Graduate Research Fellowship Program - Past Fellows
2009 Graduate Research Fellows
Roberta Belli
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Where Terrorists, Far-Right Extremists and Greedy Criminals Meet: A Comparative Study of Financial Crimes in the US
Dr. Joshua D. Freilich, Dissertation Chair
Robin Conley
University of California, Los Angeles
Discourses of Death: Language, Juries and "Future Danger" In Texas Death Penalty Trials
Dr. Alessandro Duranti, Dissertation Chair
Andrew M. Lemieux
Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
Risks of Violence in Major Daily Activities, United States, 2003-2005
Dr. Marcus Felson, Dissertation Chair
Bo Pietraszkiewicz
University of Connecticut
Exploring the Genetic Diversity of Bacterial Populations in Soil for Forensic Applications
Dr. Linda Strausbaugh, Dissertation Chair
Shun-Yung Kevin Wang
Florida State University
Employment, Ethnicity, and Crime and Delinquency of Working Youth:
A Longitudinal Study of Youth Employment
Dr. Gary Kleck, Dissertation Chair
Cynthia W. Weaver
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
School of Social Work
Identifying Offending Trajectories for First-Time Youth Offenders
Dr. Debra Nelson-Gardell, Dissertation Chair
2008 Graduate Research Fellows
Jennifer E. Cobbina
University of Missouri, St. Louis
From Prison To Home: Women's Pathways In And Out Of Crime
Dr. Jody Miller, Dissertation Chair
Philip R. Kavanaugh
University of Delaware
The Relationship Between Individual Disposition And Social Context In Criminal Offending And Victimization: A Storyline Approach
Dr. Tammy L. Anderson, Dissertation Chair
Gregory M. Zimmerman
University at Albany, SUNY
Impulsivity And Collective Efficacy: Investigating The Person-Context Nexus
Dr. Greg Pogarsky, Dissertation Chair
2007 Graduate Research Fellows
Yi Chen
Michigan State University
Automated Fingerprint Matching Using Extended Feature Set
Dr. Anil K. Jain, Dissertation Chair
Ruth Marie Garcia
Temple University
An Integrated Perspective on Federal Correctional Officers and Levels of Perceived Risk
Dr. Ralph Brecken Taylor, Dissertation Chair
Christine Gardiner
University of California, Irvine
From Inception to Implementation: How the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act Has Affected the Case Processing and Sentencing of Drug Offenders in One California County
Dr. Elliott P. Currie, Dissertation Chair
Kristy N. Matsuda
University of California, Irvine
The Impact of Incarceration on Young Offender Recidivism
Dr. Cheryl L. Maxson, Dissertation Chair
Megan K. Moore
University of Tennessee
Body-mass Estimation by Biomechanical and Morphometric Methods
Dr. Lyle Konigsberg, Dissertation Chair
Natalie R. Shirley
University of Tennessee
Use of Innovative Methods to Determine the Most Sexually Dimorphic Dimensions of the Clavicle
Dr. Richard L. Jantz, Dissertation Chair
Benjamin Steiner
University of Cincinnati
Maintaining Prison Order: Understanding Causes and Consequences of Inmate Misconduct Within and Across Ohio Correctional Facilities
Dr. John Wooldredge, Dissertation Chair
Lydia Brashear Tiede
University of California, San Diego
Comparative Criminal Sentencing: The Effect of Mandatory and Advisory Constraints on Judicial Decision-Making
Dr. Mathew McCubbins, Dissertation Chair
Meredith A. Turnbough
University of North Texas
Application of Molecular Genetics to Human Identity
Drs. Robert C. Benjamin and Arthur J. Eisenberg, Dissertation Co-chairs
Stephaie H.I. Yeung
UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
Production of a Novel Integrated STR-Typing Device
Dr. Richard A. Mathies, Dissertation Chair