The Criminology Academy (Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe)

In this episode we speak with Bradley Silberzahn on his work on sex workers, police-sex worker interactions, and retention in the SAPPHIRE Study (a hard-to-reach population). Brad is a 2nd year graduate student in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests are in policing, the criminal justice system, harm reduction, and vulnerable populations, including people who use drugs and people who sell sex. Previously, Brad worked as a Senior Research Program Coordinator at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Brad has been published in journals such as American Journal of Public Health, BMC Public Health, PLOS One, Addictive Behaviors, Journal of Urban Health, and Journal of the International AIDS Society. Find Brad on Twitter @BradSilberzahn. Follow The Criminology Academy on Facebook, twitter, or Instagram! 

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When we say CSI do you think of D.B. Russell, Horatio Caine, or Mac Taylor? People who go to crime scenes and are scientists and cops rolled into one? Well, this week we spoke with Kathleen Corrado who is a professor of Forensic Science at Syracuse University. Kathy started her career as a CSI in Texas before becoming a professor. She spills all the beans on what it is actually like to be a CSI. She also talks about whether the CSI effect is real and she walks us through DNA evidence collection and analysis. Jenn and Jose were truly outside of their domain in this one!!

Kathy has been published in journals such as Cell and Journal of Cell Biology. 

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Welcome to our first official episode! This week we speak to Professors Eric Baumer from Penn State's Department of Sociology and Criminology and Min Xie from University of Maryland's Depart of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We touch on immigration, crime reporting by immigrant communities and crime trends over time. Eric and Min also discuss some new exciting projects they are working on with backing from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice. Eric and Min have been published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

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In this episode we speak to Andy about the connection between social networks, neighborhoods, and crime. 

Andrew V. Papachristos: John G. Searle Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. He directs the Institute for Policy Research and the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science. His work applies network science to urban issues like gun violence, police misconduct, and street gangs.

This week we speak with Kelsey Kramer who is a doctoral student at Sam Houston State University's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and Kathleen Padilla who is a recent PhD graduate from Arizona State's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. We discuss mental health, work-life balance, and the impacts of covid. You can find Kelsey and Kathleen on Twitter @klkramer13 and @kpadil1

This week we talk to Walter DeKeseredy, a professor in West Virginia University's Department of Sociology and Anthropology, about violence against women and rural criminology. Turns out living on a farm outside of the big city may not be as safe as some may think! Walter talks us through what exactly rural criminology is and the violence that women in rural settings experience. Walter even wrote a book about the topic! 

Walter's work has been published in journals such as Violence Against Women, Violence and Gender, and International Journal of Rural Criminology. You can find Walter on Twitter @dekeseredy.

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We're doing things a little differently. We went rogue with no outline and just winged it. Join us as we review our exciting Summer 21 slate if episodes and preview our equally as exciting Fall 21 episodes. We will have a fun time discussing what we've recorded and were we plan on going in the future. It's a good time as we wing it this time with no outline! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TheCrimAcademy. Also visit our website The Crim Academy Website. Please rate and review on iTunes!!!

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In this episode we speak with Dr. Brae Young. Brae is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Texas Christian University. Her research largely focuses on family and support among offending populations as well as broader issues within the juvenile justice system. Her recent work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, Journal of Developmental and Life Course Criminology, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.

We spoke to Brae about her work surrounding adolescents who have been incarcerated. Specifically we discuss the benefits of these teens getting visits and what may or may not prevent their loved ones from visiting them. Our discussion then moves to being a teen parent while incarcerated and the challenges that brings. 

This week we speak with Meghan Novisky from Cleveland State University. We talk about people who have been incarcerated and their experiences with violence, especially secondary violence. We also talk about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting prisons. Meghan has been published in journals such as Criminology, Victims & Offenders and Violence Against Women. Find Meghan on Twitter @DrNovisky

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This week we have three guests, Carlena Orosco, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics at Cal State LA, Luke Alward, a professor of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, and Wes Smith, who does research and development for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. They are all recent PhDs who share insights and advice on writing the dissertation and then defending it. They also let us know what they did after they defended to celebrate their huge accomplishment. 

Writing the Dissertation: 00:00:00

Defending the Dissertation: 00:35:51

The Aftermath: 00:53:42

This week we discuss a very timely topic. Stephanie DiPietro, a professor at the University of Iowa's Depart of Sociology and Criminology talks to us about the Bosnian war. What effects such an extreme event of violence had on people in the aftermath. Steph tells us why the term "risk factor" may not be the best way to discuss some of the correlates conducive to crime. Finally, we discuss how this work could be applicable to the events we are seeing today with the invasion of Ukraine. 

Steph's work has been published in journals such as Criminology, Sociology of Education, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 

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Welcome to our new series: Early Career...like our grad life series, we will document our movement across this phase of our careers. Hopefully this will help other junior faculty as they set off in their careers as well. We kick it off by discussing the transition from student to TT faculty with podcast all-star Ashley Appleby. 

