Kristen M. Budd, Ph.D.
Senior Research Analyst
Kristen M. Budd, Ph.D., is the voting rights campaign lead researcher. She has written about the link between voting rights and public safety and racial disparities due to state-level voting bans as a result of felony convictions. She also conducts research on criminal justice law, policy and practice, including sentencing for sex-related offenses, the link between incarceration and crime, and criminal legal reforms. She presents her work to academics, practitioners, and general audiences, and has been featured in outlets including USA Today and Yahoo News.
Prior to joining The Sentencing Project, Dr. Budd was an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she spent the majority of her career researching crimes of a sexual nature. Her academic work has appeared in highly regarded journals such as Criminology & Public Policy, Sexual Abuse, and Psychology, Public Policy, & Law. Dr. Budd earned her undergraduate degree from Indiana University South Bend and a master’s and doctorate in sociology from Purdue University.
