Dr. Abdullah Cihan

Abdullah Cihan earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in 2012. He is currently teaching in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies at Sonoma State University, the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University, Sacramento, and the Homeland Security Master’s Program in the Justice and Law Administration Division at Western Connecticut State University. Prior to his current positions, Abdullah served as a faculty member in the Criminal Justice Department at East Carolina University and in the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University. His primary research focus includes quantitative and statistical methodologies and criminal justice related issues. Over the course of his career, Abdullah developed and taught a wide variety of criminal justice related courses at the undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. levels. He garnered experience in collecting, managing, and analyzing international survey as well as large data from major criminal justice agencies across the U.S. Results from these efforts led to publications in peer-reviewed Criminal Justice, and Criminology journals.