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NIJ is accepting applications under the NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship 2009 (pdf, 14 pages).

Application Deadline: November 21, 2008, 11:59 p.m. eastern time.

Graduate Research Fellowship Program - Past Fellows

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

Date Entered: September 15, 2008