Peter Martel

Ph.D. Student (Public Policy/Sociology). Peter Martel is a graduate student in the Public Policy & Sociology program at the Ford School of Public Policy. His research focuses on the U.S. legal system, mass incarceration, and criminal procedure. Pete was incarcerated in Michigan from 1994-2008, worked as a prisoner advocate at the American Friends Service Committee from 2010-2016, and earned his law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2016.