Leanne Trapedo Sims

Leanne Trapedo Sims conducted trans-disciplinary research at the sole women’s prison in Hawai‘i. Her work interrogates the intersections of gender, Indigeneity, violence, and state power in colonized Hawai‘i. Her book — Reckoning with Restorative Justice: Hawai‘i Women’s Prison Writing — is forthcoming with Duke University Press, Fall 2023.< At Knox, Trapedo Sims is shaping a new, interdisciplinary program in Peace and Justice studies with a focus on critical carceral studies. She is building an Inside-Out-style Prison Exchange program with the nearby Henry Hill Correctional Center; as well as establishing a Restorative Justice Laboratory at Knox College.