Justin Nix, Ph.D.
- Distinguished Associate Professor, Master of Arts Program Coordinator
- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- 6001 Dodge Street, 218 CPACS
- Omaha, NE 68182-0149
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Justin Nix is a Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where he teaches classes on policing and coordinates the Master of Arts degree program. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 2015. His research interests include police legitimacy and officer decision-making. To date, Justin has authored or co-authored more than fifty peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics, as well as several book chapters, research briefs, and op-eds. He has served as a consultant to the National Policing Institute, the COPS Office, and the Department of Homeland Security. In 2019, Justin was one of four early career researchers selected by the National Institute of Justice for its LEADS (Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science) Academics pilot program. He is also a member of the Crime and Justice Research Alliance’s expert panel, and frequently engages with local and national media on issues pertaining to policing and criminal justice.