Influential Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform and Women's Rights in Corrections

Dr. Dungy is a sought-after speaker on a diversity of topics related to criminal justice policy, policing, and corrections. Much of her work has had impact on criminal justice policy. In March 2021, Dr. Dungy gave a talk for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, highlighting the many challenges incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women face. In June 2020, she gave expert testimony to the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss why Michigan’s Clean Slate Bill should be passed.  As a result of her and others’ testimony, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the Clean Slate legislation, which allows for automatic expungement for justice-involved people and increases the number of offenses a person can have expunged. In October 2018 she gave a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill about the state of women in the correctional system and the unique challenges they face, in which she called for specific policy changes to ensure women’s needs are met so they can successfully integrate into the community. In 2016, she was appointed by former Michigan Governor, Rick Synder, to serve a three-year term on the Board for the Michigan Correctional Officers Training Council.