Tara Parrello

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Coordinator of Criminal Justice

Tara Parrello is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology and the Coordinator of Criminal Justice Studies. Dr. Parrello has earned two degrees from Fordham University, including a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Sociology. She completed her undergraduate studies at Manhattanville College, earning a B.A. in Sociology.

Her areas of concentration include: criminology, gender, deviance, popular culture, and body modification with a particular concentration in plastic surgery.

Dr. Parrello has shared her expertise at national sociology and criminology conferences, presenting research from her dissertation, Look This Way: The Growth and Diversity of Plastic Surgery in Contemporary America, as well as her studies on juvenile crime and ethnic gangs.