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aroberts03@spalding.eduAbout Amanda
Dr. Amanda Roberts is a researcher and educator. She is passionate about educating students and helping them find their interests within the field of criminal justice. She enjoys building relationships with students to better help guide them in their education and career path. She embraces the uniqueness and individuality of each student and strives to provide a welcoming, inclusive learning environment in the classroom.
Her research interests focus on corrections and examining correctional staff both in the institution and the community. Specifically, she is interested in the psychological effects of working in corrections and the prevention of negative work-related outcomes through evidence-based practices. She has partnered with the Kentucky Department of Corrections on research projects designed to examine these issues. Her work has recently been published in Deviant Behavior and International Criminal Justice Review. Her interests also include criminal justice policy reform specifically focusing on correctional issues like reentry, overreliance on incarceration, and increasing use of evidence-based rehabilitative programming.
Dr. Roberts has taught a variety of courses including Introduction to CJ, Criminological Theory, Rehabilitation of the Offender, Community Corrections, and Punishment, Prisons, and Justice. She is currently focused on development and planning of new courses.
Dr. Roberts received her PhD in Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville, her MA in Criminology from Western Kentucky University, her BA in Psychology and BS in Administration of Justice from the University of Louisville.
