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Faculty Experts

John Jay faculty can provide expert commentary on a broad range of issues. Search below to find an expert or email us at jbenjamin@jjay.cuny.edu.
  • Michael Alcazar Headshot
    Michael J.
    Alcazar
    Adjunct Lecturer
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • criminology,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • emergency response/emergency management,
    • NYPD,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • terrorism,
    • white collar crime, 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Brian Arbour
    Brian
    Arbour
    Associate Professor
    Department of Political Science
    Expertise:
    • politics/policy,
    • US presidency,
    • campaigns and elections
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Bandler headshot
    John
    Bandler
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • law,
    • cyber,
    • cyberlaw,
    • cybercrime,
    • fraud,
    • financial crime,
    • cybersecurity,
    • privacy,
    • criminal justice,
    • courts, policing,
    • law enforcement,
    • investigations,
    • prosecution,
    • money laundering,
    • virtual currency
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Carla Barrett
    Carla
    Barrett
    Associate Professor
    Department of Sociology
    Academic Director, Prison-to-College Pipeline
    Expertise:
    • adult prosecution of adolescents,
    • alternatives to incarceration,
    • juvenile justice,
    • misdemeanor processing,
    • prison education,
    • re-entry 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Chelsea Binns
    Chelsea
    Binns
    Associate Professor
    Department of Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • background checks,
    • corporate security,
    • crime prevention,
    • cybersecurity/cybercrime,
    • financial crime,
    • private security,
    • white collar crime,
    • investigations
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Heath Brown Headshot
    Heath
    Brown
    Associate Professor
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • conservatism,
    • education/school choice,
    • interest groups/lobbying,
    • money in elections,
    • US presidency 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Gloria Browne-Marshall Headshot
    Gloria
    Browne-Marshall
    Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • civil rights,
    • Constitutional law,
    • gender & justice,
    • legal history of racial justice & oppression,
    • race & the law 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Gerard Bryant
    Gerard
    Bryant
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Director of Counseling, John Jay Counseling Center
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • mental illness,
    • trauma/abuse 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Margaret Bull Kovera
    Margaret
    Bull Kovera
    Presidential Scholar & Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Director, Psychology & Law PhD Program
    Expertise:
    • courts,
    • eyewitness identification,
    • legal decision making 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Marc Bullaro
    Marc
    Bullaro
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • correction administration,
    • constitutional law,
    • jail conditions,
    • jail investigations,
    • correctional officer use of force,
    • suicides,
    • staff misconduct,
    • homicides
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jeffrey Butts
    Jeffrey
    Butts
    Research Professor
    Director, Research & Evaluation Center
    Expertise:
    • community-based alternatives,
    • crime statistics,
    • delinquency cases,
    • juvenile justice,
    • policy analysis,
    • program evaluation,
    • violence reduction 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Cynthia Calkins
    Cynthia
    Calkins
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • sex offender evaluation,
    • sexual abuse/child sexual abuse,
    • sexual violence prevention,
    • sexual violence prevention in Latino cultures 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Anthony Cangelosi Headshot
    Anthony
    Cangelosi
    Lecturer
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • courts,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • money laundering,
    • policing/law enforcement 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Anthony Carpi Headshot
    Anthony
    Carpi
    Professor
    Department of Sciences
    Vice Provost & Dean of Research
    Expertise:
    • education/school choice,
    • environment,
    • science education 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Ralph Cilento
    Ralph
    Cilento
    Adjunct Lecturer
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • ghost guns,
    • police ethics,
    • police interrogation,
    • police use of force,
    • policing 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Thomas Coghlan
    Thomas
    Coghlan
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • mental illness in law enforcement,
    • policing,
