Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Past and Present Fellows
The following table presents NIJ's Graduate Research Fellows from 2004-2012. When available, the project titles are linked to an abstract of the fellow's final report, from which you also can download the full report.
| Year and Award Number | Fellow | Project Title (linked to description or final report if available) | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-IJ-CX-0027 | Hui Huang, University of Illinois Dissertation Chair: Joseph P. Ryan |
Out of Home Placement Location and Juvenile Delinquency: the Investigation of Neighborhood Impact on Child Welfare Population's Juvenile Justice Involvement |
$25,000 |
| 2012-IJ-CX-0017 | Laura Gaydosh, University of North Texas Dissertation Chair: Joseph E. Warren |
Physical and Biochemical Factors Affecting the Recovery and Analysis of DNA from Human Skeletal Remains | $25,000 |
| 2012-IJ-CX-0020 | Jordan Bechtold, University of California Dissertation Chair:Elizabeth Cauffman |
Under the Radar or Under Arrest: How does Contact with the Juvenile Justice System Impact Delinquency and Academic Achievement? | $24,999 |
| 2012-IJ-CX-0018 | Tia Stevens, Michigan State University Dissertation Chair: Merry Morash |
Effects of County and State Economic, Social, and Political Contexts on Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Youth's Penetration into the Justice System | $25,000 |
| 2012-IJ-CX-0022 | Michael Winograd, Northwestern University Dissertation Chair: J. Peter Rosenfeld |
Countermeasure Mechanisms and Ecological Validity of P300- Based Concealed Information Tests | $25,000 |
| 2012-IJ-CX-0044 | Jonah Siegel, University of Michigan Dissertation Chair: Jeffrey D. Morenoff |
The Contextual Determinants and Implications of Back-end Sentencing | $25,000 |
|
2012-IJ-CX-0007 |
Jenna Kieckhaefer, The Florida International University Dissertation Chair: Nadja Schreiber Compo |
Understanding Rapport-building in Investigative Interviews: Does Rapport's Effect on Witness Memory and Suggestibility Depend on the Interviewer? |
$24,999 |
|
2012-IJ-CX-0006 |
Tracy Sohoni, University of Maryland Dissertation Chair: Ray Paternoster |
The Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws on State Rates of Returns to Prison | $25,000 |
|
2012-IJ-CX-0005 |
Yasemin Gaziarifoglu, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Dissertation Chair: Joel M. Caplan |
Identifying Risky Places for Street Robberies | $25,000 |
|
2012-IJ-CX-0016 |
Pamela Marshall, Univerity of North Texas Dissertation Chair: Bruce Budowle |
Development of an Analytical Approach for a Robust Probability Model for LCN DNA Profile Interpretation |
$24,988 |
| 2012-IJ-CX-0019 | Jisun Lee, University of Pennsylvania Dissertation Chair: Amos B. Smith III |
Development of Novel 1,2- Indanedione Fingerprint Reagents | $25,000 |
| 2011-JB-FX-0062 | Jamie Henderson, Temple University Dissertation Chair: Dr Daniele Podini | SORNA's Potential Effects on the Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice System | $25,000 |
| 2011-CD-BX-0123 | Katherine Butler, The George Washington University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Philip W. Harris |
Ancestry/Phenotype SNP Analysis & Integration with Established Forensic Markers | $25,000 |
| 2011-CD-BX-0124 | R. Bradley Patterson, George Mason University Dissertation Chair: Dr. John J. Miller |
Advancing The Use of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves to Measure Performance of Forensic Methods | $25,000 |
| 2011-JP-FX-0101 | David Pyrooz, Arizona State University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Scott Decker |
The Long-Term Consequences of Gang Membership | $25,000 |
