Tara Parrello

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.