Andrea earned her HBA and MA in Criminology, at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, Canada. She received her PhD in Criminology at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania, while also achieving a Graduate Certificate in Security Studies from the department of International Affairs.
Her overarching research area is formal social control and security, focusing on agents and institutions that regulate and enforce social control and security, and the consequences of these measures.
She has completed research studies on: -Security -Policing -Terrorism -Fear of Crime -Mass Incarceration -Campus Police - Health Disparities