Michelle Lyttle Storrod, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- Criminal Justice
- Gender & Sexuality
- Social Justice
- Technology
Affiliated Programs
Education
- PhD, Childhood Studies (2021)
Rutgers University (NJ) - MSc, Children, Youth & International Development (2016)
Birkbeck University of London (LDN) - BA, Sociology (2005)
University of Birmingham (BI)
About Me
Recently, I defended my Doctoral dissertation ‘Digital Justice: Girls, Phones and Juvenile Justice’, part of which will soon be published in the Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. I shared my master’s research ‘Digital Artefact V’s Digital Fingerprint: An Ethnography of Gangs Online’ as training for the Metropolitan Police, the UK Ministry of Justice, and the National Prison and Probation Service. I also shared this research at the House of Lords and published an article of my findings in the Journal of Youth Studies.
As a practitioner, I have worked with victims and perpetrators of serious youth violence in London for 10 years. I am the co-author of the Growing Against Violence curriculum which is the largest evidenced based violence prevention program in Europe. I combine my practitioner and research experience in the classroom where I am passionate about supporting and working with the next generation of criminal justice professionals.
Research Interests
My research focuses on how phones and social media play a role in the victimization and criminalization of young people in the Juvenile Justice system. I am a qualitative researcher who incorporates digital methodologies with ethnographic and youth led methods.
Media Expertise
- Gangs and social media
- Community gun violence intervention
- Gender and juvenile justice
Publications
- Storrod, M. L. (forthcoming). Ecological Ruptures & Strain: Girls, Juvenile Justice and Phone Removal. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy [Special issue on cybercrime].
- Gordon, F., Klose, H., & Storrod, M.L. (2021) Youth (in)justice and the COVID-19 pandemic: rethinking detention internationally through a public health lens. Current Issues in Criminal Justice [Special Edition — Covid-19, Criminal Justice And Carceralism: Critical Reflections And Change].
- Tucker, S., Meloy,. M., Storrod. M. L., Curtis, K. & Napolitano., L. (2019). Mentoring vulnerable youth in one of America’s most dangerous cities: from tough homes and violent streets to college classrooms, Youth Justice 19(3), 262-277.
- Storrod, M. L. & Densley, J. A. (2017). ‘Going viral’ and ‘going country’: the expressive and instrumental activities of street gangs on social media. Journal of Youth Studies, 20(6), 677-696.
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
American Society of Criminology, Academy Of Criminal Justice Sciences, European Society of Criminology
Awards
- David K Sengstack Princeton Fellowship, Rutgers University 2020/21
- Rutgers Graduate Student Paper Award, Rutgers University-Camden 2020
- Remarkable 31 Award for Gender Equality, Rutgers University-Camden 2020
- Rutgers Camden Chancellor's Awards for Civic Engagement, Rutgers University-Camden 2019
Noteworthy
- Criminal Justice Faculty Member Receives Funding for Gun Violence Research
Michelle Lyttle Storrod, assistant professor of criminal justice, has received over $54,000 from the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center for a two-year grant intended to study the role of women in community violence intervention. The unique comparative study will take place in Chester, Philadelphia, and Camden, New Jersey, and will include students working hands-on to collect and analyze data from social media, community focus groups, and more.
Lyttle Storrod has previously received additional funding from the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center for work in other areas of researching gun violence including a focus on measuring community attitudes towards gun violence in the Philadelphia region.
Michelle Lyttle Storrod, assistant professor of criminal justice, published a paper in the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy demonstrating that removing access to phones for young females in the juvenile justice system can cause a rupture of girls’ digital ecology. The research, generated from an ethnographic study, showed that phones act as a positive and protective force supporting girls through feelings of safety, helping them cope with challenging events at home and on the street.
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