Today I was blessed to defend my dissertation alongside my dynamic duo Travis Carter. Thank you to my committee Steven Chermak, Tom Holt, Scott Wolfe, and Josh Freilich, as well as the entire MSU School of Criminal Justice community for supporting me in this journey.

Last Friday, I successfully defended my dissertation along with Noah D. Turner ! I couldn’t be more grateful for the support from my diss committee chair Scott Wolfe and committee members Chris Melde , Jeff Rojek, and Justin Nix . Ofc a big shout to all my friends MSU School of Criminal Justice 💚

Early View in Criminology & Public Policy “Attempting to reduce traffic stop racial disparities: An experimental evaluation of an internal dashboard intervention” Open Access for all to read. A 🧵below: doi.org/10.1111/1745-9… 1/10

New publication day! Our new pretrial risk assessment for King County, WA is found to be a better predictor of new arrests, violence, & FTA compared to PSA, ORAS, & VRPAI! Its also better for females and POC. Please check it out! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Keep an eye out for the upcoming release by #UNOSCCJ's Dr. Erin Kearns and doctoral student Isaac Moelter! @KearnsErinM #research 📚

✔ - Classes done ✔ - Dissertation defended ✔ - Officially "Dr. Travis Carter" Next stop: USF Criminology Dept. Congratulations Dr. Carter - well earned! #AdvanceJustice #MSUSocialScience

Congratulations to all of our graduate students who graduated today with their Doctoral or Masters degree. It has been a privilege to get to know all of you. Share your graduation pictures with us - we would love to feature them! #AdvanceJustice #MSUSocialScience

In Lawfare today from my NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence colleague, Seamus Hughes: We Should Have Seen the Attempted Assassination Coming. A data-informed analysis from someone who has been watching this space carefully for some time. lawfaremedia.org/article/we-sho…

I’m officially on the job market this cycle! I’m seeking tenure track jobs in crim, soc, or related fields😁

🚨 New publication w. @ERFiss exploring the self-protective behaviors of cyberstalking victims. Our study found that victims who experienced fearful emotions and greater health consequences were sig. more likely to adopt self-protective behaviors. emerald.com/insight/conten…

📢REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Threats to Cyber Infrastructure Today, NCITE is launching an RFP seeking research projects that examine the terrorist threat to cyber critical infrastructure. The deadline to submit is Sept. 19. Get the details.⤵️ unomaha.edu/ncite/request-…

Happy to report our new pub in JQ's issue on Innovative Measurement. We spent 7 years developing the STRONG-R method for locally optimizing recidivism prediction. An important advancement for the field! tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Today, NCITE welcomed a group of academics and practitioners to Omaha to help solve a complicated problem: How best to manage formerly incarcerated extremists after their release from prison.

🎙NCITE Insights — Misogynist Extremism On a two-part episode of the podcast, hear from guests Brenna Helm and Sam Hunter on misogyny. "Misogyny is often a red thread that ties a lot of extremist ideologies together." Watch/listen now. unomaha.edu/ncite/news/202…

Honored to be awarded the 2024 Outstanding Peer-Reviewed Publication Award by the American Society of Criminology - Division of Cybercrime ASC Division of Cybercrime Criminology, Law and Society at Mason George Mason CHSS . It is an honor to be awarded alongside two other fantastic papers Tom Holt David Décary-Hétu !

📢It's out! Our new study (w. Marie Ouellet Logan Ledford) in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency explores the use of force networks of seven departments, seeking similarities and variations in (1) structural network effects and (2) officer-level attributes! Check it out! 👇 doi.org/10.1177/002242…

I am honored to receive the outstanding publication award from the ASC Division of Cybercrime ASC Division of Cybercrime alongside both Jin R. Lee David Décary-Hétu I thank all my coauthors on this piece, including Noah D. Turner Steven Chermak MSU School of Criminal Justice #cybercrime #CyberSecurity #advancejustice

Kaelyn Sanders (dr. whistledown) has received an Amer Soc of Crim Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Congratulations Kaelyn - well earned! Read more: cj.msu.edu/news/2024-sand… #AdvanceJustice #MSUSocialScience

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New to O'Neill Indianapolis, Asst. Prof. Noah D. Turner focuses his research on extremist crime and violence. He says he wanted to be part of a school that produces strong scientific research with actionable policy solutions. Learn more in this week's blog. blogs.iu.edu/oneill/2025/07…