Rutgers School of Criminal Justice

Faculty & Staff

Administration

Name/Title Phone Email Office
Dr. Todd R. ClearDean / Professor 973-353-3311 Send an email CLJ 566
Edith LaurencinExecutive Associate Dean 973-353-3307 Send an email CLJ 564
Dr. Johnna ChristianAssociate Dean for Academics / Associate Professor 973-353-3245 Send an email CLJ 546
Meda BarkerGrants Coordinator 973-353-3304 Send an email CLJ 568B
Jimmy CamachoUndergraduate Counselor 973-353-3448 Send an email CLJ 578C
Teresa FontanezGraduate Counselor 973-353-3029 Send an email CLJ 578A
Bryan MorrisSr. Research Project Manager-- Newark Violence Reduction Initiative 973-353-1024 Send an email CLJ 110D
Dennis NgBusiness Assistant 973-353-2502 Send an email CLJ 565
Phyllis SchultzeInformation Specialist, Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice 973-353-3118 Send an email CLJ 351
Lori Scott-PickensDirector of Community Outreach / Internship Coordinator 973-353-3403 Send an email CLJ 110C
LaWanda ThomasAssistant Dean, Academic and Student Services 973-353-1300 Send an email CLJ 578B
Sandra WrightAssistant to the Dean 973-353-3311 Send an email CLJ 568

Faculty

Name/Title Phone Email Specialization
Dr. Robert ApelAssociate Professor 973-353-5216 Send an email Labor markets & Crime; Violent Victimization & Injury; Applied Econometrics
Dr. Edem AvakameAssociate Professor 973-353-3295 Send an email Social inequality & Crime; Statistics; Research Methods
Dr. Anthony A. BragaProfessor 973-353-5923 Send an email Police & Crime Control; Firearms & Violence; Program Evaluation
Dr. Rod K. BrunsonAssociate Professor 973-353-5030 Send an email Communities & Violent Crime; Police-community Relations; Qualitative Research Methods
Dr. Joel CaplanAssistant Professor 973-353-1304 Send an email GIS Mapping & spatial analysis; Computational criminology; Policing
Dr. Ko-lin ChinProfessor II 973-353-1488 Send an email Gangs & organized crime; Human smuggling & trafficking; Drug Crime
Dr. Johnna ChristianAssociate Dean for Academics / Associate Professor 973-353-3245 Send an email Mass incarceration; Prisoner reentry; Families and incarceration
Dr. Ronald ClarkeUniversity Professor 973-353-1154 Send an email Rational choice theory & situational crime prevention; Problem-oriented policing & crime analysis; Wildlife crime
Dr. Todd R. ClearDean / Professor 973-353-3311 Send an email Corrections & penology; Communities and crime & justice; Effectiveness-based policy
Dr. Elizabeth GriffithsAssistant Professor 973-353-3303 Send an email Communities & crime; Criminological theory; GIS & spatial methodologies; Research methods
Dr. Leslie KennedyUniversity Professor 973-353-3310 Send an email GIS Mapping & spatial analysis; Computational criminology; Policing
Dr. Jody MillerProfessor 973-353-1303 Send an email Gender, Crime and Victimization; Feminist Theory; Qualitative Research Methods;
Dr. Joel MillerAssistant Professor 973-353-5073 Send an email Environmental criminology; Juvenile justice; Police accountability
Dr. Michael OstermannResearch Assistant Professor 973-353-5758 Send an email Prisoner reentry; Corrections; Public policy
Dr. Andres F. RengifoAssistant Professor 973-353-5237 Send an email Social Control; Communities & Crime; Cross-cultural & Evaluation Research
Dr. Norman SamuelsUniversity Professor 973-353-3287 Send an email Terrorism & counter-terrorism; Security & intelligence studies; International crime;
Dr. Mercer SullivanAssociate Professor 973-353-5931 Send an email Communities & crime; Development & life-course criminology; Crime & families
Dr. Shenique S. ThomasResearch Assistant Professor 973-353-5639 Send an email Prisoners, Families and the Criminal Justice System; Community Justice, Race, Gender and Crime; Evaluation Research
Dr. Bonita VeyseyMA Program Director / Professor 973-353-1929 Send an email Behavioral Health & Corrections; Women & Girls; Evaluation Research