John Major Eason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University. In his prior position at the School Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University he recieved the 2012 Rural Sociological Society Young Scholar Award. He also served as the Provost’s Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Sociology at... Learn More
Stacia Gilliard-Matthews teaches classes on police and policing, research methods, and poor, minorities, and justice. Her research focuses on the impact of politics and policies on race, gender, and class inequalities in society and police behavior and discretion. She has published work in Feminist Criminology, Police Quarterly, and Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Currently, Dr.... Learn More
Dr. Lara-Millan received a Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University in 2013. Armando is an ethnographer and historical sociologist. His research interests are in the fields of health, mass imprisonment, and political sociology. He is completing a book manuscript on how overwhelmed public institutions like public hospitals and county jails are able to, despite disastrous... Learn More
Daniel E. Martínez received a PhD from the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona in May of 2013, and holds an MA in Sociology and MS in Mexican American Studies, also from the University of Arizona. In addition to being a faculty member in the Department of Sociology, he is an affiliated faculty... Learn More
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah BA (Carleton) MA, PhD (Toronto) is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. Dr. Owusu-Bempah’s work focuses on the intersections of race, crime and criminal justice, with a particular interest in the area of policing. His current projects include: a study of Black males’ perceptions of... Learn More
Naomi Sugie is an Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society (and, by courtesy, Sociology). Sugie’s research examines the consequences of incarceration and other forms of criminal justice contact for individuals and their romantic partners. She also investigates factors related to criminal behavior and deviance over the life course, from youth through elderly age. Sugie... Learn More
Danny Gascón received his MA and BA in Criminal Justice at California State University, San Bernardino, and earned his PhD in Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests lie at the intersection of urban criminology, law and society, and race and ethnic relations, and is principally concerned with critical... Learn More
Lallen Johnson, PhD, considers himself an interdisciplinary scholar, with research interests at the intersection of urban studies, crime, and place. His most recent research examines neighborhood-level effects of gaming establishments on crime; and, how structural shifts affect municipality-level violent crime hotspots within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Lallen is a 2010 Graduate Research Fellow of the... Learn More
Ph.D. 2013, Sociology, UC Santa Barbara Dr. Lopez-Aguado’s research interests include Race and Incarceration, Juvenile Justice, Youth and Street Cultures, and Urban Ethnography. His work has been published in Ethnography and in Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands. He is currently preparing an article on the institutional production of violence and criminality in carceral facilities, and is developing a... Learn More
Reuben Jonathan Miller studies social life at the intersections of race, punishment and social welfare policy. He is completing a book titled Halfway Home based on 15 years of research and practice with currently and formerly incarcerated people, their family members, partners and friends. Miller conducts fieldwork in Chicago, Detroit, and New York City, examining... Learn More
