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. To see the work I have done in this area, see my Writing page.

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


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, R2PhX, explores different questions using these data.


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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