Ashley Bauman
Research Associate
Email: Ashley.Bauman@uc.edu
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Ashley Bauman received her M.S. in Criminal Justice in 2005 from the University of Cincinnati. She currently serves as the Project Manager on the Women's Risk Needs Assessment Project. She has served as the book review editor for the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture and as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and the College of Mount St. Joseph. Her research interests include gender-responsive assessments and programming, gendered pathways to crime, correctional rehabilitation, the relationship between motherhood and criminality, and organizational and policy issues in criminal justice agencies.

Eva Kishimoto
Research Associate
Email: Eva.Kishimoto@uc.edu 
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Eva Kishimoto is a Research Associate and trainer for the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute.   Ms. Kishimoto has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Hawaii and is certified as a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work.  She is independently licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the State of Hawaii where she also holds a certification as a Substance Abuse Counselor.  She has extensive clinical experience in mental health, substance abuse and trauma treatment.  Additionally Ms. Kishimoto has administrative experience in program planning, development and implantation.  Programs she has developed include community based fitness restoration, community re-entry and conditional release programming.  Additionally, she has served as principle investigator for a statewide trauma informed implementation grant in the state of Hawaii and served as content expert and implementation consultant for Integrated Dual Diagnosis treatment in the Hawaii public mental health service system.  

Edward J. Latessa 
Professor and School Director
Email: Edward.Latessa@uc.edu 
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Edward J. Latessa received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1979 and is Interim Dean and Professor of the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati.  Dr. Latessa has published over 140 works in the area of criminal justice, corrections, and juvenile justice.  He is co-author of seven books including Corrections in the Community, and Corrections in America. Professor Latessa has directed over 150 funded research projects including studies of day reporting centers, juvenile justice programs, drug courts, prison programs, intensive supervision programs, halfway houses, and drug programs. He and his staff have also assessed over 600 correctional programs throughout the United States, and he has provided assistance and workshops in over forty-five states. Dr. Latessa served as President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (1989-90).  He has also received several awards including; Marguerite Q. Warren and Ted B. Palmer Differential Intervention Award presented by the Division of Corrections and Sentencing of the American Society of Criminology (2010), Outstanding Community Partner Award from the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (2010), Maud Booth Correctional Services Award in recognition of dedicated service and leadership presented by the Volunteers of America (2010), Community Hero Award presented by Community Resources for Justice, (2010), the Bruce Smith Award for outstanding contributions to criminal justice by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2010), the George Beto Scholar, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, (2009), the Mark Hatfield Award for Contributions in public policy research by The Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University (2008), the Outstanding Achievement Award by the National Juvenile Justice Court Services Association (2007), the August Vollmer Award from the American Society of Criminology (2004), the Simon Dinitz Criminal Justice Research Award from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (2002), the Margaret Mead Award for dedicated service to the causes of social justice and humanitarian advancement by the International Community Corrections Association (2001), the Peter P. Lejins Award for Research from the American Correctional Association (1999); ACJS Fellow Award (1998); ACJS Founders Award (1992); and the Simon Dinitz award by the Ohio Community Corrections Organization.

Brian Lovins
Research Associate / Assistant Director of UCCI
Email: Brian.Lovins@uc.edu
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Brian Lovins is a Research Associate and trainer for the University of Cincinnati, Center for Criminal Justice Research.  He has a Master’s of Social Work and is independently licensed in the State of Ohio.  Mr. Lovins has worked as a clinician and a clinical supervisor for adolescent and adult treatment programs serving forensic populations.  He is currently the Project Director for several evaluation projects including the County of Lucas Family Drug Court, the development and implementation of the Ohio Youth Assessment System, and a family reentry program.  Recent publications include “Validating the Level of Service Inventory—Revised and the Level of Service Inventory: Screening Version With a Sample of Probationers” and “Applying the Risk Principle to Sex Offenders, Does Treatment Make Some Worse?” Areas of interest include treatment for juvenile offenders, sexual offenders, risk assessment, and violence. 

Jennifer Luther
Research Associate
Email: Jennifer.Luther@uc.edu
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Jennifer D. Luther is a Research Associate with more than twenty years experience in education and criminal justice. She is a developer and primary of author of several cognitive-behavioral curricula, and has trained hundreds of criminal justice professionals in evidence-based practices. Using a behavioral approach, she designs interventions in order to actively engage participants in the change process, and thereby involve each individual in structuring the learning to be done and devising a means to applying it. In addition, she has facilitated a variety of cognitive-behavioral therapeutic groups throughout the continuum of criminal justice programming. Ms. Luther was trained through the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and inducted as a network member. She is passionate about evidence-based programming, and our individual and collective ability to effect positive change.

