Diana Rickard has been beading office supplies and other objects for over a decade and enjoys working with the various colors, textures, sheens, and sizes of all the beads New York City has to offer. She holds a PhD in sociology and is an Assistant Professor of criminal justice at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. In addition she studied poetry at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. She has a book on stigma and identity forthcoming from Rutgers University Press. Brooklyn, NY is her home.
