Faculty & Emeriti

Full-Time Faculty

Name/TitlePhoneOffice LocationEmailSpecialization
Photo of Dr. Robert Apel
Dr. Robert Apel

Professor

973-353-5216

CLJ, 579 H

Labor market
Justice policy
Life course
Violence and injury
Causal inference

Photo of Dr. Keisha April
Dr. Keisha April

Assistant Professor

973 353-3295

CLJ, 544

Juvenile Justice
Policing
Mental Health & Crime
Community-based Research
Racial & Ethnic Disparities

Photo of Dr. Valerio Baćak
Dr. Valerio Baćak

Associate Professor

973-353-2806

CLJ, Room 545

Health
Inequality
Comparative Criminology
Drug Policy
Quantitative Methods

Photo of Dr. Brenden Beck
Dr. Brenden Beck

Associate Professor

973 353-3310

CLJ, 542

Policing
Cities
Spatial Analysis
Research Methods

Photo of Dr. Colleen Berryessa
Dr. Colleen Berryessa

Associate Professor

973-353-3456

CLJ, 579G

Courts & Sentencing
Psychology & Law
Punishment
Decision-making/Discretion
Mental Health
Neuroscience/Genetics

Photo of Dr. Joel Caplan
Dr. Joel Caplan

Professor

973-353-1304

CLJ, 548

Communities
Crime (Analysis & Prevention)
Policing
Environmental Criminology
GIS Mapping
Risk Terrain Modeling

Photo of Dr. Ko-lin Chin
Dr. Ko-lin Chin

Distinguished Professor

973-353-1488

CLJ 543

Gangs & Organized Crime
Human Smuggling & Trafficking
Drug Trafficking

Photo of Dr. Todd Clear
Dr. Todd Clear

University Professor

973-353-3343

CLJ, 263

Corrections
Mass Incarceration
Sentencing
Alternatives to Incarceration

Photo of Dr. Frank Edwards
Dr. Frank Edwards

Associate Professor

973-353-3115

CLJ 579B

Race
Policing
Children and families
Sociology of punishment
Welfare state

Photo of Dr. Alex Gimenez-Santana
Dr. Alex Gimenez-Santana

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice

(862) 236-2498

CLJ, 551

Crime Mapping
GIS
Neighborhood Effects on Crime
International Comparative Studies

Photo of Dr. Elizabeth Griffiths
Dr. Elizabeth Griffiths

Professor and Faculty Chair

973-353-3303

CLJ, 552

Neighborhood Effects
Criminological Theory
GIS and Spatial Methodologies
Policing and Prosecuting Drug Crime

Photo of Dr. Sarah E. Lageson
Dr. Sarah E. Lageson

Associate Professor

973-353-2805

CLJ, 553

Law and Society
Sociology of Punishment
Criminal Records
Technology

Photo of Dr. Pilar Larroulet
Dr. Pilar Larroulet

Assistant Professor

973 353-5931

CLJ, 557

Incarceration & Reentry
Life Course
Gender & Crime

Photo of Dr. Bill McCarthy
Dr. Bill McCarthy

Dean

973-353-5032

CLJ, 566

Violence
Race and Crime
Sex Work

Photo of Dr. Jody Miller
Dr. Jody Miller

Distinguished Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair

973-353-1303

CLJ 555

Feminist/Gender Theory
Gender, Crime and Victimization
Qualitative Research Methods
Race, Neighborhoods and Inequality

Photo of Dr. Joel Miller
Dr. Joel Miller

Professor and M.A. Program Director

973-353-5073

CLJ, 549

Environmental Criminology
Juvenile Justice
Police Accountability

Photo of Dr. Michael Ostermann
Dr. Michael Ostermann

Professor

973 353-5758

CLJ, 579F

Evidence-based crime policy
Reentry
Parole
Corrections
Program evaluation
Risk assessment
Translational criminology

Photo of Dr. Andres F. Rengifo
Dr. Andres F. Rengifo

Professor

973-353-5237

CLJ, 554

Social Control
Communities & Crime
Cross-cultural & Evaluation Research

Photo of Dr. Ebony Ruhland
Dr. Ebony Ruhland

Associate Professor

973 353-1154

CLJ, 556

Police and Community
Probation
Correction Policies
Criminal Justice Policies

Photo of Dr. Jason Silver
Dr. Jason Silver

Associate Professor

973-353-3457

CLJ, 579 D

Morality and ideology
Public opinion about crime and criminal justice
Decision-making
Police-citizen relations

Photo of Dr. Bonita Veysey
Dr. Bonita Veysey

Professor

973-353-1929

CLJ 541

Transformation and Reform
Criminal Identity
Implicit Social Cognition
Gender Stereotypes
Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Care

Photo of Dr. Sara Wakefield
Dr. Sara Wakefield

Professor and Ph.D. Program Chair

973-353-5639

CLJ, 579C

Incarceration and Reentry
Stratification and Inequality
Life Course, Family and Childhood Wellbeing
Methods

Affiliated Research Faculty

Name/TitlePhoneOffice LocationEmailSpecialization
Photo of Dr. Paul Boxer
Dr. Paul Boxer

Professor of Psychology

973-353-3943

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Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Justice

Faculty Emeriti

Name/TitlePhoneOffice LocationEmailSpecialization
Photo of Dr. Edem Avakame
Dr. Edem Avakame

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Photo of Dr. Ronald V. Clarke
Dr. Ronald V. Clarke

University Professor (Center for Conservation Criminology)

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Rational choice theory & situational crime prevention
Problem-oriented policing & crime analysis
Wildlife Crime

Photo of Dr. James O. Finckenauer
Dr. James O. Finckenauer

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Organized Crime
International & Comparative Crime and Justice
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Justice
Crime Policy, Planning & Evaluation
Sentencing

Photo of Dr. Leslie Kennedy
Dr. Leslie Kennedy

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Risk Assessment
Crime Mapping
Data Informed Community Engagement

Photo of Dr. Norman Samuels
Dr. Norman Samuels

University Professor

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Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism
Security & Intelligence Studies
International Crime

Photo of Dr. Mercer Sullivan
Dr. Mercer Sullivan

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