Danielle Haverkate

Danielle Haverkate is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She received her Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice from ASU in 2017, after receiving her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice from ASU in 2014. She also holds a graduate certificate in Social Science Research Methods from ASU.

Danielle now works for the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry as a Senior Research Associate in the Research Unit. At the Department, she engages in program evaluations, qualitative interviews, and the integration of research into correctional practice. 

Danielle's research interests center around the collateral consequences of incarceration, correctional and public policy, and prison reentry. Her research has been published in outlets such as Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research, and Applied Cognitive Psychology. 

Danielle’s work reflects an interest in what happens to people, their families, and the community when people come into contact with the justice system. She values the practical impact of her work, with an interest in understanding how to better support people directly and indirectly involved with the justice system. At the nexus of these interests lies her dissertation, which examines the prison reentry process through the lens of motherhood. Specifically, her dissertation explores how the maternal identity changes during reentry, how the maternal identity influences mothers’ behaviors and experiences, and how correctional and public policy can better support reentering mothers. In this way, her dissertation aims to highlight the importance of the ecological context for positive outcomes during the prison reentry process. Danielle is also committed to using innovative research methodologies, including qualitative and action research methods.

Danielle is an alumna of the Arizona Transformation Project – an Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program think tank made up of ASU faculty, graduate students, and incarcerated men. The ATP’s mission is to enrich the lives of people inside and outside of the justice system through research and lived experience. This group has successfully completed two participatory action research (PAR) projects in prison, totaling more than 750 interviews with incarcerated men. 

Danielle has served as an instructor for ASU, teaching courses on corrections, sex crimes, drugs and crime, and juvenile delinquency. She is also a trained facilitator for the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and taught a class at the women’s prison in Arizona in Spring 2022.