| 2011-CD-BX-0205 | Kevin Legg, University of Denver Dissertation Chair: Dr. Phillip B. Danielson | Development and Testing of a Rapid Multiplex Assay for the Identification of Biological Stains | $25,000 |
| 2010-IJ-CX-0001 | Joshua Chanin, American University Dissertation Chair: Dr. David Rosenbloom | "Negotiated Justice" — The Legal, Administrative and Policy Implications of "Pattern or Practice" Police Misconduct Reform | $25,000 |
| 2010-IJ-CX-1675 | Lallen Johnson, Temple University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe | Journeys to Buy and Sell Illegal Narcotics in Philadelphia Drug Markets | $25,000 |
| 2010-IJ-CX-0003 | Matthew Ruther, University of Pennsylvania Dissertation Chair: Dr. John MacDonald | Immigrant Concentration and Homicide Mortality: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Effects of Ethnic Enclaves | $25,000 |
| 2010-IJ-CX-0002 | Lori Sexton, University of California, Irvine Dissertation Chair: Dr. Valerie Jenness | Under the Penal Gaze: An Empirical Examination of Penal Consciousness Among Prison Inmates | $24,950 |
| 2010-IJ-CX-0004 | Kelly Socia, University at Albany, SUNY Dissertation Chair: Dr. Alan Lizotte | Residence Restriction Legislation and Sex Offender Residential Locations in New York | $25,000 |
| 2009-IJ-CX-0006 | Roberta Belli, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joshua D. Freilich | Where Terrorists, Far-Right Extremists and Greedy Criminals Meet: A Comparative Study of Financial Crimes in the U.S. | $20,000 |
| 2009-IJ-CX-0005 | Robin Conley, University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation Chair: Dr. Alessandro Duranti | Discourses of Death: Language, Juries and "Future Danger" in Texas Death Penalty Trials | $20,000 |
| 2009-IJ-CX-0025 | Andrew M. Lemieux, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice Dissertation Chair: Dr. Marcus Felson | Risks of Violence in Major Daily Activities, United States, 2003-2005 | $20,000 |
| 2009-IJ-CX-0021 | Bo Pietraszkiewicz, University of Connecticut Dissertation Chair: Dr. Linda Strausbaugh | Exploring the Genetic Diversity of Bacterial Populations in Soil for Forensic Applications (pdf, 186 pages) | $20,000 |
| 2009-IJ-CX-0002 | Shun-Yung Kevin Wang, Florida State University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Gary Kleck | Employment, Ethnicity and Crime and Delinquency of Working Youth: A Longitudinal Study of Youth Employment | $20,000 |
| 2009-IJ-CX-0024 | Cynthia W. Weaver, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa School of Social Work Dissertation Chair: Dr. Debra Nelson-Gardell | Identifying Offending Trajectories for First-Time Youth Offenders | $19,999 |
| 2008-IJ-CX-0005 | Jennifer E. Cobbina, University of Missouri, St. Louis Dissertation Chair: Dr. Jody Miller | From Prison to Home: Women's Pathways In and Out of Crime | $20,000 |
| 2008-IJ-CX-0004 | Philip R. Kavanaugh, University of Delaware Dissertation Chair: Dr. Tammy L. Anderson | The Relationship Between Individual Disposition and Social Context in Criminal Offending and Victimization: A Storyline Approach | $19,785 |
| 2008-IJ-CX-0006 | Gregory M. Zimmerman, University at Albany, SUNY Dissertation Chair: Dr. Greg Pogarsky | Impulsivity and Collective Efficacy: Investigating the Person-Context Nexus | $20,000 |
| 2007-DN-BX-0005 | Yi Chen, Michigan State University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Anil K. Jain | Automated Fingerprint Matching Using Extended Feature Set | $20,000 |
| 2007-IJ-CX-0006 | Ruth Marie Garcia, Temple University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Ralph Brecken Taylor | An Integrated Perspective on Federal Correctional Officers and Levels of Perceived Risk | $19,976 |