    • police-community relations 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Marta Concheiro-Guisan
    Marta
    Concheiro-Guisan
    Associate Professor
    Department of Sciences
    Expertise:
    • forensic & clinical toxicology 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Jeff Coots Headshot
    Jeff
    Coots
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Director, From Punishment to Public Health
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • courts,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • mental illness,
    • politics/policy,
    • substance abuse/addiction,
    • trauma/abuse 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Glenn Corbett
    Glenn
    Corbett
    Associate Professor
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • emergency response,
    • firescience,
    • firefighting & fire prevention,
    • trends in US fire protection 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Angelique Corthals
    Angelique
    Corthals
    Associate Professor
    Department of Sciences
    Expertise:
    • bioinformatics,
    • biological/forensic anthropology,
    • conservation biology,
    • Covid-19,
    • ecology of infectious diseases,
    • environmental monitoring,
    • epidemiology,
    • evolutionary biology,
    • field medicine,
    • pathology 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Jay Bloodhound Mascot
    Sasha
    Cotton
    Executive Director, National Network for Safe Communities
    Expertise:
    • domestic violence,
    • gun violence,
    • violence intervention 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Charles Davidson
    Charles
    Davidson
    Assistant Dean, Student Professional Advancement
    Director, Center for Post-Graduate Opportunities
    Expertise:
    • critical race theory & racial politics,
    • diversity pipeline programs,
    • diversifying professions,
    • international public & criminal law,
    • race & higher education 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Geert Dhondt
    Geert
    Dhondt
    Associate Professor & Chair
    Department of Economics
    Expertise:
    • economic history,
    • economics of crime & justice,
    • neoliberal capitalism & the criminal justice system,
    • political economy of race,
    • stratification economics 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Greg Donaldson
    Greg
    Donaldson
    Associate Professor
    Department of English
    Expertise:
    • African American urban youth,
    • police/community relations,
    • police in inner cities,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • race/race relations,
    • use of force 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Baz Dreisinger
    Baz
    Dreisinger
    Professor
    Department of English
    Founder & Executive Director, Incarceration Nations Network
    Expertise:
    • American/African-American/diasporic critical race theory,
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • criminal justice through the lens of the humanities,
    • global justice systems 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jennifer Dysart
    Jennifer
    Dysart
    Associate Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • cross-race identification,
    • eyewitness identification,
    • police identification procedures,
    • show-ups & mug shot searches 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Warren Eller
    Warren
    Eller
    Associate Professor
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • emergency management/recovery especially in vulnerable populations,
    • gun violence
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Maria Esparza
    Marcia
    Esparza
    Associate Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • Baleares Island of Mallorca,
    • collective memory/silence after mass killings,
    • genocide,
    • Latin American military sociology,
    • Spain,
    • state violence 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Diane Falkenbach
    Diana
    Falkenbach
    Associate Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • juveniles,
    • multicultural groups & noncriminal populations,
    • police & FBI psychopathy,
    • psychopathy & aggression,
    • psychopathy/violence predictors in women,
    • trauma 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Daniel Feldman
    Daniel
    Feldman
    Professor
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • administrative law,
    • anti-corruption strategies,
    • ethics & accountability,
    • gun control,
    • legislative process,
    • NYS criminal law,
    • statutory interpretation,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • Supreme Court 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Lisa Fischel-Wolovick
    Lisa
    Fischel-Wolovick
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Forensic Psychology & Forensic Mental Health Programs
    Expertise:
    • battered women advocacy & counseling,
    • child abuse,
    • child custody,
    • domestic violence,
    • trauma/abuse 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Joshua Freilich
    Joshua
