As a celebration of our alumni, each month we will highlight a new book written by one of
Oxford's alumni.
Our September 2024 book is "Challenging Confinement: Mass Incarceration and the Fight for Equality in Women's Prisons"
by Bonnie Ernst (New College, 2009).
Bonnie Ernst is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University. She is a historian of gender, race, and punishment in the United States. Her first book, Challenging Confinement: Mass Incarceration and the Fight for Equality in Women’s Prisons (NYU Press, 2023), analyzes how twentieth-century women’s movements sparked protest, organizing, and reform that was led by incarcerated women and coalitions of attorneys and activists. Focusing on prisons in Michigan, the book traces how incarcerated women fought for civil rights and human rights during the rise of mass imprisonment. Ernst’s scholarship emphasizes the perspectives of incarcerated people and the legacies of racial oppression and gendered harm in the criminal legal system.
You can purchase "Challenging Confinement: Mass Incarceration and the Fight for Equality in Women's Prisons" here.
Are you an alumni author?
If you have written a book which was published within the last three years, or is due to be released soon, please email us the following information.
Your full name
A high-quality headshot
A short bio
Alumni number (or college/year of matriculation)
Title of book
Date of publication
ISBN
Link to purchase the book online
We thank you for sharing your books with us, and will let you know if you are selected for a feature in the coming months.
Please visit our archive page to look back at previous Alumni Authors