Matt DeLisi, PhD - Coordinator, Criminal Justice Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University

Matt DeLisi (Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2000) is Coordinator of Criminal Justice Studies, Faculty Affiliate with the Center for the Study of Violence, and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. His most recent books are American Corrections: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice (with Peter J. Conis, Jones & Bartlett, 2009) and Delinquency in Society, 8th edition (with Robert Regoli and John D. Hewitt, Jones & Bartlett, 2010). Professor DeLisi has published more than 100 scholarly works, and his research has appeared in criminology, criminal justice, genetics, psychology, psychiatry, public health, and forensics journals.

Peter J. Conis, PhD - Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University