Northeastern University

Instructor

Teach undergraduate courses in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Courses include Psychology of Crime and Law and Psychology.

Northeastern University

PHD Student

Conduct research in the area of violence and victimization. Areas of interest include sexual offending, intimate partner violence, and human trafficking.

Teaching assistant for undergraduate and Master’s classes in the Criminology department (e.g. Statistics, Law and Psychology, Victims of Crime, Juvenile Justice). Assist in preparing assignments and exams, hold weekly office hours, facilitate review sessions for exams, and grade assignments.

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Research Assistant

Conducted research on community uses and perceptions of the sex offender registry. Published empirical article in Criminal Justice Policy Review.

Curry College

Assistant Professor

Teach undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education courses in Criminal Justice, Corrections, Research Methods, Criminology, Domestic Violence, and Criminal Law. Advise undergraduate students.

Harvard University

Rappaport Public Policy Summer Fellow

Received a public policy fellowship to work at the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement in the City of Boston Mayor’s Office. In collaboration with the Boston Police Department, the primary project consisted of an examination of the role of the hotel industry in human trafficking in the Boston area.

Massachusetts Treatment Center

Psychometrician

Conducted intake assessments of incarcerated state inmates who have committed sexual offenses and civilly committed residents who have been adjudicated as Sexually Dangerous Persons.
Administered, scored, and interpreted psychology assessments (MMPI, PCL-R, Static-99) under supervision.
Co-facilitated psycho-educational classes in the Sex Offender Treatment Program.
Attended team meetings, in-service trainings, supervision meetings, case conferences and staff meetings.

Community Experience with Public Sex Offender Registries in the United States: A National Survey

Criminal Justice Review

Community Experience with Public Sex Offender Registries in the United States: A National Survey

Criminal Justice Review

The Impact of Polyvictimization on Delinquency among Latino Adolescents: A General Strain Theory Perspective

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Although criminological research has provided support for general strain theory (GST), there is still little known about the relationship between victimization and delinquency among Latino adolescents. This study seeks to fill the gap in the literature by examining the association between a broader measure of victimization (i.e., polyvictimization) and delinquent behavior among a national sample of Latino youth. Hypotheses from GST are addressed using data from the Dating Violence among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) Study, a national sample of Latino adolescents that examines various forms of victimization and delinquency. Logistic regression analyses were applied to examine two issues: (1) whether polyvictimization predicts self-reported delinquent behavior; and (2) whether anger mediates the relationship between polyvictimization and delinquency. Our findings provided partial support for GST among Latino youth. Specifically, the effect of polyvictimization on delinquency was explained in part by its effect on anger. Contrary to the theory’s hypothesis, the effect of polyvictimization was not conditional upon the effect of social support. Overall, findings suggested that GST is a promising framework for understanding the relationship between polyvictimization and delinquency among Latino youth.