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Advisory Board

The Penn State Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC) is housed within the College of the Liberal Arts and was established in 2009. The CJRC Advisory Board was reconstituted in 2017 and features 13 members consisting of agency research representatives, alumni representatives, and external and internal academic administrators.

The board meets once a year to provide feedback for Center strategic planning, communicate CJRC initiatives and research to outside stakeholders, strengthen existing collaborations, provide access for future research, data sharing, and funding opportunities, assistance in project proposal evaluations, and widen CJRC impact.

Scott Bennett Headshot
Penn State Representative
College of the Liberal Arts Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Distinguished Research Professor
Bret Bucklen
Agency Partner
Research Director, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Deborah Ehrenthal
Penn State Representative
Director, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Bryanna Fox
Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida
Michelle Frisco
Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology
Professor of Sociology and Demography
Shaun Gabbidon
Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice
Matt Kleiman Headshot
Agency Partner
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing Executive Director
Derek Kreager Headshot
Liberal Arts Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Center Director from July 2017 to June 2021
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Stephanie Lanza
Penn State Representative
Director, The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health
Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction
Michael Light
Professor of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ricardo Nunez Headshot
Alumni Representative
Administration of Justice ‘79
Michael Wagner Headshot
Alumni Representative
Administration of Justice