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Civic Transparency & Community Academies
How direct public engagement with criminal justice institutions (police, corrections, medical examiner offices) shapes public trust and perceptions of procedural justice, and administrative accountability.
Research & scholarship
Understanding complex institutions.
Opening eyes to practitioner realities.
Understanding complex institutions.
Opening eyes to practitioner realities.
Citizens’ academies, institutional transparency, correctional education, and the pathways from incarceration to higher education.
Citizens’ academies, institutional transparency, correctional education, and the pathways from incarceration to higher education.
Research & scholarship
Understanding complex institutions.
Opening eyes to practitioner realities.
Citizens’ academies, institutional transparency, correctional education, and the pathways from incarceration to higher education.
Research agenda
Public transparency.
Public trust.
Public transparency.
Public trust.
Research agenda
Public transparency.
Public trust.
My research agenda operates at the intersection of citizens’ academies, institutional transparency, postsecondary correctional education, and offender reentry. Specifically, I examine:
My research agenda operates at the intersection of citizens’ academies, institutional transparency, postsecondary correctional education, and offender reentry. Specifically, I examine:
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Civic Transparency & Community Academies
How direct public engagement with criminal justice institutions (police, corrections, medical examiner offices) shapes public trust and perceptions of procedural justice, and administrative accountability.
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Principal Investigator — Medico-Legal Citizens' Academy Study
Conducting an IRB-approved qualitative research study examining how direct institutional encounters shape perceptions of trustworthiness among graduates of the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Citizens’ Academy. Accepted for presentation at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference in New Orleans April 2027 and being submitted to a forthcoming special issue in State and Local Government Review.
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Principal Investigator — Medico-Legal Citizens' Academy Study
Conducting an IRB-approved qualitative research study examining how direct institutional encounters shape perceptions of trustworthiness among graduates of the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Citizens’ Academy. Accepted for presentation at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference in New Orleans April 2027 and being submitted to a forthcoming special issue in State and Local Government Review.
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Principal Investigator — DOC Citizens' Academy Research
Recipient of the 2026 Correctional Education Association (CEA) Professional Development Award ($750) to evaluate educational models and correctional transparency within various state Department of Corrections' Citizens' Academies.
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Principal Investigator — DOC Citizens' Academy Research
Recipient of the 2026 Correctional Education Association (CEA) Professional Development Award ($750) to evaluate educational models and correctional transparency within various state Department of Corrections' Citizens' Academies.
Past research
Returning Citizens.
Reentry Supports.
Returning Citizens.
Reentry Supports.
Past research
Returning Citizens.
Reentry Supports.
Postsecondary Correctional Education (PSCE): The delivery, funding, quality, and outcomes of college-in-prison programs, with a focus on Second Chance Pell Grant restoration and post-release academic persistence.
Postsecondary Correctional Education (PSCE): The delivery, funding, quality, and outcomes of college-in-prison programs, with a focus on Second Chance Pell Grant restoration and post-release academic persistence.
Reentry & Mentoring: Qualitative explorations of how formerly incarcerated individuals navigate higher education transitions (“convict-to-collegian”) and how community support networks mitigate recidivism.
Reentry & Mentoring: Qualitative explorations of how formerly incarcerated individuals navigate higher education transitions (“convict-to-collegian”) and how community support networks mitigate recidivism.
Upcoming presentation
The next
conversation.
The next
conversation.
Upcoming presentation
The next
conversation.
April 2027
Demystifying Death Investigation: How Direct Institutional Encounters Shape Perceptions of Trustworthiness in the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Citizens' Academy
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA
Upcoming · April 2027
Demystifying Death Investigation: How Direct Institutional Encounters Shape Perceptions of Trustworthiness in the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Citizens' Academy
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA
Upcoming · April 2027
Demystifying Death Investigation: How Direct Institutional Encounters Shape Perceptions of Trustworthiness in the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Citizens' Academy
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA
Upcoming presentations will appear here as they are announced.
