Faculty
Edward Latessa
Professor Emeritus and Director of UCCI, CECH SOCJ Corrections Institute
VPCADMIN
513-556-5836
Christina A. Campbell
Assistant Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
660MC Teachers College
310-989-3882
Christopher Sullivan
Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
650F Teachers College
513-556-3851
Ebony L. Ruhland
Assistant Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
Teachers College
513-556-5294
Through her research, Dr. Ruhland hopes to find ways to improve criminal justice and corrections policies to reduce mass incarceration, racial disparities, and collateral consequences while at the same time maintaining public safety.
Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Ruhland was the research director at the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Minnesota Law School. Her work has been published in Criminology, Family Court Review, and Children and Youth Services Review.
Francis T. Cullen
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus , CECH Criminal Justice
660-O Teachers College
513-556-5834
John Wooldredge
Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
660NB Teachers College
513-556-5838
Joshua C. Cochran
Associate Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
Teachers College
513-556-7688
Patricia VanVoorhis
Professor Emerita
Teachers College
513-348-9037
Patricia Van Voorhis, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. She received her doctorate degree in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany. Dr. Van Voorhis has published extensively in the leading criminology and criminal justice journals and is the author of Psychological Classification of the Adult, Male Prison Inmate and lead author of Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation, currently in its 8th edition. She has provided and continues to provide expertise to federal, state and local agencies on topics pertaining to correctional effectiveness, program implementation, evaluation techniques, women offenders, risk assessment and correctional classification. She is the former deputy editor of Justice Quarterly, the co-founder of the Division of Corrections and Sentencing of the American Society of Criminology, and has served on many professional and civic boards of directors, including for the American Society of Criminology and the International Community Corrections Association. Dr. Van Voorhis is a fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology and has received several awards for scholarly attainment, including the American Society of Criminology’s August Vollmer Award, the Simon Dinitz Research Award from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the Coramae Richey Mann Leadership Award from the Minority and Women Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the Marguerite Q. Warren and Ted Palmer Differential and Individualized Intervention Award, the Volunteers of America’s Maud Booth Award for Correctional Service, the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Division of Corrections and Sentencing of the American Society of Criminology and the Distinguished Alumni Award for Scholarship from the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. She has directed numerous federal and state-funded, research projects and continues to pursue a rigorous consulting and research agenda in retirement.
Paula H. Smith
Associate Professor and Associate Director, CECH Criminal Justice
660Q Teachers College
513-556-2775
Sarah Manchak
Associate Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
660MA Teachers College
513-556-1782
Dr. Manchak teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, is the coordinator of the undergraduate research program, runs the faculty-led study abroad program in Scotland, and is the academic advisor for the undergraduate/university chapters of the Ohio Innocence Project, College Mentors for Kids, and the American Correctional Association.
To learn more, visit Dr. Manchak's website at www.cjimpactresearch.com.
Valerie R. Anderson
Assistant Professor, CECH Criminal Justice
650H Teachers College
513-556-2328
Dr. Anderson is currently serving as the principal investigator on two funded studies: (1) a state-wide human trafficking prevalence study funded by the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, (2) a study examining the health-related characteristics and context of girls in juvenile detention funded through Cincinnati Children’s CCTST Partnership Development Grant. She recently served as the principal investigator on an American Psychological Association funded public policy grant examining gender-responsive practices in the juvenile justice system. Her research is featured in a variety of criminal justice, public health, and psychology journals.