Celebrating Black History Month 2026: A Living Archive of Thought, Culture, and Possibility
Apply
People
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Patrice Collins

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Cultures, Societies and Global Studies

Dr. Patrice D. Collins earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University in 2022. Dr. Collins’ research primarily focuses on children affected by state violence. Her broader research interests include the intersections of race, ethnicity, social justice, familial incarceration, and child well-being. She is a 2023 Fellow of the Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network, recipient of the 2024 Yale University Department of Sociology 21st Century Dissertation Award, and a 2024 Fellow of the World Making/World Building Humanities Center at Northeastern University. Dr. Collins is currently completing her book manuscript, Everybody’s Locked Up: Black Families with Incarcerated Loved Ones, which is under contract with New York University Press.

View CV

Related Schools & Departments

  • Education

    PHD, Sociology
    Yale University

  • Contact

    [email protected]

  • Office Hours

    Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:30

Patrice’s Colleagues

Ekaterina Botchkovar

PhD Program Director; Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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

James Alan Fox

Research Professor of Criminology

Natasha Frost

Associate Dean of Research; Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Center on Crime, Race, and Justice
Headshot of Jack Greene

Jack Greene

Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Headshot of Ineke Marshall

Ineke Marshall

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice
Headshot of Ramiro Martinez

Ramiro Martinez

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice
Headshot of Nikos Passas

Nikos Passas

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

Simon Singer

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Headshot of Jacob Stowell

Jacob Stowell

Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Headshot of Brandon Welsh

Brandon Welsh

Dean's Professor of Criminology; Director, Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study; Director, Crime Prevention Lab
Gregory Zimmerman

Gregory Zimmerman

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Master's Program Director; Director of Big Data and Quantitative Methods Initiatives; Dean’s Leadership Fellow

Krista Larsen

Associate Teaching Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice