Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Ciara McGlynn @ciaramcglynn.bsky.social Senior Research Assistant @ Center for Public Service, Portland State University | PhD Candidate @ Washington State University
Colter Uscola @colteruscola.bsky.social PhD Student at UBC Sociology. Social Psych. Mental Health. Identity. Emotions. Culture. Organizations. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Computational Social Science.
Grupo de Estudios de Historia de la Prisión @historiaprision.bsky.social Grupo de Estudios sobre Historia de la Prisión y las Instituciones Punitivas (GEHPIP). Grupo interuniversitario de historia, sociología, antropología y derecho de lo punitivo. #Metropolice en @elsaltodiario.com: https://www.elsaltodiario.com/metropolice
Teresa Kulig @tckulig.bsky.social Associate Professor @unosccj.bsky.social | Co-Director http://vvsrlab.org /// Research interests: #Victimology & #HumanTrafficking
Chantal Fahmy, PhD @chantalfahmy.bsky.social Associate Professor, UTSA
Associate Editor, Criminal Justice and Behavior
Co-Founder, ASC's Division of Health & Disability Criminology
research interests: prison reentry | health criminology | social support | corrections | incarceration & public health
Andrea Purdekova @andreapurdekova.bsky.social Associate Professor in Conflict and Security at University of Bath. Conflict and peace-building in the Great Lakes of Africa, esp Rwanda and Burundi. Views mine.
Dawn Beichner-Thomas @dbeichner-thomas.bsky.social Professor Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies & Criminal Justice. NGO UN Representative.
American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social * Support a diverse and inclusive community of sociologists
* Increase public knowledge and understanding of society through sociology
* Promote the use of sociological insights to drive positive social change https://bit.ly/m/AmSocAssoc
Alyssa LaBerge @alyssa-laberge.bsky.social PhD candidate (ABD), MSU SCJ. Incoming Assistant Prof, UWL SOC&CJ. Alum, UWEC CRMJ. Crossover & dual system youth; juvenile risks and needs assessments. Views are my own. She/Her
Rutgers Juvenile Justice and Youth Development @rutgersjuvjustice.bsky.social Rutgers Juvenile Justice & Youth Development Certificate Program is designed to address the demands of the juvenile justice system + equip professionals with the skills & knowledge necessary to work with justice-involved youth. https://bit.ly/3HRlOsU
Dr. Cait Cavanagh @caitcavanagh.bsky.social
Juvenile justice researcher from a developmental psych perspective ▪️ Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University ▪️ Treasurer, Lansing Board of Education
www.TheADJustLab.com
Valerie Anderson, Ph.D. @valerieanderson.bsky.social Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice @ UMSL • Community Psychologist • Research on youth, gender, and crime, human trafficking, system responses • she/her • all views mine
Cassandra @floofykitteh.northsky.social Big Chuck E Cheese slide straight into a medieval oubliette
First-Generation/Working Class Sociologists @fgwc-sociology.bsky.social 
Jake Phillips @jakephillips.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Researches criminal justice/probation/penology. Editor of Probation Journal. Enjoys running, playing the piano (badly), reading and generally being outdoors.
Russell Webster @russellwebster.com Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
Mike Vecchio, PhD @mikevecchio.bsky.social Lecturer of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Loyola University Chicago (he/him) • UMSL PhD & BGSU alum • Youth gangs, violence, & victimization ♾️
Hilary Matfess @hilarymatfess.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, lifting, and dogs
Social Forces @sfjournal.bsky.social An International Journal of Social Research 
Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social Sociology Prof (social psyc, methodology, and some demography!). Usually thinking about food, sexualities, masculinities, and sneakers. 🏳️⚧️
He/they/them/him
NOLA
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
Katie Durante 🍹🦕 @professorkd.bsky.social Assoc Prof at U Utah Sociology/Criminology• Incarceration researcher• Urbanite • Always down to eat pho 🍲 • #firstgen • Views my own
CLE ➡️ Cincy ➡️ Vegas ➡️ SLC📍
John Lloyd @johnhglloyd.bsky.social Thoughtful layabout in search of virtual meaning who will probably bang on about Iceland and the Camino more than anything else
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare @uwmhbssw.bsky.social https://uwm.edu/socialwelfare/
💛🖤Social Work + Criminal Justice & Criminology at UW-Milwaukee
✨BSW, MSW, Online MSW
✨BSCJC, Online BSCJC, Master’s
✨1st Crime Analysis in WI
✨PhD in Social Welfare
christhomas.bsky.social @christhomas.bsky.social Rutgers prof. Research: punishment & inequality, race, computational social science. Deep Springs, Columbia, CUNY alum.
