{"id":538,"date":"2017-08-09T19:47:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T19:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/justice-studies\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:41:45","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/justice-studies\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Department Leadership<\/h2>\n
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Francesca S. Laguardia<\/a><\/p>\n

Dickson Hall 316
\n973-655-5149<\/a>
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Francesca Laguardia, department chair and professor, is the former Director of Research, Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. Professor Laguardia has published on domestic terrorism, torture, and domestic counterterror policies, as well as criminal law, criminal justice, abortion, and civil rights and liberties more broadly. She was a contributing editor to the Criminal Law Bulletin from 2016-2025, and a fellow at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School from 2022-2025.<\/div><\/div>\n
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Christopher Salvatore<\/a><\/p>\n

Dickson Hall 314
\n973-655-7515<\/a>
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Christopher Salvatore, deputy chair and associate professor, has a PhD in criminal justice from Temple University. His research interests include: Emerging Adulthood, Youth Offending, Program Evaluation, and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System. He teaches courses including: Gangs in America, Statistics for Social Research, and the Senior Seminar and Internship. He is the author of Sex, Crime, Drugs, and Just Plain Stupid Behaviors: The New Face of Young Adulthood in America<\/em> published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/a>Department Administrative Support Staff<\/h2>\n

Our administrative team can be reached at 973-655-7031<\/span><\/a>, via email at chssadmin@montclair.edu<\/a>, or in person in Dickson 170.<\/a>
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