Andrea Leverentz’s research centers on the impact of crime and incarceration on individuals and communities. Her book, The Ex-Prisoner’s Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance (Rutgers University Press 2014) looks at how women talk about and manage competing messages about what it means to return to their communities post-incarceration, and how... Learn More
Amy Poland, Ph.D., is the associate dean for online learning and an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at St. Joseph’s College. She began her career in criminal justice working with juvenile offenders in a residential treatment facility in Sioux City, Iowa while she finished her Masters in Public Administration. She completed a... Learn More
My research focus is interdisciplinary, rooted in Human Development, Cross-Cultural Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, and Public Health. My scholarship focuses on the importance of individual characteristics and contextual factors in the etiology of risk-taking behaviors and deviance in youth, with a particular focus on ethnic minority and “at-risk” populations. My scholarship is also based on... Learn More
Claudio Vera Sanchez received his PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2008. His research interests are centered on how Latino and African American juveniles, from underprivileged neighborhoods, are criminalized by both nurturing (schools) and non-nurturing (police) institutions. His research interests also involve channeling at-risk Latino and African American youth,... Learn More
Jennifer E. Cobbina is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Her primary research focuses on the issue of corrections, prisoner reentry and the understanding of recidivism and desistance among recently released female offenders. Her second primary research area is centered on examining how gender and social context impact... Learn More
Dr. Dai received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati, and is currently an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), and Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network... Learn More
Dr. Gale Iles is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. She joined the department in 2006 after earning her doctorate in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington-Seattle,... Learn More
Schannae Lucas completed her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Washington State University, writing her dissertation on “The Juvenile Drug Courts Decision Making Process: A Multicultural Perspective.” She earned an M.A. in Criminal Justice at Washington State, and a B.S. in Social Science at the University of California, Irvine. She comes to CLU from Lewis... Learn More
Leslie Paik earned her Bachelors degree in Literature and Society at Brown University and her PhD degree in Sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Paik joined the Department of Sociology in 2006 where she teaches courses on social problems, law and society, deviance, and juvenile justice. Learn More
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