{"id":64,"date":"2022-05-31T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/criminaljustice\/?post_type=person&#038;p=64"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:43:08","slug":"m-kristen-hefner","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/criminaljustice\/faculty-staff\/m-kristen-hefner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. M. Kristen Hefner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-associate-professor\">Associate Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. M. Kristen Hefner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. She earned a B.A. in psychology from North Carolina State University, an M.A. in sociology\/criminology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Delaware. Her primary research and teaching interests include victimology, violence against women and children, human trafficking, law &amp; society, and qualitative research. Dr. Hefner is the lead- or co-author on numerous peer-reviewed journal articles appearing in journals such as\u00a0<em>Justice Quarterly, Journal of Interpersonal Violence<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Applied Social Science<\/em>,<em> Security Studies,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Journal of Human Trafficking,<\/em> among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> Sociology (University of Delaware)<br><strong>M.A.<\/strong> Sociology with concentration in Criminology (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)<br><strong>B.A.<\/strong> Psychology minor in Criminology (North Carolina State University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-research-interest\">Areas of Research Interest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victimology;&nbsp;violence against women\/children; human trafficking; law and society; gender\/social inequalities; qualitative methods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Dr. M. 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