KEVIN M.

DRAKULICH
Northeastern University
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
433 Churchill Hall, Boston MA, 02115
[email protected]

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, July
2023 to the present.
Associate Director, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University,
July 2020 to the present.
Undergraduate Program Director, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Northeastern University, June 2017 to June 2020.
Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University,
July 2015 to June 2022.
Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University,
September 2009 to June 2015.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 2009.
Dissertation: “Estimating Risk and Expressing Fear: Reactions to Crime in Seattle
Neighborhoods.”
Major Area Exam: Deviance and Social Control
Minor in Social Statistics, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, 2006.
M.A., Sociology, University of Washington, 2004.
Thesis: “Structural Conditions, Spatial Externalities, and Neighborhood
Organizational Processes: Social Capital and Collective Efficacy in Seattle
and Chicago.”
B.A., Sociology, Skidmore College, 2001.

RESEARCH & TEACHING AREAS

Criminology; race and justice; perceptions of crime and justice; community and urban
sociology; politics of crime and justice; theory; quantitative methods.

JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

* Graduate student co-author.

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Cassidy Pereira*. Accepted. “Disorder, Broken Windows, and
Incivilities.” The Handbook on Cities and Crime, edited by Dietrich Oberwittler and
Rebecca Wickes. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Pierce, Glenn, Eric Rodriguez-Whitney*, Kevin Drakulich, Michael L. Radelet, and

Steven F. Shatz. 2023. “How Endogenous System Bias Can Distort Decision-
Making in Criminal Justice Systems.” Social Justice Research.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2023. “Public Opinion and Criminal Justice Reform.” American
Journal of Criminal Justice. 47(6): 1166-1185.

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 Invited contribution for special issue on ‘Criminal Justice Reform’ edited by Daniel
Mears.

Drakulich, Kevin, Jesenia Robles*, Eric Rodriguez-Whitney*, and Cassidy Pereira*.

2023. “Who Believes that the Police Use Excessive Force? Centering Racism in
Research on Perceptions of the Police.” Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency 60(1): 112-164.

Drakulich, Kevin, Eric Rodriguez-Whitney*, and Jesenia Robles*. 2022. “A Subtle but
Vital Shift in Focus: Why White Americans More Frequently Fail to View the
Police Critically.” Du Bois Review. Early online 4/19/22.
OPEN ACCESS

Drakulich, Kevin, and Brandon M. Craig*. 2022. “How Intersectional Threat Shapes
Views of Gun Policy: The John Wayne Solution.” Social Problems. Early online
3/18/22.

Drakulich, Kevin, and Megan Denver. 2022. “The Partisans and The Persuadables:
Public Views of Black Lives Matter and the 2020 Protests.” Perspectives on Politics,
20(4): 1191-1208. Early online 3/1/22.
OPEN ACCESS

Drakulich, Kevin M., Suzanna Fay-Ramirez, and Kathryn Benier. 2022. “The
Neighborhood Context of Perceived and Reported Anti-White Hate Crimes.”
Race and Justice. 12(1): 3-27. (published early online 2019)
Referenced in the Daily Beast.

Drakulich, Kevin, and Andrew J. Baranauskas*. 2021. “Anger versus Fear about Crime:
How Common Is It, Where Does It Come From, and Why Does It Matter?” Crime,
Law, and Social Change 76:451-472.
Referenced in the LSE Business Review.

Drakulich, Kevin, Kevin H. Wozniak, John Hagan, and Devon Johnson. 2021. “Whose
Lives Mattered? How White and Black Americans Felt About Black Lives Matter
in 2016.” Law & Society Review 55: 227-251.

Wozniak, Kevin, Kevin Drakulich, and Brian Calfano. 2021. “Do Photos of Police-
Civilian Interactions Influence Public Opinion about the Police? A Multi-Method
Test of Media Effects.” Journal of Experimental Criminology 17: 239-265.

Wozniak, Kevin, Kevin Drakulich, and Brian Calfano. 2021. “Public Opinion about
Police Weapons and Equipment: An Exploratory Analysis.” Criminal Justice
Policy Review 32(9): 960-991.

Wozniak, Kevin, Kevin Drakulich, and Brian Calfano. 2020. “Theories of Public Opinion
Change Versus Stability and their Implications for Null Findings.” Pp. 305-323 in

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 Understanding Survey Methodology: Sociological Theory and Applications, edited by
Philip S. Brenner. New York: Springer.

