CURRICULUM VITAE

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Academic Positions

Research Associate

2023 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant

2018 - 2023

Graduate Lecturer

2020 - 2021

Recent Publications

Smith, L., Swartz, P., & Irvin-Erickson, Y. (2025). Wearing two hats: Unique challenges faced by graduate students in navigating Title IX procedures as students and employees. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Irvin-Erickson, Y., Natarajan, M., Smith, L., & Suh, B. (2025). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence Patterns: Findings from a Survey of Victim Service Providers in the US. Crime Science.

Smith, L., Ingel, S., Rudes, D., & Toman, E. (2025). Between a rock and solitary confinement: Gendered experiences of working in Restricted Housing Units (RHUs) as women and with women. Women & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2025.2500015

Schneider, J., Smith, L., Bouris, A., Oser, C., Pho, M., Boodram, B., Minardi, S., Torres, E., Ozik, J., Taylor, B., Harawa, N., Salisbury-Afshar, E., Rudes, D., Brewer, R., Hotton, A., Pettus, C., Pollack, H., Taxman, F., & Hulsey, J. (2025). A taxonomy of social support interventions for people experiencing a syndemic of substance use disorder, criminal legal involvement, and downstream health sequelae. Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100428

Morgan, G., Smith, L., Taxman, F., Walker, C. (2025). Digital Justice: Accessibility Factors of Smartphone Apps for Criminal Legal System-Involved People. The Prison Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00328855241309106

Smith, L., Farago, F., Blue, T., Witte, J., Gordon, M., & Taxman, F. (2024). Are Operations Backed by Best Practices in American Problem-Solving Courts? Journal of Substance Use, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2024.2403080

Smith, L., Swartz, P., & Irvin-Erickson, Y. (2024). Navigating the grey area: International college students’ knowledge and perceptions of Title IX. Journal of International Students, 14(4), 606-623. https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/6635

Smith, L., Swartz, P., & Irvin-Erickson, Y. (2023). “Information is power:” Promoting a Safer Environment for College Students to Report Sexual Violence. Journal of School Violence, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2023.2264178

Smith, L. & Taxman, F. (2022). Access differential: Comparing problem-solving courts and probation clients. Drug Court Review. https://dcr.ndcrc.org/index.php/dcr/article/view/13

Skills

Conducting qualitative data analysis in Atlas.ti
Conducting quantitative data analysis in SPSS
Mentoring students and women reentering the community from prison/jail
Giving conference presentations
Creating and constructing surveys
Facilitating focus groups
Conducting semi-structured interviews
Teaching
Offering technical assistance to partner sites
Writing technical reports

Service

Women's reentry mentor
Volunteer teaching assistant
Committee(s) member
Peer reviewer of grant proposals and journal articles

Training

CITI Program for ethical human subjects research
Mental health first aid certification
Anti-racist research
Trauma-informed research
Safe Zone training for teaching LGBTQIA+ students
Undocumented student ally training for course instructors
Graduate student teaching certification

Awards

Criminology Department Graduate Student Service Award
Criminology Department Summer Research Scholarship
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Research Award
Provost Scholarship

Education

George Mason University

Doctorate of Criminology, Law & Society

2020 - 2025

George Mason University

Master of Arts in Criminology, Law & Society

2018 - 2020

University of Missouri - Columbia

Bachelors of Arts in Honor's Psychology & Sociology

2015 - 2018

Recent
Present-
ations

UPCOMING

American Society of Criminology Conference

“Incarcerated individuals’ efforts to communicate, find closeness, and engage in relationships with their loved ones” (paper) at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2025.

“Using technology to streamline the probation process: Examining the PARCA client mobile app and staff online dashboard” (paper) at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2025 with Asli Kalayci, Dr. Bengisu Tulu, Steven Jenkins, and Dr. Faye S. Taxman.

California Addiction Conference

“User centered design for implementing digital interventions in criminal justice settings” (paper) at the California Addiction Conference, Newport Beach, CA., October 2025, Asli Kalayci, Dr. Bengisu Tulu, Steven Jenkins, and Dr. Faye S. Taxman.

RECENT

American Society of Criminology Conference

“Evaluation of PARCA in probation settings: Goal-setting app technology designed to improve client success on supervision” (paper) at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA., November 2024 with Dr. Bengisu Tulu, Dr. Nick Richardson, Steven Jenkins, and Dr. Faye S. Taxman.

“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence trends and services in the US.” (paper) at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA., November 2024 with Dr. Yasemin Irvin-Erickson (main speaker), Dr. Mangai Natarajan, Brittany Suh, Susan Nembhard, and Yi-Fang Lu.

JCOIN Conference

“Using narrative and informational messages to improve correctional professionals’ attitudes toward medications for opioid use disorder” (poster) at the JCOIN Conference, Bethesda, MD., June 2024 with Dr. Faye S. Taxman, Amy Murphy, Ula Horoszko, and Dr. Xiaoquan Zhao (main presenter).

All Rise Conference

“Are operations backed by best practices in American problem-solving courts?” (paper) at the All Rise Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA., May 2024 with Dr. Faye S. Taxman.