Education

• Ph.D., Indiana University
• B.A., Vassar College

Research & Academic Interests

• Critical Prison Studies
• Carceral Geography
• Appalachian Studies
• Punishment and Society

Publications

• Schept, Judah. 2022. Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia. New York: New York University Press
• Norton, Jack, Pelot-Hobbs, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, and Schept, Judah Schept, eds. 2024. The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration. New York: Verso
• Schept, Judah and Ryerson, Sylvia. 2023. “Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Prison.” New York Times

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

• American Studies Association
• American Society of Criminology
• Appalachian Studies Association

• Advisory Board, Appalachian Studies, Eastern Kentucky University
• Advisory Board, Appalachian Justice Research Center, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Awards & Accolades

• Critical Criminologist of the Year Award (2020), Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice, American Society of Criminology
• Book of the Year Award (2017), Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice, American Society of Criminology