Annika Yvette Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University, San Bernardino. Annika received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University in 2015. Her research interests are in criminology, social stratification, sexuality, social psychology, race and ethnic relations. However, her main research focus is on desistance and reentry. The paper that she will... Learn More
Barbara Harris Combs teaches Sociology and Criminal Justice at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in race and urban studies from Georgia State University in 2010. She also holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Ohio State University and an MA in English from Xavier University (Ohio).... Learn More
Jamein P. Cunningham is a trained economist in the fields of Labor and Demography. His primary areas of research are in the economics of crime, law, and social capital. His research agenda studies the impact of historical structures and institutions during the 1960s and 1970s on the everyday lives of the indigent. Current projects include... Learn More
Mimi Kim’s research is in the area of social movements and community organizing with an emphasis on domestic violence and sexual assault in communities of color. She is a long-time anti-domestic violence advocate in Asian immigrant and refugee communities and remains active in the promotion of community organizing, community accountability and transformative justice approaches to... Learn More
Vanessa Panfil is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. She joined ODU after completing a two-year postdoctoral appointment in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark. She received her PhD from the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany and was the recipient of... Learn More
Dr. Gabriella E. Sanchez (Ph.D., Arizona State University) is a faculty member of the National Security Studies Institute at the University of Texas El Paso. She specializes in the study of the social organization of transnational criminal groups. Her work has primarily examined human smuggling and drug trafficking facilitators, their interactions with other criminal organizations... Learn More
Dr. Mercedes Valadez is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University. She received her BA in Criminal Justice from California State University, Bakersfield, MS in Criminology from California State University, Fresno and PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Arizona State University. Her research focuses on courts and sentencing, immigration and Latinos. ... Learn More
Robert Vargas is an urban sociologist at the University of Notre Dame. His research examines how politics and government policies shape the conditions of urban areas. His research has focused predominantly on urban violence and health care. His book “Wounded City” (Oxford University Press), describes how violence persists on a handful of blocks within Chicago... Learn More
Professor Campbell earned a Ph.D. in Community Psychology at Michigan State University and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Prevention and Community Research at Yale University. Her primary research interests include delinquency prevention, risk assessment, juvenile justice policy, and neighborhood ecology. She has also conducted research on racial and health disparities... Learn More
Dr. Randol Contreras was born in the South Bronx to Dominican immigrant parents. He came of age during the Crack Era and when the South Bronx was riddled with arson and abandonment. However, as a student of New York’s public university system, he attained a community college degree in Social Science, then a Bachelor’s degree... Learn More