Dr. Ashley Appleby is an assistant professor of criminal justice in the school of social sciences, communication, and humanities at Endicott College. She received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University, Newark - School of Criminal Justice, and her B.A. in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Quinnipiac University. Ashley’s research broadly considers the intersection between contact with the criminal legal system and experience of education. She is a student alumnus and trained instructor with the International Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and has previously worked with the NJ-Step and Petey Greene programs. Dr. Appleby is a first-generation college graduate, and she has extensive teaching and pedagogical training in the field.

We spoke with Professor Megan Augustyn about public beliefs and rape, the Rochester Youth Development Study, and research on middle adulthood.

Megan Augustyn is an associate professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. She received her PhD in 2013 from the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the study of the causes and consequences of crime, victimization, and other health-risk behaviors across the life course. Megan is the Principal Investigator of the Rochester Youth Development Study. 

This week we talk with Sadé Lindsay, a Research Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at Cornell University and a W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow of the National Institute of Justice, about her work on people leaving prisons and trying to find employment. We discuss some of the credentials and work people do while in prison and how they may or may not leverage these when back in the community trying to find a job. We also discuss turning your dissertation into a publication. 

Sadé has been published in journals such as Criminology and Social Problems. You can find her on Twitter @_SadeLindsay. 

Join us for this short-and-sweet episode as we review our exciting Summer 22 slate of episodes and preview our equally as exciting Fall 22 episodes. We will have a fun time discussing what we've recorded and were we plan on going in the future. It's a good time as we semi-wing it (again) this time! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TheCrimAcademy. Also visit our website The Crim Academy Website. Please rate and review on iTunes and where you can!!!

This week we talk with Janet Lauritsen who is Curators' Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri -St. Louis. We walk through the journey to her becoming a criminologist and studying victimization. We then discuss a piece she wrote on victimization for the Annual Review of Criminology. Finally, Janet gives us her thoughts on the field of criminology. 

Janet has been published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Social Forces. 

David Weisburd is Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University and the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His current research interests are focused on the criminology of place, policing, and research methods. He has received several awards such as the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the American Society of Criminology’s Sutherland Award, the (ASC) August Vollmer Award, and the Israel Prize, among many others.

We discuss the origins of the criminology of place and some of David's work on crime concentrating in certain micro geographic locations. 

This week we spoke with Professor Tom Tyler. We reflected on his career and how he became interested in criminology. We also discuss his major contributions to the field: his work on police legitimacy and procedural justice. Finally, Tom gives us his thoughts on the field and advice for the future. 

Tom Tyler is the Macklin Fleming Professor Emeritus of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School, as well as a Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his research on legitimacy and procedural justice. He holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles.

This week we talked to Brook Kearley, a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore in the School of Social Work. Brook talks to us about experimental designs in criminology. We also discuss a paper in which she evaluated a drug court. 

We talk to Professor Megan Denver about her work on labeling, stigma, and person-first language.

Megan Denver is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice and the Director of the Corrections and Reentry Lab at Northeastern University. Megan’s research interests include criminal record stigma, employment and recidivism, credentialing decisions for people with criminal records, and desistance. To investigate questions related to these interests, she uses a variety of methods and integrates criminological theory with policy. Megan holds a PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Albany and a masters in Sociology from the University of Delaware.

Teresa Kulig is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where she coordinates the Doctoral and Fast Track programs. Dr. Kulig is also co-director of the Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab. She earned her PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 2018. Her research interests include studying the nature and control of sex and labor trafficking, the measurement and theories of victimization, public opinion on responses to victimization, and the social construction of crime.

This week Jenn talks to Kaelyn Sanders, a first year PhD student from Michigan State University and Ashley Appleby, a fourth year PhD student from Rutgers about the application process and the methods they used to pick a doctoral program. They also offer advice from their experiences. Jose joins the conversation towards the end and drops some exciting news, also, forgive his dogs who were overly excited as they had not seen Jose and his wife in a few days. You can find Ashley and Kaelyn on twitter @_AshleyAppleby and @kaelyn_sanders 

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If you're new here, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we speak with Jared Joseph who is a doctoral candidate at UC Davis' Department of Sociology. Jared talks to us about topics surrounding corruption, organized crime, and network analysis. Specifically, we talk about corruption and networks in Chicago pre and during prohibition and the lessons we can learn from this. 

Jared has published in journals such as Criminology. You can find Jared on Twitter @epsian and at jnjoseph.com

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This week we speak with Rose Ricciardelli from the Department of Sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Mike Adorjan from the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary and a fellow at the University of Hong Kong. They talk to us about research ethics while doing research in criminology. This conversation can definitely extend to other social sciences that deal with human subjects. Their work has been published in journals such as Theoretical Criminology, Journal of Gender Studies, The Sociological Quarterly, and Qualitative Sociological Review. 

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This week we speak with doctoral candidate Kendra Clark about parenting while in grad school! Kendra tells us about the planning involved and her experience of being pregnant and than having a baby while in school. She walks us through the challenges she's faced and shares some advice for those hoping to become parents. You can find Kendra on twitter @kendrajclark. Kendra has been published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Sociological Methods and Research, and the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

Update: Jose's baby is now 4 months old and would be more than happy to talk to fathers-to-be and those thinking about becoming fathers while in grad school. Visit www.thecriminologyacademy.com for contact info!

