Abby Hayes is a Doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research interests include institutional corrections, gangs, and rehabilitative programming. Abby holds a MPS in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Fort Hays State University.

Currently, she is working with Dr. Jenn Tostlebe studying restrictive housing and Dr. Katelynn Towne studying the effect of reentry programming on employment and earnings.