Dallas Augustine, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor,

Legal Studies Minor Coordinator

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; Irvine, CA

Contact Information

Email: dallas.augustine@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-1162
Office: HB 123

Spring 2026 Office Hours: Mondays 11:00-12:00 and Wednesdays 12:00-1:00 in person, room HB123, and on Zoom.  Appointments also available.

Dallas Augustine is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies whose research examines carceral governance and its role in structuring inequality. She studies how the criminal legal system shapes labor markets, housing precarity, and the governance of marginalized populations across incarceration, reentry, and urban regulation. 

Through mixed-methods research drawing upon criminology, sociolegal studies, and public health, Dr. Augustine examines how contemporary punishment operates both within and beyond carceral spaces, including through labor markets and regulatory systems that organize everyday life. Her research has been published in journals including Criminology, the British Journal of Criminology, and the American Journal of Public Health, among others. 

Dr. Augustine earned her Ph.D. in Criminology, Law & Society from the University of California, Irvine, where she also obtained her M.A., and received her B.A. from New York University. Prior to joining SJSU, she completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco.