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                            Faculty Research
                           
                              
                                 
                                    Dr. Samuel Abaidoo, Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                        Areas of expertise: Technology and society, dark heritage studies, sociology of biotechnology | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Jesse Benjamin, Professor of International Conflict Management and Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Pan-Africanism, decolonial theory, history of race, whiteness studies, epistemology,
                                             development | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Jesse Benjamin, Professor of International Conflict Management and Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections,
                                             juvenile delinquency | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Joel Crombez, Assistant Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: critical, social, and sociological theory, political economy, mental health, technology | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Sara Evans, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Neighborhoods and crime, public space, delinquency, scholarship of teaching and
                                             learning, high-impact practices | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Melanie Holland, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Sentencing policies and theories, sentencing inequality, contextualization of disparate
                                             court outcomes | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Gang Lee, Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Cybercrime, international criminology, comparative criminal justice, program evaluation | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Darina Lepadatu, Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                        Areas of expertise: organizations, occupations, and work, international conflict management, transnational
                                          migration, qualitative methods | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Tanja Link, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                        Areas of expertise: Vulnerable populations, corrections and reentry, barriers to reentry, desistance
                                          from crime, juvenile delinquency, substance use | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Michael Logan, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Violence, Violent Extremism, Criminal Organizations, Offender Decision-Making, Malevolent
                                             Creativity | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Gail Markle, Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                        Areas of expertise: Environmental sociology, Social inequality, Intersections of race, class, and gender | 
                                 
                                    Dr. James (Jim) McCafferty, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Risk assessment, juvenile corrections, community corrections, campus gun policies | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Jennifer McMahon-Howard, Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Victimization, violence prevention, sexual assault case processing, gun control,
                                             program evaluation | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Heidi Scherer, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Criminology, victimology, campus safety, sexual violence | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Brian Starks, Associate Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Religion and Politics, Catholic Identity, Campus Ministry and Young Adults | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Cristina Stephens, Associate Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Immigration, acculturation, impact on health, family and quality of life | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Evelina Sterling, Associate Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                        Areas of expertise: Health disparities, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental
                                          health, chronic conditions | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Richard Stringer, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Drug and alcohol policy, policing, advanced quantitative methods | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Christopher Totten, Professor of Criminal Justice (Law) 
                                    
                                        Areas of expertise: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law and Society, International Criminal Law | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Linda Treiber, Professor of Sociology 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Medical Sociology, Nursing, Social Determinants of Health, Work/Organizations Gender | 
                                 
                                    Dr. Kenneth (Ken) White, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Political Science 
                                    
                                       | Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, political theory, criminal procedure and ethics |  |