Alexandra CockerhamAlexandra Cockerham, Ph.D. is an Associate Teaching Professor at Florida State University in the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences program. She is the Director of the Public Policy Certificate, and her teaching interests center on Public Policy, Amercan Politics, quantitative methods, and Political Institutions. Dr. Cockerham has published in the Juvenile and Family Court Journal, State and Local Government Review, The Florida Political Chronicle, and Presidential Studies Quarterly. She was also recently awarded a grant by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety that examined the effect of teen court programs on youth recidivism, a project that combined data analysis, community surveys, and program evaluation. Read More Read Less