Faculty Profile for Dr. Amanda Graham

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Dr. Amanda Graham
Associate Professor — School of Criminal Justice & Criminology
HINE 108
phone: (512) 245-3587

Biography Section

Biography and Education

2019 Ph.D., School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati

Dissertation: Measuring Procedural Justice: A Case Study in Criminometrics
Advisor: Francis T. Cullen

2013 M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha

2010 B.A., Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research Interests

Policing
Procedural Justice
Police Legitimacy
Police Effectiveness
International Policing

Measurement
Survey Construction & Development
Scale Construction & Development
Item Response Theory

Public Opinion

Evaluation Research

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Brady, C. M., Dieterich, G., & Graham, A. (2024). Ambiguous calls: Public preferences for law enforcement responses to people in crisis. Journal of Criminal Justice, (92). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102172
  • Graham, A., Pickett, J. T., & Cullen, F. T. (2024). How Does the Public Explain Police Misconduct? Race, Politics, and Attributions. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 51(9), 1299–1319. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548241253737
  • Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., & Cullen, F. T. (2022). The American racial divide in fear of the police. Criminology, 60(2), 291–320. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12298
  • Graham, A., Haner, M., Sloan, M. M., Cullen, F. T., Kulig, T. C., & Jonson, C. L. (2020). Race and Worrying About Police Brutality: The Hidden Injuries of Minority Status in America. Victims & Offenders, 15(5), 549–573. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2020.1767252
  • Smith, P., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Pickett, J., Jonson, C. L., Hannan, K. R., & Pompoco, A. (n.d.). Public Support for Universal Second Look Sentencing: A Research Note. Criminology.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinction in Research, College of Behavioral and Social Science, Georgia Southern University. May 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Jerry Mileur Award for the Best Paper in American Politics, Northeastern Political Science Association. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: James L. Maddex Jr. 2020 Paper of the Year, Criminal Justice Review. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Award of Excellence: Statesboro, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University. May 2020 - 2020

Selected Grants

  • Graham, Amanda Kay. Supplementary Travel Award, Office of Research, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1500. (Funded: 2023). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda Kay. Supplementary Travel Award, Office of Research, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1038.72. (Funded: 2022). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda Kay (Principal). Faculty Service Award, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500. (Funded: 2022). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda Kay (Principal). Faculty Development Award, Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1692.4. (Funded: 2021). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda Kay (Co-Principal), Grubb, Jonathon (Co-Principal). Research Into Immigration and Crime, Georgia Southern University College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Institutional (Higher Ed), $5000. (Funded: 2020). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Trust
2024-Present
Member
Scholarship Committee
2024-Present
Member
MSCJ Steering Committee
2024-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Criminal Justice
2024-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Law and Human Behavior
2024-Present