Akhila Ananth
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
aananth2@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4877
| Community organizations serving youth of color in Los Angeles, Design of juvenile courts and detention facilities, Designs of children’s spaces in the law, Race and gender issues
Carly Dierkhising
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
cdierkh@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4879
| Adverse childhood experiences, Crossover youth, Trauma among juvenile justice-involved youth, Trauma and child traumatic stress, Youth gangs
Jane Gauthier
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
jane.gauthier2@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-3424
| Hate crime victimization among LGBTQ people and immigrants in Los Angeles, Hate crimes and groups, Racial and gender minority experiences with police, Spatial patterns of crime
Lisa Graziano
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
lgrazia@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-6230
| Diversity within the LAPD, Evolution of both LAPD relations with communities of colors, Impact of media coverage on perceptions of police, Police-community relations, Role of race-ethnicity in shaping public perceptions of police
Denise Herz
Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
dherz@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4624
| Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Characteristics and needs of crossover youth, City of Los Angeles Gang Reduction and Youth Development Office, Juvenile justice, Youths at-risk for delinquency
Khadija Monk
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
kmonk2@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4628
| Community violence prevention, Crime and policy analysis, Crime prevention, Disparities in the criminal justice system, Environmental criminology, Police-community relationships, Sexual assault victimization
Carlena Orosco
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
corosco5@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4663
| Crime analysis instruction, Criminal justice leadership, Police training, Police-community relations, Systematic social observation in policing
Katherine A. Roberts
Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
krobert2@exchange.calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4625
| Center for Interdisciplinary Forensic Science Research, Detection of adulterants in morphine sulfate solutions, M.S. program in criminalistics, Microspectroscopy to differentiate printing inks and bullet damage, Trace evidence
Joshua R. Ruffin
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
jruffin2@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4695
| Community justice, Correctional systems, Policing, Race and social justice, Re-entry programs
Bill Sanders
Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
bsander2@exchange.calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4622
| Ethnographic investigations on young people and crime, How youth from high-risk neighborhoods avoid gangs and drugs, Processes of desistance among serious juvenile and adult offenders, Public health aspects about criminal justice
Katharine Tellis
Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
ktellis@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4623
| Crime rates and offender recidivism, How attrition occurs within the criminal justice system, Suspect/victim relationship in sexual assault cases, Violence prevention and criminal justice policy and practice
Jay Vargas
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
jay.vargas86@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4613
| Central nervous system tissue in response to drug exposure and in neurological disorders, Development of animal models for use in determining the adverse effect profile of drugs and toxins, Forensic chemical analysis, New analytical techniques for controlled substance analysis, Toxicology and pharmacology
Beatrice Yorker
Professor Emerita of Nursing, Criminal Justice and Criminalistics | Nursing, Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
Byorker@calstatela.edu
| Child abuse, Crime in healthcare, Munchausen by Proxy, Serial murder in healthcare