Kathleen White is a Research Support Officer with the University College Cork Department of Sociology and Criminology for the "North South Together" project. In this role, she is working with a collaborative research team in Cork and Belfast using Participatory Action Research methods in prison classrooms to develop a joint North South educational toolkit for emancipatory prison-university partnerships. Prior to this, she was the Community Development Manager with the South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA) in Dublin for the last four years, where she managed community services, advocacy, and adult education programmes. Kathleen was a 2018 Mitchell Scholar and completed an MA in Sociology with a focus on Criminal Justice at University College Cork. Her thesis was a comparative policy analysis focused on rehabilitation and reintegration support for those impacted by the justice system in Ireland and New Jersey.  During that time, she interned with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection conducting research on social welfare programs in Ireland. Before moving to Ireland, she coordinated community services in NYC and NJ, delivered educational programs on Rikers Island Jail Complex, and advocated for penal policy reforms in the U.S. She obtained her undergraduate degree in History from Manhattan College. She has a strong interest in social inclusion, community development, support for people impacted by the justice system, and interrogating penal policy.