Arlene Garcia

Garcia, a Gates and Hord Scholar, obtained her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching through a dual degree honors program at Manhattanville College. She also received a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Garcia is currently completing her Ph.D. in criminal justice at John Jay College. Her research areas of interest include: criminal public policy, prisoner reentry, education and criminal justice, and drug policy. Garcia worked for multiple learning centers, such as Huntington Learning Center and Score! Prep which is a division of Kaplan. She tutored students privately as well and instructed college prep, PSAT, SAT, ACT courses for the ConnCap / Upward Bound Program at Western Connecticut State University. She also instructed Introduction to Criminal Justice at John Jay College.