Nicole Martorano Van Cleve is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology. Her areas of interest include criminal justice, organizations and the study of institutions and culture. She received her B.A. at Northwestern University where she received the Farrel Grant for Public Policy. She served in The Office of the Chief of Staff at the White House during the Clinton Administration and subsequently worked for five years as a Consumer Brand Planner for Leo Burnett, USA. Nicole is the Research Director for Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and is currently working on a system-wide study of the Criminal Justice System in Cook County, IL. Her dissertation examines criminal justice reform movements in Chicago-Cook County.

n-vancleve@northwestern.edu

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