Sarah M. Manchak is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior with concentrations in experimental psychopathology and psychology and the law from the University of California, Irvine in 2011. Prior to that, she earned her MA in forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Maddy Lancaster is a master's student in the school of criminal justice at the University of Cincinnati. She received her bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Xavier University in the spring of 2018. Her interests broadly include improving and informing correctional policy and reform through evidence-based practices and research. Specifically, she is interested in studying the impacts of correctional policies on offender reentry, mental health, substance abuse, and inmate incarceration experiences. Additionally, she is interested in research regarding school shootings and effective response management in the case of active shooter incidents.

Symone Pate is a doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati studying criminal justice. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Cincinnati. Her interests are sentencing and punishment, institutional and community corrections, human trafficking, and juvenile justice.

Sarah Light is a current doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice as well as her Masters in Criminal Justice at Grand Valley State University. Her research interests include offender reentry and, more generally, the impact of the criminal justice system on communities.

Jordan McCoy is current doctoral student in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at the University of Cincinnati. She received her master's degree in mental health counseling from the University of Cincinnati and her bachelor's degree in psychology at Illinois State University. Her research interest includes offender counseling, reentry services, recidivism, suicide and substance abuse. Jordan is a current licensed therapist in Ohio & Kentucky who has experience counseling federal pre-rial and federal probation clients through a grant with the federal government, along with clients struggling with active addiction within in-patient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, leading weekly anger management group and suicidal ideation. Jordan is currently working on grants to help increase de-escalation. Dissertation topic plans to focus on bridging the gap between mental health services and the offender population.

Pranjali is a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She is from India and holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Mumbai University (India), and a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Delhi (India). She received her MS in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2019. Her research interests include sentencing, offender rehabilitation, prisoner reentry, and program evaluation. Additionally, she is interested in corrections research in the Indian context.

Luis Gutierrez is a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. He received his Bachelor's & Master's degrees in Criminal Justice from California State University-Los Angeles. His research interests broadly include juvenile delinquency, community violence, substance abuse & mental health. More specifically, he is interested in research on justice-involved youth, prescription drug abuse & PTSD.

Eurielle Kiki is a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Her primary research interests are centered around juvenile risk assessments, victimization experiences of girls and minorities, child welfare, and human trafficking.

Catherine Driver is a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (2016) and a Master's in Applied Behavioral Science with a concentration in criminal justice (2020) from Wright State University. Her research interests lie in corrections specifically focusing on offender rehabilitation, prisoner reentry, in-prison programming, and specialty courts.

Lindsey Insco is a current doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She earned her bachelor's in chemistry from Xavier University and her master's in criminal justice at the University of Cincinnati. Her primary research interests include the experiences of individuals with disabilities in the criminal justice system, and more generally, victimization.

Brandon is a Ph.D. student in the University of Cincinnati's School of Criminal Justice. Prior to coming to Cincinnati, Brandon received his B.A. in psychology and criminal justice from the University of Washington - Tacoma in 2021, then went on to receive his M.A. in criminal justice from Seattle University in 2023. Much of his research has been focused on community-police relations and engagement. Brandon was formerly employed as a research analyst with the Seattle Police Department's Micro-Community Policing Plans where he assisted with distributing and analyzing the 2023 Seattle Public Safety Survey, co-facilitated weekly community-police dialogues, and conducted extensive community outreach. He aims to broaden his research agenda during his time at the University of Cincinnati with a focus on program evaluations and criminology.

Francesco DiRienzo is a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BA in Psychology from SUNY Geneseo and a MS in Criminal Justice Administration from Niagara University. His current research interests include trajectories of offending, child maltreatment, and addressing mental health within the criminal justice system.

Grace is a master's student in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She completed her undergraduate degrees in criminology, psychology, and sociology at the University of Idaho. Her research focuses on institutional corrections, specifically in prison programming and experiences during incarceration.

Alison Farringer received her PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2023. Her research seeks to improve management and treatment for individuals with mental illnesses and addiction issues supervised in community corrections systems. She received her master's degree in Forensic Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Previously, she earned undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice from University of Cincinnati. She has worked as a practitioner and researcher in a variety of clinical and correctional contexts, including residential and outpatient drug treatment programs, halfway houses, as well as children's and forensic psychiatric hospitals. She currently works as a Senior Consultant for RDA Consulting.

Bryan Holmes is an Assistant Professor at the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His research focuses on disparities in punishment based on social characteristics, community and temporal context, and their intersections.

Damon Petrich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Loyola University Chicago. Damon earned his PhD from the University of Cincinnati's School of Criminal Justice (2022), and Master's (2017) and Bachelor's (2014) degrees from Simon Fraser University's School of Criminology. His research examines issues related to developmental/life-course criminology and corrections, including desistance from crime, exposure to community violence, motivation, and large-scale program/policy evaluation. Damon's recent work has been published in Criminology & Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Corrections.

Dr. C. Clare Strange is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University. In this role she manages a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a court fines and fees relief intervention sponsored by Arnold Ventures. In addition, Dr. Strange teaches Sentencing (CJS376) and Introduction to Criminal Justice (CJS101) and maintains a personal research agenda. Dr. Strange's research interests include sentencing, corrections, and treatment/rehabilitation, with an emphasis on the intersection of criminal justice and public health. She uses qualitative and quantitative research methods to identify the mechanisms that contribute to inequalities in justice and health-related outcomes, particularly those that are linked to individuals' race, ethnicity, and gender. This work is informed by Dr. Strange's early career as a social worker in correctional, reentry, and medical settings. As such, she aims to produce transdisciplinary research with strong programmatic and policy applications for academic, practitioner, and policymaker audiences alike.

Jee Yearn Kim received her Ph.D. in Spring 2022 from the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Brock University (Canada) and Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology from Kyonggi University (S. Korea). Her research interests include psychology of criminal conduct, principles of effective intervention, correctional rehabilitation, violence against women, and related issues. Her dissertation focused on juvenile risk assessment in South Korea.