Ph.D. in Criminal Justice Student Profiles

Current Students

Haneen Alani

Haneen Alani

Research Interests
Crime, Space, Urban Policy; CrimAnalytics; Spatial-Temporal Modeling; Critical Crime Prevention; Spatial Policing; Crime Displacement & Diffusion; Behavioral & Environmental Psychology; Criminalization of Poverty & Social Exclusion

Joseph Cusano

Joseph Cusano

Research Interests
Cyber Forensics and Cybersecurity, Cybercrimes, Evidence-based Policing, Police-community Relationships, Policing, Secondary Traumatic Stress

Joseph Cusano Academic CV

Victoria Espinoza

Victoria Espinoza

Research Interests
Gender, Race, Reentry, Rehabilitation, Risk assessment and Trauma

Victoria Espinoza Academic CV

Agnetha Gillbanks

Agnetha Gillbanks

Research Interests
Drug abuse, Drug trafficking, Substance-using behaviors, Mental health and crime, and Violent crimes

Agnetha Gillbanks Academic CV

Patryk Jaroszkiewicz

Patryk Jaroszkiewicz

Research Interests
Policing, Police (Culture, Training, Management), International Law Enforcement, Comparative Research, Qualitative Research, Evidence Based Practices

Patryk Jaroszkiewicz Academic CV

Jasmine Kaur

Jasmine Kaur

Research Interests
Application of Criminological Theories in Cyber Space, Risk assessment, Research Methods, Evaluations, Statistics, Forensic Science

Jasmine Kaur Academic CV

Ashley McDowell

Ashley McDowell

Research Interests
Gun Violence, Victimization, Intimate Partner Violence, Police/Community Relations, Law Enforcement Training, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention, Intersection of Victims and Law Enforcement.

Ashley McDowell Academic CV

Jane Miller

Jane Miller

Research Interests
Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations, Criminalistics and Forensic Science, Reentry, and Solitary Confinement

Jane Miller Academic CV

Jessica Morgan

Jessica Morgan

Research Interests
Critical Criminology, Youth Justice, Transformative Justice, Racial and Ethnic Disparity, Incarceration

Jessica Morgan Academic CV

Nikhil Chandra Nath

Nikhil Chandra Nath

Research Interests
Financial Organized Crime and Corruption, Technology Driven Crime Management, Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing, Indigenous Political Movement, Political Prisoner and Unauthorized Detention, Gender Based Violence.

Teresina G. Robbins

Teresina G. Robbins

Research Interests
Policing, Investigations, Training, Research Translation

Teresina G. Robbins Academic CV

Mariah Robles

Mariah Robles

Research Interests
Juvenile justice, corrections, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, recidivism, family violence and intergenerational trauma

Mariah Robles Academic CV

Megan Trafford

Megan Trafford

Research Interests
Mental Health and CJS Involvement; Intersections of Race, Gender, Class, Culture and Crime; Causes and Consequences of Wrongful Convictions; Victimization; Critical Criminology; Criminal Competencies and Forensic Psychology

Megan Trafford Academic CV

Mengbei Wang

Mengbei Wang

Research Interests
Wrongful Convictions, Policing, Law Enforcement Training, Criminalistics and Forensic Science, and Investigations

Mengbei Wang Academic CV

Jing Xiao

Jing Xiao

Research Interests
Human Trafficking, Mental Illness, International Policing, Research Methods, and Applications of Criminological Theory

Jing Xiao Academic CV

Ewa Zielinska

Ewa Zielinska

Research Interests
Implementation and Evaluation Research, Trauma and Resiliency, Policing, Juvenile Justice, Corrections and Reentry, Mindfulness and Mental Health, Restorative Justice, Data Visualization

Ewa Zielinska Academic CV

Alban J. Zohn

Alban J. Zohn

Research Interests
Sports and Esports Crime, Organized Crime, Match-Fixing, and White-Collar Crime

Alban J. Zohn Academic CV


In addition to our current Ph.D. in Criminal Justice students, you can learn more about some of our former students.

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