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Robert Agnew is Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at Emory University. We talk to Robert about his beginnings in sociology and criminology. We also get into Robert's General Strain Theory and it's development over time. Finally, Robert gives us his thoughts on the field of criminology and where he hopes it will go in the future. 

This week we speak with Wayne Osgood, a professor emeritus at Penn State University's Department of Sociology and Criminology. Wayne walks us through his early career and how he became a criminologist. Then we talk about one of his signature pieces, a 1996 publication in American Sociological Review, "Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior." Finally, Wayne gives us his thoughts on the field and where we should go moving forward. It was an absolute pleasure to speak with Wayne Osgood. 

Wayne has been published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Journal of Research on Adolescence. 

If you're a first time listener, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! In this episode we speak with Marisa Omori, an assistant professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. This episode covers several important areas about America's criminal justice system but specifically the judicial experience. We open up the episode discussing race and ethnicity within the criminal justice system broadly. Then we narrow it down to the judicial aspect of the system. We close it out by discussing one of Marisa's recent papers studying whether race and ethnicity are factors in differential treatment in the court system. Is America's CJS truly color blind? Are the courts and its actors truly neutral? Listen and find out!

Marisa Omori has been published in journals such as Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, and Race and Justice. You can find Marisa on Twitter @MarisaOmori.

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Richard Rosenfeld is the Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Criminology. We talk to Rick about his beginning as a criminologist. Then we discuss some of Rick's contributions to the field surrounding his work on crime forecasting. Finally, Rick gives us his thoughts on the field. 

This week we spoke with C. Jordan Howell, a professor of criminology at the University of South Florida. We discuss what cybercrime and cybersecurity is. Then we discuss a serious of projects that Jordan has worked on exploring the dark web and ransomware. Don't worry, Jose's 100s of dollars are safe! And no, Jenn didn't hack into Jose's accounts and buy pizza... although, that's not a bad idea.

C. Jordan Howell has been published in Crime & Delinquency, The British Journal of Criminology, and Deviant Behavior. You can find him on Twitter @Dr_Cybercrime and see his research lab on sarasotacyber.com

Join hosts Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe as they engage in a compelling conversation with Professor Jerry Ratcliffe, a seasoned professional in the field of criminal justice. They dive into the complexities of policing resources, the challenges of policy-making,  and the importance of evidence-based policing. Ratcliffe's rich experiences and deep insight derived from his career with London's Metropolitan Police and academic tenure at the Temple University set the backdrop for an enlightening discussion.

This week we talk to Niloofar Ramezani, a professor at George Mason University's Department of Statistics, and Faye Taxman, a professor at George Mason University's School of Policy and Government and director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!). They talk to us about what contributes to jail populations and the effects that jail stays can have on people's mental and behavioral health. 

You can find Faye on Twitter at @FayeTaxman. 

Additional resources:

https://www.gmuace.org/

https://www.jcoinctc.org/

This week we talk with Bianca Bersani, a professor at the University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We ask her about her academic family tree and how it influenced her work. We also ask whether turning points can actually be negative and not just good things that happen to us. Bianca walks us through a paper she co-authored looking at the impact of arrest during early adolescence. Finally, we talk about one of her emerging areas of interest: emerging adult justice. 

You can find Bianca on Twitter @bebersani. She has been published in journals such as Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Annual Review of Criminology, and Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 

This week we're Back in Black! As we speak with Brian Johnson, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, about how facial characteristics may or may not help people convicted of doing Dirty Deeds (possibly Done Dirt Cheap)! He answers questions about whether or not judges are Givin the Dog a Bone if they rank higher in things like attractiveness. 

Brian has been published in journals like Criminology, American Sociological Review, and Crime and Justice.

In this episode we speak with Professor Kyle Thomas on theories of crime. Kyle is an assistant professor in CU Boulder's Sociology department and is a leading theorist in the field and has been published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Annual Review of Criminology, and Justice Quarterly.  

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Are you interested in environmental issues? What about criminology? This week, we speak with Bill McClanahan, who is an assistant professor of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, about green criminology, visual criminology, and the combination of the two. Bill McClanahan has been published in journals such as Critical Criminology, The British Journal of Criminology, and Deviant Behavior. 

This week we talked to Selena Munoz-Jones who is a doctoral student in the sociology department at the University of Colorado Boulder. We set the table by talking about the housing issue in the United States and then we discuss a piece that Selena wrote about Public Housing Authorities. 

You can find Selena on Twitter (or X, we guess?) @SMunozJones

This week we talk with Justin Nix, a professor of criminology at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Justin talks to us about: what are some of the statistics on police use of deadly force? what do we currently know and don't know about use of force? where should policing research on use of force go in the future? and finally, we discuss police legitimacy. 

Justin has published in Criminology & Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, and Criminology. You can find Justin on Twitter @JNixy.

