Faculty

Program Faculty

Olena Antonaccio

Professor
Director of Criminology and Criminal Justice MS/Certificate Program

oantonaccio@miami.edu

(305) 284-2075
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Olena Antonaccio is a professor at the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Her areas of specialty are crime, social control, and sociological theory. Her research interests include empirical tests and the development of theories of crime and victimization and their application to various problem areas such as cybersecurity, particularly...
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Roger G. Dunham

Professor

rgdunham@miami.edu

(305) 284-6170
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Nicole Leeper Piquero

Professor
Associate Dean for Program Development
CHAIR OF SOCIOLOGY & CRIMINOLOGY

nxl491@miami.edu

(305) 284-6172
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Nicole Leeper Piquero is a Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Miami. She received her Ph.D. as well as her M.A. and B.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. Professor Piquero has published over 95 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of...
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Amie L Nielsen

Assoc. Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

nielsen@miami.edu

(305) 284-6158
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Kathryn M Nowotny, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

kmn72@miami.edu

(305) 284-6154
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Dr. Kathryn Nowotny is Associate Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Miami where she directs the Miami Health & Justice Lab (www.miamihealthjustice.com). Her research uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the multilevel factors that create increased risk for poor health among justice-involved people and...
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Nick Petersen

Associate Professor

nxp161@miami.edu

(305) 284-6169
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Alexis Piquero

Professor
Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar

axp1954@miami.edu

(305) 284-4220
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Alex R. Piquero is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar the University of Miami and Professor of Criminology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He was Co-Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology from 2008 to 2013 and currently serves as Editor of...
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Affiliated Sociology and Criminology Department Faculty

Robert J Johnson

Professor

rjohnson@miami.edu

(305) 284-4973
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Jan Sokol-Katz

Senior Lecturer
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Faculty Advisor

jsokol@miami.edu

(305) 284-6762
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Jan Sokol-Katz is Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Dr. Sokol-Katz is a Faculty Advisor of undergraduates, the Department’s Alpha Kappa Delta and Alpha Phi Sigma honor society chapters, and of the Sociology and Criminology Club and URecovery: Collegiate Recovery...
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Ellen S. Venzer

Lecturer: Judge in Residence

e.venzer@miami.edu

(305) 284-3111
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