Mary Breaux

Dr. Mary Breaux is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Victim Studies at Sam Houston State University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in victimology. Her research has focused on child abuse and neglect, and elder maltreatment. Her scholarly work has been published in the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. Prior to becoming a faculty member, she worked for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for both child and adult protective services. While under the child protective services program she served as sexual abuse investigator, protective services institute trainer, and human resources specialist. She spent the last ten years of her tenure with the adult protective services program as a community relations specialist educating the community and organizations about adult protectives services and fostering community and agency partnerships.

Dr. Breaux assisted in pioneering the new Department of Victim Studies for the College of Criminal Justice and Criminology. She served on the planning committee for the new Criminal Justice Equity and Inclusion Minor offered in The College of Criminal Justice. She is an At-Large Board Member for the Texas Victim's Service Association (TVSA). She also serves as member of the Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute (TEAM) and the UTHealth Consortium on Aging.

Miltonette Olivia Craig

Miltonette Olivia Craig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University. Dr. Craig completed her J.D. at Georgia State University College of Law and Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including Fundamentals of Criminal Law, Ethics of Criminal Justice, and Seminar in American Courts. Her research examines trends and disparities in policing outcomes, such as traffic stops, protest responses, and use of force. Her work also uses an intersectional lens to examine intimate partner violence victimization and community supervision outcomes. Dr. Craig’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice & Behavior, and Victims & Offenders, and she has received awards for her work from the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. She has also contributed to discussions on police accountability and sentencing reform in the Chicago Tribune and Houston Chronicle, as well as on Illinois Public Radio, Texas Standard, and KERA.

Cristal N. Hernandez

Cristal Hernandez (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University. She received an M.A. in Criminal Justice & Criminology in December 2020 and a B.S. in Victim Studies with minors in Sociology and Psychology in August 2018, both from SHSU. Her research broadly focuses on victimology and carceral studies. She is the 2019 recipient of the Division of Victimology Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award from the American Society of Criminology, and her recent work has appeared in Crime & Delinquency, Societies, and Race and Justice.