Faculty Flashcards
Bill Davies
Chair, JLC
Degrees:
2) Ph.D., European Studies, King’s College London
1) B.A., European Studies and German (Hons), King’s College London
Languages Spoken:
German (fluent); French (working knowledge)
Favorite Spot on Campus:
Ward Circle Building
Bio:
Dr. Davies is approaching the study of the European Union legal system from a fresh perspective by critically examining the development of the constitutional practice of law in the EU from a historical perspective. Dr. Davies has traveled extensively to uncover the primary documents that will contribute to a fresh and empirically accurate narrative of the emergence of the European constitutional system and to answer the question of how the controversial consolidation of power at the European level has been received in the EU’s member states. Dr Davies recently published a monograph on the German reception of European law. Germany’s relationship with the European Court of Justice has been fraught with challenges and it is Germany’s reactions to the decisions of the court that largely have, and will, determine its future.
Dr. Davies teaches courses such as JLS-110 Western Legal Traditions and JLS-411 Great Trials in Legal History. He has also focused his attention on improving the way his students by creating peer-lead reading groups to facilitate discussion and encourage critical thinking, and has also presented on the subject of improving student retention rates. Dr. Davies was the recipient of the Justice, Law and Criminology ‘Outstanding Teacher’ award in 2011 and 2012.
Lynn Addington
Professor
Dept. of JLC
Additional Positions at AU:
2) Affiliate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy
1) Faculty Affiliate, Center for Israel Studies
Degrees:
4) PhD State University of New York, Albany
3) MA State University of New York, Albany
2) JD University of Pennsylvania
1) BS Northwestern University
Bio:
Professor Addington’s research interests include the nature of violent crime and its impact on victims, measurement of crime, and utilization of U.S. crime statistics. Her current work focuses on issues around older adults, aging in place, and safety concerns. In addition to her work at AU, she is a member of the Age Friendly DC Task Force. She also served as a Visiting Fellow at the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Professor Addington received AU’s top faculty research award in 2016. Her recent publications have addressed the quality of crime data, campus victimization, school violence, fear of victimization, and the long-term effects of Columbine. She is the co-editor of a volume of original research entitled Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and UCR and the lead author of Are America’s Schools Safe? Students Speak Out. Her research has been funded by the American Educational Research Association, American Statistical Association, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and National Institute of Justice.
Professor Addington is a regular consultant on federal crime surveys for the Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education. She previously served as editor in chief of Homicide Studies. Prior to attending graduate school, Professor Addington practiced law for four years during which time she clerked for a federal district court judge and worked as a civil litigator.
Publications:
4) Addington, L.A. (2022). Rethinking Older Adult Murder Victims: Looking Back at 25 Years of Homicide Studies to Inform Future Research Needs. Homicide Studies,26, 106-117. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679211046905
3) Addington, L.A. (2022). Exploring Help Seeking Patterns for Emerging Adult Victims Using the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. Violence Against Women, 28, 1188-1212. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211014552
2) Addington, L.A. (forthcoming, 2021). Keeping Black Girls in School: A Systematic Review of Opportunities to Address Exclusionary Discipline Disparity. Race and Justice. Available February 3, 2021 at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2153368720988894
1) Addington, L.A. & Lauritsen, J.L. (2021). Using National Data to Inform our Understanding of Family and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: A Review of a Decade of Innovation. Feminist Criminology, 16, 304-319. Available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1557085120987621
Daniel Dreisbach
Professor
JLC
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Professor (SPA & School of Education)
Additional Positions at AU:
2) Director of Research, Center for University Excellence (CUE)
1) Director, Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL)
Degrees:
4) PhD Sociology, University of Michigan
3) MPP Public Policy, University of Michigan
2) MA Sociology, University of Michigan
1) BA Sociology and German Area Studies, magna cum laude, Cornell University
Bio:
Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a sociologist and professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Education, and runs the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL).