    Freilich
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • active shooters,
    • open-source research strategies,
    • hate crimes,
    • mass violence,
    • school shootings,
    • terrorism 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Jay College Bloodhound Mascot
    Michele
    Galietta
    Associate Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • child sex abuse,
    • church abuse,
    • forensic psychology,
    • insanity defense,
    • mass shooters,
    • Munchausen syndrome,
    • personality disorders,
    • self-harm,
    • stalking,
    • suicide,
    • violent offenders,
    • women who kill kids,
    • trauma/abuse 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Sharon Gandarilla-Javier
    Sharon
    Gandarilla-Javier
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Admin
    Expertise:
    • intimate partner violence,
    • violence against women,
    • trauma-informed policing,
    • immigration,
    • police-social work co-response,
    • mixed methods and phenomenological methodologies,
    • domestic violence and lethality assessment,
    • mental health co-responder integration,
    • Police-trauma and PTSD,
    • mental illness and policing,
    • officer stress management and wellness,
    • best practices in police training 
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Joseph Giacalone
    Joseph
    Giacalone
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • cold cases,
    • criminal ID technologies,
    • criminal investigation,
    • homicide, missing persons,
    • officer-involved shootings,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • serial killers,
    • sexual assault 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
    Jessica
    Gordon-Nembhard
    Professor
    Department of Africana Studies
    Expertise:
    • Black political economy,
    • community economics,
    • cooperative economics,
    • popular economic literacy,
    • solidarity economics 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Jay College Bloodhound Mascot
    Heath
    Grant
    Associate Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • crime statistics,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • education/school choice,
    • policing/law enforcement 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of John Gutierrez
    John
    Gutiérrez
    Assistant Professor & Chair
    Department of Latin American & Latinx Studies
    Expertise:
    • campaigns & elections,
    • Cuba,
    • Latino nonprofits,
    • Latino politics in US,
    • Latinx studies,
    • public health in Latin America & US Latino communities,
    • Spanish-speaking Caribbean 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Maria Haberfeld
    Maria (Maki)
    Haberfeld
    Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • counterterrorism,
    • integrity & ethics,
    • leadership,
    • police interactions with the mentally ill,
    • police procedure,
    • policing & police training 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Christopher Herrmann
    Christopher
    Herrmann
    Associate Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • auto theft & carjacking,
    • crime analysis,
    • crime statistics,
    • gun violence,
    • homicide,
    • micro-level crime using GIS,
    • neighborhood socioeconomic factors & crime,
    • NYC crime trends,
    • public housing & crime 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Brian Higgins
    Brian
    Higgins
    Lecturer
    Department of Security, Fire & Emergency Management
    Expertise:
    • crime statistics,
    • domestic violence,
    • emergency response/emergency management,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • hate crime,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • security,
    • terrorism 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Michelle Holder Headshot
    Michelle
    Holder
    Associate Professor
    Department of Economics
    Expertise:
    • depression/recession in communities of color,
    • double wage gap,
    • economics,
    • labor economics,
    • labor market discrimination,
    • poverty,
    • racial/social justice,
    • women/gender justice 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Martin Horn
    Martin
    Horn
    Distinguished Lecturer of Corrections (retired)
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • criminal law/criminal justice 
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Elizabeth Jeglic
    Elizabeth
    Jeglic
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • child sexual abuse,
    • sexual grooming,
    • sexual assault/offenses,
    • sexual violence prevention,
    • consequences of sexual abuse,
    • institutional sexual abuse,
    • trauma
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Charles Jennings
    Charles
    Jennings
    Associate Professor
    Department of Security, Fire & Emergency Management
    Expertise:
    • emergency management,
    • fire services,
    • first responders,
    • emergency response/emergency management,
    • fire safety/building codes/fire codes,
    • fire science
    In the Media:

