Faculty & Staff
Faculty
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Jessica Grosholz, Ph.D.Associate Professor & MACJ Program DirectorPhone: (941) 359-4324
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Research Interests: Corrections, Reentry, & Rehabilitation (prison programming, older formerly incarcerated adults); Victimization & Victim Services (victimization among incarcerated populations; health & victimization); Behavioral Health, Substance Use, & Mental Health (health & incarceration); Crime Policy & Criminal Justice Policy (public opinion); Research Methods, Statistics (Qualitative Methods, Community-Engaged Research); Criminology & Criminal Justice Pedagogy (Community-engaged Learning, Correctional Education)
Dr. Jessica M. Grosholz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the ÐÜèAVÃâ·Ñ and Director of the department’s Master of Arts in Criminal Justice program. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Emory University in 2014. Dr. Grosholz’s research focuses on incarceration and reentry, including correctional programming, recidivism, health and victimization, the experiences of older formerly incarcerated adults, and public support for reentry initiatives. A second line of her research examines far-right extremism, particularly how music and other cultural products communicate extremist ideologies, identities, and gender narratives. Her work has appeared in journals including Crime & Delinquency, Crime, Media, and Culture, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Feminist Criminology, Journal of Aging & Social Policy, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Race & Justice.
Dr. Grosholz teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods, corrections, prisoner reentry, criminological theory, and qualitative methodologies. Community-engaged teaching is central to her work, including prison- and jail-based courses developed in partnership with correctional institutions. She has received the USF Outstanding Community-Engaged Teaching Award, the USF Sarasota-Manatee Outstanding Professor Award, and the USF Sarasota-Manatee Excellence in Community Engagement Award for her work.
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