Disproportionate Minority Contact-Technical Assistance and Resource Center
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Dr. Robert J. Durán is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2006 with an emphasis in criminology and race. His work experience includes juvenile probation, youth corrections, and child protective services. Dr. Durán's unique background of lived experiences has driven his study of racial and ethnic inequalities within the application of the law. From gang evolution and border surveillance to disproportionate minority contact and law enforcement shootings, his research seeks to provide greater insight into post-civil rights forms of racism and community resistance. As a former gang member, Dr. Durán has been studying gangs for the last 14 years in several states: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. |
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Dr. Dana Greene completed her doctorate at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her dissertation -- Repeat Performances: Why Good Reforms Go Bad & Testing the Next Wave, Restorative Justice -- explores and accounts for how collective action aimed at reducing the punishment system ultimately serves to expand and widen the penal landscape. Dana came to the study of punishment from a history of street activism and is deeply committed to applying her work beyond the academy. She was a graduate teaching fellow at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for three years. The position involved on campus teaching as well as teaching corrections officers at Riker's Island - the largest penal colony in the free world. She was a writing-across-the-curriculum fellow and spent two years at Bronx Community College developing their writing center and helping professors incorporate WAC pedagogy in their classrooms and assignments. Before Dana moved to the desert she was conducting day-long workshops for Police Officers and Corrections Officers on bigotry, racial & ethnic hatred, and personal responsibility at The New York Tolerance Center - the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. She is currently working on a textbook covering the history of American criminal justice systems & practices as well as a Social and Behavior Sciences reference Glossary. Her interests include social change movements, restorative justice, penal history, penal abolition, and social control. She is always up for collaboration and conversation so feel free to come by her office. |
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Dr. James Maupin is the Department Head for the Department of Criminal Justice. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Arizona State University in 1990 and his Master of Public Administration from Southwest Missouri State University in 1985. He has taught at New Mexico State University since 1995. Dr. Maupin's area of specialty is policy analysis and program evaluation. He has worked closely with state and local juvenile justice professionals in addressing issues of importance related to preadjudicatory detention and parole decision making. He has also conducted research on the ethical orientation of criminal justice professionals. His primary teaching areas are research methods, statistics, policy analysis and program evaluation. |
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Dr. Lisa Bond-Maupin received her Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University in 1992. She also earned an M.S.W. from ASU in 1987. Dr. Bond-Maupin taught at Southwest Missouri State University and New Mexico Highlands University prior to coming to NMSU in 1995. She most often teaches Juvenile Justice and Introduction to Criminal Justice. Her research interests include the experiences of young people with the police, courts, jails, and prisons, the connections between structural and interpersonal violence, and a youth development approach to prevention. Besides her teaching and research, Dr. Bond-Maupin is the Chair of the New Mexico Juvenile Justice Commission and is a co-PI on a state contract to provide technical assistance, research, and resources to communities throughout the state interested in reducing disproportionate contact with the juvenile justice system for youth of color. She is a very enthusiastic Aggie volleyball fan, loves CJ students even when they sound like Nancy Grace, and is the mom of Sarah, a freshman at NMSU. |
| Dr. Carlos Posadas is an assistant professor in the Department of CriminalJustice. His research interests include immigration, U.S.-Mexico border issues, race, gender and crime, and research methods. His teaching interests include research methods, statistics, and immigration and justice.He is a native of the area having grown up in El Paso, TX and completing his undergraduate work in criminal justice at New Mexico State University before moving on to the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University to pursue his graduate studies. |
