Courses Taught
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Law Enforcement and Community Relations
Juvenile Delinquency and Justice
Criminology
Forensic Psychology
Probation and Parole
Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice
Education
- PhD, Criminal Justice and Public Policy, City University of New York Graduate Center, 2013
- MA, Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2009
- MA, Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2002
- BS, Psychology, Morgan State University, 2000
Publications
- LaNina Cooke, The Educational System's Impact on the Mental Health of Black Children during COVID-19, Published, SUNY Press - Open Access SOAR, 2023.
- LaNina Cooke, Writing in Criminal Justice: The Process in C. Iverson (Ed.), Processes, : SUNY Geneseo (2023).
- LaNina Cooke, Cryptocurrency: Increasing the Misperceptions of Drug Offenders, July 2022, ACJS Today, 50(4) 2022.
- LaNina Cooke, “The Educational System's Impact on the Mental Health of Black Children during COVID-19,.” Paper presented to the 2021 Summer Symposium Addressing the Differential Impacts of COVID-19 -SUNY Albany, virtual, June 11, 2021 in , : (2021).
- LaNina Cooke, The Corrections System in New York State in R. Costello, JD (Ed.), New York State's Criminal Justice System, : Carolina Press (2019).
- LaNina Cooke, Boy v. Man: The Role of Perception and the Attribution of Blame in Court Proceedings, Heliyon, 9(7).
- LaNina Cooke, Paw Patrol and School Patrol: Characterizations of Law Enforcement, in review, Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 23(3).
Presentations
- LaNina Cooke, “The New Jim Crow - Presented to the FSC branch of the NAACP.” Paper presented to the , on February 18, 2020.
- LaNina Cooke, “New York State Corrections: What Has Changed?” Poster presented at the Celebration of Scholarship, on November 5, 2019.
- LaNina Cooke, “Classroom Dynamics, Feelings and Perception in Examining Police and People/Community Relations.” Presentation to the Long Island Social Science Conference, Suffolk County Community College on October 12, 2018.
- LaNina Cooke, “Second Chances: The "Deserving" and "Non-Deserving".” Paper presented to the Eleanor Fapohunda Colloquium Series, on April 4, 2017.
- LaNina Cooke, “Structure Matters: Predicting Juvenile Justice System Behavior.” Poster presented at the 2016 Celebration of Scholarship, Farmingdale State College: Campus Center Ballroom on November 10, 2016.
