Elizabeth Panuccio

Elizabeth Panuccio is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Deputy Chair of the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). She holds a PhD in criminal justice from Rutgers University-Newark, alongside an MA in criminal justice from the same institution, an MA in sociology from Fordham University, and a BA in sociology from Drew University.

• Education
  • BA in Sociology, Drew University
  • MA in Sociology, Fordham University
  • MA & PhD in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Newark

Her research focuses on mass incarceration, prisoner reentry, families in the criminal justice system, and developmental/life-course criminology, utilizing qualitative methods. She is currently studying the reentry experiences of individuals wrongfully convicted.

Publications appear in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Race and Justice, and Wrongful Conviction Law Review. She has collaborated with non-profits and criminal justice agencies as a research associate.