Mindy Thai

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Corrections, interstate prison network, re-entry, alternatives to imprisonment, policing, police technology

Mindy is a doctoral student in George Mason University's Department of Criminology, Law, and Student and working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and as a research assistant in the Early Justice Strategies Lab under Dr. Lowder. She graduated with a B.A. in Criminal Justice and B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature at George Washington University, D.C. Her research interests include corrections, interstate prison network, re-entry, and policing technologies.

Current Research

Bohmert, M. N., Ying, M. H.. Lowder, E. M., & Thai, M. L. (In prep.) Racial Disparities in Pathways to Probation Violation, But not Revocation.

Selected Publications

Khatchatourian, H., MacFarland, G., Thai, M., Hickling, D., Smith, B., & Wu, Y. (2022). Public cooperation with police in Detroit: A testing of three perspectives. Policing: An International Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 16. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-05-2022-0073

Grants and Fellowships

Summer Scholarship, Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University (2023)

Education

B.A. in Criminal Justice, George Washington University, 2022

B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, George Washington University, 2022

Recent Presentations

Bohmert, Miriam N., Ying, Michelle H., Lowder, Evan M., Thai, Mindy L. (March 2023). Racial Disparities in Pathways to Probation Violation, But not Revocation. [Panel Presentation]. 2023 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD

Kamara, Zainab B., Appleton, C.J., Thai, Mindy L. (March 2023). Community and Culturally Responsive Approaches to Reentry and Reintegration. [Roundtable Presentation]. 2023 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD