Christiane Schwarz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminology

Christiane Schwarz is a criminologist who conducted qualitative research on the criminal and secondary stigmatization of formerly incarcerated persons and their loved ones in the UK and USA. Most recently, she explored learning programs inside Austrian...

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Christiane Schwarz, Ph.D.

Contact Information

  • Office Hours Fall 2024

    Tuesday 9:30 - 11:30 A.M.

    Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 P.M.

  • (509) 313-3628

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D.: Criminal Justice, Rutgers-Newark University, USA

MSc: Criminology and Criminal Justice, Durham University, United Kingdom

BA: Criminology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Courses Taught

CRIM 101: Crime, Social Control, and Justice

CRIM 365- Comparative Criminal Justice

Christiane Schwarz is a criminologist who conducted qualitative research on the criminal and secondary stigmatization of formerly incarcerated persons and their loved ones in the UK and USA. Most recently, she explored learning programs inside Austrian prisons for her doctoral thesis, for which she was inspired by her teaching and tutoring experiences inside NYDOC jails. Christiane demonstrated her passion for equitable access to education as a program assistant for a higher prison education program at Guilford College, North Carolina. Christiane is curious to explore technological enhancements inside the prison realm and continues to engage in comparative and international research.

Bacak, Valerio, Mausolf, Joshua & Schwarz, Christiane. 2021. How comprehensive are media-based data on police officer-involved shootings? Journal of Interpersonal Violence 36, 55-65.

Schwarz, Christiane. 2020. “Halfway house: A ‘safe umbrella’ from stigmatization?” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 59, 285-314.

Lageson, Sarah and Schwarz, Christiane 2017. “Criminal Records.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Ed. Beth M. Huebner. New York: Oxford University Press.