Professor and Assistant Chair
Office: Wilson Hall, G-18
Office Phone: 724-357-5606
Email: S.Phaneuf1@iup.edu
Degrees/Schools
PhD Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, 2006
MA Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, 1998
BA Sociology and Criminal Justice, Youngstown State University, 1994
Areas of interest
School violence and security, criminological theory, corrections, crime prevention, and criminal justice ethics
Biography
Shannon Womer Phaneuf received her doctorate in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland in 2006 and is currently a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include school violence, crime prevention, public policy, corrections, criminological theory, and criminal justice ethics. She has numerous publications, including a book titled Security in Schools: Its Effect on Students. Her work has appeared in journals such as Criminal Justice Policy Review, Prison Journal, and Justice Policy Journal. Her most recent work was published in Hilinski-Rosick & Lee's text Contemporary Issues in Victimology and is titled "Mass Shootings: Understanding the Complexities."