Drakulich, Kevin, Kevin H. Wozniak, John Hagan, and Devon Johnson. 2020. “Race and
policing in the 2016 presidential election: Black Lives Matter, the police, and dog
whistle politics.” Criminology 58(2): 370-402.
Covered in the Journalist’s Resource, CNN, Vox, PsyPost, The Bulwark,
News@Northeastern, Salon, FiveThirtyEight and Psychology Today, twice.

Braga, Anthony A., Rod K. Brunson, and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2019. “Race, Place, and
Effective Policing.” Annual Review of Sociology 45: 535-555.
Covered in Knowable Magazine and Psychology Today.

Wozniak, Kevin, Brian Calfano, and Kevin Drakulich. 2019. “A ‘Ferguson Effect’ on
2016 Presidential Vote Preference? Findings from a Framing Experiment
Examining ‘Shy Voters’ and Cues Related to Policing and Social Unrest.” Social
Science Quarterly 100(4): 1023-1038.
Summarized on the London School for Economics’ blog, in one of the most popular posts
of the year. Covered in the Washington Post and Psychology Today.

Singer, Simon I., and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2019. “Crime and Safety in Suburbia.”
Annual Review of Criminology 2: 147-165.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2018. “Perp Walks: Balancing Due Process, Freedom of the Press,
and Equal Protection.” Criminology and Public Policy 17(3): 601-604.
Invited introduction to edited article.

Baranauskas, Andrew J.*, and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2018. “Media Construction of Crime
Revisited: Media Types, Consumer Contexts, and Frames of Crime and Justice.”
Criminology. 56(4): 679-714.
Referenced on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

Braga, Anthony, and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2018. “Race Differences in Crime.” Pp. 9-25
in Criminology and Public Policy: Putting Theory to Work, 2nd edition, edited by
Scott H. Decker and Kevin Wright. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Eric Rodriguez-Whitney*. 2018. “Intentional Inequalities and

Compounding Effects: The State of Race and Justice Theory and Research.” Pp.
17-38 in The Handbook on Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice, edited by Meghan E.
Hollis, Ramiro Martinez, and Jacob Stowell. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Stoia, Nicholas, Kyle Adams, and Kevin Drakulich. 2018. “Rap Lyrics as Evidence:
What Can Music Theory Tell Us?” Race and Justice. 8(4): 330-365.
An interview about this work and example videos:
https://music.duke.edu/news/lyric-formulas-or-criminal-musings
Referenced in LSE British Politics and Policy and ArtReview.

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Drakulich, Kevin, John Hagan, Devon Johnson, and Kevin H. Wozniak. 2017. “Race,
Justice, Policing, and the 2016 American Presidential Election.” Du Bois Review
14(1): 7-33.

Zane, Steven N.*, Brandon C. Welsh, and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2016. “Assessing the
Impact of Race on the Juvenile Waiver Decision: A Systematic Review and Meta-
Analysis.” Journal of Criminal Justice 46: 106-117.
Covered in LAW360.

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Eileen M. Kirk*. 2016. “Public Opinion and Criminal Justice
Reform: Framing Matters.” Criminology and Public Policy 15(1): 171-77.
Invited policy response to research article.

Matsueda, Ross L. and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2016. “Measuring Collective Efficacy: A

Multi-Level Measurement Model for Nested Data.” Sociological Methods &
Research 45(2): 191-230.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2015. “The Hidden Role of Racial Bias in Support for Policies
Related to Inequality and Crime.” Punishment & Society 17(5): 541-574.

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Laura Siller*. 2015. “Presumed Danger: Race, Bias, Stigma,
and Perceptions of Crime and Criminals.” Pp. 23-58 in Deadly Injustice: Race,
Criminal Justice, and the Death of Trayvon Martin, edited by Devon Johnson,
Patricia Warren, and Amy Farrell. New York: New York University Press.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2015. “Explicit and Hidden Racial Bias in the Framing of Social
Problems.” Social Problems 62(3): 391-418.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2015. “Strangers, Acquaintances, and Victims: Victimization and

Concern about Crime among Women.” Sociological Forum 30: 103-126.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2015. “Concerns for Self or Family? Sources of and Responses to
Altruistic Fear.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 30: 1168-1207.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2015. “Social Capital, Information, and Perceptions of

Neighborhood Safety from Crime.” Social Science Quarterly 96: 176-190.