Dr. Kevin W. Jennings @cybercrimedoc.bsky.social PhD in criminal justice from Texas State University. Current Associate Professor with a focus on cybercrime, digital forensics, and police technology. Called a "mediocre scientist" on the hit No Such Thing as a Fish podcast!
Evident Change @evidentchange.bsky.social We're a nonprofit that uses data and research to improve our social systems.
EvidentChange.org 
Kelsey Kramer, PhD @dr-klkramer.bsky.social PhD | VAP of Soc. @ Bates College | Intersectional Criminologist | A blend of professional & personal life | #Spoonie 🥄 | They/She 🏳️🌈 | (re)posts/likes = my own
#AcademicSky
#CriminalJustice
#Criminology
#Punishment
#Inequalities
#Health&Disability
Dana🌱loves🌱PICKLES @danasillygal.bsky.social 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌱☘️🫘Love my Ottawa ❤️Ginger Human; Pibble&Husky mamma, new Grandma, 2slgbtq+ally, vegan, liberal, NAFO Leguminati 🚫DM’s 💪ELBOWS UP!!
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social 
Breandán Dé Rossa @timeservedapp.bsky.social 
John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center @johnjayrec.bsky.social JohnJayREC (https://JohnJayREC.nyc) evaluates prevention strategies, tests the effectiveness of interventions, analyzes efforts to improve the impact and equity of justice systems, and helps non-researchers understand the goals & methods of evaluation.
Ben Crewe @bencrewe.bsky.social 
Jennifer Macko @sagewell.bsky.social Neurodivergent PhD candidate researching the intersection of mental health, disability, and sex/gender in educational spaces. Former special education teacher. Current university instructor. She/her.
#InvisibleDisabilities 👻
#FeministDisabilityStudies 📚
Lucy Campbell @clockwatcher.bsky.social PhD candidate at Edinburgh University Director at Flip of the Coin CIC www.flipofthecoin.scot
Social science
Public health
Lived Experience
Criminology
Director of Policy and Advocacy at Experience for Justice Collective.
Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social Composer & lecturer • AHRC CHASE PhD student researching neurodivergence in composition and musical neuroqueering • Co-founder of the Neurodivergent Music Network • Kinetic (ADHD) Autistic, Neurodivergent, Disabled • she/they
https://linktr.ee/ncdanon
Sarah O'Brien @sarahobrien.bsky.social 👩🏼🏫 autism trainer across North Central London
🎓 inclusive public involvement PhD @kcl.ac.uk
📚 So, I'm Autistic out now
she/her - autistic and disabled
generally funny, views + typos own
@SarahMarieOB on Twitter
Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla @kepadil.bsky.social Balancing motherhood, policing research, & teaching, with football & a good playlist. ✨
Lesley Schneider @leschneider.bsky.social Assistant professor of sociology at NC State, OSU sociology alum. Interested in reentry, stigma, organizations, adjudication, and inequality.
Raquel Delerme @raqueldelerme.bsky.social PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Southern California. Studying prisons, race, gender, & labor.
Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social Criminologist | Associate Professor at Rutgers University | Director of Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center | Stoneleigh Fellow
Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social Carceral geographer, California apologist, valued customer.
Read @oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Professor Rachel Condry @rachelcondry.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. Fellow of St Hilda’s College. Crime & family - prisoners’ families, family violence, parricide, youth justice.
