About me…


Curriculum Vitae


I am an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. My research focuses on a variety of topics including: Network Criminology and Data Science.



Research & Teaching


Network Criminology

Network Criminology is the application of ideas from network science to problems in criminology and criminal justice. Learn more. How do beliefs about technology (e.g. body-worn cameras) spread among police officers? How is power defined and distributed among incarcerated men and incarcerated women? These are all questions that require a network perspective to not only answer the question, but be able to ask it in the first place.

I teach three courses that pertain to a focus on Network Criminology:

I have developed several books and R packages for these courses:


Data Science

But wait, there’s more! I have recently started tinkering around with data science (because it is awesome!). Specifically, I have created a site to examine the Phoenix, AZ open data portal. The site, Open Criminology Phoenix (OCP), explores different questions using these data. If you are wondering what is happening with crime in Phoenix, Open Criminology Phoenix (OCP) is the place to start!

I also teach a course on Open-Source Data Wrangling and Visualization for Crime Analysts. The following materials are used in the course and are freely available:


Check out my Workshops page for more on network criminology and data science teaching.


Mentoring

I have had the opportunity to mentor some incredible students in my career. If you are interested in who they are and they work they do, check them out at my Mentoring page.


Service

And, I am the Director of Curriculum for the Institute for Social Science Research.


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