| 2007-IJ-CX-0031 | Christine L. Gardiner, University of California, Irvine Dissertation Chair: Dr. Elliott P. Currie | From Inception to Implementation: How the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act Has Affected the Case Processing and Sentencing of Drug Offenders in One California County | $19,991 |
| 2007-IJ-CX-0007 | Kristy N. Matsuda, University of California, Irvine Dissertation Chair: Dr. Cheryl L. Maxson | The Impact of Incarceration on Young Offender Recidivism | $20,000 |
| 2007-DN-BX-0013 | Megan K. Moore, University of Tennessee Dissertation Chair: Dr. Lyle Konigsberg | Body-Mass Estimation by Biomechanical and Morphometric Methods | $20,000 |
| 2007-DN-BX-0004 | Natalie R. Shirley, University of Tennessee Dissertation Chair: Dr. Richard L. Jantz | Use of Innovative Methods to Determine the Most Sexually Dimorphic Dimensions of the Clavicle | $20,000 |
| 2007-IJ-CX-0010 | Benjamin Steiner, University of Cincinnati Dissertation Chair: Dr. John Wooldredge | Maintaining Prison Order: Understanding Causes and Consequences of Inmate Misconduct Within and Across Ohio Correctional Facilities | $20,000 |
| 2007-IJ-CX-0015 | Lydia Brashear Tiede, University of California, San Diego Dissertation Chair: Dr. Mathew McCubbins | Comparative Criminal Sentencing: The Effect of Mandatory and Advisory Constraints on Judicial Decision-Making | $20,000 |
| 2007-DN-BX-0006 | Meredith A. Turnbough, University of North Texas Dissertation Co-Chairs: Drs. Robert C. Benjamin and Arthur J. Eisenberg | Application of Molecular Genetics to Human Identity | $20,000 |
| 2006-IJ-CX-0002 | Juan Pantano, University of California, Los Angeles | Essays in Applied Microeconomics | $20,000 |
| 2006-DN-BX-K002 | Richard Kristinsson, University of Denver | Mitochondrial DNA Mixture Separation, Development and Validation by Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (pdf, 69 pages) | $20,000 |
| 2006-IJ-CX-0003 | Alicia Peter, Columbia University | Trafficking in Meaning: Law, Victims and the State | $20,000 |
| 2006-IJ-CX-0001 | Kevin Beaver, University of Cincinnati | The Intersection of Genes, the Environment, and Crime and Delinquency: A Longitudinal Study of Offending | $20,000 |
| 2005-IJ-CX-K140 | Tamar Awad, Auburn University | Mass Spectral and Chromatographic Studies on a Series of Regioisomers and Isobaric Derivatives Related to Methylenedioxymethamines | $20,000 |
| 2005-WG-BX-0001 | Clifton Emery, University of Chicago | Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence | $20,000 |
| 2005-WG-BX-0002 | Kristin Carbone-Lopez, University of Minnesota | In and Out of Harm's Way: Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Over the Life Course | $20,000 |
| 2005-IJ-CX-0014 | Jeffrey Lin, New York University | Exploring the Impact of Institutional Placement on the Recidivism of Delinquent Youth | $20,000 |
| 2005-DA-BX-K100 | Joan Bienvenue, University of Virginia | Development of Microdevice Solid-Phase Purification Utilizing Dual Pressure/Electro-Elution for Concentration and Enhanced Recovery of DNA | $20,000 |
| 2004-IJ-CX-0012 | David Kirk, University of Chicago | Unraveling the Neighborhood and School Effects on Youth Behavior | $20,000 |
| 2004-IJ-CX-0006 | Joseph Targonski, University of Illinois | A Comparison of Imputation Methodologies in the Offenses-Known Uniform Crime Reports | $19,997 |
| 2004-IJ-CX-0008 | Lynn Urban, University of Missouri, St. Louis | Deterrent Effect of Curfew Enforcement: Operation Nightwatch in St. Louis | $20,000 |
| 2004-DN-BX-K006 | Amanda Hepler, North Carolina State University | Bayesian Networks in Forensic Science: An Evolutionary Perspective | $20,000 |
