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Amber Horning-Ruf

Associate Professor, Master’s Program Coordinator

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
School of Criminology and Justice Studies

Expertise

Commercial sex market, human trafficking, forced migration, refugees and risk

Research Interests

Commercial sex market, human trafficking, forced migration, refugees and risk.

Education

  • Ph D: Criminal Justice, (2015), CUNY Graduate Center / John Jay College of Criminal Justice
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: Pimps of Harlem: Talk of labor and the sociology of risk
  • MA: Forensic Psychology, (2008), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: South African serial homicide: Offender crime scene Interpersonal styles in relation to victims target
  • BA: Sociology and Creative Writing, (1997), Sarah Lawrence College