Megan Stevenson @meganstevenson.bsky.social economist & legal scholar studying criminal justice issues.
professor of law
professor of economics (by courtesy)
UVA
https://sites.google.com/view/megan-stevenson/home
Chris Sullivan @cjsullivan.bsky.social E Desmond Lee Professor
Youth Crime & Violence
Chair of CCJ @UMSL
https://www.umsl.edu/ccj/directory/sullivan-chris.html
https://scholars.org/scholar/christopher-j-sullivan
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vwX-DHsAAAAJ&hl=en
Opinions my own
Scott Kidd @criminologykidd.bsky.social Criminology Lecturer, specialising in belonging for justice-experienced individuals in higher education , violence in rural and coastal areas, antisocial behavior, and tackling criminal justice inequalities. LE 11.5yrs of the CJS
Melanie Flynn @animalcrim.bsky.social AKA Crimtweets. Senior Lecturer Criminology & Associate Dean for Research. Nonhuman animal victimology, vegan criminology, environmental justice, crime analysis, crime prevention, evidence based policing, spatial crime concentrations, routine activities.
Vickie Barrett @vickiebarrett.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Huddersfield University.
ADR UK Research Fellow.
Interested in punitiveness (CJS, education, welfare), policy, school exclusions and offending.
Ex-probation officer and school teacher.
Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at University of Strathclyde, Assoc Dir of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Spanning Probation, Desistance, Health and AI along with all the things in between.
Beth Colgan @bethcolgan.bsky.social Law professor at UCLA Law, studying fines, forfeitures, financial punishment, and poverty.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1478076
Elias Nader @eliasnader.bsky.social Criminologist studying policing and desistance in young adulthood
https://www.kent.edu/sociology/elias-nader
Jillian Sunderland @jilliansunderland.bsky.social Sociology PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto.
Masculinities, violence, organizations.
www.JillianSunderland.com
Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social Research Professor and Center Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City Univ of New York). Kid from Ohio, living in Manhattan - https://JeffreyButts.net -
#justice #criminology #research
Dr. Alex Piquero @dralexpiquero.bsky.social Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar at The 🟧_🟩. Former Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (appointed by President Biden). 🇨🇺-🇺🇸
Jill McCorkel @jillmccorkel.bsky.social Crm at Maynooth University 🇮🇪 and Soc/Crm at Villanova University 🇺🇸. Fond of dogs, parrots, & David Bowie. Philly & Dublin.
Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social 🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 (MA). Sr Research Associate, (B)exited academia.
Work: Criminal justice reform, public health, CBPAR, women & girls, IPV/IPH, substance use & harm reduction.
Play: Fantasy crochet, pottery, TTRPGs.
bextraordinarycreatures.com
Kevin Drakulich @drakulich.bsky.social Sociologist, Criminologist. Usually online to learn about new research.
John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
Dr. Brittany T Martin @brittanytmartin.bsky.social URI Assistant Professor | Punishment Scholar | Academic Mom | She/Her
Janani Umamaheswar @jananiu.bsky.social Sociologist. Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University. Kenyan-Indian-Canadian-American. Views my own.
Marisa Omori @marisaomori.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Sara Wakefield @sarawakefield.bsky.social Sociologist. Criminologist. Depends on the day which one comes first. Studying incarceration, inequality, and family life. Prone to posting thoughts about soccer and my family that should probably be texts to my friends.
Erin Eife @erineife.bsky.social assistant professor in criminology at george mason | south philly | she/her
Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
Sarah Brayne @sarahbrayne.bsky.social Sociology Professor at Stanford
Dr. LB Logic @lblogic.bsky.social Higher Ed professor, CJ researcher-former practitioner, policing-prosecution response to IPV, CJ education, CJ policy, The West Wing wingnut, Northern Minnesotan living in the Wild West of Idaho, 🎵 lover, opinions are my own & no one else’s.
Candice Crutchfield @whatcandicesays.bsky.social she/her | studying prisons & punishment. probably screaming into the void. Free them all 🇵🇸
candicecrutchfield.com
Jeri Ryan (official account) @jerilryan.bsky.social Actress, mom, wife, foodie, gardener. Not necessarily in that order. Trying to make a better world for our kids. Star Trek: Picard. That’s CAPTAIN Seven to you. 🖖🏼😋❤️
Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8c95RVAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Dave Khey @4n6dave.bsky.social Professor & Head of Criminal Justice @ULLafayette. Criminologist, expertise in drug policy, criminal justice programming, & mental health. #stigmafree
PhD Voice @phdvoice.bsky.social Amplifying the voices of PhD Students. Tag us with @phdvoice.bsky.social
Danielle Slakoff, PhD @dslakoffphd.bsky.social Award-winning Criminologist. Associate Professor #SacState. Research: Media Portrayal of Crime/Victims, Domestic Violence, Gender, Race. Views my Own. Pronounced “Slay-coff"
Francis Prior @francisprior.bsky.social Sociology Professor. Incarceration and Fatherhood.