Dr. Miller-Idriss has testified several times before the U.S. Congress and regularly briefs policy, security, education and intelligence agencies in the U.S., the United Nations, and other countries on trends in domestic violent extremism and strategies for prevention and disengagement. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of six academic books, including her most recent books Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right (Princeton University Press, 2020) and The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany (Princeton University Press, 2018). She has also published over one hundred peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and essays on nationalism, extremism, education, higher education and internationalization.
In addition to her academic work, Miller-Idriss writes frequently for mainstream audiences. She is an opinion columnist at MSNBC, and has additional recent by-lines in Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, CNN, The Hill, Politico, The Guardian, Le Monde, Salon, and more. She appears regularly in the media as an expert source and political commentator, including regular appearances on Fareed Zakaria GPS as well as other CNN news programs, PBS News Hour, NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, MSNBC’s Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd and Hardball with Chris Matthews, NBC’s Evening News with Lester Holt and The Today Show, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, ABC’s Good Morning America, and in global news outlets in over a dozen countries, including BBC News, Deutsche Welle, France 24, al Jazeera and more.
Dr. Miller-Idriss’ research has been funded by grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.K. Cabinet, the Lumina Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Economic and Social Research Council (U.K.) and the Goethe Institute, among others. From 2009-2012 she was a nominated fellow in the Teagle Foundation’s National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education. She has received several research and teaching awards, including the 2019 DC Sociological Society’s Morris Rosenberg Award and a 2013-14 global fellowship from Morphomata Center for Advanced Studies at the Universität zu Köln, Germany. Dr. Miller-Idriss serves on the international advisory board of the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) in Oslo, Norway, and is a member of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Tracking Hate and Extremism Advisory Committee.
Prior to her arrival at American University in August 2013, Dr. Miller-Idriss was a tenured professor at New York University, and also taught previously at the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. (magna cum laude) in Sociology and German Area Studies from Cornell University.
Recent Articles:
1) [under review] Malet, David, Dashtgard, Pasha, Daymon, Chelsea, & Miller-Idriss, Cynthia. 2021.
“Maintaining a healthy democracy.”
2) [under review] Hughes, Brian, Kurt Braddock, Beth Goldberg, Kesa White, Meili Criezis*, Cynthia
Miller-Idriss. “Scientific Racism and the Moderating Roles of Propaganda Form and
Subtlety.”
1) (2022) Braddock, Kurt, Brian Hughes, Beth Goldberg, Cynthia Miller-Idriss. “Engagement in
Subversive Online Activity Predicts Susceptibility to Persuasion by Far-Right Extremist
Propaganda.” New Media and Society 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221077286
Joseph Young
Professor, JLC
Professor, SIS
Recent article:
[abstract in english, spanish, and french!]
1) Michael Findley, Joseph K Young, Daniel Strandow, Olgahan Cat, Aiding War: Foreign Aid and the Intensity of Violent Armed Conflict, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 3, September 2023, sqad048, https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqad048
Additional Positions at AU:
Professor–School of International Service
Degrees:
Ph.D.
Bio:
Professor Young’s interests relate to the cross-national causes and consequences of political violence. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles across academic disciplines, including political science, economics, criminology, and international studies. He has been invited to speak to organizations in the defense community and has consulted on a Department of Defense initiative focusing on countering violent extremism. The National Science Foundation and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) have funded his research. Professor Young will be releasing a book about torture and counterterrorism in July 2020.
More information on Professor Young can be found on his professional website: https://www.josephkyoung.com/
Janice Iwama
Associate Professor
Fall 2023 first semester with tenure
2021 Academic LEADS Scholar
Robert Johnson
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Lallen Johnson
Associate Professor
Dept. JLC
Additional Positions at AU:
Greenberg Faculty Fellow | Center for Teaching, Research and Learning
Degrees:
- PhD, Criminal Justice, Temple University
- MA, Criminal Justice, Temple University
- MURP, Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University
- BS, Criminal Justice, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Bio:
Professor Johnson explores how processes of urban gentrification influence social control. He is specifically interested in the ways by which neighborhood upscaling amplifies the risk of police contact for socially marginalized and racially minoritized groups. His additional scholarship focuses on health geography and queries the risk of mortality across urban space. Professor Johnson’s training, which spans the disciplines of criminology, urban studies, and geography, informs his understanding of the spatial dimensions of social science outcomes. Some of his previous studies have been funded by the National Institute of Justice and disseminated across multiple outlets such as Race and Justice, Punishment and Society, the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and Health and Place.
