Valerie Nguyen

Email: vdnguyen3@wisc.edu

B.A., Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology, Law & Society, UC Irvine

Valerie (She/Her) is leading a prison education project with the Incarceration and Mental Health Lab, a community advisory board of system-impacted individuals, Odyssey Beyond Bars, and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. This project seeks to understand students’ educational experiences, mental health, and well-being before, during, and after incarceration. Her personal research interests are interventions that help to alleviate public and self-stigma surrounding mental health, incarceration, and homelessness.