Professor and Doctoral TA Mentor
Office: Wilson Hall, Room 208
Office Phone: 724-357-5604
Email: e.frenzel@iup.edu
Degrees/Schools
PhD Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2005
MA Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2000
BA Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1997
Areas of Interest
Criminal Court System, Sentencing Outcomes, Sentencing Disparity, Drug Courts, Women and the Criminal Justice System, Quantitative Analysis, Media Portrayal of Crime
Biography
Erika Frenzel has been a part of the IUP faculty since 2004. She is the doctoral coordinator for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her current research interests include methodological issues in sentencing research, prosecutorial disparity, sentencing, and media portrayal of crime.