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PhD Student Profiles

Linda Balcarová

Research Interests:

  • Public Opinion
  • Survey Research
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Policing, Immigration

Contact: lbalcarova@albany.edu

Linda Balcarová's CV

 

Li-Chen Chu

Research Interests:

  • Deterrence and Criminal Policy
  • Offender Decision Making
  • Violence and Suicide
  • Comparative Criminology

Contact: lchu4@albany.edu  

Li-Chen Chu's CV

Li-Chen Chu's Personal Website

 

Justin Clayton

Research Interests:

  • Abolition
  • Inequality in the Criminal Legal System
  • Health Disparities

Contact: jclayton3@albany.edu

Justin Clayton's CV

 

Guillermo J. Escaño

Research Interests:

  • Crime and Violence in Latin America
  • Organized Criminal Groups
  • Effects of Social Structural Factors on Homicide
  • Urban Criminology/ Sociology
  • Drug Policy

Contact: gescano@albany.edu

Guillermo J. Escaño's CV

 

Yichao Gao

Research Interests:

  • Spatial Analysis of Crime and Criminal Behavior
  • Investigative Psychology
  • Prison Environment and Prisoner Reentry
  • Understanding Crime and Criminal Behavior from Biological and Psychological Perspectives

Contact: ygao20@albany.edu

Yichao Gao's CV

 

Shaina Herman

Research Interests:

  • Crime decision-making
  • Morality and criminal choice
  • Context and criminal choice
  • Criminological theory
  • Survey research methods
  • Novel methodologies for testing criminological theory

Contact: sherman@albany.edu

Shaina Herman's CV

 

Beau Holladay

Research Interests:

  • Police officer decision making
  • Police legitimacy
  • Criminal justice policy

Contact: bholladay@albany.edu

Beau Holladay's CV

 

James Hubbell

Research Interests:

  • Decision-Making
  • Violence Prevention
  • Homicide/Parricide

Contact: jhubbell@albany.edu

James Hubbell's CV

James Hubbell's Personal Website

 

Stefan Ivanov

Research Interests:

  • Mass Incarceration
  • Punishment & Inequality
  • Criminal Justice Policy
  • Public Opinion

Contact: sivanov@albany.edu

Stefan Ivanov's CV

 

Hilary Jackl

Research Interests:

  • Reentry
  • Housing Insecurity
  • Higher Education in Prison
  • Ethnography & Qualitative Methods

Contact: hjackl@albany.edu   

Hilary Jackl's CV

 

Byunggu Kang

Research Interests:

  • Criminology
  • Demography
  • Public Health

Contact: bkang2@albany.edu

Byunggu Kang's CV

 

Matthew Kijowski

Research Interests:

  • Offender decision-making
  • Criminological theory
  • Quantitative methods
  • Research design

Contact: mkijowski@albany.edu

Matthew Kijowski's CV

 

Benjamin Kuettel

Research Interests:

  • Drug Policy
  • Substance Use Disorder
  • Life-course Perspective

Contact: bkuettel@albany.edu

Benjamin Kuettel's CV

 

Stefana E. LoTempio

Research Interests:

  • Mass Shootings
  • School Shootings
  • Mass Murder

Contact: slotempio@albany.edu

Stefana E. LoTempio's CV

 

Colleen D. Mair

Research Interests:

  • Policy impact analysis
  • Female incarceration
  • Interrupted time series

Contact: cmair@albany.edu

Colleen D. Mair's CV

 

Jacob Montgomery

Research Interests:

  • Offender Decision Making
  • Peer Interaction
  • Public Opinion
  • Restorative Justice

Contact: jpmontgomery@albany.edu  

 

Oona Newman

Research Interests:

  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Juvenile Recidivism
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Violent Crime

Contact: onewman@albany.edu

Oona Newman's CV

 

Rachel Novick

Research Interests:

  • Race and crime
  • Desistance
  • Criminal justice reform
  • Mixed methods

Contact: rnovick@albany.edu

Rachel Novick's CV

 

Taylor Oathout

Research Interests:

  • Violent Crime
  • Psychopathology
  • Serial Murder
  • Sexual Crimes and Paraphilias

Contact: toathout@albany.edu

Taylor Oathout's CV

 

Baruch Rainey

Research Interests:

  • Identity and Inequality
  • Antisemitism
  • Youth Justice
  • Queer Criminology

Contact: brainey@albany.edu

Baruch Rainey's CV

 

Lili Rao

Research Interests:

  • Criminal Justice Policy
  • Public Opinion

Contact: lrao@albany.edu

Lili Rao's CV

 

JeeWon Ryu

Research Interests:

  • Media Portrayal of Juvenile Offenders
  • Juvenile Justice Policy
  • Juvenile Justice System
  • Age of Criminal Responsibility

Contact: jryu@albany.edu

JeeWon Ryu's CV

 

Nathaniel Schutten

Research Interests:

  • Gun ownership, gun control, and gun attitudes
  • Public opinion about criminal justice policy and correctional reform
  • Survey Methodology and Experimental Design

Contact: nschutten@albany.edu

Nathaniel Schutten's CV

 

Allee von Stackelberg

Research Interests:

  • Criminal Justice Policy
  • Decision Making
  • Mixed Methods
  • Law and Legal Reform

Contact: avonstackelberg@albany.edu

Allee von Stackelberg's CV

 

Caitlin Udas

Research Interests:

  • Victimology
  • Crime in Media

Contact: cudas@albany.edu

Caitlin Udas' CV

 

Megan Mae Willows

Research Interests:

  • Gender & Violence
  • Feminist Criminology
  • Survivorship
  • Comparative Criminology
  • Gender & Migration 

Contact: malsleben@albany.edu

Megan Mae Willows' CV

 

Sishi Wu

Research Interests:

  • Death penalty
  • Wrongful conviction
  • Law
  • Policy

Contact: sishiwu@albany.edu

Sishi Wu's CV

 

 

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