Dr. Preito-Hodge is a trained sociologist interested in research on race, policing, and organizations. Her writing and teaching focus on the racialization of organizations and the inequalities they bore. Professor Preito-Hodge’s research has a particular emphasis on Black police officers and blue police culture. Using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, she has sought to unpack the ways inequalities are maintained and reproduced in police agencies throughout the United States.

Dr. PH is currently an Early Career Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation. Preito-Hodge has also worked on projects that examine police use of force, minoritized citizens contact with the criminal justice system, police militarization, and juvenile justice.

Publications:

Preito-Hodge, K. (2023). Behind the badge and the veil: Black police officers in the era of black lives matter. Psychology of Violence. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000462

Preito-Hodge, K., & Tomaskovic-Devey, D. (2021). A Tale of Force: Examining Policy Proposals to Address Police Violence. Social Currents. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294965211017903

Roscigno, V. J., & Preito-Hodge, K. (2021). Racist Cops, Vested “Blue” Interests, or Both? Evidence from Four Decades of the General Social Survey. Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120980913

Vargas, R., Preito-Hodge, K., & Christofferson, J. (2019). Digital vulnerability: the unequal risk of e-contact with the criminal justice system. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 5(1), 71-88.