Hi there! My name is Daniel. I’m a PhD student at the University of Chicago, where I’m writing a dissertation about the legal history of incarceration in the post-war United States.

Before attending graduate school, I worked as a journalist. My essays and reporting have appeared in outlets like Smithsonian, The Baffler, The Nation, and The New Republic. I’m also a contributing editor to the online journal Inquest, which was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in 2025.

If you’d like to get in touch, you can email me at danielfernandez@uchicago.edu.