Dr. Anya Degenshein

Dr. Anya DegensheinMarquette University

Lalumiere Hall, 424

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3443anya.degenshein@marquette.eduPersonal Website

Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor

Social and Cultural Sciences

Education

PhD, 2019, Northwestern University

Courses Taught

CRLS 2001 Introduction to Law Studies

CRLS 2540 Surveillance, Law & Society 

CRLS 4000/5000 Criminological Theory

CRLS 4400 Criminal Law and Procedure

Research Interests

Criminal Legal System; Surveillance & Prediction; Social Inequalities; Discourse & Narrative; Qualitative Methods; Critical Theory 

Professional Affiliations

Affiliated Faculty in the Education Preparedness Program (EPP)

 Affiliated Faculty in the MS in Criminal Justice Data Analytics (CJDA) program

Publications

2025 (with Camilo Leslie, Tulane) "Using Court Documents as Data: Promises and Pitfalls" Law & Society Review

 2025 "The Conceptual Limits of Risk Governance in Terrorism Prevention: Toward a Theory of Threat Thinking" Theoretical Criminology

 2024 "Finding the Criminal Within: The Use and Meaning of Digital Data at Trial" Information, Communication & Society 

 2023 "Ruptured Alliances: Prosecutorial Lobbying, Victims' Interests, and Crime Policy in Illinois" Punishment & Society

Honors and Awards

2025 Way Klingler Early Career Award, Marquette University 

2017-2019 Presidential Fellow, Northwestern University

2018 Best Graduate Student Paper, Culture Section, American Sociological Association