Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Areas of Interest: Social theory, race and justice, crime politics, crime in media and culture, police and communities
Office:Pioch 120
Phone:(585) 899-3779
Eric Rodriguez-Whitney
Education:

Ph.D., Northeastern University

M.A., Boston College

B.A., St. Bonaventure University

Publications:

  • Why White Americans More Frequently Fail to View the Police Critically: A Subtle but Vital Shift in Focus, Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 2023. Co-authored with K. Drakulich & J. Robles.
  • Who Believes that the Police Use Excessive Force? Centering Racism in Research on Perceptions of the Police, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2023. Co-authored with K. Drakulich, J. Robles, & C. Pereira.

  • How Endogenous System Bias Can Distort Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Systems, Social Justice Research, 2022. Co-authored with G. Pierce, K. Drakulich, S. Shatz, & M. Radelet.

  • Intentional Inequalities and Compounding Effects, The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice, 2018. Co-authored with K. Drakulich.