Steering Committee
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Leanne F. Alarid, Ph.D.
Department of Criminal JusticeResearch focus:
Evaluation of supervision strategies and treatment programs within community corrections and institutional correction facilities; Youth and adult offender behavior; Gender, crime, and victimization.
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Theodore R. Curry, Ph.D.
Department of Criminal JusticeResearch focus:
Relationships between immigration and crime in the U.S. both at the individual level and neighborhood level; theories of crime and criminal justice with a focus on gender and race/ethnicity.
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Gaspare M. Genna, Ph.D.
Department of Political ScienceResearch focus:
Explaining the success and failure of regional integration in both economic and political dimensions. His work to date involves analyzing state incentives for integration as well as domestic public support.
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Jennifer Eno Louden, Ph.D.
Department of PsychologyResearch focus:
Criminal justice and mental health; community corrections; stigma of mental disorder and criminal justice involvement.
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Maria C. Morales, Ph.D
Department of SociologyResearch focus:
Race, ethnicity, citizenship/nationality, and class; U.S. Latinos; migration; labor markets; informal economies; demography and research methods.
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Egbert Zavala, Ph.D.
Department of Criminal JusticeResearch focus:
Intimate partner violence, testing criminological theories, homicide, gangs, and criminal behavior by police officers.
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Rebecca Reid, Ph.D
Department of Political ScienceResearch focus:
Rule of law, international law, human rights, judicial decision-making, judicial independence, separation of powers, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Judicial politics; American judicial system.
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Jeff Rojek, Ph.D
Department of Criminal JusticeResearch focus:
Police officer and organization behavior; use of force; officer injuries; racial bias in traffic stops; officer decision-making in tactical events, police practitioner partnerships, and officer misconduct.