Expertise

My research examines the importance of spatial and temporal correlates of crime at the neighborhood level. Or put more simply, I am interested in space, time and crime.The primary thrust of my research has focused on interrogating the relationship of gentrification with crime, but I have also examined the importance of neighborhood and community correlates for crime on college campuses and in New Orleans neighborhoods pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina. My current research engages with urban bias in criminology by examining the neighborhood correlates of crime in smaller and medium-sized U.S. cities.

Research Areas:

  • Available for Ph.D. Student Advising
  • Neighborhood Change and Crime
  • Community Correlates of Crime
  • Crime in Small and Medium Size Cities
  • Crime Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis
Degrees
PhD, State University of New York at Albany, Sociology, 2013
MA, Northern Illinois University, Sociology (Criminology emphasis), 2006
BA, Northern Illinois University, Sociology (Criminology emphasis), 2004