Faculty
Below are the faculty for the Department of Criminology located on the St. Petersburg campus. For full bios and faculty on all campuses, visit the departmental website.
Caralin Branscum
Title: Assistant Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4641
Email: branscum@usf.edu
Area of Interest: Victimology/victimization; sexual victimization; gender-based violence; institutional
responses to victims
Dawn K. Cecil
Title: Professor & Campus Chair
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Phone: (727) 873-4618
Email: dcecil@usf.edu
Office: HWH 202
Area of Interest: Media representations of crime and justice
Lori Hall
Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction
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Phone: (727) 873-4077
Email: lorihall@usf.edu
Office: HWH 236K
Area of Interest: Hate and cybervictimization; race and drugs; correctional education and recidivism;
and racism
Cary Hopkins Eyles
Title: Visiting Assistant Instructor
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Email: chopkin3@usf.edu
Office: SOC 333
Area of Interest: Substance use and mental health disorders; behavioral health care; criminal justice
involved clients
Sarah Lockwood
Title: Assistant Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4642
Email: sarahl@usf.edu
Area of Interest: Justice policy; impact of victimization on individual outcomes
Joan A. Reid
Title: Professor
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Phone: (727) 873-4798
Email: jareid2@usf.edu
Office: HWH 236B
Area of Interest: Human trafficking; sexual violence; child maltreatment; victimology and recovery of
crime victims
Shelly Wagers
Title: Associate Professor
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Phone: (727) 873-4439
Email: swagers@usf.edu
Office: HWH 202
Area of Interest: Developing researcher-practitioner partnerships with advocates; law enforcement and
the courts