Faculty Profiles

Dr. Lidia Elena Nuno

Associate Professor — School of Criminal Justice & Criminology

HINE 108

phone: (512) 245-3345

yws11@txstate.edu

Biography and Education

Lidia E. Nuño joined the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology as an associate professor in 2022, and serves as the founding director of the Social Equity Research and Policy Lab. Dr. Nuño holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology, criminology and criminal justice, and justice studies from Arizona State University. Dr. Nuño’s research and teaching interests include immigration, gangs, and policing. She has collaborated with several law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, and has worked with active and incarcerated offenders, including gang members and juveniles, and at-risk youth in the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean.

She has also served as project manager, project director, and lead analyst for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded research projects. Dr. Nuño is currently the Principal Investigator in a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded project that examines immigration status and its relation to the likelihood of engaging in crime, gang membership, and experiencing violent victimization.

Teaching Interests

Policing, Gangs, Immigration

Research Interests

Policing, Gangs, Immigration

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

Herrera, V., & Nuno, L. E. (2023). Challenges to identifying labor trafficking at the local level: A qualitative study of service providers and stakeholders in California. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2301216
Freemon, K. R., Cheon, H., Katz, C. M., & Nuno, L. E. (2023). Differences Between Incarcerated and Nonincarcerated Youth in the English-Speaking Caribbean. International Criminal Justice Review, 33(3), 281–301. https://doi.org/10.1177/10575677221124486
Nuno, L. E., & Maguire, E. R. (2023). The Nature and Structure of MS-13 in Los Angeles County. Criminal Justice Review, 48(1), 5–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/07340168211029990
Katz, C., Cheon, H., Freemon, K., & Nuño, L. E. (2022). Delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-Speaking Caribbean. Children & Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106758
Nuño, L. E., Hill, S. L., Maguire, E. R., & Giles, H. (2022). Experiencing VOICES: Police and public reactions to an intergroup communication intervention. Police Practice and Research. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2022.2147069

Selected Awards

Award / Honor Recipient: College of Applied Arts Achievement Award in Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2023

Selected Service Activities

Editorial Review Board Member

Deputy Editor, Feminist Criminology

2023-Present

Director

Social Equity Research and Policy Lab

2023-Present

Member

Publishable Paper Committee

2022-Present