Nancy Rodriguez (criminologist)
Nancy Rodriguez | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 criminal justice from Sam Houston State University in 1992 and her Ph.D. in political science from Washington State University in 1998. She joined the faculty of ASU in 1998.[7][8] She has received multiple awards, including the Coramae Richey Mann Award from the American Society of Criminology and the W.E.B. DuBois Award from the Western Society of Criminology.[8]
References
- ^ "Nancy Rodriguez". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Rodriguez Bio". ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ "Former Department of Justice official, Nancy Rodriguez, hired as criminology professor". School of Social Ecology. July 27, 2017. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ^ "New NIJ Director Sworn In". COSSA. February 24, 2015. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ "Director's Corner: Farewell from Nancy Rodriguez". National Institute of Justice. January 13, 2017. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ "National Institute Of Justice Welcomes New Director, Dr. Nancy Rodriguez" (Press release). Office of Justice Programs. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
- ^ "NANCY RODRIGUEZ CURRICULUM VITAE". coppfs3.asu.edu. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
- ^ a b "ASU criminologist appointed director of National Institute of Justice". ASU Now. October 30, 2014. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
External links
- Faculty page at the University of California, Irvine
- Nancy Rodriguez publications indexed by Google Scholar