People
Graduate Students
NAME |
EDUCATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
RESEARCH AREAS |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2008 |
Rural Crime, |
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Thomas Burns Jr. |
B.A. in Psychology and Criminal Justice, Indiana University - Bloomington, 2007, with departmental honors in Psychology, and minor in Religious Studies |
Interrogation, Detecting Deception, False Confession, Forensic Psychophysiology, Torture, Police Deviance |
![]() Jonathan Coats |
M.S. Criminal Justice from Xavier University 2008 |
Implementation Process of Social Policy; Discretionary Tactics of |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2006. |
Institutional Programming for Incarcerated Girls; Historical Perspectives of Incarceration; First Person Accounts of Reentry and Rehabilitation | |
![]() Joseph DeLeeuw |
M.S. in Criminal Justice, Michigan State University |
Communities and Policing, Terrorism, Juvenile Justice, Gangs, and Organized Crime. |
![]() Krista Eckhardt |
B.A. in Social Science, with minors in Women’s Studies and Political Science, University of Washington, Summa Cum Laude |
Gender, Sex and Sexuality; Hate Crimes; Media Representations of Crime and Criminal Justice; Courtroom Discourse |
![]() Christine Ivie Edge |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2008 |
Correctional Programming; Jails; Prisoners’ Rights; Prison Subculture; Etiology of Sexual Offending; Criminal Justice Policy; Gender and the Criminal Justice System |
![]() Doug Evans |
M.A. in Criminal Justice, Indiana University |
Criminal Stigma; Disability, Victimization, and Social Control; Censorship; Crime, Film, and Mass Media |
![]() Brent Funderburk |
M.A. in Sociology, Ohio University |
Criminological Theory, Corrections and Penal Policy, Sexuality, Terrorism |
![]() Tiffanie Gray |
M.A. in Public Administration, with concentration in Policy Analysis, University of Kentucky |
Criminalization of Women of Color; Operation of the Criminal Justice System; Delinquency; Race and Gender, Intersectionality Perspective |
![]() Scott Ingram |
J.D., Washington University, St Louis, MS |
Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure, Prosecution Function, Criminal Justice History, Criminal Justice Ethics, National Security Law |
Rick Jones |
M.S. Criminal Justice, Eastern Kentucky University |
Geographic Information Systems, Statistics, Research Methods, Geocoding Methods, Public Housing Policy, Spatial Effects of Sex Offender Registration, Militarization of Space, Militarization of the Police. |
B.S. in Justice Systems, Truman State University, Summa Cum Laude |
Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization; Inequality in the Juvenile Justice System; Social Structure and Crime | |
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B.A. in Law, Sung Kyun Kwan University, South Korea |
Juvenile Delinquency; Psychology in Criminal Behavior; Police Deviance |
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B.A. Anthropology with Minor in Environmental Studies Adelphi University |
Felony Disenfranchisement, Punitiveness, Crime Control, Constitutional Law, Supreme Court Decisions, History of Social Control and Revisionist Perspectives |
![]() Timothy Lauger |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2006 |
Street Gangs; Violence; Social Networks; Symbolic Interactionism; Identity Theory; Organizational Theory |
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M.A. in Criminal Justice, Indiana University |
Cultural Sociology; Law and Society; Ethnography |
![]() Haiyan Liu |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2006 |
Intellectual Property Law and Enforcement, White-Collar Crime, Corruption, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Juvenile Delinquency |
![]() Christopher N. Magno |
M.A. in Sociology, University of the Philippines |
Cultural Criminology, Urban Space and Urban Crime, Social Movements, Politics and Crime, Law and Terrorism, Race and Crime |
Jessica Meckes |
M.A. in Sociology, Ohio University |
Corrections, Capital Punishment, Media Representations of Crime, Gender and Deviance, Statistics, History of Criminology, Theory |
![]() Terri Miles |
B.S. in Criminal Justice, Murray State University, Summa Cum Laude |
Cultural Criminology |
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B.A. in Sociology and Criminology, with Minor in Spanish, John Carroll University, Magna Cum Laude |
