Current Students
Here is a list of currently-enrolled students in our PhD program. Please contact Kimberly Stanger at kimberlystanger@umsl.edu or mcpec@umsl.edu for updates/corrections. All offices are located in Lucas Hall.
| Name | Cohort | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Boxerman | 2019 | 332 | rdb359@mail.umsl.edu |
| Ashley Cox | 2019 | 532 | adcxcb@mail.umsl.edu |
| Anna Heinzmann | 2023 | 331 | at5kc@umsl.edu |
| Victoria Inzana | 2019 | 541 | vidn2@mail.umsl.edu |
| Timothy Kauer | 2022 | 333 | tim.kauer@mail.umsl.edu |
| Sarah Kirk | 2020 | 538 | skxwz@mail.missouri.edu |
| Emelyne Lane | 2023 | 541 | el543@umsl.edu |
| Ernesto Lopez | 2018 | 543 | elhrk@mail.umsl.edu |
| Ellie Lyne | 2021 | 537 | emlctb@mail.missouri.edu |
| Pious Maedzenge | 2022 | 330 | pdmg4b@umsl.edu |
| Amanda Miller | 2017 | 530 | amgbb@mail.umsl.edu |
| Seungyeon Song | 2023 | 331 | ss5dw@umsl.edu |
| Konstadina Spanoudakis | 2022 | 537 | konstadinaspanoudakis@mail.umsl.edu |
| Tianyi Zhang | 2023 | 534 | tzh5k@umsl.edu |
Dissertations
Here is a list of all PhD Dissertations defended in the Department. Abstracts are also available by clicking on the title of any of the works listed below.
| Year | Name | Dissertation Title | Committee (*Chair) |
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| 2024 | Faraneh Shamserad |
Immigration, Moral Panics, and Punishment: The Impact of Media Coverage and Public Interest on Jail Incarceration
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Adam Boessen* Marisa Omori Lee Ann Slocum Stephanie DiPietro |
| 2024 | Lauren Morgan |
A Multisite Qualitative Analysis of the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: Implications for Dual System Youth
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Beth Huebner* Christopher Sullivan Marisa Omori Megan Comfort |
| 2023 | Ben Hamilton | Kyle Thomas* Lee Ann Slocum Christopher Sullivan Thomas Loughran |
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| 2023 | Alessandra Early | Marisa Omori* Lee Ann Slocum Samantha Simon Matthew Ball |
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| 2023 | Andrea Giuffre | Beth Huebner* Lee Ann Slocum Peggy Giordano Elaine Eggleston Doherty |
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| 2023 | Claire Greene | Lee Ann Slocum* Marisa Omori David Klinger Rachel Ellis |
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| 2022 | Dale Dan-Irabor | Lee Ann Slocum* Janet Lauritsen Beth Huebner Michelle Smirnova |
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| 2022 | Cherrell Green | I Been Through a Storm a Lot of People Wouldn’t Have Came Out Of”: Examining Resiliency Among Black Men Exposed to Violence (ETV) | Lee Ann Slocum* Stephanie DiPietro Heidi Grundetjern Jody Miller |
| 2022 | Luis C. Torres | An Examination of the Effects of Workgroup Characteristicson Criminal Case Processing and Case Outcomes | Lee A. Slocum* Marisa Omori Beth M. Huebner Andres F. Rengifo |
| 2021 | Jennifer O'Neill | Schools on the frontlines of governance: How the convergence of criminal justice and education shapes adolescent perceptions and behavior | Lee Slocum* Stephanie DiPietro Janet Lauritsen Kyle Thomas |
| 2020 | Paige Vaughn | Dual Disadvantage: An Examination of Racial Disparities in Victim and Suspect Criminal Justice Treatment | Janet Lauritsen* Richard Rosenfeld Beth Huebner David Klinger Brian Johnson |
| 2020 | Kristina Thompson | Revisiting Rural Crime: The Contributions of Labor Markets and Interdependency | Matt Vogel* Beth Huebner Adam Boessen Matthew Lee |
| 2020 | Jennifer Medel | Peace at Last or Just a Piece of Paper? Assessing the Utilization and Efficacy of Civil Protection Orders and Reported Violations | David Klinger* Matt Vogel Karlijn Kuijpers Kristin Carbone-Lopez |
