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SCCJ Doctoral Graduates and Dissertation Titles, 1997-2012

Kudos Graduate Students

Congratulations to Connie Koski on accepting a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Studies at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Longwood is a highly esteemed small school that focuses primarily on undergraduates though many programs have masters degrees.

Midwest Criminal Justice Association Graduate Student Paper Award. Congratulations are extended to doctoral student Timbre Wulf-Ludden for being named the winner of the 2012 Midwest Criminal Justice Association Graduate Student Paper Competition.  Timbre's paper, entitled, "Interpersonal Relationships among Inmates and Interpersonal Violence," will be published in the Journal of Crime and Justice.  Congratulations on this impressive accomplishment!

 

Current Graduate Assistants and Doctoral Students

Rita Augustyn
Rita Augustyn
Gender Studies, Media raugustyn@unomaha.edu
Danielle Bailey
Danielle Schulz 		Criminal Justice Policy
Sex Offender Policy
Parole and Probation
Forensic Science 		djbailey@unomaha.edu
Jonathan D. Bolen
 Criminological theory
Construction and testing
Neurobiology
Prosecutorial discretion
Creation and application of law
Comparative criminal justice
Police culture		 jbolen@unomaha.edu
Kris Bruckerhoff
Kris Bruckerhoff		 White Collar Crime
Ecological Factors and Crime
Economics and Crime
Identity Crimes
Sex Offender Legislation 		kbruckerhoff@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 (with an emphasis on human trafficking)
Corrections 
Depression & Crime
Juvenile Delinquency 		cmcain@unomaha.edu
Ejder Canbakis
(aka Dragon) 		Policing
Criminology		 ecanbakis@unomaha.edu
Joselyne Chenane
Joselyne Chenane		 Police/Minority Relations
Comparative Criminal Justice
Organized Crime (Gangs, transnational/international crimes, insurgent groups, terrorism)		 jchenane@unomaha.edu
Jared Ellison
Jared Ellison		 Sentencing
The Death Penalty
Alternatives to Incarceration
Community Level Crime Prevention		 jellison@unomaha.edu
Courtney Frei
Courtney Frei 		Policing, Delinquency, Women and Crime. cfrei@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
Bob Lytle
Bob Lytle 		Punishment attitudes
Capital punishment
Violence 		rlytle@unomaha.edu
Danny Madrid
Danny Madrid		 Youth Street Gangs
Juvenile Delinquency
Minorities in Crime/Criminal Justice
Institutional Corrections
Social Network Analysis 		dmadrid@unomaha.edu
William Mantle
William Mantle		 Blackian Law
Social Policy
Technology and Crime
Illegal Immigration
Alternative Incarceration Research 		wmantle@unomaha.edu
Hilary McNeel
Hilary McNeel		   hmcneel@unomaha.edu
Sandra Petersen
Sandra Petersen		 American Indian crime, law and social control
Police management		 sandrapetersen@unomaha.edu
Johanna Peterson
Johanna Peterson		 Sentencing disparities/judicial and prosecutorial discretion
Public Policy 
Juvenile Justice
Women/Gender and crime (sexual assault, intimate partner violence)
Minorities 
Reentry
Alternatives to incarceration		 jpeterson@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
Karyn Sporer
Karyn Sporer
Ecology of Crime/Social Disorganization Theory, Mental Health and Violence, Mental Health in Prisons. ksporer@unomaha.edu
Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes		 Policing; Police-Community Relationships
Public Policy
Organized Crime
Gender and Crime		 esykes@unomaha.edu
Kristina Thompson
Kristina Thompson		   kjthompson@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