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Robert D. Crutchfield. 2013. “The Role of Perceptions of the
Police in Informal Social Control: Implications for the Racial Stratification of
Crime and Control.” Social Problems 60: 383-407.

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Kristin Rose*. 2013. “Being Male or Living with a Female: Fear
for Partners by Sex and Sexual Orientation.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 28:
1765-1797.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2013. “Perceptions of the Local Danger Posed by Crime: Race,
Disorder, Informal Control, and the Police.” Social Science Research 42: 611-32.

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Drakulich, Kevin M. 2012. “Strangers, Neighbors, and Race: A Contact Model of
Stereotypes and Racial Anxieties about Crime.” Race and Justice 2: 322-55.

Drakulich, Kevin M., Robert D. Crutchfield, Ross L. Matsueda, and Kristin Rose*. 2012.
“Instability, Informal Control, and Criminogenic Situations: Community Effects
of Returning Prisoners.” Crime, Law, and Social Change 57: 493-519.

Matsueda, Ross L., Kevin M. Drakulich, John Hagan, Lauren J. Krivo, and Ruth D.
Peterson. 2011. “Crime, Perceptions of Criminal Injustice, and Electoral Politics.”
Pp. 323-341 in Improving Public Opinion Surveys: Interdisciplinary Innovation and
the American National Election Studies, edited by John Aldrich and Kathleen M.
McGraw. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Matsueda, Ross L., and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2009. “Perceptions of Criminal Injustice,
Symbolic Racism, and Racial Politics.” The Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science 623: 163-178.

Crutchfield, Robert D., Ross L. Matsueda, and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2006. "Race, Labor
Markets, and Neighborhood Violence." Pp. 199-220 in The Many Colors of Crime:
Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America, edited by Ruth D. Peterson,
Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan. New York: New York University Press.

Matsueda, Ross L., Kevin M. Drakulich and Charis E. Kubrin. 2006. "Race and
Neighborhood Codes of Violence." Pp. 334-356 in The Many Colors of Crime:
Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America, edited by Ruth D. Peterson,
Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan. New York: New York University Press.

Karp, David R. and Kevin M. Drakulich. 2004. “Minor Crime in a Quaint Setting:
Practices, Outcomes, and Limits of Vermont Reparative Probation Boards.”
Criminology and Public Policy 3(4): 655-86.

REFERENCE & REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

Drakulich, Kevin M. and Andrew J. Baranauskas*. 2019. “Bias in Crime Policies and
Practices.” The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, edited by Robert D.
Morgan. Sage Publications.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2016. “Forum: Incarceration matters.” Issues in Science and

Technology Winter: 5-6.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2014. “Social Capital and Collective Efficacy.” Pp. 4891-4899 in
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, edited by Gerben Jan Nicolaas
Bruinsma and David Lee Weisburd. New York: Springer.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2009. “Review of But Is It Racial Profiling? Policing, Pretext Stops,
and the Color of Suspicion by Vikas K. Gumbhir.” Contemporary Sociology 38: 38-9.

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Drakulich, Kevin M. and Avery M. Guest. 2003. “Residential Mobility.” Pp. 1171-5 in
Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, vol. 3, edited by
Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

REPORTS, PROPOSALS, DATA, & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Drakulich, Kevin and Megan Denver. 2021. “Replication Data for: The Partisans and
The Persuadables: Public Views of Black Lives Matter and the 2020 Protests.
Perspectives on Politics.” Harvard Dataverse.

Drakulich, Kevin M. 2016. “Technical Report: Police and Justice Measures in the 2016
ANES Pilot Survey.” Report based on the 2016 American National Elections Studies
Pilot Study with recommendations for the 2016 American National Elections
Studies Time Series Study.

Drakulich, Kevin M., John Hagan, Ruth D. Peterson, and Lauren J. Krivo. 2015.
“Electoral Politics and Perceptions of Crime, Justice, and the Police.” Proposal for
the 2016 American National Elections Studies Time Series Study.

Drakulich, Kevin M., John Hagan, Kevin Wozniak, and Devon Johnson. 2015.
“Perceptions of the Police and Electoral Politics.” Proposal for the 2016 American
National Elections Studies Pilot Study.

