Leadership

Samuel Nunn, Ph.D.

Samuel Nunn, Ph.D.

Sam Nunn serves as director of the Center for Criminal Justice Research and a professor at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Since joining SPEA in 1993, he has served as associate director of the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment and directed research efforts in a number of policy areas including criminal justice and public safety, urban police operations, and local economic development policy. More...

Thomas D. Stucky, Ph.D.

Thomas Stucky

Thomas D. Stucky is the interim director of the Center for Criminal Justice Research and an associate professor of Criminal Justice for the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). Professor Stucky earned Bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Psychology from Ohio University in 1991, graduating with high honors. Following a few years in law enforcement, he earned his Masters of Arts in Sociology in 1998 and his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Iowa in 2001. He then worked for three years in SPEA at Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Since coming to IUPUI in 2004, Professor Stucky has engaged in several applied research projects with the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, Indiana Project Safe Neighborhoods, and Indiana state and local government. He is currently serving as Principal Investigator for the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative in Indianapolis. More...

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