Doctoral students graduating 2024
Caralin Branscum
Caralin will be joining the faculty at the University of South Florida as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2024.
cbranscum@unomaha.edu- Interests: Victimology/Victimization; Sexual victimization [including Sexual Assault Kits Initiatives (SAKIs)]; Crime victims and the criminal justice
![Clara Braun](../_files/images/headshots/clara-braun-300x450.jpg)
Clara Braun
cbraun@unomaha.edu
- Interests: Criminological rationalizations for terrorism, homegrown violent extremism, Salafi-jihadist ideology.
![Sheena L. Gilbert](../_files/images/headshots/sheena-gilbert-300x450.jpg)
Sheena Gilbert
sheenagilbert@unomaha.edu
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- 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
![Brian Gildea](../_files/images/headshots/brian-gildea-300x450.jpg)
Brian Gildea
Brian will be joining the faculty at Colorado Mesa University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2024.
briangildea@unomaha.edu- Interests: Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, Victimology, Policy and Policing
![Sarah Steele](../_files/images/headshots/sarah-steele-300x450.jpg)
Doctoral Students
![Sarah Al Falatah](img_0948.jpg)
Sarah Al Falatah
salfalatah@unomaha.edu
- Mental and Physical Health, Neuroscience and Biosocial Criminology and Offender Decision-Making
![Alvi Ali](ali-professional-photo-20232.jpeg)
Alvi Ali
alviali@unomaha.edu
- Victimology, violence against women, sexual offending and victimization in K-12 programs, gender and punishment, sex work, intimate partner
![Baylee Allen](../_files/images/headshots/baylee-allen-300x450.jpg)
Baylee Allen
bayleeallen@unomaha.edu
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- Corrections, Risk Assessment, and Gender Informed Approaches to Corrections
![Trey Bussey](bussey-profile.jpg)
(Preston) Trey Bussey
pbussey@unomaha.edu
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- Interests: Police use of force, evidence-based policing, and crime science
![Brenna Dunlap](dunlap-profile1.jpg)
Brenna Dunlap
bdunlap@unomaha.edu
- Policing, use of force, evidence-based policing
![Michaela E. Goldsmith](../_files/images/headshots/michaela-goldsmith-300x450.jpeg)
Michaela E. Goldsmith
michaelagoldsmith@unomaha.edu
- Victimology, Victim Services, Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Policing
![Taylor Gonzales](../_files/images/headshots/taylor-gonzales-300x450.jpg)
Taylor Gonzales
tgonzales@unomaha.edu
- Graduate Research Assistant in Nebraska Collaborative for Violence Intervention and Prevention
![Lexi Goodijohn](../_files/images/headshots/lexi-goodijohn-300x450.jpg)
Lexi Goodijohn
Interests: Cybercrime and Trafficking, Sociology, Race and Crime, Women in Policing, Police Officer Wellness, Policy and Program Evaluation
lgoodijohn@unomaha.edu![Addison Kobie](addison-kobie-r.jpg)
Addison Kobie
akobie@unomaha.edu
- Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections, and Criminology
![Alyssa Nystrom](abby-hayes-r.jpeg)
Abby Hayes
ahayes26@unomaha.edu
- Corrections, prison subcultures and rehabilitation programs
![Emily Meinert](../_files/images/headshots/emily-meinert-300x450.jpg)
Emily Meinert
emeinert@unomaha.edu
- Interests: Sexual Violence, Crimes against Women, Gender and Crime, Re-Victimization, IPV
![Isaac Moelter](../_files/images/headshots/isaac-moelter-300x450.jpg)
Isaac Moelter
imoelter@unomaha.edu
- Domestic Extremism, Radicalization, Violence, Corrections
![Alyssa Nystrom](../_files/images/headshots/alyssa-nystrom-300x450.jpg)
Alyssa Nystrom
anystrom@unomaha.edu
- Interests: Victimology, Victim-centered Policy Making, Victim Rights, Campus Sexual Harassment/Assault, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.
- Domestic Violence, Women in Criminal Justice
![Dakota Schroll](dakota-schroll-2.jpg)
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![Kaitlyn Swanberg](kaitlyn-headshot-r.jpg)
Kaitlyn Swanberg
kswanberg@unomaha.edu
- Sexual Exploitation of Children, Internet facilitated sex crimes, Human Trafficking, Mass casualty violence, and Environmental Criminology
![Valeria Torres-Rivera](torres-rivera.jpg)
Valeria Torres-Rivera
vtorres-rivera@unomaha.edu
- Victimology, Intimate Partner Violence, Incarceration, Reentry and stigma
![John Ursino](../_files/images/headshots/john-ursino-300x450.jpg)
John Ursino
![Nicholas Vietto](../_files/images/headshots/nicholas-vietto-300x450.jpg)
Nicholas Vietto
nvietto@unomaha.edu
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- Biopsychosocial Criminology, Quantitative Methodology, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Genetics, Experimental Criminology
Masters Students (funded on graduate assistantships)
![Natalie Cotton](natalie-cotton.jpg)
Natalie Cotton
![Morgan Goslar](../_files/images/headshots/morgan-goslar-300x450.jpg)
![Diego Marquez Munoz](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Diego Marquez-Munoz
![Thomas Morris](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Thomas Morris
![Abigail Osterhaus](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Abigail Osterhaus
![Jo (Martha) Schooley](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)