Bio
Leah E. Daigle, Ph.D., currently serves as associate dean for faculty affairs and Distinguished University Professor in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She is a victimologist who studies the correlates and consequences of victimization, particularly sexual victimization. Her most recent research focuses on repeat victimization and the victimization of diverse groups.
She has over 100 academic publications, including the book, "Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of College Women," which was recognized with the Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. She was awarded the 2020 Division of Victimology of the American Society of Criminology Bonnie S. Fisher Career Award, to recognize her outstanding contributions to the field of victimology, and the Outstanding Mentor Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2022, which recognizes dedication to graduate student mentoring.