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SCCJ Doctoral Graduates and Dissertation Titles, 1997-2011

Kudos Graduate Students

Congratulations to Ben Gibbs, who recently accepted a tenure track position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Missouri. UCMO has both undergraduate and masters programs and is located in Warrensburg, Missouri. Ben will join two other UNO alums on the faculty at Central Missouri: Betsy Wright Kreisel (Department Chair) and Scott Chenault (Assistant Professor). Congratulations, Ben! This is great news to celebrate over the holidays!

Tusty Zohra

Congratulations are extended to Tusty Zohra for accepting a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, starting in August 2012. The Department of Criminal Justice consists of approximately 10 faculty and houses one of the more recently established doctoral programs in the field. Congratulations and best wishes in this position!

 

 

Doctoral Students on the Job Market

Listed below are CJ students or recent graduates who seeking positions. Their name, a short bio and a link to the resume or vita are included.

 

Mary Evans

Mary Evans is a PhD Candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a research assistant at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, where she conducts research on the privatization of child welfare and adult protective services in the state. She received her M.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska - Omaha (2007) and a B.S. Criminal Justice and Sociology from Northern Arizona University (2003).

Her primary research interests include developmental factors associated with adolescent delinquency, particularly the intersection between impairment, disability, and delinquency. Her dissertation is chaired by Dr. Amy L. Anderson and uses meta-analytic techniques to examine the effects of various high-incidence disabilities on delinquency, in addition how methodological variation among studies influences such relationships. Her broader research interests include research methodology and measurement, quantitative methods, program evaluation, and criminal/juvenile justice policy.

She has written a book chapter regarding the utility of sex offender community notification policies in Dr. William J. Chambliss' Crime and Punishment Series and also has co-authored a book chapter on the topic with Dr. Lisa L. Sample in Sex Offender Laws: Failed Policies and New Directions. Her previous research has also appeared in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Criminal Justice Policy Review, and the Journal of Criminal Justice Studies. Curriculum Vita

Current Graduate Assistants and Doctoral Students

Rita Augustyn
Rita Augustyn
Gender Studies, Media raugustyn@unomaha.edu
Bryan Bubolz
Bryan Bubolz
Corrections
Rehabilitation and re-entry programs
Neighborhoods and Crime
Gangs
bbubolz@unomaha.edu
Daniel Butler
Daniel Butler
Implementation of Correctional Policies, Probation and Parole, Supermax Prisons and Inmate Discipline, Terrorism. hdbutler@unomaha.edu
Calli Cain
Calli Cain
Women, Crime and Justice with an emphasis on Human Trafficking, Corrections, Criminological Theory, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Policies, Religious Violence. cmcain@unomaha.edu
Ejder Canbakis
(aka Dragon)
Policing
Criminology
ecanbakis@unomaha.edu
Mary Evans
Mary Evans
Criminal Justice Policy
Sex Offender Legislation
Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization
mkevans@unomaha.edu
Courtney Frei
Courtney Frei
Policing, Delinquency, Women and Crime. cfrei@unomaha.edu
Ben Gibbs International Criminal Justice & Law bgibbs@unomaha.edu
Dan Hall Gangs, Terrorism, Religious Violence djhall@unomaha.edu
Linda Jacoby State and Corporate Crime, Racism and Crime, Critical and Radical Criminology, Comparative Criminology, Macrocriminology, Social Justice. ljacoby@unomaha.edu
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
Cybercrime
Identity theft
Policing strategies
Philosophy of criminal justice
michaeljohnso4@unomaha.edu
Connie Koski
Connie Koski
Police-citizen relationships
International criminology & criminal justice
Hate crimes
ckoski@unomaha.edu
Yanhua Liu Criminological theory
Sentencing
Research methods
Comparative criminology
yanhualiu@unomaha.edu
Bob Lytle
Bob Lytle
Punishment attitudes
Capital punishment
Violence
rlytle@unomaha.edu
Sandra Petersen
Sandra Petersen
American Indian crime, law and social control
Police management
sandrapetersen@unomaha.edu
Dana Radatz
Dana Radatz
Intimate Partner Violence, Law and Society, Media and Violence, Prostitution, White Collar Crime. dradatz@unomaha.edu
Trisha Rhodes
Trisha Rhodes
Rural Policing, Problem-Oriented Policing, Community-Oriented Policing, Environmental Criminology, Police-Citizen Relations. trhodes@unomaha.edu
Danielle Schulz
Danielle Schulz
Forensic science focusing on court presentation and bias
Criminal justice in the media
dschulz@unomaha.edu
Karyn Sporer
Karyn Sporer
Ecology of Crime/Social Disorganization Theory, Mental Health and Violence, Mental Health in Prisons. ksporer@unomaha.edu
Ryan Vacanti Immigration, Race and Crime, Spatial Analysis, Applied Research, Neighborhood Social Contexts and Crime, Urban Community Development. rvacanti@unomaha.edu
Abby Vandenberg
Abby Vanderberg
Forensic science (emphasis on crime scene investigations and police investigative procedures)
Homicide
Violence
avandenberg@unomaha.edu
E.A. "Penny" Westfall Community policing
Ethics, cultural diversity & minorities in prisons
teacher_852@q.com
Timbre Wulf
Timbre Wulf
Corrections
Female offenders
Female victims
twulf@unomaha.edu
Tusty Zohra
Tusty Zohra
Juvenile delinquency
Genocide
Law & society
izohra@unomaha.edu