Drakulich, Kevin M., Kevin Wozniak, John Hagan, and Devon Johnson. 2015.
“Perceptions of Mass Incarceration and Sentencing Reform.” Proposal for the
2016 American National Elections Studies Pilot Study.

Hagan, John, Ross L. Matsueda, Kevin M. Drakulich, Ruth D. Peterson, and Lauren J.
Krivo. 2007. “Crime, Perceived Criminal Injustice, and Electoral Politics.”
Proposal for the 2008-2009 American National Elections Studies Panel Study.

Crutchfield, Robert D., Tim Wadsworth, Heather Groninger, and Kevin M. Drakulich.
2004. “Labor Force Participation, Labor Markets, and Crime.” Grant report for
National Institute of Justice grant.

Karp, David R., Kevin M. Drakulich, and Mary Sprayregen. 2002. “Vermont Reparative
Probation Year 2000 Outcome Evaluation: Final Report.” Vermont Department of
Corrections.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
* Graduate student co-author.

“Gun Control Policy.” Invited Panelist at the GBH Forum Network, March 2023.
“The Partisans and The Persuadables: Public Views of Black Lives Matter and the 2020
Protests” with Megan Denver. Invited by the journal Perspectives on Politics to
present in a special panel organized for the American Political Science Association
annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, to be held in September 2022.

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“Why White Americans Don’t Support Black Lives Matter.” Invited Presentation at
Criminal Justice Student Advisory Council, Northeastern University, March 2019.
“Racial Justice vs. Racial Resentment: What to Expect from Midterm Voters in the Era of
Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump.” Invited Presentation at Institute of Race
and Justice, Northeastern University, November 2018.
Invited Panelist for “The Spatial Impacts of Security Regimes” Symposium. School of
Architecture at Northeastern University, October 2018.
“Race, Justice, and Politics: The Police, Black Lives Matter, and the 2016 US Presidential
Election.” Invited Presentation at Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and
Humanities Colloquium Series, February 2018.
“Crime and Justice in America’s Safest and Most Dangerous Cities,” with Simon Singer.
Northeastern University Libraries Meet the Author Series, January 2018.
“Race, Crime, and Politics.” Invited Presentation at the Global Criminology Network
Lecture Series, Northeastern & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, November 2016.
“How Citizens View Crime, Justice, and the Police.” Invited Panelist at the Myra Kraft
Open Classroom Series: The Choice: Election 2016, Northeastern University October,
2016. Organized by Christopher Bosso and Michael Dukakis. Panel: Making
America (Feel) Safe.
“Racial Animus and Perceptions of Crime and Justice.” Invited Presentation at
University at Albany’s Justice and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century Lecture Series,
November 2015.
“Criminal Justice Contact, Police Injustice, and the 2016 Presidential Election.”
Northeastern SCCJ Research Colloquia Series, September 2016.
“Racial Animus and the Framing of Crime as a Social Problem.” Invited Presentation at
Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium, November 2014.
“Race and Perceptions of Crime, Disorder, the Police, and Our Neighbors” Invited
Presentation at UMass Boston Dept. of Sociology Research Seminar, April 2013.
“Instability, Informal Control, and Criminogenic Situations: Community Effects of
Returning Prisoners” Invited Presentation at the Racial Democracy, Crime, and
Justice Network, July 2012.
“Implicit Racism, Group Position, and Public Policy.” Northeastern SCCJ Research
Colloquia Series, December 2011.
“Signs of Danger, Signs of Safety: Estimating the Local Risk of Crime.” Northeastern SCCJ
Research Colloquia Series, March 2010.
“Black Strangers, Black Neighbors: A Contact Model of Stereotypes and Fear.” Invited
Presentation at the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, July 2009.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
* Graduate student co-author.