Kelly Pitocco
Research Associate 
Email: Kelly.Pitocco@uc.edu
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Kelly Pitocco received her M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati and her Master’s of Social Work from the University of Kentucky. She is independently licensed as a social worker and chemical dependency professional in the state of Ohio. Ms. Pitocco has over 25 years experience working in community corrections. Ms. Pitocco is a Research Associate for the Corrections Institute at the University of Cincinnati, Center for Criminal Justice Research. Ms. Pitocco trains on a variety of topics including cognitive-behavioral interventions, risk assessment and motivational interviewing (MINT member) for the Corrections Institute. She has experience in program implementation and adherence to evidence-based practices.

Jennifer Scott
Program Manager
Email: Jennifer.Scott@uc.edu

Jennifer joined the staff of the Corrections Institute in July of 2012. As Program Manager, she coordinates and schedules the trainings, activities and functions of the Institute, and promotes and manages onsite training opportunities predominantly offered through the UCCI Summer Institute.

Paula Smith
Assistant Professor / Director of UCCI
Email: Paula.Smith@uc.edu
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Dr. Paula Smith is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Director of the Corrections Institute at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of New Brunswick, Saint John in 2006. Her research interests include offender classification and assessment, correctional rehabilitation, the psychological effects of incarceration, program implementation and evaluation, the transfer of knowledge to practitioners and policy-makers, and meta-analysis. She is co-author of Corrections in the Community, and has also authored more than thirty journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Smith has directed numerous federal and state funded research projects, including studies of prisons, community-based correctional programs, juvenile drug courts, probation and parole departments, and mental health services. Furthermore, she has been involved in evaluations of more than 280 correctional programs throughout the United States. In addition to her research experience, Dr. Smith has considerable frontline experience working with a variety of offender populations, including juvenile offenders, sex offenders, and perpetrators of domestic violence.  Currently, she provides training and technical assistance to criminal justice agencies throughout the United States and Canada.

John Schwartz
Senior Research Associate and Associate Director CCJR
Email: John.Schwartz@uc.edu
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John has worked for the School of Criminal Justice since 1996. Over his tenure, he has been responsible for managing several grants and contracts on both a large and small scale. As Associate Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Research, John is responsible for working with funding agencies and the University administration throughout the whole grant and contract process which includes contract negotiations, invoicing, human subject compliance, and closing the grant. In addition to managing staff and the day to day activities of research projects, John has also published articles in peer reviewed journals such as the Journal of Criminal Justice and the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

Mindy Schweitzer
Research Associate / Assistant Director of UCCI
Email: Myrinda.Schweitzer@uc.edu
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Myrinda Schweitzer is an Associate Director with the Corrections Institute and a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include the assessment of correctional programs, the science of implementation and knowledge transfer, and more generally correctional treatment and rehabilitation. She has co-authored publications and served as a project director for several correctional projects. Specific topics of research and service include a state-wide correctional treatment program evaluation, the development and implementation of cognitive-behavioral programs for general delinquency, criminality, and sexual offending, and recent initiatives to implement effective practices for community supervision.

Carrie Sullivan
Research Associate
Email: Carrie.Sullivan@uc.edu
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Carrie Sullivan, M.A. is a Research Associate in the Center for Criminal Justice Research and the Corrections Institute at the University of Cincinnati (UC). She received her master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2001. Ms. Sullivan has 13 years of correctional experience and has been a project manager for numerous national, state, and local correctional projects.  Ms. Sullivan conducts correctional program evaluations to assist agencies in providing effective correctional interventions and assists agencies in implementing evidence-based practices. She also serves as a trainer for the UC Corrections Institute (UCCI). Ms. Sullivan is certified to train correctional professionals on evidence-based practices, cognitive-behavioral interventions, core correctional practices, case management, behavior management, the Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist Assessment (CPC), Correctional Program Assessment Inventory (CPAI), the Ohio Youth Assessment System (OYAS), the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS), the Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI-R), Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS), and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse (CBI-SA).

Patricia Van Voorhis
Professor
Email: Pat.VanVoorhis@uc.edu
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Professor Van Voorhis is a 1983 PhD in criminal justice from SUNY-Albany. She served on the faculty of the Department of Criminology at Indiana State University prior to assuming her current position at UC. She is a past deputy editor of Justice Quarterly, a past president of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, and currently serves as co-founder and Vice President for the Division of Sentencing and Corrections for the American Society of Criminology. She has published in leading criminal justice journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. She is the author of Psychological Classification of the Adult, Male, Prison Inmate, and co-author of Correctional Rehabilitation and Counseling. She has directed several state and federally-funded research projects pertaining to prison classification, gender-responsive classification and correctional treatment in both community and institutional settings. She teaches individual theories of crime, applied research, seminar in correction rehabilitation, and women's studies.