Alumni Owls in Action

Our Criminal Justice doctoral program graduates pursue a variety of careers in law, counseling, law enforcement, the courts system and corrections. Check out some of the career paths our students have taken!

Table listing CJ alumni job placements

Name

Graduation Date

Position

Sarah DeLucca

2025

Marist College (Visiting Professional Lecturer)

Jennifer Stanley

2025

Arcadia University (Assistant Professor)

Dijonée Talley

2025

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Manager, Impact Evaluation and Learning)

Nicole Johnson

2024

RTI International (Research Criminologist)

Robert D. Heinzeroth

2023

Police Captain, Philadelphia Police Department

Alyssa K. Mendlein

2023

University of Pennsylvania, Crime & Justice Policy Lab (Program Associate)

Katorah N. Williams

2023

University of Scranton (Assistant Professor)

Juwan Z. Bennett

2022

University of Cincinatti (Assistant Professor)

Jung Y. Cho

2022

Homeland Security Investigations (Special Agent)

Ryan A. Fisher

2021

Research Analyst, Phila Office of the Mayor, Managing Director's Office

Nili Gesser

2021

University of North Dakota (Post-doctoral Fellow)

Jillian L. Eidson

2020

Philadelphia Department of Probation and Parole (Research Director)

Megan E. Forney

2020

Monmouth University (Assistant Professor)

Courtney S. Harding

2020

Research Director for the Kensington Initiative, PA Attorney General's Office

Abigail R. Henson

2020

Arizona State University (Assistant Professor)

Hannah J. Klein

2020

Lewis University (Assistant Professor)

Leah K. Hamilton

2019

Postdoctoral fellow, New York University School of Medicine

Joseph A. DaGrossa

2018

Federal Probation Officer – New Jersey

Ingrid D. Johnson

2018

University of Alaska Anchorage (Assistant Professor)

Kelly J. Waltman-Spreha

2018

Juvenile Court Judges' Commission, Director of Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research /Shippensburg University (Adjunct Professor)

Amber P. Askey

2017

Police Foundation (Senior Research Associate)

Patricia M. Griffin

2017

Director, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Institute at St Joseph's University

Nathan W. Link

2017

Rutgers University-Camden (Assistant Professor)

Lauren Mayes

2017

Vancouver Island University (Assistant Professor)

Cory Haberman

2015

University of Cincinatti (Assistant Professor)

Jaime Henderson

2015

First Judicial District of PA (Director of Research & Development)

Justin Medina

2015

Lycoming College (Assistant Professor)

Evan T. Sorg

2015

Rowan University (Assistant Professor)

Liana R. Taylor

2014

Texas A & M University (Visiting Assistant Professor)

Wendy A. Thompson

2014

LaSalle University (Adjunct Instructor)

Brandy L. Blasko

2013

Sam Houston State University (Assistant Professor)

Scott A. Hoke

2013

Cedar Crest College (Assistant Professor)

Clairissa D. Breen

2012

Buffalo State College (Assistant Professor)

Lallen Johnson-Hart

2012

Drexel University (Assistant Professor)

Christopher Kelly

2012

Saint Joseph's University (Assistant Professor)

Caitlin Taylor

2012

LaSalle University (Assistant Professor)

Jane Tucker

2012

West Chester University (Assistant Professor)

Sami Abdel-Salam

2011

West Chester University (Assistant Professor)

Kimberly A. Houser

2011

Kutztown State University (Assistant Professor)

Brian Lockwood

2010

Monmouth University (Assistant Professor)

Eric Mccord

2010

University of Louisville (Assistant Professor)

Christopher Salvatore

2010

Montclair State University (Assistant Professor)

Travis A. Taniguchi

2010

Research Criminologist, Redlands (CA) Police Department

Brian Wyant

2010

LaSalle University (Assistant Professor)

Jonathan S. Gaines

2009

Towson University (Assistant Professor)

Cheryl L. Irons-Guynn

2009

Temple University (Assistant Professor of Instruction)

Patrick R. Mcconnell

2009

Ardent Management Consulting (Technical Project Manager)

George W. Cronin

2008

Pennsylvania State Police

Ruth M. Garcia

2008

National Institute of Justice

Elena R. Vîlcică

2008

Temple University (Assistant Professor)

Ke Wang

2008

Haitong Securities Co., LTD/Compliance and Risk Management (China/Shangai)

Lillian T. Dote

2006

Department of Justice/NIJ

Brian A. Lawton

2006

Sam Houston State University (Assistant Professor)

Patrick N. McGrain

2006

DeSales University (Assistant Professor)

Francis J. Butler

2005

LaSalle University (Instructional Faculty)

Robert D'Ovidio

2005

Drexel University (Assistant Professor)

Matthew J. Hickman

2005

Bureau of Justice Statistics (Statistician)

Jeffrey D. Monroe

2005

Xavier University (Assistant Professor)

Mary E. Poulin

2005

Justice Research & Statistics Association (Senior Research Associate)

Jennifer B. Robinson

2003

Northeastern University (Assistant Professor)

Robert J. Kane

2001

American University (Assistant Professor)

William V. Pelfrey

2001

Virginia Commonwealth University (Assistant Professor)

Ellen Kurtz

2000

Philadelphia Department of Probation and Parole (Research Director)

Michael D. White

1999

Temple University, Crime & Justice Research Institute (Research Associate)