| 2020 | Theodore Lentz | Path Dependence in Geographic Crime Patterns | Janet Lauritsen* Beth Huebner Adam Boessen Richard Rosenfeld P. Jeffrey Brantingham |
| 2019 | Saundra Trujillo | A Dynamic Approach to Understanding Immigration, Ethnicity and Violent Crime in Chicago Communities | Finn-Aage Esbensen* Adam Boessen Stephanie DiPietro Charis Kubrin Maria Velez |
| 2019 | Amanda Bolton | "I Am Whatever You Say I Am": The Social Construction of Identity in Rural Drug-Using Women's Narratives | Elaine Eggleston Doherty* Stephanie DiPietro Terrance J. Taylor Jody Miller |
| 2018 | Joshua Williams | Assessing the Impact of County-Level Factors on Pretrial Detention Decisions | Michael Campbell* Richard Rosenfeld Lee Ann Slocum John Wooldredge |
| 2018 | Aaron Levin | Understanding Micro-Spatial Crime Patterns: A Comprehensive Trajectory Analysis of Violent Crime at Street Segments in St. Louis, MO | Janet Lauritsen* Richard Rosenfeld Adam Boessen Elizabeth Groff |
| 2018 | Timothy McCuddy | Online Socialization and Delinquency: Expanding the Study of Peer Influence in Criminology | Matt Vogel* Finn Esbensen Janet Lauritsen Kyle Thomas Jean McGloin |
| 2017 | Allen Shamow | Homicide and the World Religions | Richard Rosenfeld* Janet Lauritsen Michael Campbell Susanne Karstedt |
| 2017 | Brooke Mayfield | The Effectiveness of Treatment As Policy for Sex Offenders | Beth Huebner* Lee Slocum Stephanie DiPietro Alexander Holsinger |
| 2017 | CheyOnna Sewell | Gender Inequality, Intersectionality, and Violence Against Women: A National- and State-level Analysis of Violence Against Women Trends | Janet Lauritsen* Lee Ann Slocum Karlijn Kuijpers Hillary Potter |
| 2017 | Michael J. Deckard | Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Temporal Stability of Crime Hot Spots and the Criminology of Place | Richard Rosenfeld* Beth Huebner Lee Ann Slocum Daniel Isom, II David Weisburd |
| 2017 | Niquita Loftis | Supervised Release Sentences of Child Pornography Offenders in U.S. District Courts: An Examination of Disparity | Lee Slocum* Finn Esbensen Beth Huebner Cassia Spohn |
| 2017 | Maribeth L. Rezey | Understanding the Decline in Child Victimization: A National- and State-Level Analysis of Child Abuse and Neglect Trends | Janet Lauritsen* Richard Rosenfeld Lee Slocum Cathy Spatz Widom |
| 2016 | Jordan C. Pickering | To Shoot or Not to Shoot: An Analysis of Police Officers' Deadly Force Decision-Making Processes | David Klinger* Kristin Carbone-Lopez Finn Esbensen Geoffrey Alpert |
| 2016 | Jaclyn M. Cwick | Expanding Coercive Mobility Theory: Women's Forms of Capital and Neighborhood Social Control | Elaine Eggleston Doherty* Robert J. Bursik, Jr. Stephanie DiPietro Beth Huebner James Lynch |
| 2016 | Shytierra Gaston | Race, Neighborhood Context, and Drug Enforcement: A Mixed-Method Analysis of Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests | Richard Rosenfeld* Janet Lauritsen Michael Campbell Rod Brunson |
| 2015 | Mikh V. Gunderman | Loss, Hope, and Redemption: The Consequences of Methamphetamine use in a Sample of Incarcerated Women | Kristin Carbone-Lopez* Lee Slocum Stephanie DiPietro Jody Miller |
| 2015 | Timothy Dickinson | Talk and Deterrence in Drug Markets | Richard Rosenfeld* Richard Wright* Kristin Carbone-Lopez Janet Lauritsen Scott Jacques |
| 2014 | J. Michael Vecchio | The Role of Violence within and across Self-identified Gang Youth | Finn Esbensen* Beth Huebner Terrance J. Taylor Jody Miller |