James Wo is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Iowa and a senior research fellow at the University of Iowa Public Policy Center. His research interests include neighborhoods and crime, spatial inequalities, local institutions and organizations, land uses, and quantitative research methods. He received his PhD in Criminology, Law, and Society from UC Irvine.

This week we spoke with Erin Tinney, a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We start with a general discussion on labeling theory, then we move into talking about stigma and adolescent arrests. Finally, Erin talks to us about her recent paper on the stigma associated with adolescent arrest. 

You can find Erin on Twitter @Tinney_Erin. She has been published in Criminology. 

Hi! If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we speak with Robert J. Sampson who is a professor of sociology at Harvard University. We ask Rob to reflect back on his career starting with his early influences and how/why he decided to study crime. We then discuss his contributions to the field, mainly communities and crime and life-course criminology. Finally, we ask Rob to tell us what he's most proud of and where he would like to see the field of criminology go in the future. 

Rob has been published in journals such as Criminology, Science, and American Sociological Review. He also authored "Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect". 

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Gary LaFree is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Founding Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. He is a past president of the American Society of Criminology and the 2024 recipient of the Stockholm Prize.  His research is on the causes and consequences of violent crime and terrorism.  His most recent books are The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism (with Josh Freilich), Countering Terrorism (with Martha Crenshaw), and Toward a Criminology of Terrorism.

Special topics highlighted in this episode include the beginning of Gary’s career, his contributions to criminology, and his thoughts on the discipline.

*WARNING* This week's episode involves a discussion around suicide. Listener discretion is advised. If you or anyone you know is in crisis, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. 

This week we speak with Natasha Frost from Northeastern University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We talk about her work surrounding correctional officers. Specifically, Natasha tells us about risk factors that may contribute to the suicide death of correctional officers. Natasha Frost has been published in journals such as Punishment & Society, Justice Quarterly, and Criminology & Public Policy. 

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This weeks we speak with Thomas Abt, a research professor at the University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We discuss several key issues: (1) what is community violence? (2) how do we go about addressing community violence? and (3) how do we disseminate research in a way that non-academics can understand?  

Thomas is the founding director of the Violence Research Center. You can find him on Twitter @Abt_Thomas.

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This week we spoke with Laura DeMarco about cumulative disadvantage and contact with the criminal justice system.

Laura DeMarco is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. Her research asks questions about how the criminal justice system reflects, reproduces, and creates various inequalities, with attention to how the legal and economic context shape the stigma of a criminal record. Laura received her PhD from the Ohio State University in 2020. Before that she obtained a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the University at Albany – State University of New York, and a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Sociology from SUNY Geneseo.

Richard Wright retired from the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2014, having spent 30 very happy years there. He then joined the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University as chair, before retiring again in 2021. Wright has published widely in the area of offending decision making, with particular focus on urban street criminals.

Richard speaks to us about his journey into criminology, his work on active offender research, and his thoughts on the field.

This week we speak with doctoral candidate Ilana Friedman who is at the University of Texas at Austin's department of Sociology and Ted Lentz who is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. They talk to us about prepping and taking comps (Ilana) and the process of proposing and submitting qualifying papers (Ted). Ilana and Ted also share some tips and tricks with us! You can find Ilana and Ted on Twitter at @ifriedman01 and @lentstheodore. 

Correction: Jose misspoke about the ASU reading list and comps. Sorry!

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Hello everyone! Welcome to the Criminology Academy, where we are criminally academic! Our names are Jose and Jenn and we are doctoral students from the University of Colorado Boulder. This is a podcast on the field of criminology where we hope to bring in some of the best scholars and talk about their work in a way that is enjoyable for just about anyone. We will also talk to fellow graduate students about the life, from our challenges to our successes. Please join us on this academic adventure!

P.S. Jose said he's a 2nd year in his intro which was factually correct at the time, he is now a 3rd year and Jenn is officially a doctoral candidate!

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If you're a first time listener, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! In this episode we talk to Kristin Lloyd, a professor at Georgia Southern University's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Vivian Aranda-Hughes, a doctoral candidate at Florida State's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Alex Nur, a doctoral candidate at Penn State's Department of Sociology and Criminology.

We talk to them about building a network at conferences like the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. We also talk about trying to network during the pandemic and some of the strategies we have used to build our social networks. 

You can find them all on Twitter @kristinlloyd3, @mvivianhughes, and @alexvnur0818

You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

This week, we wrap up our Spring 2021 semester and all of the amazing episodes we dropped. Jenn and I also discuss what we have in store for the summer. Enjoy!

If you're a first time listener, welcome! If not, welcome back! In this episode we talk to Bredan Lantz who is an Assistant Professor at Florida State's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Brendan talks to us about what exactly is a hate crime? How do we punish hate crimes? And should we even have punishment enhancements? We also talk about one of his recent articles studying whether hate crimes against Asian people increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we go international as Brendan talks to us about hate crimes outside of the United States. It was a great and informative discussion. 

