Carly B. Dierkhising

Dr. Carly B. Dierkhising is an Associate Professor at the School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics within California State University, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on trauma-exposed youth in juvenile justice systems, emphasizing trauma-informed policy and practice reform.

• Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, University of California, Riverside
• M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University
• B.A. in Psychology, San Francisco State University

Dr. Dierkhising’s research spans Trauma-Informed Systems, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and Gang Intervention. She has published extensively on dual-system youth, juvenile justice collateral consequences, and trauma screening tools.

Her recent publications (2020-2025) analyze housing instability among system-involved females, longitudinal foster care-juvenile court linkages, and hate crimes in transgender communities. These works integrate interdisciplinary frameworks from Criminology, Developmental Psychology, and Social Work.

Dr. Dierkhising serves on the California State Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and collaborates with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. She teaches courses in Juvenile Justice, Research Methods, and Advanced Theory.