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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 Leadership

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…
Lisa Laguerre

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

Lisa Laguerre is the Director of Community Relations for the Center on Crime, Race, and Justice (CRJ) at Northeastern University. She received her Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Clinical Counseling Psychology from Northeastern Unive…
Tina Di Blasi

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

Prior to her position at Northeastern University, Tina Di Blasi worked in the Accounting Bureau at the Office of the State Comptroller as an Accounting System Analyst. Tina also held a position at Boston University as the Assistant Director of the Ne…

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.