Doctoral Students

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Stephen Abeyta is a doctoral student at Northeastern University in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He holds a B.A. in sociology, graduating Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Colorado Boulder. Previously, he was involved in a qua…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Abby Ballou is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Her research interests include postsecondary carceral education and post-release labor market reentry. Since arriving at Northeastern, Abb…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Kayla Bates is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds an M.S. in Criminal Justice and a B.S. in Psychology from Grand Valley State University. Her master’s thesis, titled, “The Analy…

Criminology and Justice Policy, JD/PhD

Chase Childress (he/him/his) is a 4th year dual-degree J.D./Ph.D. doctoral student in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice. He completed his J.D. at Northeastern School of Law in 2022. …

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Brandon Craig (he/they) is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Brandon holds an M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, and a B.S. in Psychology and Criminal …

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Cassie DiBenedetti is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds a B.S. in Data Science from Duquesne University. She was actively involved in the Duquesne community to address Asian Ame…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Stephen Douglas is a doctoral student at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Justice Policy at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, and served as a pol…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Mallory Ferrick is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds an M.S. and a B.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven. Her research interests include community responses …

Criminology and Justice Policy, JD/PhD

Shahinaz Geneid is a JD student at Northeastern University School of Law and PhD student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds a B.A. in Social Research and Public Policy from New York University Abu …

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Madison Gerdes (she/her/hers) is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds a B.A. in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University. Her areas of interest include violence, mass shootings, fea…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Callie Hansson (she/they) is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Before Northeastern, she attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where they earned a B.A. in Journalism. She currently works in the Institute…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Kaley Jones is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds an M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Northeastern University and a B.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of N…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Christian Law is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice from California Lutheran University. During his undergraduate studies…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Nathaniel Lawshe is a policing researcher interested in police organizations, racial justice in policing, and criminal justice system reform. …

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Sarah Lockwood is a doctoral candidate at Northeastern University. Sarah holds a B.A in Psychology and B.S in Criminology from the University of South Florida, and received her Master’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Northeastern. He…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Ayanna Miller is a doctoral student at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, originally from Brooklyn, New York. Ayanna’s research interests include racial justice, policing, police-community relationships, commun…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Delanie Nahikian is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds B.A.’s in Criminology, Sociology, and Psychology from Capital University. She currently works as a research assistant…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Oscar Navarro-Alvarez is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. His research interests include barriers to reentry and desistance among gangs and other hidden populations. He is a graduate res…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Heather Paterson is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds a B.S. in Neuroscience from Tulane University and, prior to her doctoral candidacy, spent three years working as a clinical…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Cassidy Pereira is a doctoral student in the Criminology and Justice Policy Program at Northeastern University. She recently received her Master’s Degree at Northeastern, and completed her Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Dartmouth in 2017. Bef…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Jillian Reeves received her bachelor’s degree in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania, with minors in psychology and Chinese studies. Prior to her doctoral candidacy, she co-authored a journal article about the role of adolescent developme…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Savannah Reid is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. She holds an M.S. in Criminal Justice from George Mason University and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Tennessee at Chat…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Daniel Trovato is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. His research interests include the outcomes of school suspension and expulsion over the life-course, and the outcomes of perceived disc…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Amelia is a doctoral student at Northeastern University in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Originally from New Mexico, she holds a Master’s in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Northeastern. Previously, Amelia graduated with…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Candi Wills (she/her) is in her 4th year of the doctoral program and focuses her research primarily on institutional responses to human trafficking and marginalized populations, including racial/ethnic minorities, gender, and sexual minorities. While…

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Alexis Yohros is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and a research assistant at the Institute on Race and Justice. Alexis is currently working on her dissertation, which focuses on how adve…