| 2014 | Stephanie Wiley | The Amplification of Deviance Following Police Contact: An Examination of Individual and Neighborhood Factors among a Sample of Youth | Finn-Aage Esbensen* Robert J. Bursik, Jr. Lee Ann Slocum Karen Heimer |
| 2014 | Ekaterina Gorislavsky | Racial-Ethnic Differences in Rape and Sexual Assault Victimization: A Pooled Analysis of NCVS Data, 1994-2010 |
Janet Lauritsen* Richard Rosenfeld Kristin Carbone- Lopez Karen Heimer |
| 2014 | Kimberly Kras | Redemption or Condemnation? A Long-Term Follow-up of the Desistance Patterns of Sex Offenders | Beth Huebner* Lee Ann Slocum Stephanie DiPietro Shadd Maruna |
| 2013 | Hyon Namgung | How Do Specialized Units Affect the Outputs of Police Organizations?: Investigating the Effect of Community Policing Units on Community Policing Activities in Local Police Departments | David Klinger* Finn Esbensen Robert Bursik Edward Maguire |
| 2013 | Ethan Amidon | Lightning Strikes Twice: An Examination of the Political Factors Associated With State-Level Death Sentences and Executions in the United States, 1930-2012 | Richard Rosenfeld* Richard Wright Michael Campbell Bruce Western |
| 2013 | Jennifer Owens | Defining Stalking and its Relationship to Other Forms of Violent and Property Victimization: An Analysis of NCVS Data | Janet Lauritsen* Lee Ann Slocum Kristin Carbone-Lopez Lynn Addington |
| 2012 | Breanne Pleggenkuhle | The Effect of Legal Financial Obligations on Reentry Experiences | Beth M. Huebner* Bob Bursik Stephanie DiPietro Faye Taxman |
| 2011 | Andrea Nichols | Feminist Advocacy in Community Based Responses to Domestic Violence: Gendered Identity, Ideology and Practices | Kristin Carbone-Lopez* Lee Ann Slocum Richard Wright Jody Miller |
| 2011 | Dena Carson | Examining the Effect of Changes in the Peer Group on Attitudes: A Longitudinal Approach | Finn Esbensen* Janet Lauritsen Lee Ann Slocum Jean McGloin |
| 2011 | Nicole White | The Economy-Crime Relationship Revisited: The Significance of Recent Macroeconomic and Social Policy Changes for Poverty and Youth Violence Trends | Janet L. Lauritsen* Kristin Carbone-Lopez Finn Esbensen Karen Heimer |
| 2011 | Brian Oliver | Recidivism: A Multi-Level Explanation | Rick Rosenfeld* Beth Huebner Andres Rengifo Joan Petersilia |
| 2011 | Kimberly Martin | A Multilevel Analysis of County and State Variation in the Severity of Sentences Imposed in Large Urban Courts | Beth Huebner* Eric Baumer* Andres Rengifo Brian Johnson |
| 2011 | Brendan Dooley | Whither Criminology?: On the State of Criminology's Paradigm | Rick Rosenfeld* Richard Wright David Klinger Joachim Savelsberg |
| 2010 | Pernell Witherspoon | Minority Group Threat and Racial Profiling: An Analysis of Pretextual Traffic Stops and Outcomes in Missouri Municipalities | Rick Rosenfeld* G. David Curry Jody Miller Jeff Rojek |
| 2010 | Scott Jacques | A Guide to Drug Dealing | Richard Wright* Rick Rosenfeld Jody Miller Mark Cooney |
| 2010 | Michele Stacey | Bias Crime and Minority Threat | Rick Rosenfeld* Lee Ann Slocum Kristin Carbone-Lopez Eric Stewart |
| 2009 | Bradley T. Brick | Race, Social Context, and School Punishment: An Examination of Disparity in School Discipline | Finn Esbensen* Janet Lauritsen Lee Ann Slocum Eric A. Stewart |
| 2009 | Mark T. Berg | Understanding the Persistence of the Victimization-Offending Relationship: Modeling Causal Mechanisms Across Place and Time | Janet Lauritsen* Rick Rosenfeld Finn Esbensen Rolf Loeber |
| 2009 | Jennifer Cobbina | From Prison to Home: Women's Pathways In and Out of Crime | Jody Miller* Beth Huebner Richard Wright Patricia O'Brien |
| 2008 | Janice R. Hill | Prosecuting child sexual abuse offenders: a case study of victim, family, offender, incident, and evidentiary characteristics | Janet Lauritsen* Beth Huebner Richard Wright Lois Pierce |
| 2008 | Karin Tusinski | The causes and consequences of bullying | Rick Rosenfeld* Eric Baumer* Callie Rennison Scott Decker |
| 2008 | Robin J. Schaum | The marriage certificate as a shield?: the role of marital status on violent victimization | Janet Lauritsen* Eric Baumer Beth Huebner Karen Heimer |
| 2007 | Robert J. Fornango | Structural changes and neighborhood homicide trends in St. Louis, Missouri, 1980--2000: A multi-level and spatial analysis | Rick Rosenfeld* Eric Baumer Beth Huebner Glenn Deane |
| 2007 | Daniel Isom II | Effects of constituent influence on pursuit policy decisions: A case study on the St. Louis Police Department policy | David Klinger* Beth Huebner Scott Decker James Gilsinan |
| 2007 | Timothy Maher | Cops on the make: officers' views on the nature and extent of police sexual misconduct and how to control it | Richard Wright* Beth Huebner Scott Decker |
| 2007 | Chris E. Melde | Peer-group composition and the perceived risk of victimization: modeling fear of crime in a school-based sample | Finn Esbensen* Beth Huebner Eric Stewart L. Thomas Winfree |
| 2006 | Adam Watkins | Isolating student, school, and community effects on school weapon carrying | Scott Decker* Eric Baumer Rick Rosenfeld Eric Stewart Pamela Wilcox |
| 2006 | Adam M. Bossler | Testing fundamental control balance theory propositions: examining the causes/correlates of control balance ratios. general deviance, and deviant acts within ranges of control balance desirability | David Klinger* Eric Baumer Beth Huebner Charles Tittle |
| 2006 | Toya Like | Separate and unequal risks for victimization? An examination of city-level conditions on victimization risks | Janet Lauritsen* Eric Baumer Bob Bursik Ruth Peterson |
| 2005 | Lynn S. Urban | The deterrent effect of curfew enforcement: Operation Nightwatch in St. Louis | Scott Decker* G. David Curry Finn Esbensen Beth Huebner |
| 2005 | Jeff Rojek | Organizing to manage risk: the operations of a police tactical unit | David Klinger* Scott Decker Jody Miller Paul Roth |
| 2005 | Stephen Schnebly | Community variation in the nature of crime reporting | Eric Baumer* Janet Lauritsen David Klinger William Wells |
| 2005 | Thomas Holt | Hacks, cracks, and crime: An examination of the subculture and social organization of computer hackers | Jody Miller* Scott Decker G. David Curry Vicki Sauter |
| 2004 | Chris Mullins | Masculinities, street life, and violence: a qualitative secondary examination | Jody Miller* Richard Wright Rick Rosenfeld George McCall |
| 2004 | Dennis M. Mares | Civilization, economic change, and trends in interpersonal violence | Rick Rosenfeld* Scott Decker Richard Wright Gerda Ray |
| 2004 | Shannan Catalano | An examination of the convergence between police recording and victim reporting of serious violent crime, 1973-2002 | Janet Lauritsen* Rick Rosenfeld Bob Bursik Bryan Marshall |
| 2003 | Arlen Egley | Levels of involvement: differences between gang, gang-marginal, and nongang youth | G. David Curry* Scott Decker Bob Bursik Jody Miller Robert Calsyn |
| 2003 | Noelle E. Fearn | Community context and sentencing decisions: a multilevel analysis | Eric Baumer* Bob Bursik Scott Decker George McCall |
| 2003 | Ann Dirks-Linhorst | An evaluation of a family court diversion program for delinquent youth with chronic mental health needs | G. David Curry* Janet Lauritsen Bob Bursik Lia Nower |
| 2003 | Timothy M. Bray | The effect of socioeconomic disadvantage and racial isolation on neighborhood homicide | Rick Rosenfeld* Eric Baumer Bob Bursik Carol Kohfeld |
| 2002 | Elicka Peterson | Varieties of self-help in intimate partner homicide | Rick Rosenfeld* Janet Lauritsen Richard Wright George McCall |
