I am an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and affiliate of Women's and Gender Studies ​at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. I hold a PhD in Justice, Law and Criminology from American University (2016), an MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Eastern Michigan University (2011), and a BA in Social Anthropology and Peace and Social Justice from the University of Michigan (2009). My research brings together the areas of law, deviance, immigration, and power, utilizing interdisciplinary approaches that span the fields of criminology, law and society, and anthropology.   

I teach several core undergraduate and graduate courses in the Criminology and Criminal Justice program at UM-Dearborn, including: Introduction to Criminal Justice (CRJ 200), Quantitative Research Methods (CRJ 410), Crimmigration: Intersections of Immigration and Criminal Justice (CRJ 417/517), Criminal Justice Research Methods (CRJ 418/518), LGBTQ+ Criminology (CRJ 419/519), Forensic Science (CRJ 487), and Applied Criminal Justice Theory (CRJ 480/580). I was awarded an Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship in 2017-2018 to develop innovative courses that connect students with the community through participatory research collaborations. In 2020, I was awarded a Virtual Exchange Initiative Grant to develop a collaborative course with global partners. 

Learn more about my publications here.

Learn more about my work in my extended biography, found here. 

Learn more about my creative projects here.

Find out more about my academic interests in an interview with the ASC's Division on Critical Criminology Spring 2015 Newsletter (Vol. 23, Issue 5).