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The University of Winnipeg

Marcella Cassiano

Marcella Cassiano Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 3C51
Building: Centennial Hall
Email: m.cassiano@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

Ph.D. University of Alberta, Canada (2020)

MA Shandong University, China (2006)

BA Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2001)

Biography:

Marcella has a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in sociology, and a bachelor’s degree in social sciences (with a triple major in sociology, political sciences, and anthropology). Before joining The University of Winnipeg, Marcella was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Memorial University (Newfoundland). Marcella was born and raised in Brazil, but she has spent most of her life abroad. She has lived in the United States, England, China, Singapore, France, and Canada.

Marcella is interested in various topics within the broader social sciences, such as sociological and criminological theories, mobility studies (domestic and international migration), labour and industrial relations, and organizational studies. However, her passion lies in two intertwined topics: Surveillance, understood as low-tech and high-tech (digital) monitoring and data collection, and carceral environments, like prisons and jails, which are all about surveillance. Because of her multicultural experiences, Marcella is also interested in translation work.

Before joining the Ph.D. program, Marcella had a corporate career in the private sector. She worked in procurement, supply chain development, and market intelligence in the manufacturing, automotive, and mining sectors.

Marcella is keen to serve on supervisory committees for graduate and honours student research in the following areas: surveillance; prison and punishment; cybercrime; policing; courts; public safety policies; occupational health and safety of public safety personnel; and qualitative research methods.

Affiliations:

Memorial University (Adjunct Professor)

Society of Edmonton Demographers (President)

Courses:

CJ-1002-006: Intro to Criminal Justice

CJ-3121-002: Race and the CJ System

CJ-3201-001: Comparative Crime & CJ

Research Interests:

Marcella is working on the following projects:

  • Project 1: The Transformation of Canadian Prisons: From “Administrative Segregation” to “Structured Intervention Units” (Role: Principal Investigator; SSHRC-funded, 2022-2024).
  • Project 2: CCWORK: A Longitudinal Study of Correctional Services Canada's Correctional Workers Mental Health and Well-being: The Role of Prison Work and Prisons in Shaping Health, Organizations, Respect, and Knowledge (Role: Associate; CIHR-funded, 2018-2023).
  • Project 3: The Construction of Indigeneity as a Deviant Category in Canada (Role: Principal Investigator; unfunded; 2023-2025)

Students interested in developing academic research skills, especially those in the honors program or considering graduate school, are welcome to join Marcella’s projects as volunteers or paid RAs (contingent on funding availability).

Publications:

Journal Articles

  • Siqueira Cassiano & R. Ricciardelli. 2023. “Sources of Stress Among Federal Correctional Officers in Canada.” Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548231174900
  • Siqueira Cassiano, , A. Reza & R. Ricciardelli. 2022. Mobilizing Surveillance in Canada’s Oil Sands Region: Mobile Workers, Work Camps, and Privacy. Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research (IJR). https://www.cijs.ca/_files/ugd/3ac972_0973dc0db5074395af8cff12f70b012a.pdf 
  • Foley, G., Siqueira Cassiano & R. Ricciardelli. 2022. “Mental Health Stigma Among Correctional Officers in Canadian Federal Prisons.” Advancing Corrections Journal, 12, 163-172.
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M., R. Ricciardelli & G. Foley. “The Mental Health and Wellness of Correctional Officers in Canada: Programs and Practices.” Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2022.2052380 
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M., B. A. Bennett, E. Andres & R. Ricciardelli. “What It Takes to Be a ‘Good’ Correctional Officer: Occupational Fitness and Co-Worker Expectations from the Perspective of Correctional Officer Recruits.” Criminology & Criminal Justice. https://doi:10.1177/17488958221087488 
  • Bernot, A. & M. Siqueira Cassiano. China’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response: A First Anniversary Assessment. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12396 
  • Ricciardelli, R., E. Andres, M. Mitchell, B. Quirion, D. Groll, M. Adorjan, M. Siqueira Cassiano, J. Shewmake, M. McKinnon, M. Herzog-Evans, S. Czarnuch, J. Gacek, H. Cramm, D. Moran, D. Spencer, K. Maier, J. Phoenix & J. C. MacDermid. 2021. “CCWORK Protocol: A Longitudinal Study of Canadian Correctional Workers’ Well-being, Organizations, Roles and Knowledge.” BMJ Open. Dec 8;11(12): e052739. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/12/e052739 
  • Ricciardelli, R., M. Siqueira Cassiano, M. Adorjan & M. Mitchell. “AMStrength program in Canadian federal correctional services: benefits and obstacles.” Criminal Justice Studies, 34:4, 459-476. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1478601X.2021.1997277 
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M., F. Ozturk & R. Ricciardelli. 2021 “Infectious diseases in Canadian federal prisons: Interpretations of correctional officer recruits.” Journal of Criminology. November 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26338076211058250. 
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M., K. Haggerty & A. Bernot. “China’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Surveillance and Autonomy.” Surveillance & Society 19 (1): 94-97. https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/14550/9535
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M. 2019. “China’s Hukou Platform: Windows into the Family.” Surveillance & Society 17 (1/2): 232–39. https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/13125 
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M. “The Reform of China’s Household Registration System: Authoritarianism with Liberal Characteristics.” Surveillance & Society 15 (3/4): 404–17. https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/6639 
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M. & M. Phintener. 2004. “Aspectos psicossociais da (i)migração: uma síntese [Psychosocial aspects of immigration: a synthesis]. China em Estudo, DLO FFLCH – USP, N.6, 123-142.

Book Chapters

  • Siqueira Cassiano, M. & R. Ricciardelli. Forthcoming (2024). “What Do Federal Correctional Officers in Canada Think? Comments on Prison, Rehabilitation, and Punishment.” In Handbook on Prisons & Jails (9th Edition), edited by Danielle S. Rudes, Kim Kras, TaLisa J. Carter, Gaylene Armstrong.
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M. Forthcoming (2023) “China’s Household Register: from a ‘Family Dossier’ to a ‘Surveillance Platform.’ Forthcoming. In Surveillance and the dossier: recordkeeping, vulnerability and reputational politics, edited by Plamadeala, C Evangelista, R A Topak, O. Toronto University Press: Toronto, Canada.
  • Ricciardelli, R., Siqueira Cassiano, M. & Foley, G. Forthcoming (2023). Correctional officers in Canada: Understanding mental health and well-being. In Prison officers: International perspectives on correctional work, edited by Helen Arnold, Matthew Maycock & Rosemary Ricciardelli. Palgrave Macmillian: London, United Kingdom.
  • Ricciardelli, R, M. Siqueira Cassiano, M Adorjan & M Mitchell, M. 2023. AMStrength Program in Canadian Federal Correctional Services: Benefits and Obstacles. In Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Officers, edited by Smith, H. Routledge: New York, United States. https://www.routledge.com/Promoting-Wellness-and-Resiliency-in-Correctional-Officers/Smith/p/book/9781032407029 
  • Siqueira Cassiano, M., S. Dorow & H. Schmidt. “Media Representations of Investment and Labour in Alberta’s Resource Economy.” In Trans-Pacific Mobilities: The Chinese and Canada, edited by Lloyd L. Wong, 102-14. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, Canada. https://www.ubcpress.ca/trans-pacific-mobilities 

Translation Work

  • Li, Tie. 2020. Elderly Care in China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 290 pages. Translated manuscript revised by M. Siqueira Cassiano.
  • Lin, J. & Y. Xie. 2018. A Century of Change in a Chinese Village: The Crisis of the Countryside. Translated by L. Grove, D. Li, and M. Siqueira Cassiano and edited by Linda Grove). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 319 pages.

Reports

Book Reviews

Public Scholarship