Brendan has been published in journals such as Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Criminal Justice and Behavior. You can find him on Twitter @LantzBrendan.

You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

Hi! If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we spoke to Rebecca Bucci who is a s a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Harvard University. Rebecca talks to us about what pubertal timing is, how it is related to crime, and what may be some of the reasons that kids enter pubertal timing early or late. Rebecca also talks to us about some of her work regarding risk perceptions of arrest and why these perceptions matter. 

Rebecca has published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Child Development, and Criminology. You can find Rebecca on Twitter @RebeccaBucci21 and on her website www.rebeccaabucci.com. 

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Michael Gottfredson is Chancellor’s Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, Sociology, and Law at the University of California, Irvine. From 2012 to 2014, he was President of the University of Oregon. He has written about the causes of crime, delinquency, and victimization, and about decision making in the criminal justice process. His work is focused on the implications of general theory about crime for research design and public policies and crime. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology and the Western Society of Criminology.

Curious about the death penalty? The week, The Criminology Academy hosts Professor Michael Radelet from the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. We chat with Mike about his career reflections and development, as well as his ground-breaking experience and work on the death penalty. Mike has published in journals such as Stanford Law Review, Annual Review of Sociology, American Sociology Review, and the Law and Society Review.

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Alix Winter is the Chief Data Scientist for the Racial Profiling and Biased-Based Policing Investigations Unit at New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board. She is also an Affiliated Research Scholar at Columbia University's Incite.

We discuss how court actors justify bail decisions and the outcomes of these decisions. 

This week we speak with recent PhD graduate Cecilia Meneghini. We talk about her work on illicit markets, organized crime, and Italian mafias. Cecilia has published in journals such as Applied Network Science and Crime & Delinquency. You can find Cecilia on Twitter @CeciMeneghini. We have also included a fully recorded episode we did with Cecilia as bonus material where we go more in-depth with the mafia conversation!

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This week we spoke with Beverly Kingston, a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder and the director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. We asked Beverly about school violence generally. How it has changed over time and how we typically respond to school shootings. We then discuss a paper Beverly co-authored about school readiness to implement a program. Finally, we talk about the impacts some responses like school resource officers and lockdown drills can have on children. 

Beverly has been published in journals such as Youth & Society, American Journal of Public Health, and Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.

This week, it's just Jenn and Jose. This will be the last episode of our Grad Life series. We talk about what we consider success to be and our advice to students currently undergoing the grueling ordeal that is grad school. 

This week we speak with James Densley from the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metro State in Minnesota. James talks to us about his work on street gangs across Europe, gang activity on the internet, and we move into mass shooting and James' upcoming book The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic along with his colleague Jillian Peterson. James has also authored How Gangs Work and has been published in journals such as Social Problems, Justice Quarterly, and Crime & Delinquency.  

Transition from gangs to mass shootings: 27:53. 

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Elephants, Tigers, and Penguins! We love them and care about them. Therefore, this week we took a dive into the world of illegal trafficking that impacts both flora (plants) and fauna (animals) by speaking with William Moreto, a professor criminal justice at the University of Central Florida. We ask him all sorts of questions related broadly to wildlife crime. We've all heard of money laundering, but what about fish laundering? Then we discuss two papers co-authored by Will on the topics of (1) the convergence between wildlife trafficking and organized crime and (2) rangers' perspectives of policing protected areas. Illegal wildlife trafficking (for example, ivory, penguin scales, caviar, and cacti) is either the third or fifth largest black market in the world (depending on the metric being used). As such, wildlife crime is a serious concern that we should all learn more about! 

William Moreto has been published in Justice Quarterly, The British Journal of Criminology, Conservation Criminology, and Deviant Behavior, among other journals. You can find him on "the twitter" @MoreToPhD.

This week we speak with Joseph Schwartz about the effect traumatic brain injuries can have on criminal behavior. We also discussed correctional officer mental health and its impact on thej ob. 

Joseph A. Schwartz is an associate professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. His current work focuses on the long-term physical and mental health implications of chronic stress exposure, as well as on the role of traumatic brain injury in the development of behavior problems and health outcomes.

This week we speak with Professors Lee Slocum from UMSL and Andres Rengifo from Rutgers. We talk about the police and their interactions with communities, touching on legitimacy and procedural justice. We also speak about some of the current events relating to the police (BLM protests and #defundthepolice). Lee and Andres have both published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 

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This week we speak with Erin Kearns from the University of Alabama's Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice. We talk about the way terrorism and mental illness are portrayed in the media when an act of violence occurs. We also talk about trends of terrorism pre and post 9/11. Erin Kearns research has been published in journals such as Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency, and Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. You can find Erin on Twitter @KearnsErinM

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If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we speak with Sally Simpson who is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. We ask Sally to reflect back on her career as a criminologist starting with why she chose to be a criminologist in the first place. Her experience as ASC president and department chair. Sally also talks to us about her research interests and the work she has done in juvenile justice and her transition to white collar and corporate crime. Finally, Sally tells us what she thinks about the current state of the field and where she thinks it should go. 

