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Criminologist, Professor, Scholar, & Consultant
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow in the Center for International and Comparative Law, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, and University of Padua, Italy.
Some low hanging fruit is just rotten
/by Jeffrey Ian RossOne of the most significant challenges that creative individuals and teams face involves the decisions they make about their projects. These choices include, but are not limited to, what projects to pursue, whom to work with, which methodologies and techniques to use, how to execute these projects, and where and how to present them to […]
When street art provokes moral outrage?
/by Jeffrey Ian RossGraffiti and street art have been a constant presence in the long-standing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and the Occupied Territories (i.e., West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Golan Heights) and Gaza. Not only have Israelis and Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories and Gaza engaged graffiti and street art (e.g., […]
The timeless wisdom of TAMPOPO
/by Jeffrey Ian RossSeveral recurrent themes are present in Japanese films. One of them is references to food, cuisine, or washoku (i.e., traditional Japanese cooking). A great example within this genre is the 1985 comedy Tampopo, directed by Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami. This movie (clocking in at 115 minutes), with performances by actors who are now household names […]