Savannah Doherty is an incoming Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University. Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, she earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). During her time at UAB, her passion for research took root in her undergraduate studies, where she co-authored a project exploring the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) within the victim-offender overlap. This research culminated in a presentation at the Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA) conference and laid the foundation for her current academic trajectory.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, she served as a graduate teaching assistant within the Department of Criminal Justice at UAB and a courtroom intern at the Jefferson County Family Court, gaining valuable experience in both academic and applied criminal justice settings.

Her primary research interests include youth victimization, juvenile justice, life-course criminology, ACEs, and women and crime. She is particularly committed to understanding the complex intersections of trauma and offending across the life course. Her work has been published in Victims & Offenders: An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and Practice. She is currently engaged in a research project examining the role of neutralization processes within intimate partner violence.

​Curriculum Vitae