Biography
Natalie Rivera is a second-year dual-major doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice and Chicano/Latino Studies at Michigan State University. She is a recipient of the Academic Achievement Graduate Assistantship (AAGA), Early Start Research Award, Hiram E. Fitzgerald fellow, and an Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) diversity fellow and scholar. She received her BA in Psychology with two minors in Criminal Justice and US Latino/a Studies from Iowa Stat
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MS 2024, Michigan State University
BA 2022, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Publications
Rivera, N., Sanders, K., & DeJong, C. (2025). The Case for Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Criminology and Criminal Justice Doctoral Programs. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 36(1), 165–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2024.2398757
Aranda-Hughes, V., Wilson, J., Rivera, N., & Richmond, I. (2026). “You are Replaceable”: A Social Exchange Analysis of Correctional Officer Burnout and Attrition. Corrections, 1–16.
A Police Planner’s Guidebook for Improving the Workforce Management Process: Lessons from Research and Practice (MSU Police Staffing Observatory Report)