Search Committee Flashcards
Lallen Johnson
Associate Professor
Dept. of JLC
Additional Positions at AU: Greenberg Faculty Fellow | Center for Teaching, Research & Learning
Degrees:
4) PhD, Criminal Justice, Temple University
3) MA, Criminal Justice, Temple University
2) MURP, Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University
1) 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.
Robert Johnson
Professor
Dept. of JLC
Degrees:
3) PhD, State University of New York, Albany
2) MA, State University of New York, Albany
1) BA, Fairfield University
Bio:
Robert Johnson is a professor of justice, law and criminology at American University, editor and publisher of BleakHouse Publishing, and an award-winning author of books and articles on crime and punishment, including works of social science, law, poetry, and fiction. Johnson has been honored with several university awards for his teaching and scholarship, including the American University Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Other Professional Contributions and the American University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award.
Johnson is the author of four social science books, including Hard Time: Understanding and Reforming
the Prison, Condemned to Die: Life Under Sentence of Death, and Death Work: A Study of the Modern Execution Process, which received the Outstanding Book Award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Johnson has edited five social science books, including Life without Parole: Living and Dying in Prison Today and A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women.
Johnson has published extensively in professional journals, including law reviews, and has testified or provided expert affidavits on capital and other cases before US state and federal courts, the U.S. Congress, and the European Commission of Human Rights. Johnson’s scholarship also features creative writing on crime and punishment. He is the author of one novel, Miller’s Revenge; four collections of original poems, most recently, A Zoo Near You; and one anthology of criminal justice fiction, Lethal Rejection: Stories on Crime and Punishment. Johnson’s fiction has appeared in literary and fine arts publications. His short story, “The Practice of Killing,” won a national fiction contest. Another short story, “Cell Buddy,” was adapted for the stage and read at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Johnson’s independent literary press, BleakHouse Publishing, features creative writing, art, and photography on matters relating to social justice, showcasing the work of a wide range of writers and artists, among which are included current and former American University students as well as current and former state and federal prisoners. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the School of Criminal Justice, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York.
David Malet
Associate Professor
Dept. JLC
Degrees:
4) PhD, Political Science, George Washington University
3) MA, National Security Studies, Georgetown University
2) BA, Political Science and International Relations, Boston University
1) BS, Education, Boston University
Bio:
David Malet teaches Justice, Law and Criminology at the School of Public Affairs at American University. Previously he served as director of the Security Policy Studies Program at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. He also taught at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and at Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he was director of the Center for the Study of Homeland Security and the University Honors Program. From 2000-2003, he served as research assistant on national security issues to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
Professor Malet, who has been researching foreign fighters since 2005, is the author of Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts (Oxford University Press, 2013 1st edition, 2017 2nd edition) and co-editor of Transnational Actors in War and Peace: Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics (Georgetown University Press, 2017). He regularly consults on foreign fighter policy challenges for organizations including the United Nations, the U.S. Department of State, the UAE Ministry of Youth, Culture and Education, and Australian law enforcement agencies. He was recently a part of a Minerva Initiative-funded study on radicalization among religious converts.
His second manuscript, Biotechnology and International Security (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016), examines the militarization of human enhancement and other new forms of asymmetric warfare. His interest in military applications of biotech stems from his experience working in a congressional office targeted during the 2001 anthrax attacks. From 2011-2014 Malet led an EPA-NHSRC study of public risk communications following bioterrorism.
Area of Expertise:
Foreign fighters, terrorism, homeland security, Congress, US elections, bioterrorism, military biotechnology
Additional Information:
David Malet’s teaching and research focuses on transnational militant groups, terrorism, US national security policy, the US Congress and elections, and military use of biotechnology. He has been researching foreign fighters since 2005 and is the author of Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts (Oxford University Press, 2013). He is also co-editor of Transnational Actors in War and Peace: Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics (Georgetown University Press, 2017). His second book, Biotechnology and International Security (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016), explores how human enhancement, genetic weapons and other emerging technologies will influence the future of terrorism, warfare and international peace. His interest in military applications of biotech stems from his experience working in the congressional office that was the target of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Prof. Malet regularly consults on radicalization and the threats posed by foreign fighters and returnees for organizations including the US Department of State, the UK Foreign Ministry, the UAE Ministry of Youth and Culture, and Australian law enforcement agencies. His work has been published in outlets including Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, TIME, Terrorism and Political Violence, The Journal of Homeland Security Management, Orbis, and Defence Studies. He provides analysis of US politics and international security to media including NPR, CNN, CBC, ABC, CNBC, Bloomberg Europe, Bloomberg Asia, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Xinhua.
Candace Strickland
PhD Student
Dept. of JLC
Degrees:
2) M.S. Criminal Justice 2020: North Carolina Central University
1) B.A. Anthropology and Sociology 2018: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Bio:
Candace M. Strickland is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a doctoral student in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology in the School of Public Affairs.
Her research interests include political violence, violent extremism, insurgent and terrorist group behaviors, policing, criminal justice, and homeland security. Her work has been featured in the Defense Post.
David Malet
Doctoral Program Director
