Service

I engage in service work at institutional, professional, and community levels. I believe an important part of the health of an institution is its relationship within the surrounding community. I most enjoy taking part in service work that integrates academic work with community initiatives.

I value service that foster student success through funding student research and community service projects. For example, I have worked directly with community organizations that focus on progressive social justice issues and successful rehabilitation post-incarceration.

I look forward to continuing to do such work at a grassroots level.

Service in the Community

Board of Directors, Progressive Action for the Common Good of the Quad Cities, 2018–Present
Advisory Board, Safer Foundation of the Quad Cities, 2018–Present
Committee Member, Juvenile Justice Coalition of the Quad Cities, 2017–Present

Media Appearances

Quad City Times 4/21/2021

“Quad-Cities professors provide perspective and analysis of the Derek Chauvin murder conviction”

KWQC News 2/26/2021

“Police urge community to step in to help prevent juvenile crime”

NPR 12/2017

“In Interviews With 122 Rapists, Student Pursues Not-So-Simple Question: Why?” by Kamala Thiagarajan

Professional Service

Vice-Chair, Division of Convict Criminology, American Society of Criminology, 2022–Present
Inaugural Chair, Division of Convict Criminology, American Society of Criminology, 2020–2022
Co-Chair, New School of Convict Criminology, American Society of Criminology, 2017–2019
Nominations Committee Iowa Representative, Midwest Sociological Society, 2017–2019

Institutional Committee Service

St. Ambrose University