Teresa Kulig, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Elizabeth Reynolds & Beverly Reynolds Professor in Public Affairs and Community Service
- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- 218 CPACS | 6001 Dodge Street
- Omaha, NE 68182-0149
- Fast Track (Bachelor's to Masters) Program Coordinator
Additional Information
Education
Teresa C. Kulig, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and the Elizabeth Reynolds & Beverly Reynolds Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Dr. Kulig teaches classes on victimology and is Co-Director of the Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab (VVSRL). She also coordinates the Fast Track Program. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati with a focus on victimology and crime prevention.
Her research interests include studying the nature and control of sex and labor trafficking, the measurement and theories of victimization, public opinion on responses to victimization, and the social construction of crime.
Dr. Kulig has published more than 60 articles, book chapters, and other writings on victimological topics, including in peer-reviewed journal outlets such as Justice Quarterly, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Human Trafficking, and Victims & Offenders. She has also co-authored two books. The first book is open access and examines 583 studies across five categories of personal recurrent victimization: A Review of Personal Recurrent Victimization: Examining the Literature on Recurrent, Repeat, Multiple, Poly, and Revictimization (SpringerBriefs in Criminology; Krushas et al., 2025). The second book synthesizes more than 700 studies to examine individual, school, and community level correlates of school violence and victimization: Confronting School Violence: A Synthesis of Six Decades of Research (Cambridge University Press; Turanovic et al., 2022).
Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Justice, National Institutes of Health, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
Research Interests
- Victimology
- Human Trafficking
Additional Information
Education
Teresa C. Kulig, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and the Elizabeth Reynolds & Beverly Reynolds Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Dr. Kulig teaches classes on victimology and is Co-Director of the Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab (VVSRL). She also coordinates the Fast Track Program. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati with a focus on victimology and crime prevention.
Her research interests include studying the nature and control of sex and labor trafficking, the measurement and theories of victimization, public opinion on responses to victimization, and the social construction of crime.
Dr. Kulig has published more than 60 articles, book chapters, and other writings on victimological topics, including in peer-reviewed journal outlets such as Justice Quarterly, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Human Trafficking, and Victims & Offenders. She has also co-authored two books. The first book is open access and examines 583 studies across five categories of personal recurrent victimization: A Review of Personal Recurrent Victimization: Examining the Literature on Recurrent, Repeat, Multiple, Poly, and Revictimization (SpringerBriefs in Criminology; Krushas et al., 2025). The second book synthesizes more than 700 studies to examine individual, school, and community level correlates of school violence and victimization: Confronting School Violence: A Synthesis of Six Decades of Research (Cambridge University Press; Turanovic et al., 2022).
Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Justice, National Institutes of Health, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
Research Interests
- Victimology
- Human Trafficking