~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Jesenia M. Pizarro, PhD, is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She is a three-time alumna from Rutgers University’s School of Criminal Justice (Newark, New Jersey), earning her BS, MA, and PhD from the University. Her transdisciplinary research focuses on the proximal event and situational factors that result in violence, the processing of violent crime in the criminal justice system, and antiviolence strategies. Her research also explores correctional practices in the United States. Pizarro is a board member of the Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Arizonians for Gun Safety, and the Homicide Research Working Group (HRWG). She has worked with police departments and agencies nationwide in joint efforts to curb violence. In various capacities and roles, Pizarro has managed federally funded grants on urban violence and intimate partner homicide prevention awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Institute of Health, and the National Science Foundation. She is the editor-in-chief of Homicide Studies: An Interdisciplinary and International Journal.