    Notre Dame Cathedral Fire (CBS)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Veronica Johnson
    Veronica
    Johnson
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • mental health services for populations of color,
    • racial socialization,
    • racial trauma,
    • racism-related coping,
    • workplace racial discrimination,
    • trauma/abuse
    In the Media:

    Microaggressions Against Women of Color (Newsy)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Matthew Barry Johnson
    Matthew
    Johnson
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • death penalty,
    • eyewitness identification,
    • interrogation/confession,
    • investigative errors,
    • parental rights termination,
    • wrongful conviction
    In the Media:

    False Confessions (WABC)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Janice Johnson-Dias
    Janice
    Johnson-Dias
    Associate Professor
    Department of Sociology
    Dean of Student Engagement & Retention
    Expertise:
    • Black mothers & children,
    • perceptions of crime & discriminatory policymaking,
    • systemic inequality
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Delores Jones-Brown
    Delores
    Jones-Brown
    Professor Emerita
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • confidential informants,
    • juvenile justice,
    • legal socialization of adolescent males,
    • police/community relations,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • race, stop & frisk
    In the Media:

    Broken Policing & Criminal Justice System (MNN)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Molly Kalmus
    Molly
    Kalmus
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • courts,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • domestic violence,
    • human trafficking,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • prosecution,
    • Supreme Court,
    • trauma/abuse,
    • US Constitution,
    • criminal defense
    In the Media:

    Trump Trial Testimony (US News)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Susan Kang
    Susan
    Kang
    Associate Professor
    Department of Political Science
    Expertise:
    • economic/social rights,
    • environment,
    • grassroots politics,
    • left/socialist politics,
    • NYC/NYS elections,
    • protest,
    • politics,
    • social movements,
    • voting rights,
    • youth politics/protests
    In the Media:

    Ranked Choice Voting (NY1)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Saul Kassin
    Saul
    Kassin
    Distinguished Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • false confessions,
    • false memories,
    • police interrogation,
    • forensic confirmation biases
    In the Media:

    False Confessions (NBC) Part 1 & Part 2

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of David Kennedy
    David
    Kennedy
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Founder, National Network for Safe Communities
    Expertise:
    • Violence prevention,
    • public safety,
    • group and gang violence,
    • intimate partner violence,
    • drug markets,
    • firearms trafficking,
    • deterrence,
    • policing,
    • criminal justice,
    • action research
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Dennis Kenney
    Dennis
    Kenney
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • policing conflict,
    • police pursuits,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • tasers,
    • use of force
    In the Media:

    Police Use of Force Legislation (CBS)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Reverend Kimora
    Reverend
    Kimora
    Adjunct Full Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • correctional educational programs,
    • hate crime,
    • juvenile justice,
    • mental illness,
    • sexual abuse,
    • trauma/abuse
    In the Media:

    Life after Lockdown (Fox 5 NY)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Deborah Koetzle
    Deborah
    Koetzle
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Founder & Director, The Corrections Lab
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • courts,
    • juvenile justice,
    • probation/parole,
    • program assessment/evaluation,
    • rehabilitation,
    • risk/need assessment
    In the Media:

    Realities & Myths of Drug Treatment (TEDx)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Brian Kohlhepp
    Brian
    Kohlhepp
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management
    Expertise:
    • crime scene analysis and reconstruction,
    • forensic investigations,
    • polygraphs,
    • suspicious deaths,
    • sexual assaults,
    • child abuse,
    • police training,
    • police management,
    • homeland security
    In the Media:

    Bomb Squad (WTAE- TV)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Nathan Lents
    Nathan
    Lents
    Professor
    Department of Sciences
    Expertise:
    • DNA evidence (including genealogy and familial searching,
    • forensic microbiology,
    • plant/animal DNA),
    • Evolution, genetics, and human biology,
    • pharmacology and toxicology, 
    • human decomposition & postmortem analysis,
    • microbiology,
    • molecular biology, 
    • synthetic marijuana
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Samantha Majic
    Samantha
    Majic
    Professor
    Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • celebrity & politics,
    • gender & politics,
    • human trafficking,
    • sex work/sex industry
    In the Media:

    When Celebs Get Political (Guardian)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Maxwell Mak
    Maxwell
    Mak
    Associate Professor
    Department of Political Science
    Expertise:
    • Constitutional law,
    • judicial confirmations,
    • politics,
    • US Courts of Appeals/Supreme Court decision-making,
    • voting rights
    In the Media:

    Supreme Court on Obamacare Lawsuit (1010 Wins)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Evan Mandery
    Evan
    Mandery
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • capital punishment,
    • Constitutional law,
    • criminal law,
    • educational equity,
    • law & ethics
    In the Media:

