Dr. Stephanie C. Jerstad

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Dr. Stephanie C. Jerstad

Contact Information

Stephanie.Jerstad@millersville.edu

Office: McComsey 232
Phone: 717-871-7476

Fall 2025 Office Hours

T: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
W: 2:00 - 4:00 PM (ZOOM Only)
R: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Comments: Fall 2025 Semester

Education:

Harrison College, 2014
B.S. Criminal Justice

University of Cincinnati, 2016
M.S. Criminal Justice

Southern Illinois University, 2022
PhD Criminology and Criminal Justice

Research and Scholarly Interests:

Sex offender legislation, aging sex offender population, housing barriers, corrections, global corrections, re-entry, felony collateral consequences, survey methodology, and mixed methods

Courses taught at Millersville:

SOCY 210 Sociology of the Family
SOCY 230 Criminology
SOCY 331 Police and the Courts
SOCY 332 Modern Corrections
SOCY 339 Comparative Global Justice
SOCI 305 Research Methods
SOCY 339 Sex Crimes and Victimization
SOCY 302 Social Statistics
SOCY 302 Social Statistics

 

Publications:

Care for the aging: Long-term care facilities’ willingness to accept persons convicted of sex offenses into their care as residents. Dissertation, 2022

Jerstad, S., Levenson, Jill S. A review of laws addressing access to long-term care facilities for people convicted of sex crimes: Prevention of harms in the context of public health goals. Forthcoming

Open Education Resources: Lady (In)Justice (merlot.org)