Current Doctoral Students
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Recent Graduates
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002


Current Doctoral Students
Past Positions Research interests Recent Publications
Amanda K. Burgess-Proctor
B.S. Criminal Justice and Psychology, Grand Valley State University (1999)
M.S. Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (2001)

Contact information
School of Criminal Justice

560 Baker Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: burges26@msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/~burges26/ 

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-Research Assistant for Dr. Tim Bynum (2000-2003)

-Instructor, CJ 220 and CJ 456 (2003-2004)

- Teaching Assistant, CJ 887 (Fall 2004)

- Research Assistant for Dr. Christina DeJong (2004-2005)

Domestic violence, sexual assault & crimes against women, family violence & juvenile delinquency, feminist theory, intersections of race, class, gender, & crime

Cognate area: Structural Inequality

Major Professor: Dr. Christina DeJong

Committee Members: Dr. Merry Morash, Dr. Steven Chermak, Dr. Maxine Baca Zinn (Department of Sociology

Burgess-Proctor, Amanda. (2006). Intersections of race, class, gender, and crime: Future directions for feminist criminology. Feminist Criminology, 1(1), 27-47.

DeJong, Christina and Amanda Burgess-Proctor. (2006). A summary of personal protection order statutes in the United States. Violence Against Women, 12(1), 68-88.

Burgess-Proctor, Amanda. (2003). Evaluating the efficacy of protection orders for victims of domestic violence. Women & Criminal Justice, 15(1), 33-54.

Jinseong Cheong
B.A., Public Administration, Korea National Police University (1996)
M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University (2003)

Contact information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 439 Baker
Phone: (517) 353-4888
Email: cheongji@msu.edu

-Teaching Assistant, CJ 908 (Fall 2005)
Research Assistant for Christopher Maxwell
(Fall 2003 -Spring 2005)

Communities and crime, crime mapping, crime and inequality

Major Professor:
Dr. Christopher Maxwell

Committee Members:
Dr. Christopher Maxwell (Chair), Dr. Edmund McGarrell, Dr. Merry Morash, Dr. Craig Harris (Department of Sociology)

 
Anne M. Corbin
B.A., Psychology (Forensic Concentration) and A.S., Criminal Justice, Castleton State College (1994)
M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, George Mason University (1997)
J.D., George Mason University School of Law (2000)

Contact Information:
560 Baker Hall
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: Baker 124
Office phone: 517-432-1109
email: corbinan@msu.edu

Current Position: Research Assistant for Dr. Steve Dow Law, legal and judicial training, social science use and training in the judiciary, the legal profession, organizations and management

Cognate Area: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Major Professor
: Dr. Steve Dow
Nicholas A. Corsaro
Bachelor of Arts, Major: Criminal Justice. Indiana University, Bloomington. (2001)
Master of Arts in Criminal Justice. Indiana University, Bloomington. (2003).

Contact Information
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: Baker 140
Office Phone: 517-432-3053
email: corsaron@msu.edu
webpage: www.msu.edu/~corsaron
Current Position: Research Assistant for the MSU Project Safe Neighborhoods Study Social Disorganization Theory, Communities and Crime, Restorative Justice, Crime Mapping, and Quantitative Statistical Techniques

Cognate Area: Communities and Crime

Major Professor: Dr. Edmund McGarrell
 
Margaret A. (Penny) Fischer
B.S., Criminal Justice, Grand Valley State University (1981)
M.S., Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (1992)
J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1995)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-6366
Email: fische15@msu.edu

-Police Lieutenant (1981-present)

-Adjunct Instructor, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice (2005-present)

Gender and policing, intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality within criminal justice systems, terrorism, and emergency management

Major Professor:
Dr. Christina DeJong

Committee Members:
Dr. Christina DeJong (Chair), Dr. Steven Chermak

 
Melissa Garmo
B.S., Biopsychology and Cognitive Science, University of Michigan (2000)
M.A., Forensic Psychology, University of Denver (2003)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 124 Baker
Phone: (517) 432-1109
Email: garmomel@msu.edu

-Instructor, CJ 110 (Summer 2006), CJ 292 (Fall 2006 and Spring 2007)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Christopher Smith (2005-present)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Judith Collins (2004-2005)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Dave Roush (2003-2004)

Law, courts, and the application of psychological knowledge to criminal justice. Specific focus on jury decision-making and the effects of expert witness testimony.

