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About Elaine Eggleston Doherty

Elaine Eggleston Doherty received her Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. Her interests include life course theory, desistance from crime and substance use, and longitudinal methodology. Over the past several years, Dr. Doherty has been investigating a variety of research topics related to crime and substance using the Woodlawn study, which is a prospective and longitudinal study of an urban community population of African Americans followed from age six to age forty-two. Her current research focuses on the criminal careers of African Americans, the conditional effects of desistance from substance use, and the mechanisms underpinning desistance from offending.

Positions

Present Adjunct Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health
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Present Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Present Graduate Program Director, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
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2010 - 2013 Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health
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2008 - 2010 Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University ‐ Bloomberg School of Public Health
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2007 - 2008 Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health
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1998 - 2005 Research Assistant, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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1996 - 1998 Program/Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University ‐ School of Public Health
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2017 - 2020 How Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice Involvement Influence the Lives and Deaths of an Urban African American Cohort Followed For 45 Years
National Institute of Drug Abuse - R01
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Kerry M. Green (PI)
2016 - 2019 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative
National Institute of Justice
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Finn Esbensen (PI)
2014 - 2016 Crime, Justice, and Urban Life as Seen through HBO's "The Wire"
University of Missouri
Role: Principal Investigator
2013 - 2016 The Impact of Life Events on Patterns of Drug Use in an Urban African American Cohort
National Institute of Drug Abuse - R01
Role: Principal Investigator
2012 - 2014 Exploring Violent Careers over the Life Course: A Study of Urban African American Males and Females
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
2012 - 2013 Evaluation of No Kid Hungry Maryland's School Breakfast Expansion Efforts
Share Our Strength Foundation
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Lori Leonard (PI)
2011 - 2013 Incentive Mentoring Program (IMP): Development of Evaluation Design and Two-year Outcomes
Shelter Foundation
Role: Co-investigator and Project Director
Colleague(s): David Altschuler (PI)
2009 - 2013 Substance Use and Psychological Problems among African Americans into Midlife
National Institute of Drug Abuse - R01
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Kerry M. Green (PI)
2008 - 2012 Drug Abuse and Crime across the Life Course in an African American Population
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Margaret Ensminger (PI)
2005 - 2007 NIDA Epidemiology Training Program: Johns Hopkins University
National Institute of Drug Abuse - T32
Role: Trainee
Colleague(s): William Latimer (PI)
2001 - 2004 The Aftermath of Incarceration in the Lives of Disadvantaged Men: A 50-year Follow-up Study
Russell Sage Research Grant
Role: Research Assistant
Colleague(s): Robert Sampson (PI) and John Laub (PI)
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Honors and Awards

  • SPR Early Career Preventionist Network (ECPN) Travel Scholarship, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2011, 2012
  • NIDA Director's Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, 2006
  • Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, 2002
  • Sutherland Fellowship, University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1998-2000
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 1994
  • Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society, Indiana University, 1991

Courses

  • Life Course Criminology - Senior Seminar
  • Crime & Justice through HBO's "The Wire"
  • Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Introduction to Criminology
  • Statistical Tools for Criminal Justice
  • Research Design in Social & Behavior Sciences
  • Evaluating Criminal Justice Interventions
  • Graduate Research Methods

Education

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2005 PhD, University of Maryland at College Park
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2000 MA, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Criminology and Criminal Justice
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1994 BA, Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Criminal Justice and Psychology
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Open Access Works (2)

Book Chapters (6)

Research Works (42)