Miriam Vishniac

About Miriam Vishniac

Creator of the world\'s first centralized compendium on menstrual policy in U.S. prisons…

Experience

1. Founder and Executive Director

   The Prison Flow Project

   Jul 2021 — Present · US

   Used website development skills to create publicly accessible research database• First compendium of laws, corrections departments rules, and facility handbook excerpts discussing the provision of menstrual products in U.S. women’s prisons across the country• Academic citations: Metrilineal, Feminism & Psychology, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Cambridge University Press, Criminology & Public Policy, and the University of Chicago Legal Forum.• Thesis citations: Medical University of South Carolina, Drew University, Auburn University, and Texas State University.• Advocacy citations: Women Beyond Walls, Prison Policy Initiative, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Council on Criminal Justice, PERIOD, the Thurman Perry Foundation, and the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation.• News citations: WCMH, Kinda Radical Podcast, InvestigateTV, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the Cut: New York Magazine, City and State, and SourceNM.

Education

• The University of Edinburgh

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Social Policy

• The George Washington University

  Master of Public Policy, Civil Rights

  2014 — 2018

• Oberlin College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Policy
• Convio
• Lexis
• Policy Analysis
• Blogging Software
• Front Office
• Westlaw
• Facebook
• Google+
• Social Media
• Youtube
• Copy Editing
• Press Releases
• Microsoft Office
• Blogging
• Database Administration
• Iq
• Van
• Nexus
• Information Technology
• Databases
• Twitter
• Schedule Control
• Public Speaking
• Phone Manner
• Roi
• Political Communication
• Mail Sorting
• Instagram
• Writing
• Proquest
• Public Policy