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Dr. Brooke Gialopsos, PhD

Associate Professor

Biography

Brooke Gialopsos, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics. Her current research interests involve the prevention and harm mitigation of school shootings, civilian active assailant protocols, psychological impacts of safety protocols, fear of crime and risk perceptions, sexual victimization, and school-based victimization. She also co-led the Washington State Jury Demographic Survey in partnership with colleague Dr. Peter Collins and the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts. In addition, Dr. Brooke is a certified ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) instructor and educates members of the community on how to survive active shooter situations, in general, and school shootings, in particular. She is also an LGBTQ+ Ally and a Safe Zone educator, as well as the Co-Advisor to the Criminal Justice Club and Alpha Phi Sigma (National Criminal Justice Honor Society), and the Co-Facilitator of the Social and Criminal Justice Book Club.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Criminal Justice from University of Cincinnati
  • Master of Science, Criminal Justice from Texas State University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Political Science from Texas A&M University

Courses Taught

Undergraduate CRJS Courses:

  • CRJS 2000: Deviance and Social Control
  • CRJS 3010: Criminal Justice Research Methods
  • CRJS 4000: Victimology

Graduate CRJS Courses:

  • CRJS 5180: Contemporary Issues in Victimology
  • CRJS 5200: Restorative/Community Justice
  • CRJS 5030: Law and Social Control
  • CRJS 5050: Criminal Justice Ethics and Decision-making
  • CRJS 5130: Critical Criminology

Publications

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CHAPTERS AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:

  • Jonson, C. L., Stadler, W. A., & Gialopsos, B. M. (2024). To execute or incarcerate: Public opinion on capital punishment in the United States. In B. Fleury-Steiner & A. Sarat (eds.), Companion on Capital Punishment and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

  • Gialopsos, B. M., Jonson, C. L., Moon, M. M., & Stadler, W. A. (2023). A case of American exceptionalism: The influence of super controllers in mass school shootings. In E. Madfis & A. Lankford (eds.), All American massacre: The tragic role of American culture and society in mass shootings. Temple University Press.

  • Lee, H., Gialopsos, B. M., & Jonson, C. L. (2023). Fear of terrorism: Nature, reactions, and consequences. In M. Haner & M. M. Sloan (eds.), Theories of terrorism: Contemporary perspectives (Advances in Criminological Theory, Vol. 28). New York, NY: Routledge.

  • Wilcox, P., Gialopsos, B. M., & Land, K. C. (2013). Chapter 30: Multilevel criminal opportunity. In Francis T. Cullen and Pamela K. Wilcox (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory. Oxford University Press.

  • Gialopsos, B. M. (2010). Cornish, Derek B., and Ronald V. Clarke: Rational choice theory. In Francis T. Cullen and Pamela K. Wilcox (eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

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