This week, I finish talking with Dr. Joan Antunes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Towson University about a wide array of topics including her research and teaching on immigration and violence. 

You can find her on Twitter @EsmailJoan

This week, I talk with Dr. Joan Antunes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Towson University about a wide array of topics including her research and teaching on immigration and violence. 

You can find her on Twitter @EsmailJoan

This week I talk to Dr. Aaron Hoy about marriage and same sex relationships. Aaron is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Corrections at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His research and teaching interests include families, sexualities, sex and gender, aging and the life course, and research methods.

You can find him on Twitter @AaronHoy4

This week I interview Dragana Derlic about her research on alternative treatments for incarcerated people, specifically yoga and meditation.

Dragana Derlic is a 3rd year PhD student at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests are alternative forms of rehabilitation for the incarcerated. These include but not limited to Yoga, Mindfulness, Meditation and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Along with rehabilitation she is interested in reentry programs and recidivism rates. She has published on Alternative Offender Rehabilitation Programs and their use in correctional settings. Her work can be found in the Journal of Correctional Health Care (forthcoming). Currently, she is working on a program evaluation design for the Prison Yoga Project.

You can follow Dragana on Twitter @Dragana_Derlic.

This week, I talk to Virginia L. Conn, a Ph.D. student in comparative literature at Rutgers University. Virginia's research is focused on the intersection between science fiction and socialism, with a specific focus on Chinese science fiction.

You can follow Virginia on Twitter @VirginiaLConn.

We weren't able to come close to finishing our conversation during this interview, so be on the lookout for part 2 at a later date.

This week, I talk to Dr. Janne Gaub about her research on body worn cameras. Dr. Gaub is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

You can follow her on Twitter @jgaub_uncc

This week, I talk with Frances Abderhalden, Ph.D. candidate in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida, about her research on suicidality among people who are incarcerated. At the time of the interview, she was not yet an official Ph.D. candidate, but we're happy to report she defended her prospectus successfully!

You can follow Frances on Twitter @francesabs

This week, I talk with Dr. Erin Kearns, Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama about her research on terrorism.

This week I talk to Dr. Dan Lytle from Ball State University about his research on policing.

You can follow Dan on Twitter at @dlytle21

This week I talk to Peter Jung, M.Ed, who works as a social skills Dungeon Master in the Seattle area for Aspiring Youth, and runs the blog rollforkindness.com where he discusses lessons learned from his 5 years running social skills groups.

You can follow Peter on Twitter at @RollForKindness