Steven Wood

Dr. Steven Wood serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at California State University, Stanislaus. He holds affiliations with the College of the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences and serves as Director of the MACJ program starting Spring 2017. His expertise spans research methods, policy evaluation, and criminological theory.

• Education: PhD in Criminal Justice from CUNY Graduate Center; MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College (CUNY)

Research focuses on prison oversight systems, prisoner violence dynamics, and post-apartheid South African penal reform. His work appears in journals like International Criminal Justice Review and The Prison Journal.

Previously held research roles at New York State Psychiatric Institute, NYU School of Social Work, Vera Institute of Justice, and National Development & Research Institutes, Inc. Awarded Fulbright Student Grant for doctoral research in South Africa.