Marquianna Griffin

Research Associate

Prior to joining the Policing Project, Marquianna conducted research for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. There she produced the Department’s first large-scale monthly data report and created the Department’s confinement index – a streamlined measure of solitary confinement use that was used in measures to reduce placement. She has also assisted in teaching curriculum on Juvenile Delinquency and Law and Society.

Marquianna is engaged in ongoing research projects on policing, racial disparities in solitary confinement placement, and mental health outcomes across the life course for formerly incarcerated individuals. She holds two master’s degrees – a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Arts in Sociology from The Ohio State University.