Dr. Lisa Melander
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010
M.A., Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007
B.A., Sociology/Political Science, Cornell College, 2004
Research and Teaching Interests: Crime, Delinquency, Intimate Partner Violence, Family
Dr. Melander's research interests broadly include crime and family, and many of her projects emerge from the intersection of these substantive areas. Her primary research interests include incarceration, intimate partner violence, and cyber aggression. In particular, Dr. Melander has conducted research on contact maintenance programs within correctional facilities, exploring the ways in which parents maintain contact with their children, negotiate the co-parenting relationship, and transform their parenting identity while incarcerated. Other research projects include fines and fees among probationers and parolees and jail reentry programming.