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Ellen McLeod

PhD Student

421 Baker Hall

Biography

Ellen is a 2nd year doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU). Her research interests include community perceptions of police, procedural justice, and community-police interactions in general. She currently serves as a graduate research fellow at the Michigan Justice Statistics Center. Prior to studying at MSU, she got her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice with minors in Philosophy and Legal Thought & Liberal Arts and her Masters of Arts in Criminal

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Education

MA 2024, The University of Memphis

BA 2022, The University of Memphis

Publications

Clark, M., Watts, S., McCuddy, T., & McLeod, E. (2023). Antecedents of legal cynicism unpacked: The impact of parental incarceration, race, and ACEs on its development. Journal of Criminal Justice.

McCuddy, T., Clark, M., Guha, A., & McLeod, E. (2024). A Longitudinal Examination of Gun Reporting by Middle and High School Students. Journal of School Violence.