Jeremy Barnum is a doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from Rutgers University Newark in 2014 with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include police use of force, officer safety, health and wellness, and crime prevention.
Hannah Barti is a first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the 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 advocacy, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.
Education
B.A. Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
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)
Nicole Cebak is a second-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2021 with her Master of Science degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include immigration and crime, policing, focused police measures, and intimate partner violence.
Education
M.S. Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at El Paso (2021)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Texas at El Paso (2019)
Deena DeVore is a fifth-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 community policing, focused deterrence strategies, and procedural and restorative justice theories.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno (2019)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada Reno (2017)
Tanya Dudinskaya is a fourth-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 is a third-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the 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, as well as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2023 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, risk assessment measurements, collateral consequences, and institutional programming.
Education
B.A. Sociology, California State University, Fullerton (2020)
B.A. Criminal Justice, California State University, Fullerton (2020)
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2023)
Christopher Forepaugh is a fourth-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, hate crimes, drug policy, violent crime, and crime pattern analysis.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
B.A. Criminal Justice and Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2017)
Megan Silvia is a second-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)
Qingyang HONG is a first-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from University of Macau in 2023 with his Master of Social Science degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research interests include policing, the death penalty and social control in China, sociology of law and crime.
Education
M.S. Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Macau (2023)
B.A. Journalism, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2020)
Rachel Housden is a second-year doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2019 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology, Law, and Society. Her research interests include police-community relations, corrections, and wrongful convictions.
Education
B.A. Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine (2019)
Elisha Longoria a first year Ph.D student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville in 2023 with her Masters of Science in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include gender based differences in individuals under community supervision and community supervision needs in rural areas.
Education
M.S. Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville (2023)
B.A. Psychology
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (2021)
Teresa Marie is a second-year PhD student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the Graduate and Professional Student Association Treasurer for the 2023-2024 school year. Teresa is a licensed attorney in New Mexico and worked as a judicial law clerk for Clark County Family Court - Dependency Division before returning to school for her PhD. Her research interests include failed adoptions, police discretion and mandatory reporting laws, childhood abuse and neglect, and child trafficking.
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Massachusetts School of Law, Dartmouth, MA (2020)
Master of Public Policy - Public Administration University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA (2021)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (2016)
Jordyn Sanders is a second-year doctorate student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2022 with her Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include policing, surveillance, environmental criminology, tribal concerns, and victimization.
Education
A.A. Criminal Justice, College of Southern Nevada (2017)
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019)
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)
Leobardo Lopez is a fourth-year PhD student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from UNLV in 2020 with his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include police use of force, police militarization, and public perceptions.
Education
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2020)
B.S. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2018)
Megan Sloan 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 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)
Khaing Lynn is a third-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 Criminal Justice. Her research interests include police use of force, protest policing, and militarization of police forces.
Education
M.S. Criminal Justice, Portland State University (2021)
Kamali'ilani Wetherell is a third-year Doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Department at the 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, missing persons, 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 is a fourth-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 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)
Aerrow Cruz is a second-year Master's student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2022 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests causes and effects of violence and escalation, response time and effectiveness, and trust in law enforcement
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)
John Fitz is a second-year Master's student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from the College of Southern Nevada in 2018 with his Associate of Arts degree in Criminal Justice before enrolling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019. John later graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice in 2021. His research interests include police use of force, crime among the mentally ill population, and correlation between race and crime.
Education
A.A. Criminal Justice, College of Southern Nevada (2018) B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2021)
Kara Forrai is a second-year Master’s student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2022 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include crimes against women and the use of trauma-informed approaches in corrections.
Alexandra Merletti is a second-year Master's student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Victoria, British Columbia in 2021 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Her research interests include victimology, human trafficking, and white-collar crime.
Education
B.A. Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia (2021)
Taylor Novak is a second-year Master's student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2022 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. Her research interests include psychological theories of crime, biological theories of crime, and crime prevention.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)
Alexis Rodriguez is a first-year Master's student in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His research interests include the local court system, victimization, cyber crimes, and security.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice and Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)
Makaylen Tadeo is a second-year master's student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 2022 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Human Services. Her research interests include crimes against children, sex crimes, and victimization.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)
Jessica Quan-Williams is a second-year Master’s student in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2022 with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Her research interests include school violence, crowd science, and the influence crowdsourcing has on investigations.
Education
B.A. Criminal Justice, University Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)
B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, University Nevada, Las Vegas (2015)
B.A. Music Education, Loyola University, New Orleans (2007)
Cyrus Ford Zarganj is a second-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)
