2023 Cohort
CARL (CJ) APPLETON, JR.
Ph.D. Candidate, George Mason University
Areas: Corrections; Reentry; Community Supervision with a focus on Race and Identity
VANESSA CENTELLES
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern Florida
Areas: Victimization Experiences as they Intersect with Gender, Race, and Sociocultural Factors
SHEENA L. GILBERT
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Nebraska Omaha
Areas: Indigenous Crime and Victimization; Policy Reform and Indigenous People; Gender-based Violence; Sexual Victimization on Campuses
2022 Cohort
FAITH M. DECKARD
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Areas: Stressors (e.g., debt, discrimination) and Criminal Legal Contact; Health Profiles of Marginalized Populations
JOSE ANTONIO SANCHEZ
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
Areas: Gangs and Criminal networks; Criminological Theory; International Comparative Criminology
DURRELL M. WASHINGTON, SR.
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
Areas: Mass Incarceration; Juvenile Incarceration, Neighborhoods and Families; Youth Prisons; Violence Prevention
2021 Cohort
POPY BEGUM
Ph.D., Rutgers University, Newark
Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, St. Louis University
Areas: Religion, Crime and Justice; Comparative International Crime and Justice; Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion re Crime/justice
ALONDRA D. GARZA
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Houston Downtown
Areas: Criminal Justice Response to Gender Violence; Discretionary Decision-Making; Latina Victims of Gender Violence; Post-Victimization Behavior
MARIA VALDOVINOS OLSON
Ph.D. Candidate, George Mason University
Areas: Safety, Health and Wellness in Policing, Corrections, and Prisoner Reentry; Punishment Care Ethics
2020 Cohort
GABRIELA KIRK-WERNER
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Areas: Electronic Monitoring in Local Criminal Justice Reform; Corrections among Private Industry; Policy Processes and the Criminal Legal System
LINA MARMOLEJO
Ph.D., George Mason University
Inter-American Development Bank, Santiago de Chile
Areas: Criminal Justice and International Development; Security Justice Reform; Crime and Violence Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean
AMBER JOY POWELL
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Iowa
Areas: Intersection of Gendered Racialized Violence, Law, and the Carceral State; Black Femist Criminology
2019 Cohort
CAROLINE BAILEY
Ph.D., Florida State University
Assistant Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Areas: Historical Conditions and Racial Disparities; Social Control in Criminal Justice and School Contexts
LEAH BUTLER
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Areas: Race, Racial Attitudes and Public Opinion of Correctional Policy, Sexual Victimization and Intimate Partner Violence
CHRISTOPHER CONTRERAS
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Areas: Communities and Crime; Criminological Theory; Drug Abuse and Drug Markets
2018 Cohort
BROOKLYNN HITCHENS
Ph.D., Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland
Areas: Race, Class and Gender Inequalities in Crime and Victimization; Urban Gun Violence and Trauma; Participatory Action Research
SADÉ LINDSAY
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Cornell University
Areas: Criminal Justice, Punishment and Racial Inequality; Public Policy; Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry
TAMEKA SAMUELS-JONES
Ph.D., University of Florida
Assistant Professor of Law, Governance, and Accountability, & Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean, York University
Areas: AI Ethics in the Global South; Environmental Crime; Indigenous Law in the Caribbean; Regulatory Law
2017 Cohort
CHARLES BELL
Ph.D., Wayne State University
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University
Areas: Race and School Suspension; School Safety; Violent Student-Student and Student-Teacher Altercations
MATTHEW CLAIR
Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Areas: Courts and the Legal Profession; Social Inequality and State Violence; Cultural Meanings and Interactions
ARYNN INFANTE
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Portland State University
Areas: Racial Inequality in Justice System Responses; Development, Change, and Influence of Minority Threat Perceptions
2016 Cohort
COLLEEN BERRYESSA
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Newark
Areas: Courts and Sentencing; Psychology and Law; Decision Making/Discretion; Neuroscience/Genetics
KRYSTLELYNN CARABALLO
Ph.D. Georgia State University
Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Areas: Stereotypes of Immigrants as Criminal; Correlates and Consequences of Foreign Nationals Victimization
JOHN NAVARRO
Ph.D., University of Louisville
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sam Houston State University
Areas: Registered Sex Offenders in Communities; Rape Myths among University Students
2015 Cohort
CHARLENE HARRIS
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Areas: Adult and Young Adult Development in Diverse Marginalized Populations; Youth Risk Behaviors; Parenting Processes, Family Environment and Deviant Behavior
JEANEÉ C. MILLER
Ph.D. University at Albany
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Old Dominion University
Areas: Neighborhood Crime; Police Decision Making; Interrogation Methods
Email: J15miller@odu.edu
JULIAN THOMPSON
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois-Chicago
Areas: Carceral Formations and Life Outcomes of System-Imposed Groups; Violence and Violence Governance; Decarceration and Public Safety