Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Criminology
University of South Florida, 2016
Master's Degree
MS in Justice Administration
University of Louisville, 2011
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Criminal Justice
Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008
Featured grants
- Brown, Wyatt Dandle (Principal). Research Enhancement Program (REP) Exploring Jail Workforce Shortages, $8164. (Submitted: 2025, Funded: 2025 - 2027). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Toman, E. L., Kushmerick-McCune, B., Brown, W. D., Rudes, D. S., & Flaherty, A. (2026). “They Take it Out on All of Us”: Collective Punishment in Carceral Spaces. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00938548261435854
- Rudes, D., Flaherty, A., Dickerson, D., Kushmerick-McCune, B., Narvey, C., Ingel, S., … Magana, J. (2025). Hope and Help: Peer Support & Peer-Led Programs within Texas Prisons. In Handbook on Lived Experience in the Justice System (Vol. 1, pp. 322–339). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003615620-42
- Kushmerick-McCune, B., Ingel, S., Rudes, D. S., Brown, W., & Toman, E. L. (2025). Why, How, and So What? Unpacking Coworker Relationships in Carceral Settings. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 52(10), 1447–1466. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548251350110
- Kushmerick-McCune, B., Ingel, S., Rudes, D., & Brown, W. (2024). Statewide Prison Language Mandates: Where Intention and Implementation Diverge. The Prison Journal, 104(6), 740–760.
- Caines, M., & Brown, W. (2024). Factors influencing public attitudes toward criminal justice system funding. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 22(4), 289–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2024.2389972
Featured service activities
- Member
Personnel committee
- Member
MSCJ Steering Committee
- Member
Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!)
- Member
ASC Division on Corrections and Sentencing
- Reviewer / Referee
Health and Justice
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of School Violence
