Faculty
Dr. Robert Apel
Robert Apel (pronounced AY-pull) received his Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland in 2004, and joined Rutgers University-Newark in 2011. His expertise is in policy... Learn More
Robert Apel (pronounced AY-pull) received his Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland in 2004, and joined Rutgers University-Newark in 2011. His expertise is in policy... Learn More
Elizabeth Griffiths received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Toronto in 2007. She held a faculty position in the Department of Sociology at Emory University before moving to... Learn More
Sara Wakefield received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests focus on the consequences of mass imprisonment for the family, with an... Learn More
Michael Ostermann is a Professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark. His research interests primarily lie within the fields of institutional and community corrections, rehabilitation and reentry,... Learn More
Nancy La Vigne, a renowned criminal justice researcher and former leader in the U.S. Department of Justice under President Biden, has been named Dean of the Rutgers School of Criminal... Learn More