About

Nicole Fox, Ph.D., analyzes how racial and ethnic contention impacts communities, including how remembrances of violence shape social change, collective memory and present-day social movements, law and crime. She is an Associate Professor of criminal justice at California State University Sacramento where she teaches about atrocity crimes, mass incarceration, global criminology, and law. Her 2021 book, After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda, focuses on how memorials to past atrocity shape healing, community development and reconciliation for survivors of genocide and genocidal rape. Her most recent projects examine bystander intervention, with an emphasis on individuals who conducted acts of rescue during times of social unrest and political violence.

Organizational Affiliations

Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Division

Past Affiliations

Professor, California State University, Sacramento

Professor, University of New Hampshire (United States, Durham) - UNH

Professor, Medaille University (United States, Buffalo)

Professor, Niagara University (United States, Lewiston)

Education

Department of Women and Gender Studies
2005, BA, University of California, Davis
Department of Gender and Global Studies
2008, Masters, State University of New York at Buffalo
Sociology
2014, Ph.D., Brandeis University