Alumna Accepted into Ph.D. Program at Penn State

February 1, 2015

Amber Sanders, Class of 2013

Amber Sanders, of Kingsland, Georgia and graduate of Georgia Southern’s Justice Studies program in 2013, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at Penn State University. Ms. Sanders will complete her Masters in criminal justice at UNC Charlotte in May. She is currently finishing her thesis, which examines decision making and offense planning among burglars. Amber has also continued substance use research which she began as an undergraduate at Georgia Southern. Still working with Georgia Southern faculty, Drs. Bryan Miller and Laura Agnich, she has had several academic articles published and co-authored a book chapter.