Dr. Burns received her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and History from Ouachita Baptist University in 1999. She completed her Master’s degree and PhD. in Sociology with an emphasis in Crime and Deviance and Social Psychology from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Burns’ research interests include corrections, victimization, and restorative justice. Since 2007, she has served as the principal investigator on several federal grants to include sexual and domestic violence on college campuses as well as establishing the Oklahoma Victim Assistance Academy. Dr. Burns teaches the national Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program curriculum- a class that takes university students behind the walls of prison to participate in a criminal justice course with incarcerated men and women. Dr. E. Elaine Bartgis, Assistant DirectorOffice: LAR 104 C