Major Professor:
Dr. Christopher Smith

Committee Members:
Dr. Christopher Smith (Chair), Dr. Merry Morash, Dr. Christina DeJong, Dr. Norbert Kerr (Department of Psychology)

 

Eric Grommon
B.A., Criminal/Social Justice, Lewis University (2002)
M.S., Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (2005)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 138 Baker
Phone: (517) 432-2274
Email: grommone@msu.edu

-Research Assistant for Dr. Timothy Bynum (2003-Present)

Communities and crime, corrections, firearm offending, drug use and crime, research methods, and evaluation research

 
Cedrick G. Heraux
B.A., Criminal Justice, Purdue University (1996)
M.A., Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany (1998)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 378 CAS
Phone: (517) 353-5982
Email: herauxce@msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/~herauxce/professional.htm 

 

Police-citizen violence, crime mapping and analysis (GIS)

Cognate area: social psychology, inequality issues

Major Professor
: Dr. Christopher D. Maxwell


Committee Members
:
Dr. Christopher Maxwell, Chair,
Dr. Christina DeJong, Dr. Edmund McGarrell, Dr. William Davidson(Department of Psychology)

 
Jason R. Ingram
B.A. Administration of Justice, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (2001)
M.A. Administration of Justice, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (2003)

Contact Information:
560 Baker Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
E-Mail: ingramja@msu.edu

-Research Assistant for Dr. Timothy Bynum (August 2003-Present)

-Research/Teaching Assistant for Dr. David Carter (January 2004-Present)

-Research/Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (2002-2003)

Policing, Organizational theory, Research methods

Cognate Area Organizational Behavior

Major Professor

Dr. Timothy Bynum

 

Joseph D. Johnson
B.A., Political Science, Southwest Minnesota State University (2003)
B.S., Justice Administration, Southwest Minnesota State University (2003)
M.A., Sociology, University of Northern Iowa (2005)

Contact Information:
Michigan State University

School of Criminal Justice
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
E-Mail: john2446@msu.edu

-Research Assistant for Dr. Vincent Hoffman (Fall 2005)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Mahesh Nalla (Fall 2005 and Spring 2006)

-Teaching Assistant, CJ 801 (Fall 2005 and Spring 2006)

Social Justice, Intersections of race, class, gender and crime, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Juvenile Delinquency

Major Professor
Dr. Mahesh Nalla

Leiber, M., J. Johnson, and K. Fox, 2006. An Examination of the Factors that Influence Justice Decision Making in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska: An Assessment Study. Forthcoming.

Leiber, M. and J. Johnson, 2006. "Being Young and Black: What are Their Effects on Intake Juvenile Justice Decision Making and Have they Change?" Forthcoming.
Jung-Mi Kim
Bachelor of Law, Criminal Justice, Kyonggi University (2000)
M.S. Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (2002)
Ph.D. Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (Expected 2006)

Contact information
School of Criminal Justice
560 Baker Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: kimjun10@msu.edu
Web Page: www.msu.edu/~kimjun10
-Teaching Assistant for Dr. Vincent Hoffman (2001)

-Teaching Assistant for Dr. Vincent Hoffman (2002-2003 )


- Research Assistant for Dr. Chris Smith (2002-2003)
Policing, Juvenile Delinquency, Comparative/International Justice, Criminological Theory

Cognate areas: Sociology

Major Professor:
Dr. Merry Morash
 

Dae-Hoon Kwak
B.L., Criminal Justice (specialized in Corrections), Kyonggi University, South Korea (2000)
M.A., Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha (2004)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 134 Baker
Office: (517) 355-6653
Email: kwakdaeh@msu.edu

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-Research Assistant, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (2004- Present)

-Research Assistant, Juvenile Justice Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha (2003-2004)

- Research Assistant, Department of Corrections, Kyonggi University, South Korea (1999-2001)

Community contexts on crime, police, and sentencing process, crime analysis, and crime forecasting

Major Professor:
Dr. Christopher Maxwell

Committee Members:
Dr. Christopher Maxwell (Chair), Dr. Edmund McGarrell, Dr. William Terrill, Dr. Judy Olson (Department of Geography)

Morash, Merry, Robin Haarr, and Dae-Hoon Kwak (2006), Multilevel Influences on Police Stress, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 22(1): 26-43.