    Trump Impeachment (CNN)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Rachel Marshall
    Rachel
    Marshall
    Executive Director, Institute for Innovation in Prosecution
    Expertise:
    • courts/legal system,
    • criminal justice reform,
    • defense attorneys & public defenders,
    • diversion programs,
    • gun violence,
    • homelessness & the criminal legal system,
    • police accountability,
    • prosecutors,
    • reducing incarceration
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of J.W. Mason
    J.W.
    Mason
    Associate Professor
    Department of Economics
    Expertise:
    • business cycles,
    • economics,
    • government spending/debt,
    • household debt,
    • monetary policy/Federal Reserve,
    • productivity,
    • rent control
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin E.
    McCarthy
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • courts/legal system,
    • organized crime
    In the Media:

    East Village Gas Explosion (New York Times)
     

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Robert McCrie
    Robert
    McCrie
    Professor
    Department of Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • NYPD,
    • security,
    • urban development
    In the Media:

    UN General Assembly Security (CGTN America)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jeff Mellow
    Jeff
    Mellow
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Deputy Director, The Corrections Lab
    Expertise:
    • Reentry planning,
    • reintegration,
    • evaluation of criminal justice programs;
    • critical incidents in corrections;
    • correctional policy & practice; 
    • community corrections; 
    • & corrections in Latin America
    In the Media:

    Prison Escapes (CBS)
    Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (PBS)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Christopher Mercado
    Christopher
    Mercado
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • criminal justice policy,
    • criminology,
    • disaster/emergency management,
    • domestic violence,
    • homeland security,
    • police accountability,
    • police use of force,
    • policing/law enfocement,
    • prisons,
    • public safety
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Veronica Michel
    Veronica
    Michel
    Associate Professor
    Department of Political Science
    Expertise:
    • Courts, 
    • criminal procedure,
    • judicial reform,
    • public prosecutors, 
    • victims' rights,
    • access to justice,
    • femicide/violence against women,
    • procedural justice,
    • Regional expertise: Latin America.
    In the Media:

    Trump Impeachment (Telemundo) 
     

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Alexandra Moffett-Bateau
    Alexandra
    Moffett-Bateau
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Political Science
    Expertise:
    • Black politics,
    • medical abuse,
    • medical discrimination,
    • non-voting as political engagement,
    • police brutality in Black communities,
    • politics of chronic illness,
    • race/gender & political engagement,
    • violence & American political habits
    In the Media:

    Malcolm X (Arise News)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jose Morin
    Jose
    Morin
    Professor
    Department of Latin American & Latinx Studies
    Expertise:
    • civil rights,
    • criminal justice,
    • international human rights law,
    • Latin American & Latinx studies
    In the Media:

    Faculty Spotlight (John Jay College)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Peter Moskos
    Peter
    Moskos
    Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • managing large police departments,
    • police/community relations,
    • police use of force,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • prosecution,
    • undercover criminal investigations
    In the Media:

    Policing in America (MSNBC)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of James Mulvaney
    James
    Mulvaney
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • civil rights,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • cybersecurity/cybercrime,
    • hate crime,
    • human rights,
    • human trafficking,
    • international security,
    • mental illness,
    • money laundering,
    • security,
    • terrorism,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:

    Miriam Carey Police Shooting (Washington Post)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Kevin Nadal
    Kevin
    Nadal
    Distinguished Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • Asian Americans,
    • discrimination,
    • diversity,
    • equity & inclusion,
    • Filipino Americans,
    • hate crime,
    • homophobia,
    • LGBTQ+ issues,
    • microaggressions,
    • systemic racism,
    • transphobia
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Stephen Nasta
    Stephen
    Nasta
    Adjunct Lecturer
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • managing large police departments,
    • police-community relations,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • prosecution,
    • use of force,
    • undercover criminal investigations
    In the Media:

    Declining Political Power of NYPD PBA (PIX 11)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Christian Parenti
    Christian
    Parenti
    Associate Professor
    Department of Economics
    Expertise:
    • climate change,
    • environment,
    • globalization,
    • Middle East,
    • political violence,
    • social & environmental justice,
    • sustainable energy,
    • US economic & environmental history
    In the Media:

    Alexander Hamilton (Jacobin)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Steven Penrod
    Steven
    Penrod
    Distinguished Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • eyewitness identification,
    • juries, law
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Diane Peress
    Diane
    Peress
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • bank/credit card fraud,
    • Constitutional law,
    • criminal procedure,
    • embezzlement,
    • environmental crime,
    • extradition,
    • law identity theft,
    • insurance & financial fraud,
    • tax crime,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:

