Coordinators
ROD K. BRUNSON
Steering Committee Co-Chair; Finance Committee; Sri Selection Committee Co-Chair
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
JODY MILLER
Steering Committee Co-Chair; Sri Selection Committee Co-Chair
Distinguished Professor and Faculty Chair of Criminal Justice
Rutgers University-Newark
RDCJN Steering Committee
BARBARA COMBS
Program Committee
Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Clark Atlanta University
ROBERT CRUTCHFIELD
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
University of Washington
KEVIN DRAKULICH
Program Committee
Associate Director and Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Northeastern University
DEVON JOHNSON
Facts and Figures Committee
Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
George Mason University
LAUREN J. KRIVO
Former RDCJN Coordinator; Fundraising Committee
Professor Emerita of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of Criminal Justice
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
CHARIS KUBRIN
Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology, and Co-Director of the Irvine Lab for the Study of Space and Crime
University of California, Irvine
BRANDEN A. MCLEOD
Assistant Professor of Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work
University of Illinois Chicago
ANTHONY PEGUERO
Professor of Sociology and Criminology in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Arizona State University
He is also Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Youth Inequality and Justice.
RUTH D. PETERSON
Former RDCJN Coordinator, Facts and Figures Committee, List Serve Manager, SRI Selection Committee
Professor Emerita of Sociology
Ohio State University
EBONY RUHLAND
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati
MARÍA B. VÉLEZ
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland-College Park
MARJORIE ZATZ
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and and Economic Development, and Professor of Sociology
University of California, Merced
Membership Committee
BARBARA COMBS
Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Clark Atlanta University
KEVIN DRAKULICH
Associate Director and Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Northeastern University
DEVON JOHNSON
Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
George Mason University
BRANDON MCLEOD
Assistant Professor of Social Work, Jane Addams College of Social Work
University of Illinois Chicago
EBONY RUHLAND (CO-CHAIR)
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati
XIA WANG (CO-CHAIR)
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Arizona State University
Program Committee
BARBARA COMBS
Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Clark Atlanta University
KEVIN DRAKULICH
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Northeastern University
Newsletter Editors
LADONNA LONG
Chair and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Roosevelt University
HEATHER SCHOENFELD
Associate Professor of Sociology and (by courtesy) School of Law
Boston University
SRI Selection Committee
ROD K. BRUNSON
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
University of Maryland
CHRISTOPHER LYONS
Associate Chair and Professor of Sociology
University of New Mexico
JODY MILLER
Distinguished Professor and Faculty Chair of Criminal Justice
Rutgers University-Newark
RUTH D. PETERSON
Professor Emerita of Sociology
Ohio State University
EDWARDO PORTILLOS
Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
PATRICIA WARREN
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Undergraduate Program Director
Florida State University
RDCJN’s Research Experience for Undergraduates On-Site Faculty
University of California, Irvine
ANA MUÑIZ
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, and Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader
2017
Howard University
MARIE JIPQUEP-AKHTAR
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
2020, 2019
Howard University
VERNETTA YOUNG
Professor and Former Chair of Sociology and Criminology
2020, 2019
Manhattan College
MADELEINE NOVICH
Assistant Professor of Sociology
2020
University of Missouri-St. Louis
STEPHANIE DIPIETRO
Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology
University of Iowa
2017
University of Missouri-St. Louis
LEE SLOCUM
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
2017
Rutgers University
SARAH LAGESON
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
2018, 2017
University of New Mexico
CHRISTOPHER LYONS
Associate Chair and Professor of Sociology
2017
University of New Mexico
MARÍA VÉLEZ
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland-College Park
2017
San Jose State University
ERICKA ADAMS
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Justice Studies
2020, 2019
San Jose State University
CLAUDIO VERA SANCHEZ
Associate Professor and Programs Coordinator of Justice Studies
2019