Welcome to Nicole Rafter's website Positions: Professor and Senior Research Fellow, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University; Affiliated Faculty Member, Law, Policy and Society Program, Northeastern University. I began my professional life as an English teacher (high school and college levels), switching to Criminal Justice only in my mid-thirties, at which point I earned my Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York, Albany. I wrote one of the school's first historical dissertations and then, in 1977, began teaching at Northeastern University's College of Criminal Justice, where I developed one of the country's first courses on women and crime and, later, one of the first courses on crime films. After twenty years of teaching, during which I was tenured and eventually promoted to Full Professor, I resigned from full-time teaching to give more attention to writing projects. At that point, I became an Adjunct Professor in Northeastern's Law, Policy, and Society program where I worked with several dissertation students but did not teach regular courses. In Fall 2002, I resumed teaching at the College of Criminal Justice with a regular graduate course in Biological Theories of Crime. Awards and Honors: In 2005-06, I was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, affiliated with Wolfson College and the Centre for Sociolegal Studies, Oxford; in 2004, I was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow, St. John’s College, Oxford. Earlier (2001) I was a Resident Research Fellow at the Study Center of Liguria (Bogliasco Foundation). I was elected to be a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (2000). My other awards include the Senior Scholar Award, Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology (1999); the American Association on Mental Retardation, Wilbur Founder’s Award (1999); and the Distinguished Alumni Award, State University of New York (1998). Education: State University of New York, Albany: Ph.D., Criminal Justice, 1978; Harvard University: M.A.T., 1963; Swarthmore College: B.A., 1962. I am married to the writer Robert Hahn (http://roberthahn.net). My son Alex Hahn is a writer and lawyer in Boston (http://hahnlawgroup.com); my daughter Sarah Hahn is a neuropsychologist in New York City. You can contact me by phone or email. phone: (617) 523-0273 email: nicolerafter@yahoo.com View Nicole Hahn Rafter's CV Short Form Full Version If you have technical questions about or problems with this website, please contact my webmaster, Joseph Gustafson (joegustafson@yahoo.com)