• Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology at University of Missouri – Kansas City

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice at Suffolk University

  • Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences at Marymount University

  • Assistant Professor at Tennesee Tech

Dr. Joy Camacho (Ph.D. 2022)

  • Assistant Professor, Political Science at University of South Dakota

Dr. John Casten (Ph.D., 2013)

  • Associate Professor, Executive Director and Chair of Criminal Justice Programs at University of Kentucky

Dr. Caitlin Cornelius (Ph.D., 2015)

  • Defense Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO)

  • Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Criminology at Campbell University

Dr. Stephanie Dragon (Ph.D., 2025)

  • Hampton Police Department

Dr. Amanda Farrell (Ph.D., 2014)

  • Senior Lecturer, Criminal Justice at University of Kentucky

Dr. Charles Gray (Ph.D., 2015)

  • Teaching Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University

  • Professor and Associate Director CASAA, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Arcadia University

Dr. Narissa Haakmat (Ph.D., 2025)

  • Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Towson University

  • Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University

  • Assistant Professor, Human Services at Black Hills State University

Dr. Kara Hoofnagle (Ph.D., 2015)

Dr. Nic Howard (Ph.D., 2026)

  • Assistant Professor, Social and Criminal Justice at Coe College

Dr. Jessica Huffman (Ph.D., 2014)

  • Teaching Associate, Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University

Dr. Hayley Jackey (Ph.D., 2026)

  • Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology at Kentucky Wesleyan College

  • Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences at Western Colorado University

Dr. Caitlin Lynch (PhD., 2017)

  • Associate Professor, Criminology at Fresno Pacific University

Dr. Anne Mahar (Ph.D., 2015)

  • Michigan Department of Corrections

  • Assistant Professor, Criminology, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management at California State – Long Beach

  • Associate Teaching Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology at University of North Carolina - Charlotte

  • Assistant Professor, Criminology, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at Grand Valley State University

Dr. Moises Mina (Ph.D., 2015)

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology at Winthrop University

Dr. Brianna Ovalle (Ph.D., 2026)

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice at Caldwell University

Dr. Angie Overton (Ph.D., 2014)

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology at Hampton University

  • Assistant Professor, Criminology at Randolph-Macon College

  • Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology at Marshall University

  • Assistant Professor, Government, Criminology and Sociology at Lander University

  • Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology at Marshall University

  • Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Towson University

  • Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology at Hampton University

  • Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Sciences at Kennesaw State University

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology at Illinois State University

  • Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice at Rockford University 

Dr. Lindsey Upton (Ph.D., 2016)

Dr. Kimberlee Waggoner (Ph.D., 2016)

  • Associate Professor, Political Science, Criminal Justice, and International Studies at Georgia Gwinnett College

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology at Norfolk State University

  • Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Criminal Justice and Criminology at Marshall University

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In the years since graduating, I have found that the strong foundation in research methodology and criminological theory I gained while doing my PhD in this program has been invaluable in my current position.
Dr. Caitlin Cornelius Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center (VMASC)