Dr. Alarid is Criminal Justice Professor and served as Department Chair from 2016-2022. She published 8 books and 60 scholarly articles/chapters in crime and correctional treatment. She authored the M.S., Criminology/Criminal Justice proposal that the Board of Regents approved in 2019. She is currently Lead Evaluator on a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant with a jail-based reentry program in El Paso.

• John Howard Award - Corrections Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (03/21/2024)
• Peter Lejins Research Award - American Correctional Association (01/30/2023)
• Academic Fellowship - Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, DC (05/10/2012)
• Excellence in Community Service - UTSA College of Public Policy (04/24/2011)
• Founder's Award - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (03/15/2011)
• Excellence in Community Service - UTSA College of Public Policy (04/25/2010)
• Outstanding Student Mentor - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (03/13/2010)
• Top 20 Female Scholar in Research Productivity 1996-2006 - Journal of Criminal Justice Education (09/01/2009)
• Faculty Scholar Award - University of Missouri at Kansas City (04/24/2001)

• Ph D in Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University (1996)
• MA in Criminal Justice/Criminology, Sam Houston State University (1993)
• BA in Psychology / Sociology (Double major), University of Northern Colorado (1989)

• Pretrial Diversion Oxford University Press (2023), Leanne F. Alarid, Nicole Cebak.
• Would you prefer jail or probation? Differences in sanctioning preferences among White, Black and Latinx adults The Prison Journal 102 (4) (2022), Eric J. Wodahl, Leanne F. Alarid, John H. Boman.
• Evaluating the use of the PRINT Personality Assessment for U.S. Probation Supervision United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Agency Research Report (2022), Gerald M. Jones, Leanne Alarid.
• Introduction to Criminal Justice: The Essentials, 3rd edition (Wolters Kluwer) Wolters Kluwer 3rd edition (2022), L. T. Winfree, Larry Mays, Leanne Alarid.
• 1. Civil Disabilities 2. Parole Board 3. Restoration of rights after conviction 4. Violation of Parole American Prisons and Jails: An Encyclopedia of Controversies and Trends (2019), Leanne Alarid.
• Gender and serious youth victimization: Assessing the generality of self-control, differential association, and social bonding theories. Sociological Spectrum 39 1 (2019), Egbert Zavala, Ryan E. , Leanne Alarid.
• Introduction to Criminal Justice: The Essentials, 2nd edition (Wolters Kluwer) Wolters Kluwer 2nd edition (2019), Tom Winfree, Larry Mays, Leanne Alarid.
• Gender and youth victimization: Assessing the generality of self-control, differential association, and social bonding theories Sociological Spectrum 39 1 (2019), Egbert Zavala, Ryan Spohn, Leanne Alarid.
• Community-Based Corrections, 12th edition (Cengage) Cengage/Wadsworth Publishing 12th edition (2019), Leanne Alarid.

• Recruitment and Retention of Correctional Staff: A National Survey of Challenges and What Works (2023), Volume Orlando, FL, Tama Celi, Leanne Alarid, Jess King-Mohr, Michael Dolny.

• INNOVATIONS IN REENTRY INITIATIVE: BUILDING SYSTEM CAPACITY AND TESTING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM- $99,954