Hello and welcome to my website. If you have reached this page you are probably one of my students. If you have found your way to my site by some other  means, feel free to look around. I currently hold positions at both the University of California, Merced and the University of the Pacific where I teach courses in sociology and criminology. I recently relocated to the Central Valley from New York City, where I completed my PhD in criminal justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email me at alissa.ackerman@gmail.com.