Faculty & Emeriti

Full-Time Faculty

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

Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair

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

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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. Nancy La Vigne
Dr. Nancy La Vigne

Dean and Professor

973 353-3292

SCJ Dean's Suite, CLJ 568

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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

Professor

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Violence
Race and Crime
Sex Work

Photo of Dr. Jody Miller
Dr. Jody Miller

Distinguished Professor

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. Nusret M. Sahin
Dr. Nusret M. Sahin

Associate Professor of Practice and Executive Master's Program Director

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Procedural Justice
Body-Worn Cameras
Geospatial Technologies for Public Safety, Police Training
Perceptions of Law Enforcement

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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