“How Intersectional Threat Shapes Views of Gun Policy: The John Wayne Solution”
with Brandon Craig*. Law & Society Association, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2022.
“Public Opinion about the Police: White Support for the Police as Agents of Racial
Control” with Jesenia Robles and Eric Rodriguez-Whitney. American Society of
Criminology, San Francisco, November 2019.
“Public Opinion about Police Equipment and Weapons: An Exploratory Analysis” with
Kevin Wozniak and Brian Calfano. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
November 2019.
“How Black Lives Mattered: Racial Resentment, Threat, and Policing in the 2016
Presidential Election.” American Sociological Association, New York, August 2019.
“Perceptions of and Feelings Toward the Police: Understanding Intra- and Inter-Racial
Differences.” American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November 2018.
“Public Attitudes toward Gun Control: Politics and Views of Firearms in the U.S. versus
Australia” with Suzanna Fay-Ramirez. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta,
November 2018.
“Trump v. Clinton and the Black Lives Matter Movement: Race, the Police, and the
Election” with John Hagan, Kevin Wozniak, and Devon Johnson. American
Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November 2017.
“Race, Justice, Policing, and the 2016 American Presidential Election.” Social Theory
Forum, University of Massachusetts, Boston, March 2017.
“Police Contact, Perceived Injustice, and Politics” with John Hagan, Kevin Wozniak, and
Devon Johnson. American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November 2016.
“Media Construction of Crime Revisited: Media Influence on Perceptions of Crime
Trends and Policy Opinion” with Andrew J. Baranauskas*. American Society of
Criminology, New Orleans, November 2016.
“Exposure to Images of Police-Civilian Interactions and Public Opinion about Law
Enforcement: An Experiment” with Kevin Wozniak and Brian Calfano. American
Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November 2016.
“Rap Lyrics as Evidence: What Can Music Theory Tell Us?” with Nicholas Stoia and
Kyle Adams. American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November 2016.
“Implicit Racism, the Racial Context, and Perceptions of Crime and Justice.” Society for
the Study of Social Problems, Seattle, August 2016.
“Implicit Racial Bias, Community Context, and Perceptions of Crime and Justice.”
American Society of Criminology, Washington, November 2015.
“Implicit Racial Animus and Support for Policies Related to Inequality and Crime.” Law
and Society Association, Seattle, May 2015.

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“Perceived Anti-White Hate Crime in Seattle” with Suzanna Fay-Ramirez and Kathryn
Benier*. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November 2014.
“Afraid or Angry about Crime? The Differential Sources and Consequences of Affect”
with Andrew Baranauskas*. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
November 2014.
“Explicit and Hidden Racial Bias in the Framing of Social Problems.” American
Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 2014.
“Changes in News Media Consumption and Changes in Perceptions of Crime” with
John Montgomery*. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November 2013.
“Being Male or Living with a Female: Fear for Partners by Sex and Sexual Orientation”
with Kristin Rose*. American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November 2012.
“Implicit Racism, Changes in Black Political Power, and Attitudes about Crime Control
and Social Support.” American Society of Criminology, Washington, November
2011.
“Strangers, Neighbors, and Race.” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August
2011.
“Signs of Danger, Signs of Safety: Estimating the Local Risk of Crime.” American Society
of Criminology, San Francisco, November 2010.
“A Rational Choice Theory of Neighborhood Social Capital” with Ross L. Matsueda.
American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November 2009.
“Optimizing Residential Segregation and Urban Crime” with Bryan L. Sykes and Jacob
Young. Population Association of America, Detroit, May 2009.
“Black Strangers, Black Neighbors: A Contact Model of Stereotypes and Fear.” American
Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November 2008.
“Social Capital, Collective Efficacy, and the Micro-Macro Problem” with Ross L.
Matsueda. American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November 2008.
“Ethnicity, Economy, Crime, and Perceptions of Justice” with Robert D. Crutchfield.
American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November 2008.
“Social Reactions to Personal, Family and Local Crime: Personal and Altruistic Fear and
Precautionary Behaviors.” American Sociological Association, Boston, August 2008.
“Differential Social Organization, Codes of the Street, and Collective Efficacy” with Ross
L. Matsueda. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November 2007.
“Ethnic Community Attachment, Collective Efficacy and Crime” with Robert D.
Crutchfield. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November 2007.
“Race, Neighborhood Perceptions of Police, Codes of Violence, and Crime” with Ross L.
Matsueda. American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, November 2006.
“Returning Home: Coercive Mobility, Collective Efficacy, and Crime” with Robert D.
Crutchfield and Ross L. Matsueda. American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles,
November 2006.

