Ph.D. in Criminal Justice Student Profiles
Current Students

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

Victoria Espinoza
Research Interests
Gender, Race, Reentry, Rehabilitation, Risk assessment and Trauma
Victoria Espinoza Academic CV

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

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

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
Research Interests
Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations, Criminalistics and Forensic Science, Reentry, and Solitary Confinement
Jane Miller Academic CV

Jessica Morgan
Research Interests
Critical Criminology, Youth Justice, Transformative Justice, Racial and Ethnic Disparity, Incarceration
Jessica Morgan Academic CV

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
Research Interests
Policing, Investigations, Training, Research Translation
Teresina G. Robbins Academic CV

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
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
Research Interests
Wrongful Convictions, Policing, Law Enforcement Training, Criminalistics and Forensic Science, and Investigations
Mengbei Wang Academic CV

Jing Xiao
Research Interests
Human Trafficking, Mental Illness, International Policing, Research Methods, and Applications of Criminological Theory
Jing Xiao Academic CV

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
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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