Erin (she/her) is originally from Cincinnati, OH. She graduated with a B.A. in Criminology and Biological Basis of Behavior from the University of Pennsylvania. During her undergraduate years, she assisted on a project pertaining to biosocial criminology, and her senior thesis focused on exclusionary discipline in the School District of Philadelphia. She also has worked at the Vera Institute on the Reshaping Prosecution team. Her publication in Criminology (May, 2023) was featured on the Criminology Academy podcast in July, 2023.

Erin currently is a graduate research assistant under Prof. Wade Jacobsen. She has teaching assistant experience with CCJS 200 (Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice) and has taught CCJS 450 (Advanced Juvenile Delinquency).

Her primary research interests are juvenile incarceration and reentry, school discipline, social stigma and labeling theory, and the intersection of education and juvenile justice. Her dissertation focuses on educational outcomes for justice-involved youth in Maryland.