EDUCATION
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Indiana University Bloomington, doctoral minor in History
M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University
M.A., Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts Lowell
M.S., Criminal Justice Administration, Western New England College
B.S., Criminal Justice, Western New England College, minor in English Literature

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology Department, Duquesne University, 2026–present
Scholar of Practice in Residence, School of Education, Duquesne University, 2022–present
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, Chatham University, 2024–2025
Visiting Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Dept., Chatham University, 2023–2024
Adjunct Faculty, Social Sciences Department, Chatham University, 2022–2023
Associate Instructor, Department of Criminal Justice, Indiana University, 2015–2020

SCHOLARSHIP
Refereed Journal Publications
Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2026). “Violent streets: How the stresses of unsheltered homelessness affect interpersonal disputes.” Deviant Behavior: 1–17. (Published online ahead of  print)

Ellsworth, Joshua T., Rick R. McCown, and Norman Conti. (2026). “Ardent hope for freedom: Escape ideation, learning, and resilience in long-term imprisonment.” The Prison Journal: 1–20. (Published online ahead of print)

Ellsworth, Joshua T., Anita Zuberi, Cathleen J. Appelt, and Katie Willis. (2025). “Convalescent care in the context of homelessness and housing instability: The importance of fostering predictably safe and secure recuperative environments.” Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community: 1–14. (Published online ahead of print)

Conti, Norman, Joshua T. Ellsworth, and Deanna Fracul. (2025). “Are there any histories that are off limits? Performing history and autobiography in progress with incarcerated students, returning citizens, and more.” Metropolitan Universities 36(3): 124–146.
 
Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2023). “The minutiae of crime-prone human ecologies.” Crime, Media, Culture 19(1): 168.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2022). “Housing and criminality: The effect of housing placement on arrests among chronically homeless adults.” Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness 31(2): 130–141.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2022). “Spice, vulnerability, and victimization: Synthetic cannabinoids and interpersonal crime victimization among homeless adults.” Substance Abuse 43(1): 32–38.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2019). “The natural history of street-level criminality: Self-perceptions of vincibility and a persistent offender’s motive for desistance.” Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Criminology 11(3): 187–204.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2019). “Street crime victimization among homeless adults: A review of the literature.” Victims & Offenders 14(1): 96–118.

Book Chapters and Entries in Edited Volumes
Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2023). “Domestic violence and homelessness among women.” Pp. 1–10 in Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, edited by T. K. Shackelford. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2020). “Felony murder.” Pp. 206–207 in Criminal Justice in America: The Encyclopedia of Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections (Vol. 1), edited by J. Bumgarner and C. Lewandowski. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Robert F. Borkenstein Graduate Student Award, Indiana University Bloomington, 2019
Dissertation Research Fellowship. Indiana University Bloomington ($20,000), 2019
Alpha Phi Sigma, National Criminal Justice Honor Society, 2011

PRESENTATIONS (2025–2026)
Ellsworth, Joshua T., and Paul Bleakley. (accepted) “What can Jack the Ripper’s victims teach us? Historical criminology as a pedagogical necessity.” To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL. 

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2026). “Payment for research participation in the context of extreme physical and economic vulnerabilities associated with homelessness.” North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2026). “Parallels among dollar-store robberies and homelessness- related violence: The intrinsic relationship between physical vulnerability and victimization.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, PA. 

Ellsworth, Joshua T., Anita Zuberi, Cathleen J. Appelt, and Katie Willis. (2025). “Victimization in the context of homelessness and housing instability: An exploratory study.” American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.

Ellsworth, Joshua T. (2025). “Understanding value and commodity in the context of street crime victimization.” Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences, Charlottetown PE, CAN. 

TEACHING
See Courses Section

SERVICE
Service to the Profession
Journal of Historical Criminology
Editor, 2026–present
Book Review Editor, 2024–2026
                   
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Crime & Delinquency; European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research; GeoJournal; Health & Social Care in the Community; Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental; International Review of Victimology; Journal of Drug Issues; Journal of Psychoactive Drugs; Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness; Law, Crime and History; Oxford University Press; Sociological Inquiry;  Substance Abuse journal; Theoretical Criminology; Victims and Offenders; Violence and Victims             

Academic Association Memberships:
American Society of Criminology (ASC)             
British Society of Criminology (BSC)
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences (NEACJS)
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators (PACJE)

LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER
Detective and Police Officer, Baltimore City Police Department, MD, 2003–2015
Police Officer, Springfield Police Department, City of Springfield, MA, 1998–2003

Investigative Association Memberships
Harvard Associates in Police Science (HAPS), 2008–present 
International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA), 2010–present