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On the Job Market - Doctoral students graduating 2023 Doctoral Students Masters Students (funded on graduate assistantships)

On the Job Market - Doctoral students graduating 2023

Amber Krushas
Amber Krushas
akrushas@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Corrections, Juvenile Justice, Victimology, Policy and Program Evaluations
Rachael Rief
Rachael Rief
rrief@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Women in Policing, Police Culture, and Officer Wellness
Sarah Steele
Sarah Steele
ssteele@unomaha.edu
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Doctoral Students

Alvi Ali
Alvi Ali

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

alviali@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Victimology, violence against women, sexual offending and victimization in K-12 programs, gender and punishment, sex work, intimate partner
Baylee Allen
Baylee Allen

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

bayleeallen@unomaha.edu
  • Corrections, Risk Assessment, and Gender Informed Approaches to Corrections
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Caralin Branscum
Caralin Branscum

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

cbranscum@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Victimology, Violence Against Women, Sexual Assault Case Processing, Policing, and Decision-making
Clara Braun
Clara Braun
cbraun@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Criminological rationalizations for terrorism, homegrown violent extremism, Salafi-jihadist ideology,
  • leadership development within violent ideological groups, and radicalization and mobilization pathways
Trey Bussey
(Preston) Trey Bussey

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

pbussey@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Police use of force, evidence-based policing, and crime science
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Brenna Dunlap
Brenna Dunlap

Brenna Dunalp

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

bdunlap@unomaha.edu
  • Policing, use of force, evidence-based policing
Sheena L. Gilbert
Sheena Gilbert

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

sheenagilbert@unomaha.edu
  • Victimization, Indigenous crime & victimization, Gender-based violence, College campus/University sexual victimization,
  • Policy reform and Indigenous People, Victimization of underserved populations, Intersection of policing and Indigenous crime/victimization
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Brian Gildea
Brian Gildea

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

briangildea@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, Victimology, Policy and Policing
Michaela E. Goldsmith
Michaela E. Goldsmith
michaelagoldsmith@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Victimology, Victim Services, Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Policing
Addison Kobie
Addison Kobie
akobie@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections, and Criminology
Emily Meinert
Emily Meinert
emeinert@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Sexual Violence, Crimes against Women, Gender and Crime, Re-Victimization, IPV
Alyssa Nystrom
Alyssa Nystrom

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

anystrom@unomaha.edu
  • Victimology, Victim-centered Policy Making, Victim Rights, Campus Sexual Harassment/Assault, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons,Ā Domes
  • Domestic Violence, Women in Criminal Justice
Dakota Schroll
Dakota Schroll

Interests: Biosocial and Biopsychosocial Criminology, Individual Differences in Crime and Victimization, Risk and Needs Assessment, Traits and Criminality, Traits and Victimization, Criminological Theory and Philosophy, Psychology and Crime, Criminal and Victim Decision-Making, Social Construction of Deviance and Criminality, Emotions and Criminality

dschroll@unomaha.edu
John Ursino
John Ursino
jursino@unomaha.edu
Nicholas Vietto
Nicholas Vietto

Doctoral student

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

nvietto@unomaha.edu
  • Biopsychosocial Criminology, Quantitative Methodology, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Genetics, Experimental Criminology
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Masters Students (funded on graduate assistantships)

Sarah Al Falatah
Sarah Al Falatah
salfalatah@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Mental Health and Crime, Solitary Confinement, Biosocial Criminology, and Offender Decision-Making
Christopher F. Connelly
Christopher F. Connelly
christopherconnell@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Corrections, Security Threat Groups and Management, Extremist Organizations, Restrictive Housing in Corrections, Gangs
Natalie Cotton
Natalie Cotton
ncotton@unomaha.edu
Lexi Goodijohn
Lexi Goodijohn

Interests: Cybercrime and Trafficking, Sociology, Race and Crime, Women in Policing, Police Officer Wellness, Policy and Program Evaluation

lgoodijohn@unomaha.edu
Morgan Goslar
Morgan Goslar
mgoslar@unomaha.edu
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Diego Marquez Munoz
Diego Marquez-Munoz
diegomunoz@unomaha.edu
Isaac Moelter
Isaac Moelter
imoelter@unomaha.edu
  • Interests: Domestic Extremism, Radicalization, Violence, Corrections
Thomas Morris
Thomas Morris
thomasmorris@unomaha.edu
Abigail Osterhaus
Abigail Osterhaus
aosterhaus@unomaha.edu
Jo (Martha) Schooley
Jo Schooley
jschooley@unomaha.edu
Emily Wochnick
Emily Wochnick
ewochnick@unomaha.edu

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  • From Intern to Paid Employee
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