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Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Doctoral Students

Image of Tylor BeckEducation:
M.P.A. 2018, Augusta University
M.A. 2017, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice
B.S. 2015, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice

Email:
tebeck@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Veteran incarceration, police handling of emotionally disturbed persons, sentencing reform, rehabilitation and alternative sentencing to incarceration

SavannahEducation: B.A. 2021, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice; Experimental Psychology
M.A. 2023, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Email:
bizzarrs@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Crime Events, Crime Analysis, Crime Prevention: School Violence and Threats, Mass Violence, Decision Making, Extremist Motivation, Terrorism

 

Education:

A.A., 2019, Rock Valley College

B.A., 2021, University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences

M.A., 2022 University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy

Email: JLC37@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:

Policing practices & recruitment, inequalities and perceptions of crime & the criminal justice system, successful reintegration post-corrections

Education:
M.A., City University of Hong Kong, Criminology
M.A., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Social Science
B.S., University of Winnipeg, Psychology (Honors)

Email:
ycheung@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Criminal justice and perceptions, gender-based violence, and policing

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Education:

M.A. 2024, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice

B.A. 2022, University of Lynchburg, Criminology with a double minor in Psychology and Criminal Forensics

Email:
afabila@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Child abuse, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence

 

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B.A., 2020, University of South Florida, Psychology and Criminology 

M.A., 2022, University of South Florida, Criminology

Email: SF39@email.sc.edu 

  Research Interests: Victimization of vunerable populations, the adultification of Black girls, and racial disparities within the criminal justice legal system

Education:
B.S., 2001, University of South Carolina, Criminal Justice

M.CJ. 2002, University of South Carolina, Criminal Justice

Email:
geary@sc.edu

Research Interests:
Policing, use of force, public policy 

 

Kaitlen HubbardEducation:
M.S., 2020, University of South Carolina, Criminology and Criminal Justice
B.A., 2018, Concord University, Sociology

Email:
kaitlen@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Death penalty, sentencing, disparities in sentencing

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Education: 

M.A., 2019, Soongsil University, Information Sociology

B.A., 2016, Soongsil University, Information Sociology, English Language and Literature

Email: SOHEEJ@email.sc.edu 

Research Interests: Juvenile delinquency, bullying, victimization, violence against women, cybercrime, correctional programming

Lekendra KiddEducation:
M.S. 2021, University of Alabama Birmingham, Criminal Justice
B.S. 2016, University of Alabama Birmingham, Criminal Justice

Email:
lekendra@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Human trafficking, human/child rights, victim-centered policy-making, criminal behavior, victimology

Education:
M.A. 2020, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice

B.A. 2019, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Email:
sylessia@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Mental health and corrections, black women and crime, women and crime, race and crime, violence against women, racial disparities in criminal justice

 

Education:
B.A. 2019, University of South Carolina, Psychology, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Email:
kkirkley@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Juvenile justice, youth violence

 

 

Education:
B.A. 2019, Dongguk University, Police administration

Email:
kyunghwan@sc.edu

Research Interests:
Corrections, punishment, rehabilitation, program and policy evaluation

 

Lucas ManessEducation:
M.S., 2021, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Criminal Justice and Criminology (Graduate Certificate in Crime Analysis)
B.S. 2018, Western Carolina University, Criminal Justice and Political Science

Email:
lmaness@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Serial murder, terrorism, drugs and crime, criminological theory, gender-based violence, policing, courts, and rehabilitation and reintegration

Education:
M.A. 2019, Kyonggi University, Forensic Psychology
B.A. 2017, Sungshin Women's University, Political Science and Diplomacy, and Psychology

Email:
hnoh@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Juvenile delinquency, victimization, women and crime, race and crime, cybercrime, rehabilitation

Marc Olson

Education:
B.A. 2024, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Email:
mcolson@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Policing, use of force, victims' rights, recidivism

 

Nicola PasquireEducation:
B.S. 2020, Northern Michigan University, Criminal Justice

M.A., 2022, University of South Carolina, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Email:
pasquire@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Female incarceration, reentry barriers and programs, felony disenfranchisement

Christina PlakasEducation:
B.A. 2019, Hamilton College, Sociology

Email:
cplakas@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Correctional programming, reentry programs, juvenile justice

Image of Marion RennerEducation:
M.A. 2016, University of South Carolina, Criminology and Criminal Justice
B.A. 2015, University Paris Descartes, France, Psychology (Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology)

Email:
mrenner@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Mental health and crime, biosocial criminology, theories of criminology, antisocial disorder, self-control, early attachment and crime/social bonds, neuropsychology, homicide/violent crime

Education:

M.A. 2024, University of Arkansas, Sociology

B.A. 2022, University of Arkansas, Psychology, Sociology, Criminology

Email:
schuettb@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Mass violence, terrorism, violent extremism, hate crimes

 

Education:
B.A. 2020, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Psychology

Email:
sedlaceh@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Research design and data analysis, juvenile justice, and crime prevention

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  Education:
  B.A. 2022, Temple University, Psychology and Criminal Justice

  Email:
  sshaiman@email.sc.edu 

  Research Interests:
  Sexual violence, violence against women, violence disclosure and reporting, post-       victimization service utilization

 

 

Dywane ThompsonEducation:
M.C.J. 2021, University of Colorado, Criminal Justice
B.A. 2017, Augusta University, Criminal Justice and Sociology

Email:
dywane@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Reentry, policy and programming, deaf studies, religion and crime, spatial criminology, and courts

Education:
M.A. 2020, University of South Carolina, Criminology and Criminal Justice
B.S. 2018, University of South Carolina, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Email:
trowbrij@email.sc.edu

Research Interests:
Civil asset forfeiture, criminal justice policy

 


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