Erika FrenzelProfessor and Doctoral TA Mentor

Office: Wilson Hall, Room 208

Office Phone: 724-357-5604

Email: e.frenzel@iup.edu

Degrees/Schools

PhD Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2005
MA Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2000
BA Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1997

Areas of Interest

Criminal Court System, Sentencing Outcomes, Sentencing Disparity, Drug Courts, Women and the Criminal Justice System, Quantitative Analysis, Media Portrayal of Crime

Biography

Erika Frenzel has been a part of the IUP faculty since 2004. She is the doctoral coordinator for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her current research interests include methodological issues in sentencing research, prosecutorial disparity, sentencing, and media portrayal of crime.