Author Biographies

Jordan Dyett is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Social Work, University of Wyoming. She graduated from Westminster University with a B.A. and received her M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Albany. She has direct practice experience with system(s)-impacted youth, youth with disabilities, and supporting individuals with substance use histories and criminal (in)justice involvement. Informed by her practice experience, her research focuses on exploring ways to interrupt carceral violence that communities who have been impacted by the war on drugs face. Using community-based participatory methods, her research aims are to amplify and uplift community resilience and strategies for reducing substance-related harms.
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