| 2002 | Richard K. Ruddell | The influences of social disruption, social isolation and political disaffection on adult imprisonment trends | Eric Baumer* Scott Decker Norman White Rick Rosenfeld Terry Jones |
| 2001 | M. Dyan McGuire | Issues of equal protection and due process: race and gender correlates in Missouri's application of pretrial detention to juvenile offenders | Janet Lauritsen* Richard Wright Jody Miller Kimberly Kempf |
| 2001 | Lisa L. Sample | The social construction of the sex offender | Rick Rosenfeld* Richard Wright Bruce Jacobs Paul Roth |
| 2001 | George W. Burruss | The impact of defense counsel on the juvenile court workgroup | Scott Decker* G. David Curry Norman White George McCall |
Placements
Below is a list of placements by our PhD students.
| 2024 | ||
| Lauren Morgan | Research Assistant III, Resident Equity and Community Health (REACH) lab | The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI), Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College |
| Faraneh Shamserad | National Secure Data Services Policy Analyst Fellow | National Science Foundation |
| 2023 | ||
| Claire Greene | Visiting Professor | Webster University |
| Alessandra Early | Assistant Professor | John Jay College, City University of New York |
| Andrea Giuffre | Assistant Professor | California State University-San Bernardino |
| 2022 | ||
| Dale Dan-Irabor | Assistant Professor | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| Cherrell Green | Associate | Justice System Partners |
| Luis C. Torres | Assistant Professor | Temple University |
| 2021 | ||
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Jennifer O’Neill |
Assistant Professor |
Indiana University |
| 2020 | ||
| Jennifer Medel | Lecturer | University of the Pacific |
| Paige Vaughn | Postdoctoral Fellow | Yale University |
| Theodore Lentz | Assistant Professor | University of Wisconsin Milwaukee |
| Kristina Thompson | Assistant Professor | Georgia Southern University |
| 2019 | ||
| Amanda Bolton | ||
| Saundra Trujillo | Assistant Professor | New Mexico State University |
| 2018 | ||
| Michael Deckard | Assistant Professor | Old Dominion University |
| Aaron Levin | Geospatial Analyst | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
| Timothy McCuddy | Assistant Research Professor | University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| CheyOnna Sewell | Lecturer | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Allen Shamow | Counselor | Lake Orion Counseling Center |
| Joshua Williams | Assistant Professor | Arkansas State University |
| 2017 | ||
| Niquita Loftis | Supervising US Probation Officer | District of Nevada |
| Brooke Mayfield | Regional Investigations Supervisor | Missouri Department of Mental Health |
| Maribeth Rezey | Assistant Professor | Loyola University - Chicago |
| 2016 | ||
| Jaclyn Cwick | Assistant Professor | Grand Valley State University |
| Shytierra Gaston | Assistant Professor | Indiana University |
| Jordan Pickering | Assistant Professor | California State University, Fresno |
| 2015 | ||
| Timothy Dickinson | Assistant Professor | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Mikh Gunderman | Assistant Professor | Missouri Southern State University |
| 2014 | ||
| Ekaterina Gorislavsky | Assistant Professor | Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville |
| Kim Kras | Assistant ProfessorPostdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Massachusetts-LowellCenter for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!), George Mason University |
| J. Michael Vecchio | Assistant Professor | Loyola University - Chicago |
