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    Eric Jefferis

    Eric Jefferis, Ph.D.

    Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    Lowry Hall 326B
    Contact Information
    Email:
    ejefferi@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-6502

    Biography

    Dr. Jefferis is one of the founding faculty of the College of Public Health. Currently, he is a Professor in the College of Public Health in the concentration area of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He originally came to Kent State University in 2002 as a research fellow in the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, and he previously taught in the Justice Studies Department. Prior to Kent State, Dr. Jefferis was a social scientist for the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. 

    Courses taught:

    • Capstone in Public Health (undergraduate)
    • Quantitative Methods (graduate)
    • Grant Writing in Public Health (graduate)
    • Public Health Research (undergraduate)
    • Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences (graduate)
    • Emerging Issues in Prevention Science (doctoral)
    • Theories of Prevention Science I (doctoral)
    • Theories of Prevention Science II (doctoral)

    Education

    PhD,Criminology & Policing, University of Cincinnati, 2004
    MA, Criminal Justice, Radford University, 1993
    BA, Administration of Justice Department, Pennsylvania State University, 1990

    Research Methods

    Program evaluations, spatial analyses, quantitative methods

    Publications

    • Porter, L.C., Curtis, A., Jefferis, E., & Mitchell, S. (2020) Where’s the crime? Exploring divergences between call data and perceptions of local crime, British Journal of Criminology.
    • Porter, L. C., Biasi, A. D., Mitchell, S., Curtis, A., & Jefferis, E. (2019). Understanding the Criminogenic Properties of Vacant Housing: A Mixed Methods Approach. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
    • Cooley, W., Bemiller, M., Jefferis, E. & Penix, T. (2018). Neighborhood by Neighborhood: Community Policing in a Rust Belt City. Policing: An International Journal
    • Andrew Curtis, Jacqueline W. Curtis, Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar, Eric Jefferis & Susanne Mitchell (2018) Same space – different perspectives: comparative analysis of geographic context through sketch maps and spatial video geonarratives, International Journ

    Documents

    PDF icon JEFFERIS_VITA_rev_7_24_2015.pdf
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    800 E. Summit St.
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