Jared R. Dmello, Ph.D. @jaredrdmello.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Criminology, University of Adelaide | PhD, Criminology | Illicit Networks, SNA, Terrorism | Runner | Disney Super Fan | #FirstGen | Live and work on Kaurna land, *Views are my own
https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/jared.dmello
CrimRxiv @crimrxiv.com crimrxiv.com is criminology's global open access hub & repository. Home @ University of Manchester. Powered by Knowledge Futures. Sustained by its Consortium.
Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social Quantitative and Public Health Criminologist at RTI interested in Youth Justice, Corrections, Pretrial, Criminal Justice Policy, and Applied Statistics. All opinions are my own. Personal Website: www.ianasilver.com.
Alicia M Walker🌊🏳️🌈 @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social Sociology prof & author: Sexuality, relationships/behavior/identity gender; qual; Co-Chair CCF; editor CCF blog; Psych Today blogger🩷💜💙 #Resist
#AcademicSky #Dateline
#Sociology
#sexresearch
Dr. Erin Kearns @kearnserinm.bsky.social Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships at NCITE_COE.
Associate Professor at UNO SCCJ.
Avid traveler, casual yogi. 
Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut @jschildkraut80.bsky.social Criminologist | Executive Director, Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium | National Expert and Researcher, Mass Shootings | Co-Editor, Journal of Mass Violence Research (@jmssvlncrsrch.bsky.social). Opinions my own.
David Garlock @davidleegarlock.bsky.social Formerly Incarcerated Criminal Justice Advocate and Public Speaker
Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social Drug policy. Prisons and jails. Journalism. Research. Harm reduction. Veterans. Heart in Portland, skin under San Diego sun.
Chris Smith @cmsmithsoc.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto | researches gender, crime, cities, violence, and networks | she/her first gen 🏳️🌈
http://chrismsmithsociology.wordpress.com
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association @midwesterncja.bsky.social Founded in 1977 to foster research, academic, & practitioner collaboration. Regional organization of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) • #CriminalJustice #Criminology #MCJA2025 • MCJA.org
Y. Vincent Liu 劉揚 @vinyliu.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice @oaklandu. Researcher of sexualities, IBSA, and public opinions.
Views are my own. (he/他) 🏳️🌈🏴 *pronounced LI-oh*
@crimdocbrown.bsky.social @crimdocbrown.bsky.social - A @ascdic.bsky.social @ascdic.bsky.social
Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social Official Bluesky page of the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ), a premier outlet for theory-driven policy research.
Kelly M. Socia, Ph.D. @kellymsocia.bsky.social Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at UMass Lowell
Researching punishment, public opinion, labels, sex crime policies
"Knowledgeable yet boring"
"Displays gratuitous vulgarity"
Rarely on here - apologies for any delay in responding/following.
Dr Tess Bartlett @tessbartlett.bsky.social Senior Report Writer, Waitangi Tribunal Unit, MOJ. Research interests: fathers, families, imprisonment, masculinities. Views mine. Podcaster
Charles C. Lanfear @clanfear.bsky.social Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Social control, crime, quant methods, R coding
clanfear.github.io
Aaron Jacklin @aaronjacklin.bsky.social Independent Journalist
Crime & Crime Policy
MA, Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy
Subscribe: The Art of Explaining Crime, aaronjacklin.substack.com
Volkan Topalli @volkantopalli.bsky.social Criminologist | @GSUCJC | Andrew Young School | Urban Crime | Future Crime | Offender Decision-Making |🗽
Graham Ousey @grahamousey.bsky.social Father, husband, criminologist, sports fan, data nerd and wannabe meteorologist. Trying to get from point A to B without losing all the marbles. 
Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social Assoc prof @UDelaware | social neuroscientist interested "us vs them" and "human vs AI" | Mexican, Indigenous, Japanese First Gen | #UDPBS | @UDPOSCIR | 🧠
https://www.ifsnlab.org/