Audrey Opal Hickert
Asst Professor
Teachers College
CECH Criminal Justice - 0389
Professional Summary
Audrey Hickert received her Ph.D. from the University at Albany (SUNY). She is joining the faculty at the University of Cincinnati in the Fall of 2023. Her dissertation examined confinement as a setting for change using data from the Netherlands. Before that, she conducted program and policy analysis for 11 years at the Utah Criminal Justice Center. Projects included collaborations with justice stakeholders at jails, prisons, community corrections, adult and juvenile courts, local law enforcement, and the U.S. Attorney's Office. Her research interests span post-conviction justice interventions, with a focus on understanding the mechanisms that affect life-course trajectories. She will be teaching Life-Course Criminology.