Sally has been published in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. You can find her on Twitter @SallySueSimpson.

You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Jenn and Jose talk about the Fall 2020 semester (season 1) and what to expect for Spring 2021 (season 2). Have a happy new year and holidays everyone! Thank you for all of the support! 

This week we (or really, just Jose) spoke with Charles Lanfear who is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Criminology in the University of Cambridge. We open the discussion with theory. Broken windows, social disorganization, and collective efficacy. Then we move into violence within communities and discuss a paper written by Charles. We close out with a discussion on reproducibility and open science. 

Charles has been published in journals such as JAMA Network Open, Criminology, and Annual Review of Criminology. You can follow Charles on Twitter @cclanfear or visit his website https://clanfear.github.io/

Prepare for an enlightening journey through episode 93 of the Criminology Academy podcast. Explore the dark side of the internet with cybercrime expert Dr. Eden Kamar, who delves into the disturbing trend of child online grooming. Through a detailed discussion about her groundbreaking research and studies, we also explore the role of parental guardianship in mitigating online grooming, the techniques employed by predators, and protective measures for children.

Unveil the innovative use of chatbots and artificial intelligence for data collection and analysis of online sexual grooming techniques, highlighting the potential in safeguarding children and prosecuting offenders. Learn about the alarming findings, including the observed trend of more sexually knowledgeable children being specifically targeted for offline contact. Reflect on the importance of understanding the grooming process's non-linear nature, which can often be abrupt and direct.

Dig deeper as the conversation explores the issue of webcam exploitation, particularly by online groomers. Recognize the deception within certain platforms that enable groomers to manipulate the victims' cameras without their awareness primarily through 'Whereby' as suggested by Dr. Kamar's study. Raise pressing questions on the safety design of such platforms and the role of software companies in securing user safety.

Tune into this insightful conversation and empower yourself with knowledge against these cyber threats.

Join us for this short-and-sweet episode as we review our exciting Fall 21 slate if episodes and preview our equally as exciting Spring 22 episodes. We will have a fun time discussing what we've recorded and were we plan on going in the future. It's a good time as we wing it this time with no outline! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TheCrimAcademy. Also visit our website The Crim Academy Website. Please rate and review on iTunes!!!

In this episode, we are speaking with Professor Zach Hamilton about his work on risk-needs assessments.

Zachary Hamilton is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Associate Director of the Nebraska Center for Justice Research at the University of Nebraska Omaha. His research centers on innovation in risk and needs assessment development. Specifically, he works directly with adult corrections and juvenile justice agencies to create assessments that are optimized for their agency’s needs. Zachary earned his PhD in Criminal Justice in 2010 from Rutgers University.

This week we speak with Colby Valentine about what it's like to be a Professor of Instruction at a major university. 

Colby Valentine is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Valentine received her B.A. in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice from the University of Pacific (2005), her M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from San Diego State University (2007) and her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Florida State University (2012). Her research focuses on correctional-based research (i.e., prison misconduct, jail visitation, solitary confinement), victimization (i.e., sex and labor trafficking, intimate partner violence) and criminology and criminal justice pedagogy. She teaches on various topics such as research methods, criminological theory, corrections, and victimization.

We spoke with Jessica Mongilio, a doctoral candidate at Penn State's Department of Sociology and Criminology. Jessica talks to us about biopsychosocial criminology, we then move into a conversation about head injuries and their correlation to crime. 

Jessica's work has been published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. You can find her on Twitter @JMongilio.

This week we have an exciting episode! Good friends of TCA and real life besties, Chantal Fahmy, a professor at University of Texas-San Antonio's Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, and Meghan Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Dakota's Department of Criminal Justice, talk to Jenn and Jose about their work on prison reentry and health. Specifically, we discuss why using one question to study people's health may not be enough. They also discuss healthcare while incarcerated and what some of the factors for success or unsuccessful reentry might be. Finally, we close the episode with a chat on what it's like to publish with your best friend. 

You can find Chantal Fahmy on Twitter @ChantalFahmy. She has been published in journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Crime & Delinquency, and Journal of Criminal Justice. 

You can find Meghan Mitchell on Twitter @meghanmmitchell. She has been published in journals such as Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Crime and Justice, and Journal of Experimental Criminology. 

This week we speak with Del Elliott who is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder and the Founding Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. We hop into our DeLorean and go back to Del's origins as a criminologist. We also talk to Del about his work in crime prevention, touching on the Blueprints database at CU Boulder, and his book on programs aimed at preventing crime. Del also talks to us about his philosophies and views on criminological theory. 

Del has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review, Criminology, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 

Please remember to rate and review us wherever possible (iTunes, Spotify, and Audible). You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @thecrimacademy. Email us at thecrimacademy@gmail.com or visit our website at thecriminologyacademy.com

This week we spoke with Mateus Santos (Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida), Chae Jaynes (Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida) and Danielle Thomas (Doctoral student in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida) about the challenges of finding a job with a criminal record and what can be done to overcome these challenges. We discuss their recent paper published in Criminology titled "How to overcome the cost of a criminal record for getting hired".

