Graduates

  • PhD in Criminal Justice

    2022

    Fiona Chan

    Corporate Crime Enforcement with Machine Learning--A Multidisciplinary Risk Factor Approach

    Chair: Dr. Carole Gibbs
    Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington

    Mark Gibson

    Action-Oriented Studies in Green Criminology and a Harmful Trade in Pet Wildlife in Trinidad and Tobago

    Chair: Dr. Steve Chermak
    Initial Placement: Director, Nurture Nature Campaign; Project Manager, Sustainable Innovation Initiatives

    2021

    Jin Ree Lee

    Understanding signals within the online stolen data market: An examination of vendors' signaling behaviors relative to stolen data price points
    Chair: Dr. Tom Holt
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, George Mason University

    Roberta Liggett-O'Malley

    Connecting Neighborhoods and Psychosocial Development: Exploring Racial Disparities in Youth Violence
    Chair: Dr. Caitlin Cavanagh
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, University of South Florida

    Michelle Malkin

    Problem Gambling, General Strain Theory and Gender
    Chair: Dr. Christina DeJong
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, East Carolina University

    2020

    Alaina DeBiasi Podges

    The Search for the Broken Windows Tipping Point: A Dose-Response Propensity Score Assessment of the Relationship between Disorder and Violent Crime
    Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell
    Initial placement: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of California Davis

     

    Brent Klein

    Pathways to School Shootings: Toward a Dual-Process Developmental-Situational Model of Choice
    Chair: Dr. Steve Chermak
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina

     

    Sung Uook Lee

    Why Do People Comply and Cooperate with the Police? A Cultural Explanation
    Chairs: Dr. Joseph Hamm, Dr. Mahesh Nalla
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, University of Southern Indiana

     

    Rebecca Malinski

    Elaborating Self-Control, Routine Activities, and Social Disorganization Theories to Explain School-Based Victimization
    Chair: Dr. Tom Holt
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, Moravian College

    2019

    Yi Ting Chua

    Understanding Radicalization Process in Online Far-Right Extremist Forums Using Social Influence Model
    Chair: Dr. Tom Holt
    Initial placement: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Cybercrime Centre

     

    Alison Cox

    Managing Barriers to Visitation Together: A Qualitative Examination of Family Members Active in Support Groups
    Chair: Dr. Christina DeJong
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa

     

    Gregory Drake

    Evaluating Blue Courage: A National Evaluation of the Blue Courage Training Program
    Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell
    Initial placement: Senior Research Associate, Rochester Institute of Technology

     

    Marva Goodson

    Female Offenders' Egocentric Social Networks and Access to Needed Resources
    Chair: Dr. Merry Morash
    Initial placement: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Vanderbilt University

     

    Ka Wai Li

    The Applicability of Social Structure and Social Learning Theory to Explain Severe Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration across National Contexts
    Chair: April Zeoli
    Initial placement: Data Analyst, Rutgers University

    2018

    Gio Circo

    The Effect of Integrated CCTV Camera Systems on Crime in Public Places: An Evaluation of Detroit "Green Light"
    Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, University of New Haven

     

    Lauren Magee

    Understanding the Spatial Concentration of Fatal and Non-Fatal Shooting through Social Disorganization and Collective Efficacy
    Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell
    Initial placement: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Indiana University School of Medicine

     

    Robert Peacock

    Applying Tyler's Process-Based Model of Legitimacy in a Developing Country
    Chair: Dr. Sanja Kutnjak
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, Florida International University

    2017

    Michael Cassidy

    Examining Interjudge Punishment Disparities and Judicial Sentencing Patterns within Court Communities
    Chair: Dr. Carole Gibbs
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, Niagara University


    Jina Lee

    Interactions between victims of intimate partner violence and the police: Women's future intentions to call the police
    Chair: April Zeoli
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University


    Seung Paek

    Private Security Officers' Perceptions of Police Legitimacy in South Korea: Implications for police-private security cooperation
    Chair: Mahesh Nalla
    Initial placement: Assistant Professor, SUNY-Oswego


    Ksenia Petlakh

    Reforming Michigan's Criminal Indigent Defense Systems: Chief Judges' and Court Administrators' Experiences and Perceptions
    Chair: Ed McGarrell
    Initial placement: SUNY-Delhi


