Doctoral Students on the Job Market

Northeastern University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice is thrilled to share the following doctoral students are on the market. Northeastern produces first-rate candidates eager to tackle the field’s most pressing challenges.

Abby Ballou

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…
Kayla Bates

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…
Chase Childress

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. …
Brandon Craig

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 …
Ayanna Miller-Smith

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…
Jillian Reeves

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…

Doctoral Students on the Job Market

Abby Ballou

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Kayla Bates

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Chase Childress

Criminology and Justice Policy, JD/PhD

Brandon Craig

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Ayanna Miller-Smith

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD

Jillian Reeves

Criminology and Justice Policy, PhD