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“Race, Neighborhood Views of Police, and Codes of Violence” with Ross L. Matsueda.
American Sociological Association, Montreal, August 2006.
“Returning Home: Prisoner Release, Neighborhood Well-Being, and Crime” with Robert
D. Crutchfield. American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 2005.
“Coercive Mobility and Collective Efficacy: Inmate Release in Seattle.” Pacific Sociological
Association, Portland, OR, April 2005.
“Neighborhood Organization, Social Capital, and Collective Efficacy in Seattle
Neighborhoods” with Ross L. Matsueda. American Society of Criminology,
Nashville, November 2004.
“Structural Antecedents in Organization Theories: Considering Zoning.” American
Society of Criminology, Denver, November 2003.
“Rethinking Neighborhood Ties: Dimensions of Local Social Ties for Organization and
Collective Efficacy.” American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 2003.
“Minor Crime in a Quaint Setting: An Evaluation of Vermont Reparative Probation,”
with David Karp. American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November 2002.
“Vermont Reparative Probation Outcome Evaluation: Final Report,” with David Karp
and Mary Sprayregen, Skidmore College. American Sociological Association,
Chicago, August 2002.
“Dynamics of Greed and Guilt: Changes in Youth Political Beliefs by Value and
Demographic Characteristics in the 1990s.” Eastern Sociological Society,
Philadelphia, March 2001.

GRANTS
Research Development Initiative Award. Principal Investigator, Northeastern
University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities. February, 2019-February,
2020 ($5,000).
“Action Research to Develop a Rigorous Evaluation of College Bound Dorchester.” Co-
Principal Investigator with Anthony Braga (PI), College Bound Dorchester.
September 1, 2017- June 30, 2018 ($50,000).
Research Development Initiative Award. Principal Investigator, Northeastern
University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities. February, 2016-February,
2017 ($5,000).
“Exposure to Images of Police-Civilian Interactions and Public Opinion about Law
Enforcement and Government: An Experimental Test.” Co-Principal
Investigator with Kevin Wozniak (PI, UMass-Boston) and Brian Calfano (Co-PI,
Missouri State), Joseph P. Healey Research Grant Program. July 1, 2015- June 30,
2016 ($11,954).
“The Status of Economically and Socially Disadvantaged Groups in the US in an Era of
Declining Opportunity.” Co-Principal Investigator, Northeastern University,
TIER 1 Multidisciplinary Seed Grant. July 1, 2015-September 30, 2016 ($49,022).

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“Implicit Racial Bias, Community Context, and Perceptions of Crime and Justice.”
Principal Investigator, W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program, National Institute of
Justice, Grant # NIJ-2014-3763. January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015 ($49,679).

AWARDS AND HONORS

Robert Sheehan Excellence in Teaching Award. 2023. Northeastern University, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Robert Sheehan Excellence in Teaching Award. 2016. Northeastern University, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice.
New Scholar Award. 2014. American Society of Criminology, Division of People of Color
and Crime.
W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow. 2014. National Institute of Justice.
Nominated for the University of Washington Distinguished Dissertation Award. 2009.
Nominated by the Department of Sociology.
Norman S. Hayner Award. 2001. Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

COURSES TAUGHT
Capstone (CRIM 4949). Northeastern University, School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice. Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021.
Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern (CRIM 1000). Northeastern
University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall
2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021.
Co-op Integration Seminar (CRIM 3000, CRIM 4000). Northeastern University, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice. Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019,
Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021.
Internship (CRIM 4994). Northeastern University, School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice. Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 1&2 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020,
Summer 1&2 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021.
Criminology and Public Policy (PhD) (CRIM 7710). Northeastern University, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice. Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall
2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021.
Crime, Media, and Politics (CRIM 1700). Northeastern University, School of Criminology
and Criminal Justice. Fall 2016, Fall 2020.
Advanced Data Analysis (PhD) (CRIM 7718). Northeastern University, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice. Spring 2018.
Crime, Media, and Public Opinion (CRIM 4900). Northeastern University, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice. Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014,
Fall 2015, Spring 2016.
Criminology (CRIM 2200). Northeastern University, School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice. Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall
2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.

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Graduate Criminology (CRIM 7200). Northeastern University, School of Criminology and
Criminal Justice. Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2014.
Communities and Crime (CRIM 4660). Northeastern University, School of Criminology
and Criminal Justice. Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012.
Criminology (SOC 371). University of Washington, Department of Sociology. Summer
2006, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009.

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