2013 Wall of Fame Inductee: Kimberly Barrett

Kimberly L. Barrett is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology Department at Eastern Michigan University. In 2006, she graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a B.S. in Social Work, and went on to earn her M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Most recently, she completed her Ph.D. in Criminology at USF.

Dr. Barrett's research interests include green criminology, environmental justice, and political economy as well as schools, delinquency and youth public health issues. Her work has been published in the Journal of School Violence, the Journal of Crime and Justice and the British Journal of Criminology (forthcoming). For her dissertation research examining relationships between lead, crime and juvenile delinquency, Barrett was a recipient of the 2013 Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology Graduate Student Article Award.

Dr. Barrett looks forward to teaching a green criminology course at Eastern Michigan University this spring, as well as working with her new colleagues in developing the department's juvenile justice curriculum.