    Sarah St. George

    Assessing the Vulnerability in Targets of Lethal Domestic Extremism
    Chair: Steve Chermak
    Initial placement: Intelligence Analyst, Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center

  • Masters in Criminal Justice

    2021

    Hannah Best
    Eliza Briggs
    Jhaylee Busby
    Kiana Cleere
    Bradley Clegg
    Kara England
    Tiffany Green
    Benjamin Herrick
    Andrew Jadot
    Rachaelann Klink
    Ann McKelvie
    Amy Nichols

    2020

    Rachel Bieger
    Derek Burns

    Alyssa Fredericks - Juvenile-Justice and Dual System-Involved Youth: The Role of Primary Caregiver Monitoring Habits on Adolescent Offending
    Megan Gilliam
    Suzanne Hardesty
    Jessica Kindinger
    Vincent Liu -
    Attitudes toward Sexual Harassment: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Three Student Populations
    Lucas Mickelson
    Pardis Pezeshki Rad 
    Examining Political Radicalization using Significance Quest Theory (Terrorism Justifying Ideology Framework)
    Latrelle Pickens
    Dominque Reeber Romero
    Kevin Ruiz
    Matthew Spiteri
    Andrew Wang

    2019

    LaRisa Ballard
    Catherine Bureau
    Kyle Grenfell
    Amber Lilly
    Troy Maki
    Robert Manar
    Skyler MorganThe Media’s Representation of Gender and Domestic Terrorism
    Yongjae Nam - The Cause of College Students' Cyberbullying in Korea: Effect of Prior Victimization
    Marlen Varona-Jacobo
    Kayla Yuhase 
    Opening up the Black Box of Restorative Justice and Showing the Effects Family Group Conferencing has on Prisoners' Relationships with their Families

    2018

    DeMario Arnold
    Sarah Bauer
    Kylei Brown
    Erica Dalzell - Examining the Maturity Gap: Youth Self-Perceived Physical Development and Delinquency
    Brian Georgia
    Kayla Hoskins - Women Offenders’ Response to Victimization and Trauma, and its Relationship with Satisfaction with Life, Mental Illness, and Substance Use
    Jared Howe
    Emily McGuire
    Ross Militz
    Destany Moore
    Jasmin Newton
    Emily Norris
    Kevin Riley
    Kourtney Rodez
    Jeannie Wernet

    2017

    Olla Al-Araji
    Satkiran Bilkhu
    Morris Brown
    Samantha Castillo
    Nolan Gillespie
    David Guardiola
    Joseph Hockin
    Oluwatobi Ishola - Effect of suspect's gender on police use of physical force
    Tyler Kist
    Joseph Klam
    Amber Mandalari - Exploring the criminogenic need, risk of recidivism, official recidivism, and gang status in youth offenders
    Trevariana Mason - Strategies used by African Americans during Police Encounters and their effect on "The Talk" given to Black Children
    Benjamin McGowan
    Andrew McNulty
    Steven Pankiewicz
    Denzel Pugh
    Joshua Thelen
    Robert Vankirk
    Brittnie Wedel

  • Masters in Forensic Science

    2021

    Otyllia Abraham - Characterization and Identification of Crystalline Structures within Cannabis Solvent Extracts

     

    2020

    Rebecca Boyea - Association of Fired Cartridge Residues to Unburned Smokeless Powders using GC-MS and Multivariate Statistical Procedures

    Brianna Capistran - Kinetic Modeling Total Ion Chromatograms and Extracted Ion Profiles to Identify Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications

    Hannah Clause - Investigating the Robustness of a Statistical Method to Compare Mass Spectra of Fentanyl Analogs

    Amber Gerheart - Comparison of Multivariate Statistical Models for Classification of Fentanyl Analogs

    2019

    Natasha Eklund - Further Investigation of a Kinetic Model to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline

    Amanda Setser - Classification of Synthetic Phenethylamines and Tryptamines using Multivariate Statistical Procedures

    Emma Stuhmer - Statistical Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Positional Isomer Differentiation

    Breanna Wydra - Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Community Structure at a New Northern Latitude Forensic Research Facility and During Aquatic Decomposition

    2018

    Katelyn Kranz - Development of Polymorphic CODIS STR Primers for Unbalanced DNA Mixture Analyses

    Elena Watson - Lower limb activity and mobility patterns in medieval Nubia: A biomechanical approach of femoral and tibial cross-sectional geometry from Mis Island