You can find Chae, Mateus, and Danielle on X (formerly Twitter) @ChaeJaynes, @MatSantos7, and @justifyjusticee.

Join us for this episode as we review our exciting Fall22 slate of episodes and preview our equally as exciting Spring 23 episodes. We will have a fun time discussing what we've recorded and were we plan on going in the future. We talk about GIFs and the ASC conference. We also drop some updates on our lives! It's a good time as we semi-wing it (again) this time! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TheCrimAcademy. Also visit our website The Crim Academy Website. Please rate and review on iTunes and where you can!!!

This week we speak with Jillian Turanovic who is a professor at Florida State's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We discuss victimization broadly, theories of victimization, and violence and victimization within schools. Jill has been published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Aggression and Violent Behavior. You can find Jill on Twitter @JTuranovic

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Justin Pickett is a professor of criminal justice at the University at Albany, SUNY. He received his PhD in Criminology from Florida State University in 2011 and received the American Society of Criminology's Cavan Young Scholar Award in 2015. His research interests include public opinion, survey research methods, theories of punishment, and police–community relations. 

Special topics highlighted in this episode include criminological research and public opinion and policing and diversity

In this episode we talk with Nathaniel Schutten a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminal Justice at SUNY Albany. Nathaniel talks to us about his work regarding attitudes towards gun ownership in the United States as well the intersection of gun ownership and racism. 

You can find Nathaniel on X @NateSchutten. 

Brielle Bryan is an assistant professor of sociology at Rice University who studies the consequences of criminal justice system contact for both individuals who encounter the justice system and their extended family members. Her research examines how varying forms of justice system contact ranging from arrest to incarceration shape subsequent economic, social, and household wellbeing, with particular attention to racial disparities in both contact with the justice system and in the consequences of such contact. Dr. Bryan holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University and a Masters of Public Policy from Georgetown University. 

In this episode, we are speaking with Professor Brielle Bryan about the usage of social safety net resources (e.g., public assistance programs) among formerly incarcerated individuals.

Welcome to episode 50!! This is a special one, not only for being our 50th but also because we discuss the job market with some amazing guests!

Thad, Sadaf, and Alondra were gracious enough to talks to us about their experiences in the job market. Their insight, words of encouragement, and energy made this a great episode. We walk from the very beginning of deciding where to apply to, getting materials together, and all the way to negotiation and accepting an offer. 

This week, we launch our career reflection series and we start by talking to Scott Decker. He reflects back on his career, his successes and more importantly, failure. Scott is a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University. His main research interests are in gangs, policy and violence. He has published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Criminal Justice and Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Scott is also the co-author of books such as: Life in the Gang and Competing for Control. You can find Scott on Twitter @deckercrime. 

Time Stamps: (1) Career history and development: 2:15-31:00 (2) Success: 31:00-40:35 (3) Failure: 40:35-1:05:45 (4) Advice from Scott Decker to his younger self: 1:05:45-1:10:00 (5) Current state of criminology + future directions for criminology: 1:10:00-End

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This week we spoke with Ilana Friedman (Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky's School of Law) and Amber Krushas (Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas' Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice). They talk about their experiences going through their own PhD programs and give advice to students at the beginning, middle, and end of their programs! 

You can find Ilana and Amber on X @ifriedman01 and @amber_krusahs

This week we speak with Pamela Buckley who is an associate research professor in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the Principal Investigator of the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development (Blueprints), a globally- recognized registry of experimentally proven interventions promoting rigorous scientific standards for certification. We talk to Pam about evidence-based programming, the Blueprints registry, and programs tailored to ethnoracial minorities. 

You can find Blueprints on X @Blueprints4HYD or https://www.blueprintsprograms.org/

This week we speak to Professor Holly Nguyen from Penn State's Department of Sociology and Criminology. She speaks to us about her work on the crime as work framework, and her work with peers and offending, illegal income and criminal capital. Holly has been publishes in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Social Problems. She also won the American Society of Criminology's Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award for 2020. Follow The Criminology Academy on Facebook, twitter, or Instagram! Check out our website at thecriminologyacademy.com.

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This week we speak with Sandra Bucerius is a professor in the sociology department at the University of Alberta. We kick off the discussion by talking about incarceration in Canada and compare it a little to incarceration in the United States. We also discuss subcultures and radicalization. Finally, we bring it all together by discussing a paper co-authored by Sandra discussing radicalization within prisons in Canada. 

Sandra has been published in journals such as Journal of Drug Issues, Criminology, and City and Community

This week, we speak with Hannah Lyden who had just wrapped up her first year as a PhD student at CU Boulder. She gives us her thoughts and experiences. Hannah will also drop a few pieces of advise for those considering grad school or starting their journey. 

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For this episode we don't have a guest. We just spend time talking about the timeline of the academic job market, some initial interviews dos and don'ts, and then we get into our experiences doing campus visit interviews. They are exhausting but critical to landing a job. 

In this episode we speak with David Kirk about the gig economy (Uber; AirBnb) and how it relates to crime. 

