Joseph Foley
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Instructor
Areas of Expertise
- Carceral Studies
- 20th Century U.S.
- 20th Century African America
Email: foleyj@lvyanbo.com
Office Phone: 561-297-1103
Joseph Foley came to FAU from the University of Michigan as a postdoctoral research fellow with the Carceral State Project. While in Michigan, Joseph ran community outreach, participated in public presentations, managed student research teams, and served as a hands-on researcher documenting the prison re-entry process within Michigan. His research interests include US police and prison expansion in the 20th century, convict leasing, and Black student and faculty activism on college campuses across the country.
Joseph received a doctorate in US history from the University of Virginia (UVA), where his dissertation investigates the role of the carceral state in reinforcing class and racial dichotomies within Baltimore. During the 2022/2023 academic year, Joseph taught US history courses at Bloomsburg University (PA) as a Frederick Douglass Teaching Fellow. Over the last decade, Joseph has led a rich array of oral history projects with participants, including military veterans, incarcerated individuals, activists, lawmakers, students, and law enforcement officials. Over the past 16 years, Joseph has also taken part in an assortment of volunteer and recovery opportunities with the imprisoned and unhoused populations of Oregon, Montana, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Courses
Undergraduate Courses
- United States History to 1877
- Writing History