Annie Phoenix
Annie Phoenix, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans. JSRI leads the Loyola at Rayburn program, which provides support to forty incarcerated students and fifteen correctional employees pursuing a Bachelor of Applied Sciences at Loyola. Dr. Phoenix teaches courses on mass incarceration and legislative advocacy. Before joining Loyola, Dr. Phoenix graduated from Tulane University with a PhD in Sociology and supported non-profit organizations to fundraise, build sustainable programs, and write legislation to confront systemic injustice.