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.
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.
As the new semester begins, I often struggle with selecting content that I want my undergraduate criminology/criminal justice students to read. In addition to a core textbook, and a handful of articles and book chapters, I share five blog posts with them. The first one, “What do gym memberships and higher education have in common?” […]
The COVID-19 pandemic tested (and continues to exert an impact on) numerous aspects of daily life. Nowhere has this been more profound than with lots of peoples’ relationship with their jobs, work, and careers. Many individuals discovered how much their work cared about them and vice versa. Some workers struggled and prevailed. They were able […]
Aspiring scholars are often advised and sometimes required to develop and provide a research agenda. This written document is supposed to review and summarize a well thought out idea about the kinds of research an individual scholar performs, how they go about doing it, the question/s they answer (or want to answer), and why it’s […]
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Blog posts I share with my incoming undergraduate criminology/criminal justice students
/by Jeffrey Ian RossAs the new semester begins, I often struggle with selecting content that I want my undergraduate criminology/criminal justice students to read. In addition to a core textbook, and a handful of articles and book chapters, I share five blog posts with them. The first one, “What do gym memberships and higher education have in common?” […]
Quitting Academia: Is the grass really greener on the other side?
/by Jeffrey Ian RossThe COVID-19 pandemic tested (and continues to exert an impact on) numerous aspects of daily life. Nowhere has this been more profound than with lots of peoples’ relationship with their jobs, work, and careers. Many individuals discovered how much their work cared about them and vice versa. Some workers struggled and prevailed. They were able […]
Understanding scholarly research agendas
/by Jeffrey Ian RossAspiring scholars are often advised and sometimes required to develop and provide a research agenda. This written document is supposed to review and summarize a well thought out idea about the kinds of research an individual scholar performs, how they go about doing it, the question/s they answer (or want to answer), and why it’s […]