Gabreélla Friday, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Gabreélla (Ella) Friday is an Assistant Professor of Criminology in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at St. John’s University. Her research centers on how time is used and manipulated by institutional and political actors to create and reproduce social inequalities along racialized, gendered, and heteronormative lines – particularly in carceral spaces. Moreover, she uses engaged and activist methods to address and alleviate issues faced by those impacted by imprisonment and their communities.