Amanda Sheely

Amanda Sheely is an Associate Professor (term-limited) in the Department of Sociology at University of Mississauga and a visiting fellow in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research broadly examines state supervision of economically vulnerable families, with a focus on financial assistance, child welfare, and criminal justice systems in the United States. Her recent publications include a co-edited volume of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, which brought together researchers from the US and other high-income countries to assess a range of policies used to improve the economic wellbeing of single-parent families. She has also investigated how criminal justice contact influences the employment of women and how policies that prohibit those with drug felonies from accessing financial assistance influence poverty.