The RDCJN is thrilled to announce the 2024 Summer Research Institute Fellows. 

 

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Vijay Chillar Vijay Chillar

Position: Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Institution: University of Central Florida

Project Title: To Serve and Protect, But Whom? The Association Between Police Organizational Structure and Fatal Encounters

Ajenai Clemmons Ajenai Clemmons

Position: Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Institution: Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Scrivner Institute of Public Policy, University of Denver

Project Title: How Policing Can Fulfill its Potential in the Imagination of Young Cynics

Gabriela Gonzalez Gabriela Gonzalez

Position: Assistant Professor of Justice Studies

Institution: San José State University

Project Title: Collective Penalty: Criminalizing Latino Mixed-Status Families Through Immigration Enforcement

Tri Keah Henry Tri Keah Henry

Position: Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Institution: Indiana University - Bloomington

Project Title: Innovations in Prosecution: The Efficacy of Conviction Integrity Units in Securing Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted

Brooklynn Hitchens Brooklynn Hitchens

Position: Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

Project Title: Stress and Street Life: Black Women, Urban Inequality, and Coping in a Small, Violent City

David Knight David Knight

Position: Incoming Assistant Professor of Sociology

Institution: Columbia University

Project Title: Experiments in Freedom: Coming of Age and into Politics during Long-Term Imprisonment

Melissa Noel Melissa Noel

Position: Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Institution: Temple University

Project Title: The Double-Edged Sword: A Qualitative Examination of Parental Incarceration and Parental Immigration Detention

Blanca Ramirez Blanca Ramirez

Position: Incoming Assistant Professor of Sociology

Institution: The University of Texas at Austin

Project Title: A Form of Triple Punishment: No to Deportation Cases 

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