Danielle Arlanda Harris

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Associate Professor Danielle Arlanda Harris is the Deputy Director of the Griffith Criminology Institute and the Deputy Head of School (Research) for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. She has more than 25 years’ experience working in the US, the UK, and Australia primarily in the area of research, treatment, and prevention of child sexual abuse. She received a prestigious grant from the Guggenheim Foundation to fund her ground-breaking mixed methods empirical study of desistance from sexual offending (which included interviews with nearly 100 men convicted of sexual offences). Since returning to Australia (2016) her innovative research has been funded by Westpac, ANROWS, and the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse. She was recently awarded a Future Fellowship through the Australian Research Council (2025-2029).

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Associate Professor, Griffith University
  • 2019–2023
    Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
  • 2016–2019
    Lecturer, Griffith University
  • 2014–2016
    Associate Professor , San Jose State University
  • 2009–2014
    Assistant Professor , San Jose State University
  • 2004–2009
    Sessional Lecturer, San Jose State University

Education

  • 2009 
    Griffith University, PhD
  • 2004 
    University of Maryland, MSc (Criminology and Behavioral Science)
  • 2001 
    Queensland University of Technology, BA (Justice Studies) (Hons)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Unintended Consequences of Dangerous Sex Offender Legislation
    Role:
    Future Fellowship
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

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