Nancy Rodriguez (criminologist)
Nancy Rodriguez | |
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| Director of the National Institute of Justice | |
| In office February 9, 2015 – January 13, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Sabol |
| Succeeded by | Howard Spivak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1970 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Sam Houston State University (BA) Washington State University (MA, PhD) |
Nancy Rodriguez (born June 6, 1970)[1] is an American criminologist and professor in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine.
Her research focuses on substance abuse, juvenile court decision-making, and sentencing policies.[2] She previously taught in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University from 1998 to 2015.[3] She was the director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) from February 9, 2015, to January 13, 2017.[4][5] She was originally nominated to direct the NIJ in 2014 by then-president of the United States Barack Obama.[6]
Biography
Rodriguez received her B.A. in
W.E.B. DuBois Award from the Western Society of Criminology.[8]
References
- ^ "Nancy Rodriguez". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ^ "Nancy Rodriguez Bio". ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ^ "Former Department of Justice official, Nancy Rodriguez, hired as criminology professor". School of Social Ecology. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- ^ "New NIJ Director Sworn In". COSSA. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ^ "Director's Corner: Farewell from Nancy Rodriguez". National Institute of Justice. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ^ "National Institute Of Justice Welcomes New Director, Dr. Nancy Rodriguez" (Press release). Office of Justice Programs. 2015-02-25.
- ^ "Nancy Rodriguez CV".
- ^ a b "ASU criminologist appointed director of National Institute of Justice". ASU Now. 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
External links
- Faculty page at the University of California, Irvine
- Nancy Rodriguez publications indexed by Google Scholar
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