bris.cross@dcs.ga.gov
Bria D. Cross, M.S. is the Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Specialist for the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. Ms. Cross is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Political Science and Policy at Clark Atlanta University. She is also a certified POST IT instructor for the State of Georgia, adjunct professor at Georgia State University in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, and Lecturer at Clark Atlanta University in the Department of Political Science. Ms. Cross's primary research areas include criminal justice policy, political behavior, community-based corrections, and criminological theory. Ms. Cross studies how research informs strategy, practice, and policy within criminal justice agencies and bridges the gap between academia and practice. Ms. Cross has published on several outlets, including National Review of Black Politics, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, College Student Journal, Education, Reading Improvement, and Journal of Criminal Justice Education.