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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; Co-Director of the Center on Crime, Race, and Justice

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 Co-D…

CRJ Leadership

Lab Directors

CRJ Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Researchers

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; Co-Director of the Center on Crime, Race, and Justice

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

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

Megan Denver

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

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

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 Researchers

Carlos Monteiro

Affiliated Researcher (External)

Anthony Peguero

Affiliated Researcher (External)

CRJ’s Community Advisory Board