Rachel E. Lovell, PhD
01.
About Me
Rachel E. Lovell, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Director of the Criminology Research Center in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.
As criminologist and methodoloist, she specializes in applied research and evaluation, collaborating closely with criminal justice agencies, community organizations, and public service systems.
Her work focuses on violence and vicitmization, inclduing sexual assault, sexual assault kits, human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and gun violence.
An accomplished scholar, Dr. Lovell has secured over $8 million in external funding since 2013, published nearly a hundred peer-review articles, book chapters, and reports, and is the lead editor of the monograph, Sexual Assualt Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape by Routledge Press.
Her research has been featured in The Atlantic, Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, Pro Publica, and Sports Illustrated
Research Interests
Gender-based violence; sexual assault/rape; human trafficking, intimate partner violence, gun violence; applied research; victimology; evaluation; program evaluation; quantitative methodology
Teaching Interests
Victimology; criminology; statistics; evaluation; program evaluation; interpersonal violence; research methods
02.
Education & Employment
PhD, Sociology
The Ohio State University, 2007
MA, Sociology
Baylor University, 2001
BA, Sociology
Baylor University, 2000
Cleveland State University
Associate Professor, 2025-present
Assistant Professor, 2021-2025
Case Western Reserve University
Research Assistant Professor, 2019-2021
Senior Research Associate, 2012-2019
DePaul University
Senior Research Methodologist, 2009-2012
Learning Point Associates
Research Associate, 2008-2009