Leah E. Daigle

Leah E. Daigle is a Distinguished University Professor and the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. She plays a key role in leadership development, university-wide collaboration, and advancing faculty research initiatives.

• Education: Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati

Her research focuses on recurring victimization, sexual victimization of college women, and the development and continuation of victimization across the life course. She has authored or co-authored multiple influential books, including Victimology: A Text/Reader and Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course, and published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Justice Quarterly and Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Dr. Daigle has received prestigious awards for her contributions, including the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Victimology Bonnie S. Fisher Career Award (2020) and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Outstanding Book Award (2011).

• Academic Leadership: Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• Research Impact: Over 50 publications in victimology and criminology