Holly Child, Department Chair
Holly Child undertook her doctoral work at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and earned a B.S. and M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida. She has taught in the Criminal Justice Department at Wayne State University. She previously worked as Director of the Crime and Justice Unit at the Center for Urban Studies and as a Research Associate with the Center for Criminal Justice Research at the University of Cincinnati.
Research Interests: Program Evaluation, Mentoring, Drug Courts, Social Justice, Gender and Race in CJS, Correctional Rehabilitation, and Assessment
Current Research/Evaluation Projects: Bay County Family Dependency Drug Court Evaluation, Mentor Connection Evaluation, Saginaw County Juvenile Restorative Justice Program Evaluation, Measuring the Effectiveness of Diversity Training
Teaches: Diversity and Human Relations in Criminal Justice, Issues in Corrections, Introduction to Criminal Justice and Research Methods (both undergraduate and graduate levels).
Current Publications/Presentations:
Sills, S. J. & Child, H. A. (2007). "Cultural Flexibility and Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned from Mixed-Method Evaluation of a Kosher Food Pantry," Evaluation and Program Planning. [invited paper - under review]
Atkins-Child, Holly and Thompson, Lyke. (2005) "Public Opinion on Ex-Offenders and Re-Entry Initiatives." Presented at the annual meeting of The American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada. (Panel Chair)
Atkins, Holly and Scott, Wilma. (2005) "Evaluation of a Large, Urban Drug Court." Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Mabry, Alan K., Sperber, Kim G., and Atkins (Child), Holly (2003). "Putting an Outcomes Based Quality Improvement Program in Place." Journal of Community Corrections. 13(1):15-17.