    2017

    Alexandria Anstett - Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines using Low-Resolution and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Trevor Curtis - Chemical Analysis of Tattoo Inks to Aid in the Identification of Highly Decomposed Remains

    Cynthia Kaeser - Synthetic Cathinone Characterization and Isomer Identification Using Collision-Induced Dissociation Mass Spectrometry

    Maureen Moffit - The Evaluation of Macromorphoscopic Traits to Determine Secular Change Among a Sample of African and American Blacks

  • Masters in Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis (LEIA)

    2020

    Adam Baydoun - Alexa Bianchi - Kylei Brown - Carly Cerny - Justin Crawford - Kyra Dodson - Jeffrey Duttlinger - Chance Everidge - John Fox - Dominic Gabriel - Madison Lewis - Christopher Logan - Alyssa Mosby - Shayne Palmer - Margaret Scott - Kevin Withrow 

    2020

    Cody Appleton - Stephen Brannon - Amanda Bruner - Jacob Champagne - Mark Daray - Bailey Gosen - Donald Hanson - Rodney Jackson - Joel Jenkins - Brandon Lin - Danica Makowski - Maryam Masood - Madison Miller - Carlos Moreira - Andrea Pacheco - Samantha Parrish - Alison Price-McGinnis - Louie Schwartz - James Terrill - Dara Tovar - Jennifer Walters - Brittany Williams

    2019

    Jason Adams - Roman Clark - Amanda Cook - Shelby Dittmar - Michael Fry - Mallorie Gibbs - Kelly Ann Heim - John Joachim -Kayla Johnson - John Joyce - Mitchell Kittle - Mark Krug - Sabrina Lutz - Emily McLogan - Trevor Miller - Kevin Pagels - Emily Paymer - Shileah Pleasant - Nicholas Quinn - Nicole Rickard - Lisa Sanks - Austin Sansom - Eva Schwarzbach - Jan Taube-Quispe - Jeremy Thayer - Kyleigh Thompson - Alexander Triantafyllos - Rachel Vale - Scott Watson - Samantha Weiser - Aaron Windsor - Cassandra Winkel - Alec Withrow

    2018

    Amber Addi - Amy Alimo - Clem Berger - Michael Bovin - Colleen Burt - Stephanie Chace - Suzanne Courtemanche - Matthew Dolengowski - Lucas Gibson - Jonathan Hole - Shauna Jahnz - Aaron Johnson - Mouna Kennedy - Gina Kramer - Lauren Leonard - Jasmine McEvoy - Ryan McInerney - Katie Miedema - Connor Miller - Lindsey Miller - Nathan Miller - Ameka Mmoh - Dalila Omerovic - Suzanne Rutkowski - Taylor Shields - Dustin Smith - Jesse Spencer - Jessica Tassava - Tyler Tennies - Rachel Thrasher - Brandon Valentino - Jhandel Villarreal - Reuben Weeks - Andrew Whitford - Danielle Whitley

    2017

    Shawn Abela - Rachel Barraw - Alexander Bayleran - Kristin Bixman - Kelsey Brower - Jennifer Burger - Chris Cardona - Sarah Chamberlain - Cory Chavez - Nicholas Didyk - John Durkacz - John Edwards - Khiwan Edwards - Raphael Ranalli Mariano Fonseca - Paxton Gordon - Kyra-lin Hom - Ryan Kohler - Megan Kryska - Ryan Lea - Jade McEvoy - Katherine Murphy - Amanda Nettles - Alexander O'Connor - Chadwick Olms - Morgan Pilat - Christina Radak - Andrea Resendez - Evan Sisk - Martin Smith - Amanda Soltman - Katie Strainer - Evan Tomaszewski - Robert Vankirk - Erin Vickery

  • Masters in Judicial Administration

    2019

    Michael LaFave
    Stephanie Michele
    Brent Norris
    Kayla Parzynski
    Shryl Samborn
    Desiree St. Germain

    2018

    Ann Filkins
    Jacquelynn Derrig
    Kimberly Howard
    Aimee Primus
    Sarah Santini
    Kenlyn Snow

    2017

    Sarah Couture
    Theresa Ewing
    Travoria Robinson
    Stephanie Stewart
    Nina Vassallo
    Sylvia Williams