Cicely Jenice Cottrell

Cicely Ruff is an Assistant Professor and the Program Director of Criminal Justice Studies at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. She has gained several years of criminal justice system experience in various local, state, and federal agencies, which informs her practice as a restorative justice trainer, educator and researcher. She mostly enjoys her role as an educator, where she challenges and supports her students in reimagining and reinventing the meaning of justice. Her research interests are in restorative justice in higher education and victimology. Dr. Cottrell Ruff received her Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology from Howard University with a certificate in Women’s Studies in 2017, her M.S. in Administration of Justice from the University of Louisville in 2009, and her B.A. in Political Science from Western Kentucky University in 2004.

Publications

Faculty Vulnerability: A Restorative Experiential Learning Activity for Academically-Disengaged College Students
Faculty Vulnerability: A Restorative Experiential Learning Activity for Academically-Disengaged College Students
Cicely Jenice Cottrell, Candice Rochelle Williams, Carley Michelle Shinault. © 2023. 28 pages.
Academically disengaged college students are often judged as detached, alienated, and uncommitted to the rigors of learning. While these assumptions are sometimes true, academic...