Assistant Professor

Ph.D.University of Missouri – St. Louis

Office: BD 118
Phone: 575-646-3247
saundra@nmsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae: Trujillo_Saundra_CV_August 2020

Dr. Saundra Trujillo is a native New Mexican who completed her B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of New Mexico before joining the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at the University of Missouri- St. Louis where she assisted on the G.R.E.A.T. II evaluation and earned her Ph.D in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

While completing her dissertation, Dr. Trujillo returned to New Mexico and taught for Central New Mexico Community College where she worked closely with community partners and led a team focused on removing barriers for students impacted by the criminal justice system. Dr. Trujillo’s most recent research focuses on immigration, ethnicity, community-level correlates of crime, as well as juvenile justice and gang behavior.

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