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Dr. Amanda Graham

  • Associate Professor - School of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Biography and expertise

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

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Criminal Justice

Univ of Cincinnati Main Campus, 2019

Master's Degree

MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Univ of Nebraska at Omaha, 2013

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Psychology

Univ of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2010

Research Interests

  • Graham, Amanda. Supplementary Travel Award, Office of Research, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1500. (Funded: 2023). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda. Supplementary Travel Award, Office of Research, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1038.72. (Funded: 2022). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda (Principal). Faculty Service Award, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500. (Funded: 2022). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda (Principal). Faculty Development Award, Faculty Development Committee, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1692.4. (Funded: 2021). Grant.
  • Graham, Amanda (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.
  • Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., & Link, B. G. (2025). The Measurement Crisis in Criminology: Procedural Justice as a Case Study. (D. Weisburd, Ed.), Elements in Criminology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009558549
  • Roche, S. P., Lee, H., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A. K., & Cullen, F. T. (2024). Validation of Short-Form Scales of Self-Control, Procedural Justice, and Moral Foundations. Justice Quarterly, 41(7), 1002–1031. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2024.2406535
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Sociological Focus

  2. Chair

    Ad hoc Committee on Policies

  3. Member

    Director of the School of Criminal Justice & Criminology Search Committee

  4. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Quantitative Criminology

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Sociological Research Online

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    American Journal of Criminal Justice

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