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Allison T. Chappell

Allison T. Chappell

Professor | Ph.D. University of Florida, 2005

Areas of Specialization: Community Policing, Sociology of Law, and Juvenile Justice

Mengyan Dai

Mengyan Dai

Professor | Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 2007

Areas of Specialization: Policing

Mona J. E. Danner

Mona J. E. Danner

Professor Emerita | Ph.D. American University, 1993

Areas of Specialization: Theory, Cross-National Research, Social Inequality (Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, Nation), and Criminal Justice Policy

Mica Deckard

Mica Deckard

Assistant Professor | Ph.D. University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2018

Areas of Specialization: Critical Criminology; Trauma-Informed Criminology; Evidence-Based Policy Reform; Mixed-Methods Research

Jared Ellison

Jared Ellison

Associate Professor | Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 2017

Areas of Specialization: Institutional Corrections, Inmate and Correctional Officer Well-Being, and Court Processing.

Randy Gainey

Randy Gainey

Professor | Ph.D. University of Washington, 1995

Areas of Specialization: Quantitative Research Methods, Criminology, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency

Roderick Graham

Roderick Graham

Associate Professor | Ph.D. City University of New York, 2009

Areas of Specialization: Racial Inequality, Cybercrime, and Social Media

Charles Gray

Charles Gray

Master Lecturer | Ph.D. Old Dominion University, 2015

Areas of Specialization: Marxian Theory/Historical Materialism, Deviance, Drugs and Society

Eaven Holder

Eaven Holder

Assistant Professor | Ph.D. University of Florida, 2023

Areas of Specialization: Bias and Hate Crime, Violence and Conflict, Policing and Social Control

Jessica Huffman

Jessica Huffman

Lecturer & Chief Departmental Advisor | Ph.D. Old Dominion University, 2015

Areas of Specialization: Research Methods, Deviance, Criminology, and Data Analysis

Jeehye Kang

Jeehye Kang

Associate Professor | Ph.D. University of Maryland, 2017

Areas of Specialization: Children and Youth; Family Demography; Gender; Immigration; Race/ethnicity; Quantitative methods; Stratification

Jonathon Lopez

Jonathon Lopez

Lecturer | M.A. Old Dominion University, 2012

Areas of Specialization: GIS Mapping

Scott R. Maggard

Scott R. Maggard

Associate Professor | Ph.D. University of Florida, 2006

Areas of Specialization: Substance Use, Drug Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Juvenile Justice

Philip Mann

Philip Mann

Lecturer | J.D., DePaul 1982

Areas of Specialization: Developing Areas of Law and Policy, Investigative Law, Cyber Law, Police-Citizen Relations, and Related Privacy and Civil Liberties Concerns.

Jeanee Miller

Jeanee Miller

Assistant Professor | Ph.D. University at Albany, State University of New York, 2020

Crime Within the Community Context; Police-Decision-Making and Interrogation; Neighborhood Demography

Elizabeth Monk-Turner

Elizabeth Monk-Turner

Professor | Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1982

Areas of Specialization: Gender stratification, commercial sex industry, qualitative research methods, education, subjective well being, health.

Vanessa Panfil

Vanessa Panfil

Associate Professor | Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany, 2013

Areas of Specialization: LGBTQ Populations, Gangs, Gender, Juvenile Justice, Ethnography, and Social Justice.

Brian Payne

Brian Payne

Professor and Vice Provost | Ph. D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1993

White Collar Crime

Amanda M. Petersen

Amanda M. Petersen

Assistant Professor | Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2020

Racial Inequality, Abolitionist Theory, Critical Carceral Studies, Policymaking

Daniel K. Pryce

Daniel K. Pryce

Associate Professor | Ph.D. George Mason University, 2014

Areas of Specialization: Police–citizen relations, police–immigrant relations, immigration studies, fear of crime and victimization studies, innovations in policing, and research methods

Kent L. Sandstrom

Kent L. Sandstrom

Professor| Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1994

Areas of Specialization: Symbolic Interaction; HIV

Katie Slauson-Blevins

Katie Slauson-Blevins

Associate Professor & Internship Co-Director | Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2011

Areas of Specialization: Sociology of Health and Illness, Reproduction, Family, and Gender.

Donald Hugh Smith

Donald Hugh Smith

Associate Professor Emeritus | Ph.D. Emory University, 1972

Areas of Specialization: Social Psychology, Sociology of Sports, Research Methods, and Comparative Criminal.

Tracy Sohoni

Tracy Sohoni

Associate Professor | Ph.D. University of Maryland, 2013

Areas of Specialization: Race and Crime, Collateral Consequence Laws, Courts and Corrections, and Criminological Theories.

Melvina Sumter

Melvina Sumter

Associate Professor, Internship Co-Director, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity | Ph.D. Florida State University, 1999

Areas of Specialization: Penology/Corrections, Theoretical Criminology, and Social Support.

Victoria Time

Victoria Time

Professor | Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1997

Areas of Specialization: Criminal Law, Comparative Criminal Justice, Theory, and Justice and Society.

Ruth A. Triplett

Ruth A. Triplett

Chair & Professor | Ph.D. University of Maryland-College Park, 1990

Areas of Specialization: Criminology and Delinquency theory particularly social disorganization and labeling.

Ingrid P. Whitaker

Ingrid P. Whitaker

Associate Professor | Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1997

Areas of Specialization: Social Organization, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Children and Youth.

Brandi Woodell

Brandi Woodell

Assistant Professor | Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2018

Areas of Specialization: Sexuality, gender, social psychology, religion, and health disparities.

Xiushi Yang

Xiushi Yang

Professor | Ph.D. Brown University, 1991

Areas of Specialization: Demography, Migration, Urbanization, Statistics, and HIV Risk Behavior

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