Jennifer Ortiz, PhD is an Associate Professor of Criminology at The College of New Jersey. She earned her doctorate in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Her research interests center on structural violence within the criminal justice system with a focus on reentry post-incarceration and gangs. Dr. Ortiz is currently the Division Chair for the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Convict Criminology and Book Review Editor for Critical Criminology. She previously served as President of the New Albany, Indiana Human Rights Commission and as an executive board member for Mission Behind Bars and Beyond, a Kentucky-based non-profit reentry organization. She can be reached via email at Ortizje@tcnj.edu or by mail at the following address:
Jennifer Ortiz, PhD The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Road, SSB 333 Ewing Township, NJ 08628
