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The Center on Crime, Race, and Justice provides one overarching organizational structure to support the research of faculty and students within the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and its partners.

CRJ Directors

Carlos Cuevas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Professor Cuevas’s research interests are in the area of victimization and trauma, sexual violence, family violence, and psychological assessment. His work focuses examining victimization among Latinos and how it relates to mental health and service …
Natasha Frost

Associate Dean of Research; Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director of Corrections and Reentry Lab

Natasha Frost, Associate Dean of Research in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice with a specialization in punishment and social control. She also currently serves as the Dire…

CRJ Leadership

Lab Directors

CRJ Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty (External)

Anthony Peguero

Affiliated Researcher (External)

Anthony A. Peguero is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. His research interests involve youth violence, socialization and marginalization, schools, and the adaptation of the children immigrants. He is also the Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Youth Inequality and Justice (YIJ). Dr. Peguero is also a member of the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network (RDCJN) and co-founder of Latina/o/x Criminology (LC) which hold the goals of advancing research on the intersection of race, crime and justice.

CRJ’s Community Advisory Board

The Community Advisory Board (CAB) consists of prestigious local community practitioners who have expertise in various areas of community practice, including criminal justice, education, workforce development, advocacy and youth development.

Meet the CAB

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CRJ Directors

Carlos Cuevas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Natasha Frost

Associate Dean of Research; Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director of Corrections and Reentry Lab

CRJ Leadership

Tina Di Blasi

Finance & Administration Manager (School of Criminology & Criminal Justice)

Lisa Laguerre

Director of Community Relations, Center on Crime, Race, and Justice

Rachel San Giacomo

Marketing & Communications Specialist (School of Criminology and Criminal Justice)

Lab Directors

Carlos Cuevas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Kevin Drakulich

Associate Director and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; PhD Program Director; Director of Race and Justice Lab

Amy Farrell

Director and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab

Natasha Frost

Associate Dean of Research; Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director of Corrections and Reentry Lab

Eric Piza

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of Crime Analysis Initiatives

Brandon Welsh

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, Co-Director, Crime Prevention Lab

CRJ Affiliated Faculty

Ekaterina Botchkovar

Undergraduate Program Director; Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Megan Denver

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Ineke Marshall

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice

Jack McDevitt

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Nikos Passas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy

Simon Singer

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Jacob Stowell

Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Affiliated Faculty (External)

Anthony Peguero

Affiliated Researcher (External)

CRJ’s Community Advisory Board