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Andrea Vilan
Assistant Prof.
Dept. JLC
FY24 SPA Research Awards:
PI: Andrea Vilan
Project Title: Resisting the Prohibition of Child Marriage in Latin America
Sponsor: American Political Science Association
Amount: $2,000
Degrees
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. in International Studies, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
B.A. in International Relations, Universidad de San Andrés
Julie Baldwin
Research Professor
Dept. JLC
Additional Positions at AU:
- Director, Research - Justice Programs Office (link didn’t work!)
- Research Professor - Dept. of JLC
Degrees:
PhD - University of Florida (2009-2013)
MA - John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2006-2007)
BA - University of North Florida (2001-2004)
Bio
Julie Marie Baldwin, PhD, specializes in translational and evaluation research with a focus on courts, substance use and misuse, and subcultures including the military, law enforcement, and gangs.
Her current research projects are funded by the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Office of Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney, and the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. These projects include RCTs and multisite evaluations, requiring primary data collection. She has obtained over $55 million in funding as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator.
Dr. Baldwin is an internationally recognized expert on veterans treatment courts (VTCs) and continues to pioneer VTC research. She disseminates her work to a broad audience through peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, reports, and presentations. To date, she has visited more than 50 VTCs across the country and is actively working with 24 VTC programs. Dr. Baldwin is also the co-founder and co-president of the Veterans Treatment Court Research Consortium and served as editor of the Veterans Justice and Mental Health Newsletter for BJA’s National Drug Court Resource Center.
Dr. Baldwin is the First Vice President of the Southern Criminal Justice Association and an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Criminal Justice and serves on the Editorial Board for Justice Quarterly and The Division of Corrections and Sentencing Handbook. She was awarded the Academy of Criminal Justice Science’s 2020 Academy New Scholar Award.
Prior to her promotion to research professor, Dr. Baldwin was the Associate Director, Research in the Justice Programs Office and a Scholar in Residence in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology at American University (2018-2020) and an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Missouri State University (2015-2018) and the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2013-2015).
Before entering her doctoral program, she was a court analyst for the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division (2008-2009) and a paralegal and Freedom of Information Law administrator for Appeals Bureau of the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney’s Office (2007-2008). She obtained her MA in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminal Law & Procedure from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2007) and BA in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida (2004).
Kareem Jordan
Associate Professor
Dept. JLC
Area of Expertise:
Racial bias in the criminal court system; Juvenile court processes; Prosecuting violent juvenile offenders in the adult criminal court system
Degrees:
- Ph.D. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2005)
- M.A. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2001)
- B.A. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1999)
Bio
Dr. Kareem L. Jordan is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Public Affairs and Associate Professor in the Department of JLC at American University. He has written extensively about the role of race in criminal court sentencing and juvenile court outcomes. His research also focuses on perceptions of racial profiling in stores and airports, particularly when it comes to Blacks and Latinos. In addition to scholarly articles, Dr. Jordan’s first book, Violent Youth in Adult Court: The Decertification of Transferred Youth, focused on examining the effectiveness of transferring juvenile offenders to the adult criminal court system. His second book, Race and Ethnicity in the Juvenile Justice System, provides a comprehensive examination of the role that race and ethnicity play in all stages of the juvenile court system, from arrest to final disposition. He is also the former co-editor of a scholarly journal: Race and Justice: An International Journal, which is published by Sage.
