Faculty

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies

Cyndi Rickards, a teaching professor with the Drexel Criminology and Justice Studies department, is an expert in community-based learning.

Cyndi Rickards, a teaching professor with the Drexel Criminology and Justice Studies department, is an expert in developing and leading community-based learning courses such as 'Justice in Our Community' (CJS 260).

Faculty Member	Departments & Centers	Research & Scholarship
Ashley Dickinson Associate Teaching Professor 3201 Arch Street, Room 298 ald393@drexel.edu	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies	Research & Teaching Interests Corrections, offender rehabilitation, offender classification, risk management, gender and crime
Robert D'Ovidio Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies 3201 Arch Street, Room 214 robert.dovidio@drexel.edu	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies	Research & Teaching Interests The intersection of computer technology, crime and the criminal justice system.
Jordan Hyatt Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies; Director, Center for Public Policy 3201 Arch Street, Room 299 jmh498@drexel.edu	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies Center for Public Policy Center for Science, Technology and Society	Research & Teaching Interests Corrections, Re-entry and Community Supervision; Comparative and International Penology; Drug Treatment and Drug Use; Community Violence Reduction; Prison Climate, Oversight and Reform; Financial Sanctions; Scandinavian Correctional Policy; Sentencing; Experimental and Field Research
Shannon K. Jacobsen Associate Professor 3201 Arch Street, Room 224 shannon.k.jacobsen@drexel.edu	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies	Research & Teaching Interests Gender, crime, and victimization; Fear of crime and victimization; Communities and crime; Campus crime; Public safety; Social inequalities; Mixed methods research
Robert J. Kane Department Head, Professor 3201 Arch Street, Room 214 rjk72@drexel.edu 215.895.2571	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies	Research & Teaching Interests Police authority and accountability, urban ecology and sociology, violence and public health, police strategies and practices
Cyndi Reed Rickards Teaching Professor 3201 Arch Street, Suite 212 crr46@drexel.edu	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies	Research & Teaching Interests Community engaged scholarship; Global citizenship; Carceral education; Place based learning; Justice pedagogy
Kristene Unsworth Associate Teaching Professor kristene.unsworth@drexel.edu	Department Department of Criminology and Justice Studies Center for Public Policy Center for Science, Technology and Society	Research & Teaching Interests Artificial Intelligence; Information Ethics; Technology Governance; Surveillance Studies; Data-Driven Governance

Faculty Member

Departments & Centers

Research & Scholarship

Ashley Dickinson

Associate Teaching Professor
3201 Arch Street, Room 298
ald393@drexel.edu

Department

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies

Research & Teaching Interests

Corrections, offender rehabilitation, offender classification, risk management, gender and crime

Robert D'Ovidio

Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies
3201 Arch Street, Room 214
robert.dovidio@drexel.edu

Department

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies

Research & Teaching Interests

The intersection of computer technology, crime and the criminal justice system.

Jordan Hyatt

Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies; Director, Center for Public Policy
3201 Arch Street, Room 299
jmh498@drexel.edu

Department

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
Center for Public Policy
Center for Science, Technology and Society

Research & Teaching Interests Corrections, Re-entry and Community Supervision; Comparative and International Penology; Drug Treatment and Drug Use; Community Violence Reduction; Prison Climate, Oversight and Reform; Financial Sanctions; Scandinavian Correctional Policy; Sentencing; Experimental and Field Research

Shannon K. Jacobsen

Associate Professor
3201 Arch Street, Room 224

shannon.k.jacobsen@drexel.edu

Department

Department of Criminology and Justice Studies

Research & Teaching Interests Gender, crime, and victimization; Fear of crime and victimization; Communities and crime; Campus crime; Public safety; Social inequalities; Mixed methods research