Doctoral students graduating 2024
Sheena Gilbert
Social Science Research Analyst in Tribal Crime, Justice, and Victimization (National Institute of Justice)
sheenagilbert@unomaha.edu- Interests: victimization, Indigenous crime & victimization, gender-based violence, college campus/university sexual victimization
- Interests (continued): policy reform and Indigenous People, victimization of underserved populations
- Interests (continued): intersection of policing and Indigenous crime/victimization
Brian Gildea
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice (Colorado Mesa University)
briangildea@unomaha.edu- Interests: domestic violence, violence against women, victimology, policy and policing
Sarah Steele
Assistant Professor (Prairie View A&M University)
ssteele@unomaha.edu- Interests: sexual deviance, corrections, community corrections, correctional policy, sex offender policy
Doctoral Students
Alvi Ali
alviali@unomaha.edu
- Interests: victimology, violence against women, sexual offending and victimization in K-12 programs, gender and punishment, and sex work
Sarah Al Falatah
salfalatah@unomaha.edu
- Interests: mental and physical health, neuroscience and biosocial criminology, and offender decision-making
Baylee Allen
bayleeallen@unomaha.edu
- Interests: corrections, risk assessment, and gender-informed approaches to corrections
Sadie Brewer
sadiebrewer@unomaha.edu
- Interests: youth corrections, risk and preventative factors, and recidivism
Michaela E. Goldsmith
michaelagoldsmith@unomaha.edu
- Interests: victimology, victim services, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, sexual violence, and policing
Taylor Gonzales
Graduate Research Assistant in Nebraska Collaborative for Violence Intervention and Prevention
tgonzales@unomaha.edu- Interests: recidivism of justice-involved populations, corrections, and program evaluations
Lexi Goodijohn
lgoodijohn@unomaha.edu
- Interests: cybercrime and trafficking, sociology, race and crime, women in policing, police officer wellness, policy and program evaluation
Abby Hayes
ahayes26@unomaha.edu
- Interests: corrections, prison subcultures and rehabilitation programs
Addison Kobie
akobie@unomaha.edu
- Interests: juvenile delinquency, corrections, and criminology
Emily Meinert
emeinert@unomaha.edu
- Interests: sexual violence, crimes against women, gender and crime, re-victimization, IPV
Isaac Moelter
imoelter@unomaha.edu
- Interests: domestic extremism, radicalization, violence, corrections
Naya Russell-Coprich
nrussell-coprich@unomaha.edu
- Interests: juvenile delinquency, police and community interaction, reentry, and theory
Dakota Schroll
dschroll@unomaha.edu
- Interests: biosocial and biopsychosocial criminology, individual differences in crime and victimization, risk and needs assessment
- Interests (continued): , traits and criminality, traits and victimization, criminological theory and philosophy, psychology and crime
- Interests (continued): criminal and victim decision-making, social construction of deviance and criminality, emotions and criminality
Kaitlyn Swanberg
kswanberg@unomaha.edu
- Interests: sexual exploitation of children, internet facilitated sex crimes, human trafficking, mass casualty violence, and environmental criminology
Valeria Torres-Rivera
vtorres-rivera@unomaha.edu
- Interests: victimology, intimate partner violence, incarceration, reentry and stigma
John Ursino
jursino@unomaha.edu
- Interests: risk-need assessments, correctional programming, and decarceration strategies
Nicholas Vietto
nvietto@unomaha.edu
- Interests: biopsychosocial criminology, quantitative methodology, antisocial behavior, behavior genetics, experimental criminology
Callie Vitro
cvitro@unomaha.edu
- Interests: terrorism, threat assessment, policing, and leadership
Emilie Whitehouse
ewhitehouse@unomaha.edu
- Interests: intimate partner and sexual violence