Faculty & Staff

Undergraduate Program Director; Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Ekaterina Botchkovar’s research interests include global criminology and criminological theory testing. A key aspect of Professor Botchkovar’s research is understanding the role of cultural context in shaping crime and criminal behavior. Specifically…

Associate Teaching Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Professor Bruell’s research and scholarship focuses on Evaluation Research, Intersectionality and the Criminal Justice System, and the Role of Social Support in Criminal Offending. Formerly, he held a position with the Commonwealth of MA’…

Associate Teaching Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Molly Buchanan has over 20 years of experience in varied academic and non-academic roles across the youth and adult justice fields. She earned her PhD in Criminology, Law, and Society from the University of Florida after early professional experience…

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

Dr. Patrice Collins earned her PhD in Sociology from Yale University in 2022. Her research is situated at the intersection of urban sociology, race and ethnicity, social justice, parental incarceration, and child wellbeing. …

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 …

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Megan Denver’s research interests include criminal record stigma, employment and recidivism, credentialing decisions for people with criminal records, and desistance. She uses a variety of methods to address her research questions and integrate…

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

Professor Kevin Drakulich’s work is concerned with how Americans think about crime and justice, both within communities and as tied to broader social issues. In this work he has a particular focus on dynamics of race and racism. At the local level, t…

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

Professor Amy Farrell’s research is aimed at understanding and describing how the criminal justice system administers justice. Over the past decade she has focused much of her scholarly attention on understanding how the criminal justice system respo…

Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy

James Alan Fox has published 18 books, dozens of journal and magazine articles, and hundreds of freelance columns in newspapers around the country, primarily in the areas of mass murder, serial murder youth crime, school and campus violence, workpla…

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 Crim…

Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Jack R. Greene is recognized as one of the country’s leading scholars in the field of policing. Greene has published six books, a two-volume Encyclopedia of Police Science, and over 100 research articles, book chapters, research reports and policy pa…

Research Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Health Sciences

Katherine completed a PhD in the Law-Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 2021 and a JD, with a concentration in constitutional law, from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2018. Katherine has diverse experien…

Distinguished Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Roderick L. Ireland is a graduate of Lincoln University, (the first HBCU in the United States), Columbia Law School (J.D.), Harvard Law School (LL.M), and Northeastern University, Ph.D. in Law, Policy and Society. He began his legal career in 1969 as…

Assistant Teaching Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Norair received a BA in psychology from the University of Cincinnati, before completing an MA and Ph.D. in criminology at the University of South Florida. He has taught a variety of courses since 2017, including Criminology, Introduction to Criminal …

Assistant Teaching Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Attorney Krista M. Larsen joined Northeastern as an adjunct professor in 2007 and is now an Assistant Professor. Her teaching focus is the “Due Process” course, which focuses on the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments. She was recognized by CSSH in 2016 whe…

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice

Professor Ineke Haen Marshall specializes in the study of comparative criminology, minorities and crime, self-report methodology, juvenile delinquency and criminal careers. Her current research focuses on cross-national surveys of juvenile delinquenc…

Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice

Ramiro Martínez, Jr. is a quantitative criminologist. Within that broad arena, his work contributes to violent crime research. His core research agenda asks how violence varies across ecological settings, and, whether violent crime and violent deaths…

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Jack McDevitt is the co-author of three books: Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed, Hate Crime Revisited: American War on Those Who Are Different (both with Jack Levin) and Victimology (with Judy Sgarzy). He has spoken on hate crime…

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice

Cassie McMillan’s research applies a social networks perspective to disentangle how our connections both reproduce and challenge systems of social inequality. She is interested in developing statistical and computational methodologies that can better…

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

Daniel Medwed’s research interests and pro bono activities revolve primarily around the topic of wrongful convictions. Professor Medwed is an official legal analyst for WGBH News, Boston’s local NPR and PBS affiliate. …

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program

Dr. Daniel T. O’Brien is a leader of the burgeoning field of “urban informatics”, which uses modern digital data to better understand and serve local communities. He is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Scho…

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

Professor Nikos Passas specializes in the study of corruption, illicit financial/trade flows, sanctions, informal fund transfers, remittances, terrorism, white-collar crime, financial regulation, organized crime and international crimes. He has publi…

Principal Research Scientist, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy

Glenn Pierce has conducted research on a broad range of social and economic issues and has obtained funding for his research from a variety of agencies including the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Bureau o…

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

Dr. Piza’s research agenda focuses on the spatial analysis of crime patterns, evidence-based policing, crime control technology, and the integration of academic research and police practice. In support of his research, Dr. Piza has received over $2….

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Professor Singer’s scholarship focuses on adolescent offender and juvenile justice. His most recent book, America’s Safest City: Delinquency and Modernity in Suburbia (New York University Press, 2014), won the American Society of Criminology’s 2015 …

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Professor St. Louis’ research interests include police and technology, police-community relations, and surveillance. He uses quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods to address his research questions. Professor St. Louis recently served as the ma…

Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Professor Jacob Stowell’s research interests are guided by two general themes: communities and crime. More specifically, he is interested in the variation in patterns of violence across immigrant and non-immigrant neighborhoods. Most recently, …

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study

Dr. Welsh is currently on leave at Harvard Medical School, where he is the Visiting Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine. Dr. Welsh is also a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and the Dir…

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

Professor Gregory M. Zimmerman’s record combines strong commitment to graduate education with leading research on the spatial distribution of crime. His scholarship examines the intersection of psychological risk factors for violent offending a…

Administrative Assistant (School of Criminology & Criminal Justice)

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…

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…

Associate Director of Undergraduate Recruitment Programs

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

Rachel San Giacomo is the Marketing and Communications Specialist for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Rachel’s responsibilities include managing the School’s website content, email marketing, social media and general communicati…

Assistant Director of Academic Advising & Support/Senior Academic Advisor for Criminal Justice (Last Names Q – Z), International Affairs (Last Names N – Z)

Heather received a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to coming to CSSH, Heather worked in Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Education, bringing with her experience as a classroom tea…

Senior Co-op Coordinator: Criminal Justice (BS, MS)

Michelle Zaff joined the CSSH co-op program in 2013 and works primarily with undergraduate and graduate students, academic faculty, and co-op employers in the Criminal Justice prgram. During her time in CSSH co-op, she has also worked with the Politi…