Our People
Executive Board
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Walter S. DeKeseredy, Ph.D.
Director of the Research Center on Violence, Professor of Sociology, & Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences
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Jeffrey Daniels, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
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Danielle Davidov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine & the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Gregory Dunaway, Ph.D.
Dean of the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
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James Nolan, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
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Karen Weiss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
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Juergen Dankwort, Ph.D.
Researcher and Human Rights Activist
Institute@ivsi.net
Research Center Interns
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Lilah Coe
B.S in Psychology with a minor in Criminology
ljc00007@mix.wvu.edu
Research Associates
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Rowland Atkinson, Ph.D.
Research Chair of Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield
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Helene Berman, RN, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario
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Donald Black, Ph.D.
University Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences at the University of Virginia
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Carolyn Block, Ph.D.
Homicide Research Working Group
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Richard Block, Ph.D.
Homicide Research Working Group
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Jan Breckenridge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Acting Head of the School of Social Sciences, and the Co-Convener of the Gendered Violence Research Network at the University of New South Wales
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Ana Bridges, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas
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Henry Brownstein, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Fellow at West Virginia University
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Gail Caputo, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of Gender Studies at Rutgers University
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Nick Chagnon, Ph.D.
Lecturer of Women's Studies at the University of Hawai'i - Manoa
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Meda Chesney-Lind, Ph.D.
Chair of Women's Studies and Professor at University of Hawai'i – Manoa
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Willem Clack, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer at the University of South Africa - Petoria
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Rachel Condry, Ph.D.
St Hilda's College
rachel.condry@crim.ox.ac.uk
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Kim Cook, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Criminology at University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Restorative Justice Practitioner - New Hanover County, North Carolina -
Anne Cossins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
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Gordon Crews, Ph.D.
Chair and Keith A. Ferguson Endowed Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
President of the Veritas Consulting Group (WV) -
Wesley Crichlow, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
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Elliott Currie, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of California – Irvine
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Myrna Dawson, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of Guelph
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Gail Dines, Ph.D.
Founder, President, and CEO of Culture Reframed | Wheelock College
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Joseph Donnermeyer, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University
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Molly Dragiewicz, Ph.D.
Queensland University Institute of Technology
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Bill Flack, Ph.D.
Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology at Bucknell University
Visiting Professor (Honorary), Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, Ulster University, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom -
Bianca Fileborn, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Criminology at the University of New South Wales
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Asher Flynn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Criminology at Monash University
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Bonnie Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Distance Learning Master's Program at the University of Cincinnati
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Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Monash University
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Helen Forbes-Mewett, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Monash University
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John Foubert, Ph.D.
Author, Speaker, and Consultant at Dr. John D. Foubert LLC
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Rosemary Gido, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Steve Hall, Ph.D.
Teeside University
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Shannon Hankhouse, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University
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Bridget Harris, Ph.D.
Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology
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Keith Hayward, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology at the University of Copenhagen
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Kate Henne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 at the University of Waterloo
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Nicola Henry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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Katherine Irwin, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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David Kauzlarich, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro
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Mary Koss, Ph.D.
Regents’ Professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona
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Peter Kraska, Ph.D.
Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University
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Paul Leighton, Ph.D.
Professor at Eastern Michigan University
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Jianhong Liu, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor at the University of Macau
jliu@um.edu.mo
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Linda Many Guns, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Lethbridge
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Jude McCulloch, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology at Monash University
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Qingli Meng, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Information Science at Niagara University
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Susan Miller, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Delaware
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Kyle Mulrooney, Ph.D.
Lecturer at the University of New England
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Heather Nancarrow, Ph.D.
Research and Policy Analysis Consultant
hnancarrow21@gmail.com
Dr Heather Nancarrow AM recently retired from full-time work after a successful career in policy and research related to the prevention and response to violence against women and children. Her most recent full-time appointment was the inaugural CEO, Australia’s National Research Organization for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). Dr Nancarrow’s work is renowned nationally and internationally and was recognized in 2023 with the Australia Day award, Member of the Order of Australia (AM). -
Ann Oberhauser, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University
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Lisa Pasko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver
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Lori Post, Ph.D.
Buehler Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University
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Hillary Potter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Inclusive Practice at the University of Colorado-Boulder
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Anastasia Powell, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University
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James Ptacek, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology at Suffolk University
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Callie Rennison, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of Colorado-Denver
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Claire Renzetti, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky
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Michael Salter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology and Scientia Fellow at the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales
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Martin Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professorial Lecturer of Sociology at George Washington University
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Donna Selman, Ph.D.
Associate Dean at Indiana State University
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Natalie Sokoloff, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Oliver Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Reader) in Criminology at Plymouth University | Deviant Leisure Group
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Emily Troshynski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas
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Meagan Tyler, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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Katinka Van de Ven, Ph.D.
Research Fellow of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at University of New South Wales
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Sandra Walklate, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology at Monash University; Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool
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Deborah Western, Ph.D.
Lecturer of Social Work at Monash University
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Simon Winlow, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology at Northumbria University
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Delanie Woodlock
University of New England
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Ralph Weisheit, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice at Illinois State University
raweish@ilstu.edu