Excellent news on graduate student placement! Jason Campos accepted a tenure track position in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado. Jason will start teaching there in the Fall 2025.
University of Northern Colorado is a national university located in Greeley, Colorado, nestled between the Rocky Mountains and Colorado’s stunning high plains. The Criminology and Criminal Justice department offers both Bachelor and Master degrees.
Jason now resumes his efforts to finalize the dissertation with the support of his committee. His dissertation is a mixed-methods study on perceptions and policing in the San Diego neighborhood of Barrio Logan. Drawing from a triangulated set of data—extensive ethnographic observation, semi-structured interviews, and quantitative crime data from 1990 to the present—he investigates how residents of this community are affected by the criminalization process and how they navigate situational complexities such as gentrification, policing, victimization, incarceration, and other negative criminal outcomes. His dissertation draws attention to the framing of space and centers on the voices of residents directly affected by local and state responses to crime, who are positioned as targets for legal scrutiny and tough-on-crime policies. He uncovers the ways in which residents navigate and resist oppressive forces through community-led safety initiatives that counteract mainstream criminal justice perceptions and approaches. His dissertation is supported by the American Sociological Association’s Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG).
Congratulations, Jason!