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Dr. Bridget Joyner-Carpanini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology, & Forensics at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ as well as the Co-Advisor for the Criminal Justice Club, Alpha Phi Sigma, and the Social and Criminal Justice Book Club. She holds a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Criminology & Criminal Justice from Florida State University.

Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of public health and criminal justice and include health outcomes associated with incarceration, intergenerational risk of psychopathology, biopsychosocial criminology, and life-course and developmental criminology. Her works have appeared in the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Child Abuse & Neglect, Psychiatric Quarterly, American Journal of Criminal Justice, and Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. She also co-authored a chapter in Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions – Advances in Criminological Theory.

She is a member of the American Society of Criminology, Biosocial Criminology Association, and Human Behavior & Evolution Society. She also sits as a board member for the American Society of Criminology Division of Biopsychosocial Criminology as well as a Health Committee member for the Washington State Women’s Commission. Dr. Joyner-Carpanini is also a Certified Prevention Professional for the state of Washington.

Dr. Joyner-Carpanini’s present research focus includes examining policies and access to female reproductive health services while incarcerated as well as understanding the unique challenges facing justice-impacted mothers in Washington, particularly concerning parenting plans and family reunification. She also currently has projects in progress on substance use as well as investigating the causes and consequences of callous-unemotional traits and is working to develop novel quantitative genetic methods to studying the etiology of complex and rare behaviors, including homicide.