Amy Cass, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice

Teaching interests: Criminological Theory, Victimology, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Controlling Crime, Gender and Crime

Research interests: Victimization, Campus Crime, Public Opinion and Public Policy, Criminal Justice Processing, Gender and Crime, Criminological Theory

Brief biography: In 2001, I earned my Bachelors degree in Criminology from Florida State University.  I then completed my Master's (2003) and Ph.D. (2007) in Sociology from the University of Delaware.  In 2007, I won the Association of American Colleges and Universities, K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders  Award.  In 2007, I also completed a Higher Education Teaching Certification Program.  I won the Frank Scarpitti Graduate Student Award in 2006, along with a research fellowship to study public perception of stalking behavior.  I am also very active in the community and was honored with the Department of Criminology, Humanitarian of the Year Award at FSU in 2001.