Several doctoral students from the Department of Criminology, Law and Society are on the job market in 2023-2024. Please click on the student names below to access their academic biography and CV.
Dissertation Title: Problematic Substance Use and the Pretrial Period: Risk- and Needs-Based Supervision Strategies
Interests: mixed methods research, pretrial, community supervision, substance use, corrections
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Evan Lowder
Dissertation Title: Managing Mental Health Calls for Service: An Evaluability Assessment of Co-Located Behavioral Health Professionals Within an Emergency Call Center
Interests: policing, 911 communications, procedural justice, evidence-based crime policy, firearms
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Lum
Dissertation Title: A Reassessment of the Process-Based Model of Policing: Filling Three Major Gaps
Interests: crime & place, social problems at crime hot spots, policing, police-citizen relations, race/ethnicity
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. David Weisburd
Dissertation Title: Exploring Mental Wellbeing of Law Enforcement Officers
Interests: policing & mental health, wellness of law enforcement officers, crime & place, neighborhood social processes & digital data, health inequality
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Sue-Ming Yang
Dissertation Title: Is Carceral Connectivity Gendered?: Carceral Residents Reestablishing or Sustaining Relationships with their Loved Ones through Communication
Interests: women, transgender & non-binary individuals’ justice-involvement, prison & jail confinement, reintegration programming & success, interpersonal violence, gender- and sex-based discrimination
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Janani Umamaheswar
Website: Smith Academic Profile
Dissertation Title: Living in Crime Hot Spots: Understanding the Perceptions and Experiences of Residents
Interests: crime & place, crime analysis, policing, community perceptions, public policy
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. David Weisburd