Doctoral Students
Alexa Bejinariu
Doctoral Candidate
elena.bejinariu@unlv.edu
Biography
Alexa Bejinariu is a senior doctoral candidate in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2016 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include gender-based violence, critical criminology, human trafficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of youth, and intimate partner violence.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2016)
B.A. Criminal Justice and Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2012)
Cassandra Boyer
Doctoral Student
cassandra.boyer@unlv.edu
Anthony Branchini
Doctoral Student
branchin@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Anthony Branchini is a third-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include officer discretion, dehumanization, and police use of force.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2010)
B.S. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2003)
Sinyong Choi
Doctoral Candidate
sinyong.choi@unlv.edu
Biography
Sinyong Choi is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from Bridgewater State University in 2018 with his Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include cybercrime, cybersecurity, illegal online gambling, quantitative study, and comparative study.
Education
M.S. Criminal Justice, Bridgewater State University (2018)
Stacey Clouse
Doctoral Student
Stacey.Clouse@unlv.edu
Biography
Stacey Clouse is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2018 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include hot spots, crime place networks, violent offender networks, and policing.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
B.S. Criminal Justice and Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2016)
Deena DeVore
Doctoral Student
deena.devore@unlv.edu
Biography
Deena DeVore is a third-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2019 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include focused deterrence strategies, procedural and restorative justice practical applications, and community policing.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno (2019)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada Reno (2017)
Joshua Donnelly
Doctoral Student
joshua.donnelly@unlv.edu
Biography
Joshua Donnelly is a fourth-year doctoral student and the Lab Manager for the Tourism Safety and Crowd Science Lab in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from UNLV in 20018 with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include crime prevention, policing, the geographical distribution of crime across places, and best teaching practices.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2016)
Tanya Dudinskaya
Doctoral Student
Tanya.Dudinskaya@unlv.edu
Biography
Tanya Dudinskaya is a second-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include public attitudes of police and police use of body-worn cameras and drone technology and the implications of these devices.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
Kaylee Faria
Doctoral Student
Kaylee.Faria@unlv.edu
Biography
Kaylee Faria is a first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 2020 with two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency and risk assessment measurements.
Education
B.A. Sociology, California State University, Fullerton (2020)
B.A. Criminal Justice, California State University, Fullerton (2020)
Christopher Forepaugh
Doctoral Student
Christopher.Forepaugh@unlv.edu
Biography
Chris Forepaugh is a second-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020 with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include police use of force, police-community relations, and alcohol/drug-related crime and policy.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
B.A. Criminal Justice and Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2017)
Megan Giovannini
Doctoral Student
silvim1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Megan Silvia is a first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She also graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include violence against women, institutional responses to sexual misconduct, and policing practices.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
Jacklyn Keen
Doctoral Student
jaclyn.parker@unlv.edu
Biography
Jackie Keen is an advanced doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Toledo in 2015 with Bachelor's Degrees in Psychology and Spanish and from the University of Cincinnati in 2016 with a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include correctional rehabilitation and programming, community corrections, risk/needs assessments, gender-responsive strategies, and substance addiction pathways and treatment.
Education
M.S. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati (2016)
B.A. Psychology and B.A. Spanish, University of Toledo (2015)
Bridget Kelly
Doctoral Student
bridget.kelly@unlv.edu
Megan Kelly
Doctoral Student
megan.kelly@unlv.edu
Biography
Megan Kelly is a first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include alternative policing, prison reform, and mobile crisis intervention clinics.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
B.S. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
Leobardo Lopez
Doctoral Student
baltal1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Leobardo Lopez is a second-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020 with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include police use of force, accountability, public perceptions, and criminological theory.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
B.S. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
Khaing Lynn
Doctoral Student
khaing.lynn@unlv.edu
Biography
Khaing Sandee Lynn is first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from Portland State University in 2021 with her Master of Science degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include police-citizen relations and policing.
Education
M.S. Criminal Justice, Portland State University (2021)
B.S. Psychology, Linfield University (2018)
Heather Monaghan
Doctoral Student
heather.gilmore@unlv.edu
Biography
Heather Monaghan is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include school-based crime, juvenile delinquency, and sexual victimization.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno (2017)
Audrey Puckett
Doctoral Student
audrey.puckett@unlv.edu
Biography
Audrey Puckett is a second-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2020 with her Master of Science degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include victimology, human trafficking, and race and crime.