    Daniel Penny Indictment (WABC)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Lisandro Perez
    Lisandro
    Perez
    Professor
    Department of Latin American & Latinx Studies
    Expertise:
    • Cuban history/society,
    • ethnicity,
    • immigration,
    • Latinxs (esp. Cubans) in US,
    • political culture,
    • US-Cuba policy
    In the Media:

    Cuban-United States Relations (CUNY TV)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Jay College Bloodhound Mascot
    Frank
    Pezzella
    Associate Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • authorized use of deadly force,
    • crime & justice,
    • hate crime,
    • race,
    • sentencing
    In the Media:

    Gender-Related Hate Crimes (The Marshall Project)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Jay College Bloodhound Mascot
    Michael
    Pfeifer
    Professor
    Department of History
    Expertise:
    • Lynching & vigilantism,
    • history of US Catholicism
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Henry Pontell
    Henry
    Pontell
    Distinguished Professor
    Department of Sociology
    Expertise:
    • White-collar and corporate crime,
    • corruption,
    • compliance and regulation,
    • health care fraud,
    • financial crime,
    • cybercrime
    In the Media:

    Paul Manafort Sentencing (Guardian)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Tyron Pope
    Tyron
    Pope
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Africana Studies
    Expertise:
    • cold cases,
    • criminal ID technologies,
    • criminal investigations,
    • GPS monitoring,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • home invasion,
    • homicide,
    • internal investigations,
    • narcotics investigations,
    • officer-involved shootings,
    • organized crime investigations,
    • serial killers,
    • surveillance,
    • terrorism,
    • Criminal justice reform,
    • school safety,
    • policing & use of force,
    • juvenile justice,
    • restorative justice,
    • trauma-informed education,
    • community violence prevention,
    • AI in policing,
    • corrections,
    • internal affairs,
    • education, and reading literacy
    In the Media:

    First Latino NYPD Commissioner (PIX 11)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Kenneth Quick
    Kenneth M.
    Quick
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of International Criminal Justice Program
    Expertise:
    • comparative policing,
    • international criminal justice,
    • police/community relations,
    • police disciplinary matters,
    • police mental health,
    • police morale
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Mike Rempel
    Mike
    Rempel
    Director, Data Collaborative for Justice
    Expertise:
    • bail reform,
    • case delays,
    • crime statistics,
    • domestic violence,
    • drug courts,
    • early release,
    • NY justice reform,
    • prosecutor-led diversion,
    • reducing NYC incarceration,
    • re-entry courts,
    • Rikers Island
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Close-up of Jenny Rieke
    Jenny
    Rieke
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • Dominican literature,
    • Hispanic mental health,
    • trauma
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Jason Rivera
    Jason
    Rivera
    Professor
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • disaster preparedness/management,
    • emergency response,
    • inter-organizational coordination,
    • natural hazards,
    • social equity in public administration & emergency management
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Felipe Rodriguez
    Felipe
    Rodriguez
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • bomb detection,
    • firearms,
    • GPS monitoring,
    • ghost guns,
    • organized crime investigations,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • surveillance,
    • terrorism
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Keith Ross
    Keith
    Ross
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • police training,
    • police procedure,
    • stop & frisk,
    • use of force
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jodie Roure
    Jodie
    Roure
    Associate Professor
    Department of Latin American & Latinx Studies
    Expertise:
    • criminal justice,
    • gender-based violence in Latin America,
    • gender rights,
    • international human rights,
    • race,
    • class & ethnicity in the US
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of David Sarni
    David
    Sarni
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • courts/legal system,
    • crime statistics,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • cybersecurity/cybercrime,
    • domestic violence,
    • eyewitness identification,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • hate crime,
    • NYPD,
    • organized crime,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • privacy, security
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Patrice Schiano Headshot
    Patrice
    Schiano
    Doctoral Lecturer
    Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • forensic accounting,
    • financial crime,
    • fraud investigation,
    • international corruption,
    • money laundering,
    • sanctions,
    • terrorist financing,
    • whistleblowers,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:

