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MSU Denver Experts Guide
Social Justice
Andrea Borrego
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Assistant Professor
Expertise: Fatal police-citizen encounters, Policing, Tasers/CEDs, Incarceration, Prisons/jails, Body worn cameras, Intimate partner violence/domestic violence
Ramon Del Castillo
Department: Chicana/o Studies
Title: Professor
Expertise: Latino public policy issues and concerns, Diversity in American society, Chicana/o studies, Latino youth leadership development, Poetry
Katherine Miller
Department: Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy
Title: Affiliate Professor/Victim Services Coordinator
Expertise: Women’s rights, Interpersonal violence (relationship/domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking), Human trafficking, Violence against women, Victim blaming, Feminism, White privilege and white supremacy, Psychological trauma
Jessica Ritter
Department: Social Work
Title: Professor
Expertise: Child welfare, Child abuse and neglect, Children’s rights, Political activism
Darlene Sampson
Department: Social Work
Title: Clinical Field Faculty and Equity Specialist Coordinator, WEEAC
Expertise: Trauma, Issues related to children of color, Police and community interactions, Educational challenges, pedagogy and curriculum, Over suspension of children of color, School/community consultation-particularly with black/brown communities, Racial bullying, Diversity/equity/inclusivity, Mental Health, General social work
David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Department: Political Science
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Native American issues; law; U.S. Supreme Court; fiction and literature
