Resume

• 2008

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Violence Studies; 2014 Dean’s Scholar Award (declined); 2014 Summer Research Grant from the Jewish Studies Program; 2013 High Pass

  Preliminary Exam; 2011 CLJ Graduate Mentoring Award

  Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

  American Society of Criminology

  Midwestern Criminal Justice Association

  Society for the Study of Social Problems

  The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 2006

  Master of Science (MS)

  Criminology

  Maimonides Leaders Fellowship

  University of Pennsylvania

• 2002

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  Urban Studies

  The Mask and Wig Club

  Alpha Epsilon Pi

  Friars Senior Honor Society

  University of Pennsylvania

• 1990

  Germantown Friends

  Race

  Class

  Law & Gender

  Criminal Courts

  Comparative Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Criminal Justice Organizations

• 000.00

  Spanish

  Hebrew

  English

  Summer Research Faculty Fellowship

  $4

  The Pennsylvania State University

  Abington College

  Graduate Mentoring Award

  In recognition of superior contributions to the field of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice through the mentoring of undergraduate students.

  University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Chancellor's Grant

  $5

  The Pennsylvania State University

  Abington College

  Preliminary Exam - High Pass (Departmental Distinction)

  Dean’s Scholar Award

  $25

  000 (declined)\n\nhttps://grad.uic.edu/fellowships-awards/deans-scholar-awards-2014-2015

  Graduate College

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 000

  Summer Graduate Research Grant

  $1

  Jewish Studies Program

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award Committee

  Society for the Study of Social Problems

• Qualitative Research

  Higher Education

  Program Evaluation

  Databases

  Data Entry

  Time Management

  Statistics

  SPSS

  Policy Analysis

  Editing

  Market Research

  Teaching

  Analysis

  Photoshop

  PowerPoint

  Administration

  Research

  Interviews

  Recruiting

  Grant Writing

  Using GPS in domestic violence cases: Lessons from a study of pretrial programs

  Co-authors E. Erez & P.R. Ibarra

  Using GPS in domestic violence cases: Lessons from a study of pretrial programs

  Persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system: Police interventions to prevent violence and criminalization

  To provide a framework for appreciating the contribution that neuroscience can make to the courts

  this Article begins in Part I with a brief historical overview of the evolution of behavioral neuroscience to the point of becoming relevant in court. Next

  Part II presents a brief account of how Dr. Ruben Gur became involved in litigation

  primarily offering neuroscience-based expertise as mitigation evidence in capital cases. Part II also briefly describes the typical analytical processes used by Dr. Gur and\nother neuroscience experts he consults with when responding to requests for expert analysis. Part III then outlines some of the lessons learned from testifying as a neuroscience expert. Finally

  Part IV concludes with a discussion of some of the objections raised against the use of neuroscience testimony in the courtroom.

  A Perspective on the Potential Role of Neuroscience in the Court

  Peter R. Ibarra

  Crime

  Law and Social Change

  62(4): 417-444 [Special issue].

  Surveillance as casework: GPS monitoring of domestic violence defendants

  Anat Berko

  Special Issue on Understanding and Countering Violent Extremism (August

  2017)

  Terrorism as Self-Help: Accounts of Palestinian Youth Incarcerated in Israeli Prisons for Security Violations

  Peter R. Ibarra

  Book chapter (with E. Erez & P. Ibarra) in U. Gopher and G. Ben-Porat (Eds).

  Policing a Divided Society. Note: Book is in Hebrew.

  Policing domestic violence in the Arab community in Israel: Meanings and consequences

  Co-authors E. Erez

  P.R. Ibarra\n\nThis article addresses the challenges posed by state intervention in a multicultural society characterized by intense political conflict

  juxtaposing the voices of batterers

  victims

  community members

  and the officials who are involved in policing domestic violence (DV) in the Arab community in Israel. A meta-analysis of interview-based data excerpts appearing in published studies shows how the response to DV in the Arab community

  though consistent with Israeli law and policy

  creates a sense of paralysis for the police and frustration for the parties to the violence as well as the affected communities. The cultural

  social

  and political forces that underlie the dynamics

  tensions

  and pressures experienced by the various parties are analyzed in the context of everyday life amid concerns about the Israeli–Arab conflict. The implications for policing DV in minority communities

  and for police–community relations in political conflict zones

  are highlighted.