| 2003-IJ-CX-1007 | Meagan Cahill, University of Arizona Dissertation Chair: Dr. Gordon Mulligan | Geographies of Urban Crime: Neighborhood Specialization and Typology in Four U.S. Cities | $20,000 |
| 2003-IJ-CX-1004 | Ariana Wall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Dissertation Chair: Dr. Richard Barth | Frequency in the Child Welfare System: Influential Child and Caregiver Characteristics | $20,000 |
| 2003-IJ-CX-1005 | Andrea Leverentz, University of Chicago Dissertation Chair: Dr. Andrew Abbott | The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma: How Ex-Offender Reentry Is "Managed" | $20,000 |
| 2003-IJ-CX-1016 | Catherine Bradshaw, Cornell University Dissertation Chair: Dr. James Garbarino | Testing a New Mediational Model of the Link Between Maltreatment and Reactive Aggression in Adolescence | $20,000 |
| 2003-IJ-CX-0003 | Rachel Oakes, University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation Chair: Dr. Dawn Upchurch | Family, School and Neighborhood Influences on Youth Violence | $20,000 |
| 2002-IJ-CX-0025 | Jennifer Schwartz, The Pennsylvania State University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Darrell Steffensmeier | Comparative Analysis of Structural Covariates of Female and Male Offending Rates (1970-2000) | $20,000 |
| 2002-IJ-CX-0008 | Jennifer N. Shaffer, The Pennsylvania State University Dissertation Chair: Dr. R. Barry Ruback | Adolescent Victimization and Offending: Specifying the Role of Peer Groups and Social Context | $20,000 |
| 2002-IJ-CX-0003 | Noelle Fearn, University of Missouri, St. Louis Dissertation Chair: Dr. Eric Baumer | The Influences of Community Context on the Processing and Sentencing of Felony Defendants in 54 U.S. Counties | $15,000 |
| 2002-IJ-CX-0002 | Devah Iwalani Pager, University of Wisconsin Dissertation Chair: Dr. Robert M. Hauser | The Consequences of a Criminal Record for Employment Opportunities | $15,000 |
| 2001-WT-BX-0500 | Lynette Chow, The Pennsylvania State University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Michael P. Johnson | Making decisions: A Multiple Models Approach to Assessing Risk of Repeat Domestic Violence | $15,000 |
| 2001-WT-BX-0505 | Nancy Hirschinger, Rutgers University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Bonita M. Veysey | Female-on-Female Assault in an Urban Area | $15,000 |
| 2000-IJ-CX-0039 | Stephanie M. Myers, University at Albany Advisor: Dr. Robert E. Worden. | Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects: Explaining the Use of Authority and Provision of Support | $15,000 |
| 2001-IJ-CX-0003 | Michele Moczygemba Connolly, University of Texas at Austin Dissertation Chair: Dr. William R. Kelly | Offender Prediction and Classification: The Development of Fourth-Generation Predictors | $15,000 |
| 2001-IJ-CX-0001 | Jonathan Dudek, MCP Hahnemann University Dissertation Chair: Christine Maguth Nezu | When Silenced Voices Speak: An Exploratory Study of Prostitute Homicide | $15,000 |
| 2001-IJ-CX-0005 | Aaron Kupchik, New York University Dissertation Chair: Dr. Jo Dixon | Between Two Worlds: Prosecuting Adolescents in Juvenile and Criminal Courts | $14,942 |
| 2001-IJ-CX-0009 | Dana Peterson Lynskey, University of Nebraska at Omaha Dissertation Chair: Dr. Finn Esbensen | Explaining Males' and Females' Delinquency: A Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors | $15,000 |
| 2001-IJ-CX-0007 | Paul J. Hirschfield, Northwestern University Dissertation Chair: Dr. John Hagan | The Impact of Juvenile Justice Involvement on Educational Outcomes | $15,000 |
| 2000-IJ-CX-0046 | Jarret S. Lovell, Rutgers University Dissertation Chair: Dr. George Kelling | Media Power and Information Control: A Study of Police Organizations and Media Relations | $15,000 |
Date Modified: September 26, 2012
