interaction. 32 (4): 334-350.