Education
M.S. Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University (2020)
B. A. International Studies and French, Texas A&M University, College Station (2018)
Shon Reed
Doctoral Candidate
shon.reed@unlv.edu
Biography
Shon Reed is a doctoral candidate in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated in 2018 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include gender and crime, victimization, victim service providers, and criminological theory.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2015)
Kamali’ilani Wetherell
Doctoral Student
wetherel@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography K
amali'ilani Wetherell is a first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include policing, unsolved crime, and wrongful convictions.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
B.A. Psychology, University of California, Irvine (2019)
Chelsea Wheeler-Mayo
Doctoral Student
wheelc2@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Chelsea Wheeler-Mayo is a third-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from Western Illinois State University in 2019 with her Master of Science degree in Experimental Psychology. Her research interests include military sexual trauma, mental health in policing, and leadership structures among police and military.
Education
M.S. Experimental Psychology, Western Illinois State University (2019)
B.S. Criminal Justice and Psychology, Fort Hays State University (2017)
Masters Students
Hannah Barti
Masters Student
barti@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Hannah Barti is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include victimization, victim services, and psychological theories of crime.
Education
B.A. Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
Leandro Castillo
Masters Student
castil3@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Leandro Castillo is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas with his Bachelor of Art degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. His research interests include parole and probation training methods and offender recidivism rates.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
Jordan Donohue
Masters Student
donohj1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Jordan Donohue is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Her research interests include resiliency in maltreated youth, justice-involved juveniles, and crime policy.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice and Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
Julien Fougere
Masters Student
fougerej@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Julien Fougere is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2018 with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include police perceptions/interactions involving mentally ill individuals and the experiences of mentally ill offenders in the criminal justice system.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
Kathryn Henry
Masters Student
henryk9@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Kathryn R. Henry, M.A. is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from Doane University, in 2017 with her Master of Arts in Management. Her research interests include childhood emotional abuse, victims of interpersonal violence, and police response to victims of interpersonal violence.
Education
M.A. Master of Arts in Management Emphasis in Leadership, Doane University (2017)
Kevin Hoover
Masters Student
hoovek1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Kevin Hoover is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include corrections and domestic minor sex trafficking.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
German Martinez
Masters Student
martig14@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
German Martinez is a second-year master’s student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He also graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020 with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include community policing, crime analysis, and juvenile probation.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
Eric Michael
Masters Student
michael9@unlv.nevada.edu
Lucio Ortiz
Masters Student
ortizl3@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Lucio Ortiz is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2020 with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include effects of immigration status on women’s victimization.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada Las Vegas (2020)
Christie Ra
Masters Student
rac1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Christie Ra is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include victimization and commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
Jordyn Sanders
Masters Student
sandej5@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Jordyn Sanders is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include police legitimacy, surveillance and evidence, and critical criminology.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
Megan Sloan
Masters Student
megan.sloan@unlv.edu
Biography
Megan Sloan is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2020 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include cyber crime, bloodstain pattern analysis, and human/arms/drug trafficking.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
Antonia Summerlin
Masters Student
antonia.summerlin@unlv.edu
Biography
Toni Summerlin is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Phoenix, Las Vegas, NV in 2015 with her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration Management. Her research interests include police use of force, recruitment and retention, and training, specifically FTEP (Field Training Evaluation Program).
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice Administration Management, University of Phoenix , Las Vegas, NV (2015)
Kaitlyn Swanberg
Masters Student
swanbk1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Kaitlyn Swanberg is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2021 with her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Her research interests include internet crimes against children, child victimology, and mass casualty incidents.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
B.A. Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
Marissa Tiemann
Masters Student
tiemam1@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Marissa Tiemann is a second-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from The University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice/ Psychology and minored in neuroscience. Her research interests include mental health and the relationship it has to crime, psychology and crime, revictimization, and the relationship between environment and victimization.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice and Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
Rylie Winders
Masters Student
winders@unlv.nevada.edu
Biography
Rylie Winders is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from Nevada State College, in 2021 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include violence against women and vulnerable populations, crime prevention methods, and juvenile delinquency.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, Nevada State College, Henderson (2021)
Cyrus Zarganj
Masters Student
cyrus.ford@unlv.edu
Biography
Cyrus Ford Zarganj is a first-year masters student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX in 2003 with his Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science. His research interests include international justice, women and crime, and crimes against humanities.
Education
M.S. Library and Information Science, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX (2003)
B.A. Spanish Language and Literature, Azad University, Tehran, Iran (1997)