Dr. Sharon Oselin is a Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at UC Riverside. She has served as the Director of the Presley Center of Crime & Justice Studies since 2018. Sharon received her Ph.D. from UC Irvine in 2008. Her broad research and teaching interests encompass crime, the criminal-legal system, prisoner reentry, deviance, gender and sexuality, urban conditions, organizations, and culture. She has received funding for past and ongoing research projects from the following: The National Science Foundation, The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, The American Association of University Women, the California Workforce Development Board, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.  Sharon has been awarded teaching and mentoring awards at UC Irvine and UC Riverside.

Websites and Contact Information

School of Public Policy, UC Riverside

Department of Sociology, UC Riverside

The Presley Center of Crime & Justice Studies

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Email: sharon.oselin@ucr.edu