About Me

Academic Work Experience

American University - School of Public Affairs
Department of Justice, Law & Criminology

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

University of Michigan
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods

Instructor

Current Affiliations

Rockefeller Institute of Government
Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium

Affiliate Scholar

American University
Center on Health, Risk and Society

Faculty Affiliate

American University
Metropolitan Policy Center

Faculty Fellow

Education

University at Albany (SUNY)
School of Criminal Justice

Ph.D. - Criminal Justice

M.A. - Criminal Justice

University of Pennsylvania Law School

J.D. (cum laude)

Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism

B.S. - Journalism

Select Awards

American University

American University - University Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions (2016)
School of Public Affairs - Scholar-Teacher of the Year (2022)
School of Public Affairs - Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Other Professional Contributions Award (2014)

American Society of Criminology

Gene Carte Student Paper Competition, Third Prize

University at Albany

School of Criminal Justice, Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence
School of Criminal Justice, Frank J. Remington Prize for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies

Additional Information and CV

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