    Senator Menendez Indictment (NBC)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Louis Schlesinger
    Louis
    Schlesinger
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • crime scene behavior,
    • criminal psychopathology,
    • homicide,
    • mass murder,
    • rape,
    • serial killing
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Closeup of Jon Shane
    Jon
    Shane
    Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • crime pattern theory,
    • crime prevention,
    • environmental criminology,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • social disorganization,
    • use of force,
    • police staffing,
    • workload analysis and police performance 
    In the Media:

    NYPD Body Cam Videos (NY1)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of David Shapiro
    David
    Shapiro
    Program Director, MPA in Inspection & Oversight
    Expertise:
    • criminal law,
    • criminal procedure,
    • financial & transactional analysis,
    • fraud risk,
    • organized crime,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Lauren Shapiro
    Lauren
    Shapiro
    Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice Administration
    Expertise:
    • Cyberpredators,
    • cybercrime,
    • doxxers,
    • harrassers & bullies,
    • image-based sexual abuse,
    • human trafficking,
    • imposter scams,
    • sextortionists,
    • stalkers,
    • swatters,
    • trolls, 
    • juvenile theft, 
    • terrorism,
    • child maltreatment, 
    • domestic violence,
    • eyewitness testimony
    In the Media:

    Swatting (PBS)
     

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Gregory Sheppard
    Gregory
    Sheppard
    Doctoral Lecturer
    Department of Art & Music
    & John Jay Singers Association Club
    Expertise:
    • choir,
    • music/music theory,
    • opera,
    • piano,
    • voice,
    • Harlem Renaissance,
    • history of gospel music
    In the Media:

    Death of NYPD Detective Wilbert Mora
    (Fox5 NY) | (NY1) | (ABC 7)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Andrew Sidman
    Andrew
    Sidman
    Professor
    Department of Political Science
    Interim Dean, Academic Programs
    Expertise:
    • courts,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • politics/policy,
    • Supreme Court/US Constitution,
    • US presidency
    In the Media:

    Governor Cuomo Resigns (Al Jazeera)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Walter Signorelli
    Walter
    Signorelli
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • law,
    • police practice & procedure litigation,
    • police pursuits
    In the Media:

    Police Shooting Settlement (New York Times)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Eli Silverman
    Eli
    Silverman
    Professor Emeritus
    Expertise:
    • CompStat & crime statistics,
    • community policing,
    • police performance,
    • policy analysis,
    • stop & frisk
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Shamus Smith
    Shamus
    Smith
    Doctoral Lecturer
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • domestic violence,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • mental illness,
    • NYPD,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • prosecution,
    • security,
    • sexual abuse,
    • trauma/abuse
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Edward Snajdr
    Edward
    Snajdr
    Professor
    Department of Anthropology
    Expertise:
    • domestic violence,
    • environment,
    • human trafficking,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • trauma/abuse,
    • urban development/gentrification
    In the Media:

    NYC Gentrification (CUNY TV) 

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Jillian Snider
    Jillian
    Snider
    Adjunct Lecturer
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • criminology,
    • emergency response/management,
    • juvenile justice, NYPD,
    • policing/law enforcement,
    • prosecution,
    • sentencing,
    • use of force
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Marie Springer
    Marie
    Springer
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Department of Public Management & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • Ponzi/pyramid schemes,
    • white collar crime,
    • Elder fraud in financial markets,
    • Affinity and faith based fraud
    In the Media:

    The Ponzi Scheme Next Door (New York Times)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Deryn Strange
    Deryn
    Strange
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • eyewitness identification,
    • false memories,
    • police interrogation,
    • memory errors in historical abuse
    In the Media:

