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SFU Criminology announces faculty promotions
Simon Fraser University’s School of Criminology is pleased to announce the recent promotions of Alexandra Lysova, Maaike Helmus, and Zachary Rowan. Lysova has been promoted to the position of professor, while Helmus and Rowan have been promoted to the position of associate professor.
Professor Alexandra Lysova
Alexandra (Sasha) Lysova has dedicated over 20 years to studying intimate partner violence, including violence against women and children, in Russia and Canada. She has authored and co-authored over 70 articles, book chapters, and books in both Russian and English, and has been the principal investigator on several major grants focusing on partner violence victimization and spousal homicide.
Associate professor Maaike Helmus
An applied correctional researcher, Maaike Helmus’ research focuses exclusively on quantitative methods, specializing in predicting future behaviour and knowledge aggregation through meta-analysis. She has co-developed risk assessment tools that have been translated into at least 10 languages and are used in over 30 countries.
She is the co-founder of the Society for the Advancement of Actuarial Risk Needs Assessment (SAARNA) and currently serves as co-editor-in-chief for Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention, the official journal of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO).
Associate professor Zachary Rowan
Zachary Rowan’s work aims to improve our understanding of pathways into crime and the impacts of involvement in the justice system. He applies criminological theory and quantitative methodology to comprehend the complex role that groups and co-offending play in facilitating the entry into and persistence of crime.
Recently, Rowan and other SFU Criminology faculty members received funding from the City of Burnaby to explore a range of issues related to guns and gangs in Burnaby.
We are excited to see the continued contributions of these talented faculty as they further advance the research impact and academic standing of the School of Criminology.