W. Koslicki
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. W. M. Koslicki started at Ball State in August, 2018, after completing her doctoral degree at Washington State University. Dr. Koslicki specializes in policing research and primarily studies police militarization, body-worn cameras, and police-community interactions. She is part of the Complex Social Interactions Lab, a multi-institutional and interdisciplinary project that examines police-community interactions through body-worn camera footage. She is also an awardee of the 2019-2020 Ball State ASPiRE Junior Faculty Research Grant to fund her current project, Military origin, law enforcement use: Determining the contexts and predictors of police use of 1033 Program acquisitions.
Education
Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Washington State University
Featured Scholarship
Koslicki, W. M. (2021). Criticism does not constrain: Testing for evidence of de-policing following the murder of George Floyd. Policing: An International Journal, 45(4).
Koslicki, W. M. (2022). Recruiting the warrior cop: Assessing predictors of highly militarized recruitment videos. Journal of Criminal Justice, 79, 101896.
Koslicki, W. M. (2021). Recruiting warriors or guardians? A content analysis of police recruitment videos. Policing & Society, 31(6), 702-720.