    False Memories (Fox News)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • John Jay College Bloodhound Mascot
    Leo
    Subbarao
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Security, Fire & Emergency Management
    Expertise:
    • e-batteries,
    • explosions,
    • fire engineers,
    • fire protection systems,
    • fire safety/building codes/fire codes,
    • fire science,
    • hazardous materials,
    • hazmat response,
    • nuclear explosions,
    • power plants
    In the Media:

    E-Bike Battery Fires (New York Times)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Karen Terry
    Karen
    Terry
    Professor
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Faculty, CUNY Criminal Justice Doctoral Program
    Expertise:
    • sex offender policy,
    • sexual abuse,
    • trauma/abuse,
    • victimization
    In the Media:

    Catholic Priest Sexual Abuse Study (AP) 

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Ludy Thenor
    Ludy
    Thenor
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Economics & Africana Studies
    Expertise:
    • banks & economic development,
    • economics,
    • gentrification,
    • international economies & immigrants,
    • inflation & vulnerable communities,
    • pandemic & commercial real estate,
    • redlining,
    • tax levies
    In the Media:

    Inflation Reduction Act & Green Jobs for Latinos (El Diario NY)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Erin Thompson
    Erin
    Thompson
    Associate Professor
    Department of Art & Music
    Director, Women’s Center for Gender Justice
    Expertise:
    • art crime/theft,
    • cultural heritage,
    • deliberate destruction of art during war & protest,
    • museum security,
    • repatriation of stolen/looted art
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Shonna Trench
    Shonna
    Trinch
    Professor
    Department of Anthropology
    Expertise:
    • domestic violence,
    • sexual abuse,
    • trauma/abuse,
    • urban development,
    • victims' rights
    In the Media:

    NYC Gentrification (CUNY TV)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of David Viola
    David
    Viola
    Adjunct Lecturer
    Department of Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • 9/11,
    • counterinsurgency,
    • intelligence,
    • FBI,
    • NYC history,
    • NYPD,
    • surveillance,
    • terrorism/counterterrorism
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Closeup of Denise Vivar
    Denise
    Vivar
    Specialist, Immigrant Student Success Center
    Expertise:
    • educator networks,
    • immigration,
    • undocumented student support
    In the Media:

    Sanctuary Campuses (Rolling Stone)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Headshot of Hermann Walz
    Hermann
    Walz
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • courts/legal system,
    • criminal law/criminal justice,
    • guns/gun violence,
    • hate crime,
    • juvenile justice,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • Ponzi/pyramid schemes,
    • Supreme Court/US Constitution,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:

    Qualified Immunity (Newell Normand Show)

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Adam Wandt Headshot
    Adam
    Wandt
    Associate Professor
    Department of Department of Public Management
    Expertise:
    • cybersecurity,
    • data interception,
    • dark web fentanyl sales,
    • digital evidence, forensics,
    • information security,
    • law/legislation/legislatures,
    • NYPD,
    • social media & mobile investigations,
    • technology & law enforcement,
    • security,
    • terrorism,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Steven Wasserman
    Steven
    Wasserman
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice
    Expertise:
    • Bill of Rights,
    • class actions against the NYPD & corrections departments,
    • death penalty,
    • Guantanamo Bay detainees,
    • New York criminal law,
    • Second Amendment
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Jan Yager Headshot
    Jan
    Yager
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Department of Sociology
    Expertise:
    • crime victims,
    • victimology,
    • secondary victims of crime, 
    • corrections/re-entry,
    • crime statistics,
    • cybersecurity/cybercrime,
    • domestic violence,
    • eyewitness identification,
    • hate crime,
    • mental illness,
    • sexual abuse,
    • terrorism,
    • trauma/abuse,
    • white collar crime
    In the Media:
    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

  • Portrait of Philip Yanos
    Philip
    Yanos
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Expertise:
    • housing for people with mental illness,
    • mental health stigma,
    • trauma/abuse,
    • treatment of people with severe mental illness,
    • socially marginalized groups
    In the Media:

     

    Contact:

    Jan Benjamin
    Director of Media Relations
    646-750-1140

*This guide includes John Jay experts who elected to be contacted by members of the media and serve as a resource for their reporting. It does not include all John Jay experts.