Autumn Frei earned a BA/MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (JJAY) where she received a certificate of recognition and appreciation for outstanding contributions to research for her work on an externship with JJAY and the FBI's behavioral science unit. While completing her doctorate education at USF, she taught senior seminars and special topics courses within her forensic specialty areas and was nominated twice for teaching excellence awards. She received her doctorate from USF in 2014. Her dissertation explored demographic and psychosocial factors among medication assisted drug court treatment clients to identify factors predicting successful drug court graduation. During her years at USF she gained valuable experience working as a graduate research associate at the Florida Mental Health Institute where she continues to work as a research coordinator. She collaborates on evaluation studies of evidence-based practices for a number of federally funded grant projects including jail diversion programs for individuals with co-occurring disorders and for veterans with trauma related disorders, treatment for homeless projects, and drug and dependency court services. She has over 20 professional presentations describing the results of these evaluations. Ms. Frei has been published in a variety of journals including Homicide Studies and Criminal Justice and Behavior.