Kwak, Dae-Hoon (2005). Changing Attitudes to Punishment: Public Opinion, Crime and Justice. Edited by Julian V. Roberts and Mike Hough. Portland, Oregon: Willan Publishing. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 29(1): 117-119.

Academic Awards/Honors:
The Winner, The Student Paper Competition (2004) sponsored by the Division on Corrections and Sentencing of the American Society of Criminology

Best Thesis Award, 4th National Criminal Justice Thesis Competition (2003) sponsored by Korean Institute of Criminology.

Chang-Hun Lee
B.A., German Language and Literature, HanYang University, Korea (1998)
M.S., Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (2001)

Contact information
School of Criminal Justice

560 Baker Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 381-5239
(517) 410-6967
Email: leechan7@msu.edu, or leechanghun@yahoo.com
Web Page: www.msu.edu/~leechan7
-Teaching Assistant (CJ110, CJ292: 2002)

-Co-Instructor (CJ455, Summer 2002)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Marry Morash (Detroit Women Homicide, 2001 - 2002)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Vincent Hoffman (Korean Juvenile Delinquency, Military Crime, 2000-2001)

Criminal justice policy, policing, profiling, military crime, computer crime

Cognate areas:
Sociology & Psychology


Major Professors:
Dr. Frank Horvath

Lee, Chang-Hun (2002). Book review of Informers: Policing,Policy ,Practice. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (Spring 2002, Volume 26)

Lee, Chang-Hun (forthcoming). An Exploratory Research on U.S. Army Personnel's Violent Crimes in the U.S. and Korea: A Perspective of Military Subculture. Pending publication in Korea.
Ryan B. Martz
B.A., Criminal Justice, Indiana University (2002)
M.S., Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (2004)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 138 Baker
Phone: (517) 432-2274
Email: martzrya@msu.edu

-Research Assistant for Dr. Timothy Bynum (2002-present) Hate crimes, restorative justice

Major Professor:
Dr. Steven Chermak

Committee Members:
Dr. Steven Chermak (Chair), Dr. Timothy Bynum, Dr. Edmund McGarrell, Dr. Steven Gold (Department of Sociology)

 
Suyeon Park
B.S., Political Science, Ewha Womans University (1998)
M.S., Political Science, Ewha Womans University (2001)

Contact Information:
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: 344 Nisbet
Phone: (517) 432-3345
Email: parksu2@msu.edu

-Research Assistant for Dr. Merry Morash (2005-2006)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Vincent Hoffman (2004-2005)

-Research Assistant for Dr. Judith Collins and Dr. John McCluskey (2003-2004)

Violence against migrant women, domestic violence, criminological theory, comparative studies

Major Professor:
Dr. Merry Morash

Committee Members:
Dr. Merry Morash (Chair), Dr. Vincent Hoffman, Dr. Sheila Royo Maxwell, Dr. Brendan Mullan (Department of Sociology)

 
M. Michaux Parker
BS North Carolina Central University (1994)
MS North Carolina Central University (2003)

Contact Information
560 Baker Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
E-mail parke138@msu.edu
Current Position:
Research Assistant for Dr. Merry Morash
Gangs, Criminal Organizations, Urban Sociology and Contemporary Globalization Theory.

Cognate:
Urban Sociology

Major Professor:
Dr. Charles Corley
 


Congratulations to our recent graduates:

2006
2005
2004
Dr. Ed Banks
Dr. Eui Gab Hwang
Dr. David Lilley
Dr. Carol Zimmermann
Dr. Mischelle Stone Dr. John Blair
Dr. Donald Craig
Dr. Sameer Hinduja
Dr. Kristy Holtfreter
Dr. Brandon Kooi
Dr. Roni Mayzer
Dr. Robert Meesig
Dr. Byong ook Moon
Dr. Justin Patchin
Dr. Yan Zhang
2003
2002
 
Dr. Somvadee ChaiYavej
Dr. Jessica Davis
Dr. Alex Obi Ekwuaju
Dr. Beth M. Huebner
Dr. Yung Hyeock Lee
Dr. Sean Varano
Dr. Todd Bricker
Dr. Meghan Stoshine-Chandek
Dr. Jeffrey M. Cancino
 

 

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