| Stephanie Wiley | Assistant Professor | Simon Fraser University |
| 2013 | ||
| Ethan Amidon | Assistant Professor | Missouri State University |
| Hyon Namgung | Assistant Professor | Metropolitan State University of Denver |
| Jennifer Owens | Assistant Professor | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 2012 | ||
| Breanne Pleggenkuhle | Assistant Professor | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale |
| 2011 | ||
| Dena Carson | Assistant Professor | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Brendan Dooley | Professorial LecturerProject Director | American UniversityOral History of Criminology Project |
| Kimberly Martin | Researcher | Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Justice |
| Andrea Nichols | Associate Professor | Saint Louis Community College |
| Brian Oliver | Criminologist, Researcher, Consultant | |
| Nicole White | ||
| 2010 | ||
| Scott Jacques | Associate Professor | Georgia State University |
| Michele Stacey | Assistant Professor | East Carolina University |
| Pernell Witherspoon | Associate Professor | Lindenwood University |
| 2009 | ||
| Mark Berg | Associate Professor | University of Iowa |
| Bradley Brick | Data Analyst | US Marine Corps Headquarters, SAPR |
| Jennifer Cobbina | Associate Professor | Michigan State University |
| 2008 | ||
| Janice R. Hill | Research Instructor | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine |
| Daniel Isom | General ManagerAdjunct Instructor | REJIS Commission (Regional Justice Information Service)University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| Robin Schaum | ||
| Karin Tusinski Miofsky | Assistant Professor | Lakeland College |
| 2007 | ||
| Robert Fornango | Senior Research Director, Data Science & Advanced Analytics | Health Services Advisory Group |
| Tim Maher | Teaching Professor | University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| Chris Melde | Associate Professor | Michigan State University |
| 2006 | ||
| Adam Bossler | Professor | Georgia Southern University |
| Toya Like-Haislip | Associate Professor | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| Adam Watkins | Associate Professor | Bowling Green State University |
| 2005 | ||
| Tom Holt | Professor | Michigan State University |
| Jeff Rojek | Associate Professor and Director, The Center for Law & Human Behavior | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Steve Schnebly | Associate Professor | University of Illinois, Springfield |
| Lynn Urban | Department Chair, Associate Professor | University of Central Missouri |
| 2004 | ||
| Shannan Catalano | Statistician | Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Justice |
| Chris Mullins | Professor, Director of University Studies | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
| 2003 | ||
| Anne Dirks-Linhorst | Professor | Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville |
| Arlen Egley | Assistant Professor | Truman State University |
| Noelle Fearn | Program Director, Associate Professor | Saint Louis University |
| Dennis Mares | Associate Professor | Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville |
| 2002 | ||
| Tim Bray | Director, Institute for Urban Policy Research | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Rick Ruddell | Professor | University of Regina |
| 2001 | ||
| George Burruss | Associate Professor | University of South Florida |
| Dyan McGuire | Associate Professor | Saint Louis University |
| 2000 | ||
| Elicka Peterson Sparks | Professor, Director of Honors Program | Appalachian State University |
| Lisa Sample | Reynolds Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service | University of Nebraska-Omaha |
