She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland in 2007. Her articles have appeared in Criminology, Journal of Experimental Criminology, and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. Her current research interests include place-based criminology, criminological theory testing, research methods, analysis of longitudinal terrorism patterns against the United States, and understanding the relationship between disorder and crime over time. (Curriculum Vitae)