Mental Health; Sex Offenses |
Crystal L. Murry |
M.S. Criminal Justice, The University of Alabama, 2008 |
The Intersection of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, Capital Punishment, Environmental Crime, and Prison Reentry/Rehabilitation Initiatives |
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M.A. in Criminal Justice, Washington State University |
Police and Society; Social Theory; Social Control; Legal History; Criminal Justice Education |
Melanie Dawn Norris |
B.S. in Criminal Justice, with minors in Sociology and History, Ball State University, Cum Laude |
Juvenile Delinquency and Rehabilitation, Victim Advocacy, Media and Crime |
M.A. in Criminal Justice, University of Nevada Las Vegas |
Comparative Criminology, Terrorism, Juvenile Delinquency, Law and Society, Cultural Criminology |
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![]() Chadd Powell |
B.S. in Criminal Justice, Eastern Michigan University, 2004 |
Crime in Organizations, Cybercrime, Networks, Policy Analysis, Comparative Criminology |
![]() Heather C. Pruss |
B.A. in Criminal Justice, Indiana University. Graduated with Highest Distinction |
Capital Punishment,Cultural Criminology |
![]() Ryan Salisbury |
B.A. in Criminal Justice and Psychology, Indiana University |
Police Behavior and Public Perception, Improving Police and Community Relations, Community Policing, Gangs, Organized crime |
Alexa Sardina |
M.A. Criminal Justice, Boston University in Criminal Justice |
Sex Crimes, Victims, Perpetrators, Theories of Sexual Deviance, Courtroom Experiences of Victims |
![]() Judah Schept |
B.A. Sociology, Vassar College, 2001 |
Resistance and Social Movements; Penal Abolition; Prisoner Narratives; Law and Society; Ethnography; Cultural Criminology |
![]() Julia E. Scott |
M.A. in Criminal Justice, Indiana University |
Criminal Stigma, Corrections, Offender Re-entry, Convict Criminology |
![]() Holly Sims |
M.S. Criminal Justice Eastern Kentucky University |
Gender, Race, Sexuality, Class, and Criminal Classification; Corporate, Political, Environmental Crime and Corruption; Globalization, State Formation, and the Political Economy |
![]() Aleksandra Jovanovic Snowden |
B.A. in Criminal Justice and Slavic Languages and Literature, Indiana University. Graduated with Distinction |
Theories of Crime and Delinquency; Criminal Justice System Reform in Post-Conflict Societies; Criminal justice Education; Substance Use, Society and Crime; Alcohol and Violence; Integrity in Administration of Justice; Quantitative Method and Analysis; Police and Society |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2009. |
The Mentally Ill and the Criminal Justice System, Methodology, Police & Society, Law & Society, African Justice Systems, Social Conflict | |
M.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Indiana State Universty |
International Law, International Criminal law, International Human Rights Law, Criminological theory (Supranational Criminology, Catastrophic Criminology), Law and Society, juvenile justice and Immigration law and policy. | |
Stephen Tillotson |
B.A. History and Criminal Justice, University of North Florida, 2004 |
History of Criminology, History of Imprisonment, Jails, Collateral Effects of Incarceration; White Collar Crime, Professional Regulation |
![]() Vinod Kumar Thichempully Krishnadas |
M.A. in Criminal Justice, Indiana University, 2007 |
Policing, Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking, Ethnic conflicts, Quantitative Methods. |
![]() Jennifer Turrentine |
B.S. in Criminal Justice and Political Science, University of Central Missouri. |
GLBT issues and law, victimization, and crime; stigma and deviance; pop culture and crime. |
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B.A. in Psychology and B.S. in Justice Systems with a minor in French, Truman State University. Graduated with Honors. |
Psychology of Criminal Behavior in Juveniles and Adults, Psychology and Law, Crime and Media, Criminological Theory. |
![]() Sara M. Walsh |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2006 |
Cultural Criminology; Gender; Fear of Crime; Feminist Geography; Social Control; Mass Media |
![]() Stephanie Whitehead |
Admitted to Ph.D. Candidacy, Indiana University, 2008 |
Cultural Criminology, Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, Police Discourse, Law and Society, Linguistic Analysis |
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