Laura Iesue

Dr. Laura Iesue is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. She received her PhD of Sociology from the University of Miami, with specialties in criminology and race, ethnicity and immigration studies. Dr. Iesue conducts comparative research on violence among individuals, assesses how violence impacts individual and community behavior, and considers how criminal justice and developmental programs aimed at curbing violence may or may not work in the long-term. She has conducted research on violence and migration in Central American contexts, gender-based violence, and the coping strategies of journalists who experience violence. She is also the lead-PI on a cross-national research study on COVID-19, Crime and Health which is being conducted in the Netherlands, Pakistan, Ukraine, Denmark, Guatemala and the United States and the co-founder of Stop Global Violence, a research group that explores the consequences of wars, violent conflicts and traumatic international events.