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.

Derek Kreager Headshot
Liberal Arts Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Center Director from July 2017 to June 2021
(814) 867-0217
Eric B Headshot
Professor of Sociology and Criminology
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
Matt Kleiman Headshot
Agency Partner
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing Executive Director
Stephanie Lanza
Penn State Representative
Director, The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health
Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction