Latest and Upcoming Research
Affiliated Faculty
Fulfilling the center’s requirement for high-caliber research and recognizing the inherent value of global learning and collaboration, faculty fellows from universities around the world will be invited to participate in the center’s research projects. Listed below are some of the center’s principal investigators.
- Grant Duwe, PhD, Minnesota Department of Corrections
- Andrew Johnson, PhD, School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University in St. Paul Minnesota
- Michael Hallett, PhD, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of North Florida
- Sung Joon Jang, PhD, Research Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Program on Prosocial Behavior, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Family & Adolescent Delinquency, Baylor University
- Eric Rassbach, JD, Director Hugh and Hazel Darling Religious Liberty Clinic, Visiting Professor, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
- Michael Helfand, PhD, JD, Vice Dean for Faculty and Research, Brenden Mann Foundation Chair in Law and Religion, Co-Director Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion and Ethics, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
- Cristina Gibson, PhD, Dean's Distinguished Professor of Management, Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School
- Dyron Daughrity, PhD, Professor of Religion, Religion and Philosophy Division, Pepperdine University Seaver College
- Elizabeth Mancuso, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Social Science Division, Pepperdine University Seaver College
- Luisa Blanco, PhD, Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
- Brian Swarts, Director, Washington D.C. Program, International Programs, Seaver College
Research Projects
Research conducted at the center will explore outcomes related to prison incarceration
and other social and behavioral services. The center, which merges Pepperdine's faith-centered
mission and its commitment to rigorous academic pursuits, seeks to examine critical
questions to ultimately impact the common good and society at large.