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About Amanda Graham

Biography: Amanda Graham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. She is a recent graduate from the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati, where she has worked in IACP/UC Center for Police Research and Policy.

Her research interests focus on policing, police legitimacy, scale development, and measurement. Recently, she has published on the citation influence of recently published articles, body-worn cameras, the impact of race in police-community relationships, and the importance of construct measurement. Her work appears in journals such as Criminal Justice Review, Race and Justice, the Asian Journal of Criminology, and the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. She teaches in the areas of policing, statistics, research methods, and criminal justice.

Positions

2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University
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Present Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
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2022 - 2022 Graduate Director, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2022 Faculty Service Award
Georgia Southern University
Colleague(s): Logan Somers, Kristina Thompson, Chad Posick
2021 Criminology Research Grant
Australian Institute of Criminology
Colleague(s): Lacey Schaefer, Justin Pickett, Francis Cullen
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2021 Faculty Development Award
Georgia Southern University
$1,692.40
2021 Hispanics, Health, the Criminal Justice System and Immigration
National Science Foundation
Colleague(s): Jonathan Grubb
2021 Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact of Collaborative Research
National Science Foundation
Colleague(s): Maria Joao Autunes
2020 Faculty Research Seed Award
Georgia Southern University
Colleague(s): Jonathan Grubb
2020 Georgia Southern University College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Seed Grant
Georgia Southern University
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): Jonathan Grubb (Co-PI)
$5,000
2020 Law and Science
National Science Foundation
Colleague(s): Justin Pickett
2020 Research into Immigration and Crime
National Institute of Justice
2019 Fall Travel Award
Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University
Role: PI
$1,850
2019 University of Cincinnati Summer Research Stipend
University of Cincinnati
Role: PI
$3,000
2016 University of Cincinnati Doctoral Student Research Grant
University of Cincinnati
$2,500
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2021 - Present Member, ASC Division of Public Opinion and Policy Steering Committee
2021 - Present Member, Northeastern Political Science Association
2020 - Present Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Policing Section
2020 - Present Member, CBSS Graduate Research Committee, GSU
2020 - Present Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Non-Tenure Track Search Committee, GSU
2020 - Present Alternate/Member, University Graduate Committee, GSU
2019 - Present Chair, CBSS College Technology Committee, GSU
2019 - Present Member, Department Research Committee, GSU
2019 - Present Co-advisor, Justice Studies Club, GSU
2018 - Present Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
2017 - Present Member, ASC Division of Policing
2016 - Present Member, American Society of Criminology
2016 - Present Member, American Society of Criminology
2016 - Present Member, International Association of Chiefs of Police
Present Secretary/Treasurer & Historian, ASC Division of Public Opinion and Policy
2021 Research Partner, Bryan County Sheriff's Office Community Survey
2019 - 2020 Member, College Technology Committee, GSU
2019 - 2020 Member, Department Graduate Committee, GSU
2019 - 2020 Committee member, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Tenure Track Search, GSU
2017 - 2019 Member, ASC Division of Policing Student Committee
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Honors and Awards

  • James L. Maddex Jr. 2020 Paper of the Year Award for “Videos Don’t Lie: African Americans’ Support for Body-Worn Cameras,” Criminal Justice Review
  • Faculty Award of Excellence: Statesboro (department-level, student and peer nominations), Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Georgia Southern University (2020)
  • Darwin T. Turner Scholars Breakfast of Champions Honoree (2019)
  • Footprinters Association “Dispatcher of the Year” (2014)
  • Footprinters Association “Dispatcher of the Year”(2013)

Courses

  • Independent Study (undergraduate)
  • Statistics for Social Science (graduate)
  • Criminal Justice Statistics (undergraduate)
  • Applied Statistics in Criminal Justice Research (undergraduate)
  • CJ Research Methods (undergraduate)
  • Introduction to Criminal Justice (undergraduate)
  • Policing in America (undergraduate)
  • Introduction to Policing (undergraduate)
  • Seminar in Law Enforcement (graduate)

Education

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2015 - 2019 PhD, University of Cincinnati ‐ School of Criminal Justice
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2011 - 2013 MS, University of Nebraska at Omaha ‐ Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2007 - 2010 BA, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ‐ Psychology
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Contact Information

Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Georgia Southern University
Carroll 1093
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-8471
Fax: 912-478-4999
Email: AKGraham@georgiasouthern.edu

ORCID

Edited Book (1)

Articles/Chapters (36)