  At the Intersection of Private and Political Conflict Zones: Policing Domestic Violence in the Arab Community in Israel

  Peter R. Ibarra

  34(1)

  32-62 [Special issue].

  Specialization and the use of GPS for domestic violence by pretrial programs: Findings from a national survey of U.S. practitioners

  Co-authors E. Erez

  P.R. Ibarra

  & W. Bales

  GPS technologies and domestic violence: An evaluation study

  Chapter 28

  Linking Brain and Behavioral Measures in the Medical-Legal Context

  Dissertation. Committee Members: Peter R. Ibarra

  Criminology

  Law

  and Justice (chair); Lisa Frohmann

  Criminology

  Law

  and Justice; Paul J. Goldstein

  Epidemiology; Dennis P. Rosenbaum

  Criminology

  Law

  and Justice; Amy C. Watson

  Social Work\n

  Oren

  Gur

  Defender Association of Philadelphia

  NeuroForensics Consultants

  City of Philadelphia Prison System

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Penn State Abington

  University of Pennsylvania

  Villanova University

  Penn State University

  Rutgers University

  Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

  Homicide Unit

  Produced chronological reports of statements made to police regarding murders; interviewed inmate charged with murder to construct life history for public defender.

  Urban Studies Internship

  Defender Association of Philadelphia

  Department of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Helped evaluate impact of electronic monitoring devices during pretrial

  including on-site data collection from case files; recruitment of practitioners to participate in online survey; data recoding

  processing

  and analysis; IRB submissions; conference posters; manuscripts for publication

  and co-authoring report submitted to National Institute of Justice (2007-IJ-CX-0016).

  Graduate Research Assistant

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Department of Psychiatry

  Center for Cognitive Medicine

  Applied advanced data processing techniques for analysis of structural and functional MRI scans related to the study of Autism

  Bipolar Disorders

  and Schizophrenia; aligned each scan and applied complex statistical algorithms to allow for the calculation of brain activation patterns created by sound

  motion

  and other stimuli; analyzed response time data; provided research participants and patients with instructions and guidance while administering electroencephalogram (EEG) and eye movement tasks.

  Research Data Analyst

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Greater Philadelphia Area

  Responsibilities include integrating client’s developmental

  educational

  medical

  and criminal justice system records; preparing graphical analyses of neuropsychological and neuroimaging data; drafting reports and affidavits; helping legal teams often representing incarcerated persons accused of capital offenses to coordinate complex evaluations requiring structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

  Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

  and other advanced technologies.

  Executive Coordinator and Criminologist

  NeuroForensics Consultants

  Center on Public Safety

  http://www.rutgerscps.org/

  Visiting Research Fellow

  Rutgers University

  Penn State Abington

  Penn State University

  Abington

  PA

  Instructor

  Department of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Created database of internship opportunities; facilitated undergraduate course enrollment; designed flyers and coordinated events

  including Career Day

  Award Day

  and presentations by distinguished scholars.

  Assistant to Director of Undergraduate Studies

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Department of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Edited manuscript and book chapters; created PowerPoint presentations.

  Graduate Assistant to Department Head

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Department of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Independent study on ‘Policing Emotions

  ’ a review of literature on emotional intelligence; developed and implemented instruments to measure longitudinal attitudinal changes of new recruits and supervisors for multi-site study for National Police Research Platform (http://www.nationalpoliceresearch.org/).

  Project Staff

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  3 South Penn Square

  Philly

  PA

  Director of Research and District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab

  Policy Advisor

  Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

  Department of Criminology

  Law

  & Justice

  Assisted with quantitative data coding

  processing

  and content analysis of 2112 discussion threads on Arabic-language Jihadist forums for report submitted to NIJ (2006-IJ‐CX-0038).

  Data Analyst

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Department of Sociology and Criminology

  http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/sociology.html

  Adjunct Faculty

  Villanova University

  Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility

  Created database to evaluate patterns of violence in the Philadelphia prison system; helped evaluate efficacy of OPTIONS drug treatment program.

  Security and Population Analysis Intern

  City of Philadelphia Prison System

  Department of Psychiatry

  Brain Behavior Laboratory

  Constructed database for Consortium on the Genetics of Schizophrenia study to facilitate diagnosis of participants by ICD9 and DSM-IV codes; used Adobe Flash and Photoshop to create stimuli for “Theory of Mind” study on autism that utilized a computerized battery.

  Assistant to Database Specialist

  University of Pennsylvania