Nancy_Rodriguez_(criminologist)
Nancy Rodriguez (criminologist)
American academic
Nancy Rodriguez (born June 6, 1970)[1] is an American criminologist and professor in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine.
Her research focuses on substance abuse, juvenile court decision-making, and sentencing policies.[2] She previously taught in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University from 1998 to 2015.[3] She was the director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) from February 9, 2015, to January 13, 2017.[4][5] She was originally nominated to direct the NIJ in 2014 by then-president of the United States Barack Obama.[6]