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Dr. Amanda Graham

  • Associate Professor - School of Criminal Justice & Criminology

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

  • 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/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
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    Sociological Research Online

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    Criminology

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    Journal of Criminal Justice

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    Journal of Trust

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    Journal of Criminal Justice

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    Law and Human Behavior

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