David Kirk is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Research Associate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago and previously served on the faculties at the University of Oxford, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Maryland. His research agenda is primarily organized around three interrelated themes: the causes and consequences of cynicism and distrust of the police and the law, solutions to criminal recidivism, and the causes and consequences of gun violence.

This week we asked previous guests to give us advice on things we thought could be useful to our listeners!

Early Grad School Advice - 01:19

Late Grad School Advice - 04:08

Academic Job Market - 14:30

Assistant Professor Advice- 23:35

Biggest Influence - 29:55

Favorite Academic Book - 37:36

Working in Academia Advice - 45:40

Staying Up To Date on the Literature - 53:59

If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we spoke with Martin Bouchard who is a professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Simon Fraser University. We ask Martin about the social nature of gangs and gang members. He tells us why he thinks gangs are a very social and not necessarily anti-social phenomenon. Martin then discusses the network analysis method and why it may be useful for the study of crime. We then discuss a paper Martin wrote discussing the ways in which network analysis can aid in the study of organized crime. 

Martin has published in journals such as Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Global Crime. You can find him on Twitter @MBouchardCrim.

You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

This week we spoke with Ben Crewe who is a professor of penology and criminal justice at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology. We talk about what prisons are like in England, Wales, and Norway. The discussion centers around the idea of Nordic exceptionalism when it comes to imprisonment and whether it's just a myth. 

Ben has published in journals such as Criminology, British Journal of Criminology, and Punishment & Society. You can find on X @crewebencrewe.

If you're a first time listener, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This is the first episode of the Fall 2021 semester and we speak with Jean McGloin who is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. This episode will cover the topic of collective behavior. Specifically, we discuss what collective behavior is and we then tackle 3 papers co-authored by Jean. We talk about opt-in and opt-out thresholds, meaning, how many people would it take in order for someone to engage in criminal activity. Similarly, how many people is too many and a person no longer wants to engage in the behavior? You will have to listen to find out! 

Jean McGloin has been published in journals such as Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 

You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website: The Criminology Academy. Whether you have an iPhone or not please rate and review on iTunes. Those reviews are beyond important to us. 

You've heard of mass incarceration right? Tough on crime? Well, how did we get there? Do politicians only give lip service? This week we talk to Mike Campbell who is a professor at the University of Denver's Department of Sociology and Criminology. We take a look at legislation that has been passed and whether they uphold ideals of tough on crime during penal reform in New Jersey. 

Mike Campbell has been published in journals such as Law & Society Review, American Journal of Sociology, and Theoretical Criminology.

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This week we speak with Simon Kolbeck, a doctoral candidate at The Ohio State University's Department of Sociology. Simon talks to us about the impacts that incarceration can have on recidivism, what role employment plays, and how race and ethnicity matter. We discuss a paper by Simon in which he studied the role of work history and race in the employment-recidivism relationship. 

Simon has been published in places like Criminology and the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 

Private prisons are a hot topic. They get jimmies riled up about ethical concerns. Are they really all that bad though? Are they better than public prisons? To find out, we spoke with Andrea Montes. Andrea is a professor at Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. We talk to her about the history of privatization and other areas in corrections that are privatized. 

Andrea has been published in journals such as Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminology and Public Policy, and Crime and Delinquency. You can find Andrea on Twitter @_andreanmontes. 

This week we talk with RV Gundur who is a criminologist based out of Australia. We talk to him about his new book "Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade". We begin the discussion with broader set-up questions and then spend the rest of the interview just talking about the book. Of course we couldn't shove the whole book into a 1 hour episode but we tried to cover major points. RV discusses how he weaved his personal life into the book which makes for a captivating read. 

RV has published in journals such as Deviant Behavior, Trends in Organized Crime, and Urban Affairs Review. You can follow RV on Twitter @gr4d or https://ravejudgerun.com/

*NOTE* We recorded this episode prior to the ASC elections. Val is now president elect of ASC. 

In this episode Jenn and Jose talk to Val Jenness who is a professor of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. We discuss a topic that has gained a lot of attention lately. It is also a sensitive topic. Val talks to us about the experiences of transgender people, specifically, trans women, in carceral settings. We discuss their experiences generally and sexual assault specifically. Val also talks to us about some of her projects in this area, especially the new SB 132 in California. 

This week, as part of our grad life series, we spoke with Chloe Haimson and Stephen Oliphant about their experiences finding, applying, and interviewing for postdoc positions.

Chloe Haimson is Director of Research of the Justice Policy Lab @the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Prison Education Program at New York University where she taught ethnography at Wallkill Correctional Facility. Her current work investigates the decisions parole agents make during their everyday work routines, how these choices influence the trajectories of individuals on parole after prison, and their consequences for the expansion of punishment in the U.S. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022.

Stephen Oliphant is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. He received his PhD in criminal justice from Michigan State University in 2023. His interdisciplinary background includes training in the fields of public policy, criminal justice, and injury prevention. His research is primarily focused on firearm policy and the evaluation of interventions that address firearm injury and violence more broadly.