ABOUT CARINA
Carina is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University. She is a first generation college graduate and earned a PhD from Stockholm University and a M.S. from Lund University in Sweden. Carina has a global perspective on research and teaching. Her interdisciplinary research addresses historical and international trends in crime and welfare policy, with particular attention to how policies and laws intending to support underrepresented and marginalized groups have developed over the last century. Carina is also the co-leader for the Bay Area chapter of the Scholar Strategy Network, a nationwide organization of scholars who are committed to using research to improve policy.
Her research has been supported by numerous grants and scholarships including the Swedish Crime Victim Fund, the Swedish Royal Academy of Science, and the Sweden-America Foundation. Carina recently published a book exploring the roots of the Swedish victim movement. This book is vital to informing the literature on how different societies have approached issues related to crime and victims.
Carina has over ten years of experience as a university instructor teaching diverse student populations at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of social work, criminology, and forensic psychology. She is especially interested in how technology can globalize the curriculum and has led virtual international exchanges where students in different countries learn together in online classrooms.
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Her innovative pedagogy has been recognized with a number of prestigious awards. Already in 2007, Carina was awarded the Iris Scholarship who supports women with extraordinary ambitions and skills. The scholarship is given to women who contribute to progress and development, not only for themselves but also for being a role model to others. In 2010, she won the Excellence in Teaching Award at Stockholm University out of approximately 4,000 teachers in 75 departments. In 2015 the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) honored her with the Burmeister Award. Before entering academia, she spent several years as a practitioner gaining valuable experience in the capacity of a social worker and leader in a non-profit organization. Carina is trilingual and speaks Swedish, English, and Spanish.