Associate Professor | dipietros@umsl.edu | 314-516-5038
Stephanie DiPietro received her Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland in 2010. Her research focuses primarily on patterns of adaptation (and maladaptation) among immigrant and refugee groups with a particular focus on violence and delinquency.
Recently, Dr. DiPietro has been engaged in a qualitative study of Bosnian refugees and nationals who experienced the Bosnian War (1992-1995) in early childhood. The focus of this cross-national study is on sources of risk and resilience in behavioral trajectories over the life course among youth exposed to war, with a particular emphasis on the cognitive framing of traumatic events and also the changing family and community dynamics in the wake of social crises.
Dr. DiPietro is the co-recipient of the 2011 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice for her research on the relationships among race and ethnicity; immigrant status; marriage; and offending. She is also the recipient of a 2013-2014 J. William Fulbright Award for her research on family and community dynamics and criminal trajectories in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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About Stephanie DiPietro
Stephanie DiPietro received her Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland in 2010. Her research focuses primarily on patterns of adaptation (and maladaptation) among immigrant and refugee groups with a particular focus on violence and delinquency.
Recently, Dr. DiPietro has been engaged in a qualitative study of Bosnian refugees and nationals who experienced the Bosnian War (1992-1995) in early childhood. The focus of this cross-national study is on sources of risk and resilience in behavioral trajectories over the life course among youth exposed to war, with a particular emphasis on the cognitive framing of traumatic events and also the changing family and community dynamics in the wake of social crises.
Dr. DiPietro is the co-recipient of the 2011 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice for her research on the relationships among race and ethnicity; immigrant status; marriage; and offending. She is also the recipient of a 2013-2014 J. William Fulbright Award for her research on family and community dynamics and criminal trajectories in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina.
| Present | Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2016 - 2016 | Children Born of War: A Gendered Study of Developmental Pathways in Post-war Bosnia & St. Louis |
| College of Arts & Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| $12,452.20 | |
| 2014 - 2014 | A Cross National Study of Criminal Trajectories in Post-war Bosnia and St. Louis |
| Fulbright | |
| J. William Fulbright Scholarship | |
| $24,825 | |
| 2012 - 2012 | A Qualitative Study of Bosnian Refugees in St. Louis |
| College of Arts & Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| $12,494 | |
| 2011 - 2011 | An Examination of the "Marriage Effect" among U.S. Immigrants |
| National Institute of Justice | |
| W.E.B. DuBois Fellowwship | |
| Colleague(s): Bianca Bersani |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2018 - Present | IRB Committee Member, University of Missouri-St. Louis | 2017 - Present | Chair, American Society of Criminology Membership Committee | 2017 - Present | Editorial Board Member, Criminology | 2016 - Present | Faculty Senate, University of Missouri-St. Louis | 2015 - 2017 | University Assembly Student Publications Committee, University of Missouri-St. Louis | 2013 - 2014 | J. William Fulbright Scholar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2012 - 2013 | Fellow, International Studies and Programs, University of Missouri-St. Louis | 2013 | Fellow, Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute, Ohio State University | 2012 | Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | 2011 | W.E.B. DuBois Fellow, National Institute of Justice | 2009 - 2010 | Research Assistant, University of Maryland | 2008 - 2009 | Graduate Lily Fellow, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland | 2008 - 2009 | Managing Editor, Criminology | 2006 - 2008 | Research Assistant, University of Maryland | 2005 | Graduate Research Analyst, American Prosecutors Research Institute | 2004 | Survey Analyst and Report Writer, George Washington University Law School | 2004 | Graduate Research Intern, National Criminal Justice Association | 2003 | Research Assistant, George Washington University | 2001 | Assistant Editor, Pearson Custom Publishing | 1998 - 2000 | Editorial Assistant, Bedford St. Martin's Press |
Honors and Awards
- New Scholar Award, Division on People of Color and Crime, American Society of Criminology, 2015
- Gerald and Deanne Gitner Teaching Excellence Award, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2013
- John Zacharis Academic Merit Scholarship, Emerson College, 1999
Courses
- Foundations of Criminological Theory
- Senior Seminar on Immigration and Crime
- Theories of Crime
- Race, Crime and Justice
- Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Qualitative Research Methods
- War Crimes, Genocide and Justice in the 20th and 21st Centuries
| 2010 | PhD, University of Maryland at College Park ‐ Criminology and Criminal Justice | |
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| 2003 | MA, George Washington University ‐ Sociology | |
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| BA, Emerson College ‐ Journalism | ||
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