Clayton B. Drummond
Clayton B. Drummond
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Social change and the legal system; punishment; wrongful convictions; social justice
Clayton is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. He currently works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Dr. Charlotte Gill's CRIM 517 class and as a Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Robert Norris and Dr. Janani Umamaheswar.
His research is broadly focused on social change and reform surrounding punishment and wrongful convictions. He is currently studying social movements and activism around extreme sentences.
Clayton also works as a Graduate Lecturer and serves as an Editor for the Innocence Research Workshop with Dr. Robert Norris and colleagues.
Current Research
Drummond, C.B. & Norris, R.J. Flipping the switch: Illinois, innocence, and the decline of the death penalty. Manuscript in preparation.
Bonventre, C.L., Drummond, C.B., & Norris, R.J. Behavioral ethics and wrongful convictions: Case studies in forensic misconduct. Manuscript in preparation.
Drummond, C.B. Official misconduct and wrongful convictions: Analyzing misconduct statutes in the United States. Manuscript in preparation.
Selected Publications
Drummond, C. B., & Mills, M. N. (2020). Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability in Reducing Wrongful Convictions. The Wrongful Conviction Law Review, 1(3), 270-290.
Grants and Fellowships
CLS Doctoral Student Summer Scholarship. George Mason University, 2023
CLS Graduate Student Travel Award. George Mason University, 2023
CLS Graduate Student Travel Award. George Mason University, 2022
CLS Doctoral Student Summer Scholarship. George Mason University, 2022
CLS Graduate Student Travel Award. George Mason University, 2021
CLS Doctoral Student Summer Scholarship. George Mason University, 2021
CLS Graduate Research Fellowship. George Mason University, 2020
Courses Taught
CRIM 220 - Law and Society (Summer 2023)
CRIM 517 - Research Practicum in Justice Policy and Practice (Fall 2022; TA)
CRIM 408 - Criminal Courts (Summer 2022)
CRIM 495 - Violence (Spring 2022; TA)
CRIM 495 - Inequality in the Criminal Justice System (Fall 2021; TA)
Education
M.A. in Criminology, University of West Georgia
B.S. in Criminology, University of West Georgia
Recent Presentations
Drummond, C.B. & Norris, R.J. Illinois, Innocence, and the Decline of the Death Penalty. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2022.
Drummond, C.B. & Shammi, S.H. Prosecutorial Discretionary Power through the Lens of Institutional Logics and Legal Endogeneity Theory. Mason Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference. George Mason University, 2022.
Drummond, C.B., Bonventre, C.L. & Norris, R.J. Behavioral Ethics and Wrongful Convictions: Case Studies in Ethical Failures in Forensic Science. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2021.
Drummond, C.B. & Mills, M.N. Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability to Reduce Wrongful Convictions. Southern Criminal Justice Association Virtual Research Showcase (Lightning Talks), September 2020.
