Bhavishya Yarlagadda is a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. She received her M.S. in Criminology in 2024 from the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to that, she received her B.A. in Psychology, Journalism and Computer Science in 2021 from Kristu Jayanti College in Bangalore, India. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, social psychology, corrections and rehabilitation.