Dr. Melissa Munn
Interdisciplinary Studies/Sociology (on leave)
mmunn@okanagan.bc.ca
Office Main Building C319
Vernon Campus
250-545-7291 ext. 2222
I am an activist and criminologist who joined ºù«Ӱҵ in 2010. I teach sociology, criminology and gender studies classes in Vernon and Salmon Arm. I operate the only open-access, virtual library of Canadian prisoner-generated materials (www.penalpress.com) and have used these materials to co-author a book (with Prof. Clarkson, History department) on early penal reform in Canada. My areas of expertise are the effects of long-term imprisonment, penology, parole, and the rehabilitation & reintegration of prisoners. When not teaching or doing other professorial things, I travel to prisons to work with convicts, their support people and community agencies.
Credentials:
PhD, Criminology, University of Ottawa
MEd, Counselling, University of Northern BC
B.Soc.Sc, Criminology, University of Ottawa