Joselyne Chenane Nkogo - Profile

Dr. Joselyne Chenane Nkogo is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Dr. Nkogo earned her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska, Omaha in 2018. Additionally, she holds a Master’s degree in criminal justice from the State University of New York, college at Buffalo and a Bachelor’s degree in Education Arts (with a specialization in English and Literature) from Egerton University, Kenya. Her research interests include immigration, police-citizen relations, police legitimacy, consequences of contact with the criminal justice system, race and justice, and neighborhood contexts and crime. Dr. Nkogo has published work in journals, such as Criminal Justice and Behavior, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Policing and Society, British Journal of Criminology, Crime and Delinquency and Race and Justice. She is currently serving on the editorial board of Spring Nature (SN) Social Sciences journal.