Professor Stageman received his PhD in criminal justice at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2016. His academic work examines political economy and profit in the detention of American immigrants, and the economic context surrounding Federal-local immigration enforcement partnerships. Other research interests include correctional education, theories of punishment, prisoner reentry, and program evaluation. Dan has taught and directed theater programs in a variety of settings, including prisons, high schools, alternative to incarceration programs, and most recently as an adjunct in John Jay’s sociology department.