Alyssa Sheeran, PhD

Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology
Graduate Program Coordinator, Criminal Justice & Criminology

Alyssa Sheeran is an assistant professor and graduate program coordinator in the Criminal Justice & Criminology Department. She received her PhD in Social Welfare from UWM. Her research interests focus on diversion programs and specialty courts, program evaluation, and disparities in the criminal justice system. Her recent publications have appeared in Race and Justice, Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice Studies, and Victims & Offenders.

Dr. Sheeran teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses including Methods of Social Welfare Research (662), Analysis of Criminal Justice Research (756), Perspectives of Crime and the Criminal Justice System (773), and Women and the Criminal Justice System (385/970), among others.

Education:

PhD, Social Welfare, UW-Milwaukee, 2020
MS, Criminal Justice, UW-Milwaukee, 2015
BS, Criminal Justice, UW-Milwaukee, 2012

Curriculum Vitae