Maggie McQuillan is a student in the MS in Criminology program at the University of Pennsylvania. Maggie graduated summa cum laude from the George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and minors in Law & Society and Psychology in December 2024. She was also a member of the University Honors Program and graduated with Departmental Honors in Criminal Justice. Maggie's undergraduate career was spent working towards achieving justice for system-impacted youth in Washington, D.C. Throughout her college experience, Maggie has successfully completed internships with the New York City Department of Correction's Office of Policy Compliance, Family Health International 360's National Institute for Work and Learning, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Maggie is also invested in community-based work, serving as a volunteer tutor with the Petey Greene Program in Washington, D.C.'s primary juvenile detention facility and member of the American Civil Liberty Union of the District of Columbia's Crisis Response Coalition. Her primary research interests are in delinquency interventions, youth corrections, and the intersections of crime, race, and justice. Maggie is also interested in research that elevates the importance of structural justice, elevating the roles crime-supporting norms, race, and peer delinquency play in juvenile offending. Maggie ultimately aims to pursue a career in the non-profit or government sector that drives systemic change within the criminal justice field, specifically in juvenile justice reform. In her free time, Maggie enjoys traveling, reading fiction, going to the gym or doing yoga, thrifting, or going on long walks in new places.