Codey is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Department of Criminology at the University of Maryland. Codey’s research interests lay at the intersection of public health, public policy, and criminology, including sociodemographic trends in substance use, cannabis and psychedelics regulation, and the impacts of drug criminalization on emergency healthcare utilization.
He is a graduate student research affiliate at the Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) and UMD Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR). He is also currently working as a Summer Research Associate at the RAND Corporation’s Drug Policy Research Center.
Codey has worked as a graduate research assistant for the past three years with Dr. Greg Midgette on projects analyzing the correlates of gun violence mortality and the effects of Baltimore City recreation center divestment on crime.
Areas of Interest
- Drugs and Crime
- Cannabis Regulation and Policy
- Harm Reduction
- Emergency Healthcare Utilization
Degrees
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Degree TypeB.A.Degree DetailsPolitics, Occidental College (2023)
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Degree TypeM.A.Degree DetailsCriminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland (2025)
Awards
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2025-02-01Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
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2025-04-01Jacob A. Goldhaber Travel Award
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2023-05-04Jane Jacquette Award for Service to the Politics Department and College (Occidental College)
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2023-05-04Larry Caldwell Award for Academic Excellence (Occidental College)
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2023-05-04Departmental Honors and Distinction (Senior Comprehensive/Thesis, Occidental College)
Research
- Midgette G & Carr CJ. (accepted). Waiting periods and the maturation of a policy evidence base: A commentary on Swanson et al. JAMA Internal Medicine.
- Carr CJ, Reuter P, Midgette G. (2025). Variation in the public health orientation of alcohol and cannabis regulators: A state-level analysis. International Journal of Drug Policy.
- Kranak MP, Rooker GW, Carr CJ, Bradke P, Falligant JM, Hausman N. (2021). Evaluation of Accepted and Rejected Submissions in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: Gender and Experience. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3), 1175-1187.