Jane Palmer
Associate Professor
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Awards:
PI: Julie Baldwin
Project Title: NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts
Sponsor: NIJ
Amount: $3,000,000
PI: Julie Baldwin
Project Title: Veterans Treatment Court Risk and Need Enhancement Initiative
Sponsor: BJA
Amount: $1,295,136
Jane Palmer
Associate Professor
Dept. JLC
Bio
Additional Positions at AU:
- Faculty Affiliate, Antiracist Research & Policy Center
- Inclusive Pedagogy Fellow, American University CTRL
Degrees:
- PhD, Justice, Law & Society, American University (concentration: Justice & Public Policy)
- MSW, Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago (concentration: children and families)
- BA, Sociology, Smith College
Favorite Spot on Campus
The Amphitheater
Bio
Dr. Jane Palmer is an Associate Professor with a primary focus on community-participatory research and anti-oppressive research methods.
Palmer’s current projects include a mixed methods research project with Trans Lifeline, a Humanities Truck Fellow for a Youth Power/Youth Voice Project with DC Action, and she was recently named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leader for a three-year collaborative project on “Building Local Power to Challenge Structural Racism” with Dr. Jessica Owens-Young and the Capital Area Food Bank’s Client Leadership Council.
At American University, she is the founder of the Community-Based Research Scholars program, the director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Community-Based Research, and is affiliated with the Antiracist Research and Policy Center, the Metropolitan Policy Center, the Department of Critical, Race, Gender, & Culture Studies, and the Department of Sociology. She served as an Inclusive Pedagogy Fellow at AU’s Center for Teaching, Research, & Learning from 2021-2023.
Her external affiliations include serving as a Non-Resident Fellow in Community Engaged Methods at the Urban Institute and as a Board Member of the Chicago Freedom School.
Before coming to AU for her Ph.D., Dr. Palmer was the executive director of a domestic violence and youth violence prevention organization in St. Louis. She worked in paid and volunteer positions for more than a decade in grassroots and community-based organizations in Chicago and St. Louis as an organizer, advocate, prevention specialist, youth program manager, and social worker for children and families, with an emphasis on eradicating violence.
Courses taught:
Navigating Childhood (community-based learning course), Community-Based Research, Ending Gender-Based Violence, Justice in Tribal Communities, Intro to Justice Research Methods (undergrad & grad), Intro to Transformative Justice, Public Program Evaluation, Qualitative & Survey Research Methods, and Statistics.
Thomas Zeitzoff
Associate Professor
Dept. JLC
Bio
Degrees:
- Ph.D. Politics, New York University, 2013.
- M.A. Politics, New York University, 2010.
- M.A. Political Economy, Washington University in St. Louis, 2008.
- B.A. Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, 2007.
Bio:
Thomas Zeitzoff (NYU PhD, 2013) is an associate professor in the School
of Public Affairs at American University. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. His research focuses on political violence and political psychology. He is particularly interested in the effects of social media and exposure to violence on political attitudes, why individuals fight, and how leaders mobilize supporters for conflict or peace. He uses survey and experimental methods drawn from social psychology and behavioral economics, along with large-N analysis. As part of his research he has conducted fieldwork and survey research in Israel, Mexico, Georgia, Ukraine, and Turkey. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Electoral Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Journal of Conflict Resolution, American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, and the American Political Science Review. He is currently working on a book on why politicians in the U.S. and Ukraine use violent rhetoric.
Area of Expertise:
Political violence, extremism/terrorism, social media and politics, polarization, and political psychology
Additional Information:
Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff is an expert on a broad range of topics including political violence, extremism/terrorism, social media and politics, polarization, and political psychology. His country expertise includes the politics of Israel, Ukraine, and the U.S. He has been a regular commentator to national and international news outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, BBC, NBC, Buzzfeed, NPR, and The Los Angeles Times. His most recent book, Nasty Politics: The Logic of Insults, Threats, and Incitement (2023), is novel explanation for why politicians insult, accuse, and threaten their opponents, even though voters say they don’t like it in the U.S., Israel, and Ukraine. He is currently working on a new book about the past and future of the radical environmental movement.
