Sheri Keenan

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Alabama A&M University

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Location: HuntsvilleAL

Educational Degree(s):
• PhD

Discipline: Criminal Justice

Years of Experience: More than 20 years

Victimization Focus

• Bullying
• Children Exposed to Violence
• Missing Children

Special Populations

• Children
• Formerly incarcerated/justice-involved
• Homeless/housing insecure

Victim Research Expertise

• Qualitative studies
• Quantitative studies
• Quasi-experimental studies

Additional Research Expertise

• Descriptive studies
• Qualitative studies
• Quantitative studies
• Quasi-experimental studies

About the Researcher

Sheri Jenkins Keenan, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Social Science at Alabama A&M University. Her research interests focus on policing special populations with an emphasis on juveniles: delinquency, mental illness, school safety, school-to-prison pipeline, gangs/threat groups, Racial, Ethnic Diversity (RE/D) (formally known as Disproportional Minority Contact, (DMC)), Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs), and juvenile justice program evaluation. Her publications deal with such areas as K-12 tracking, school violence, zero tolerance policies, juvenile mental health, juvenile drug courts, transfer/waiver, bullying/cyber-bullying, gang/threat groups, and several theoretical perspectives: labeling theory, social learning theory, social control theory, strain theory, and deterrence theory. Dr. Keenan has an accomplished grant record and her recently published book is titled The Transferring of America’s Youth (2021).