Karen Miner-Romanoff is a law and society fellow at New York University where she teaches courses in criminology, juvenile justice, and related topics to students in the College of Arts and Sciences. A recent winner of the university’s Outstanding Teacher Award, she brings to her role diverse expertise as an attorney, researcher, consultant, educator, and university administrator.
Miner-Romanoff began her career as a lawyer practicing labor and employment law. She later worked as a special assistant in the Office of the Attorney General of Ohio and clerked for Judge Nicholas Walinski of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, and for Judge Alan Norris of the US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
A Fulbright Scholar, Miner-Romanoff served with the Human Science Research Council in South Africa, is a National Science Foundation Data Consortium Fellow and sits on educational advisory and multiple journal editorial boards, youth nonprofits, and criminal justice commissions. The recipient of a law degree and both a master’s degree and a PhD in criminology, she has more than 25 years of experience in higher education.
