Dr. Tammy Castle joins the Justice Studies faculty in Fall 2007. She has conducted research projects and published in the areas of serial murder, sexual behavior in prisons, ethnicity and crime, the work environment of correctional officers, and online escort services. Her research has been published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice, The Prison Journal, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology and the International Journal of Culture Studies. Her most recent research focuses on hate propaganda and crime on the internet.
Dr. Castle received her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Sociology from Morehead State University in Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2005, where she received the 2004 Graduate Student Research Grant to complete her dissertation research.
Dr. Castle teaches Justice Research Methods, Criminology, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, and a Senior Seminar course on the portrayals of justice in the media.
In her spare time, if she has any, she likes movies, reading, and traveling. In the fall, she watches the best football team in the world, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
