Meet Our Founder
Dr. Christina Alicia Campbell is a first-generation college student from Los Angeles, California. She is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Campbell earned a B.A. from San Diego State University in 2006, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 2012. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Prevention and Community Research at Yale University in 2014. Her passion for research was cultivated as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and National Institutes of Health, Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Scholar.
Dr. Campbell's primary research interests include delinquency prevention, risk assessment, juvenile justice, child welfare policy, and reducing racial disparities. Dr. Campbell has over 35 research publications. Her research is published in various peer-reviewed academic journals, which include Criminology Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Child and Youth Services Review, Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Traumatic Stress, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.
In addition to research and teaching, she has mentored scholars pursuing graduate and professional degrees. After over 10 years of service, Dr. Campbell started Academe180, a professional development group designed to provide support for academics transitioning into the workplace.
Dr. Campbell has provided workshops and one-on-one consultation services for academics across several areas which include negotiating academic job offers, academic entrepreneurship, navigating graduate and professional school, racial/ethnic minorities in STEM, and first-generation college student success.
Dr. Campbell's most sought-after university workshop entitled, “All about Negotiating: What to do before, during, and after the job offer,” has helped academics secure over half a million dollars of additional research startup funds and salaries within her first two years of service. She is also an author and illustrator of a book for adults that was inspired by children’s books titled “The ABC’s of Negotiating”. This book was designed to teach academics foundational skills for asking for what they need and want while on the job market.
Her current book project is “501 Things to Ask for When You Are on the Academic Job Market”. She is passionate about helping scholars succeed in academic settings, especially individuals from racial/ethnic minorities, first-generation scholars, and women.