Christina Alicia Campbell, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Criminal Justice
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH)
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
ABOUT DR. CHRISTINA ALICIA CAMPBELL
Dr. Christina Alicia Campbell is a first-generation college student from Los Angeles, California. She is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Campbell earned a B.A. from San Diego State University in 2006 and a Masters and Ph.D. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 2012. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Prevention and Community Research at Yale University in 2014. Her passion for research was cultivated as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and National Institutes of Health, Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Scholar.
Dr. Campbell's primary research interests include delinquency prevention, risk assessment, juvenile justice, child welfare policy, and reducing racial disparities in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. She has also done work in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Campbell has over 35 research publications. Her research is published in various peer-reviewed academic journals, including Criminology Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Child and Youth Services Review, Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Traumatic Stress, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.
Dr. Campbell has received funding support for her research from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Justice, and the National Science Foundation. Funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), her last grant addressed race and sentencing disparities for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Dr. Campbell is an NIJ W.E.B. Dubois research fellow and a member of the American Psychological Association, Society for Community Research and Action, American Society of Criminology, and the Racial Democracy, Crime & Justice Network. Dr. Campbell teaches juvenile justice, criminal justice, corrections, diversity, and psychology courses.
Dr. Campbell founded a research collaborative called the Campbell Justice Research Group (CJRG). CJRG develops, implements, and disseminates evidence-based practices in the areas of racial justice, social equity, criminal justice, and behavioral health. CJRG also provides curriculum, training, workshops, program evaluations, and support for practitioners in education, corrections, policing, criminal justice, and corporations. CJRG believes that change, growth, and justice happen through compassion, innovative strength-based approaches to research, participatory modes of inquiry, and treating stakeholders who are historically marginalized as experts of their experiences.
In addition to research and teaching, she has mentored scholars pursuing graduate and professional degrees and has helped students successfully transition into academia and industry. After over 10 years of professional service and mentoring, Dr. Campbell started Academe180, a professional development service designed to support academics transitioning into the workplace and marketplace.
As the founder of Academe180, Dr. Campbell has provided workshops and one-on-one consultation services for academics across several areas, including negotiating academic job offers, academic entrepreneurship, financial wellness, navigating graduate and professional school, racial/ethnic minorities in STEM, and first-generation college student success. As part of Academe180, she provides DEI training to universities throughout the United States.
Dr. Campbell's most sought-after workshop entitled, “All about Negotiating: What to do before, during, and after the job offer”, has helped academics secure over half a million dollars of additional research startup funds and salaries within her first two years of service. She is also an author and illustrator of a book for adults that was inspired by children’s books titled “The ABCs of Negotiating”. This book was designed to teach academics foundational skills for asking for what they need and want while on the job market. It is her hope that this book addresses pay disparities often experienced by underrepresented groups.