CLS Doctoral Candidates on the Job Market

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