Krystal Noga-Styron

Professor

Professional Overview

Dr. Noga-Styron has been employed as a criminal deputy-prosecuting attorney and continues to serve as a Judge Pro Tempore in municipal and district courts, as well as a certified mediator, throughout the state of Washington. She works closely with the board of directors at her local school district, and as a political consultant for several local, state, and national candidates. 

Academic Achievements

She earned her B.A. in Spanish, and her B.S. in Political Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her Master’s degree in Journalism and Communication, as well as her Juris Doctorate, and her Ph.D. in Media and Communication Studies, are from the University of Oregon.

Research Highlights

Her teaching, research, and scholarship interests lie in the areas of cultural competence, diversity, and social justice. In particular, she teaches courses, and publishes, on capital punishment, gun violence, and other legal and ethical issues as they relate to racial and sexual minorities. She represented CWU and the Law and Justice department at the Taskforce on Race and the Criminal Justice System’s Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System Roundtable before the Washington State Supreme Court.

She regularly speaks at national conferences on the subject of critical cultural competence for 21st century educators. She has also traveled internationally as a delegate of the Washington State Bar Association to places like Cuba and South Africa to study those countries’ social, legal, and penal systems to identify and make recommendations on how to change inequitable systems. 

Selected Publications

Noga-Styron, K. E., & Britto, S. (2022). Campus Carry and Constrained Behavior: Faculty and Students’ Perceptual Responses to Campus Carry Laws. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, vol. 3, no. 1. 

Noga-Styron, K. E., & Britto, S. (2022). Student Perceptions of Armed Campuses: University Major, Constitutional Rights, and Campus Carry Laws. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, DOI: 10.1080/10511253.2022.2025874. 

Guldin, R., Noga-Styron, K. E., & Britto, S. (2021). Media Consumption and News Literacy. Habits During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Critical Media. Literacy, vol. 3, no. 1.  

Britto, S. & Noga-Styron, K. E. (2018). Media consumption and support for capital punishment. In S. G. Tibbetts & C. T. Hemmens (Eds.), Criminological Theory: a Text/Reader (3rd Edition). Thousand Oaks: Sage.    

Noga-Styron, K. E. & Olivero, J. M. (2017). The legalization of marijuana in Washington. State and its effect on the price of the recreational and the medical product. Crime and Human Behavior, vol. 1, 70-84.  

Dahmen, N. S., Abdenour, J., McIntyre, K. & Noga-Styron, K. E. (2017). Covering mass shootings: journalists’ perceptions of coverage and factors influencing attitudes. Journalism Practice. DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2017.1326832. 

Noga-Styron, K. E., Olivero, J. M., & Britto, S. (2016). Predatory Journals in the Criminal. Justices Sciences: Getting our Cite on the Target. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, DOI 10.1080/10511253.2016.1195421.

Britto, S. & Noga-Styron, K. E. (2015). The belief that guns deter crime and support for capital punishment. Criminal Justice Studies, vol. 28, no. 3, 314-335. 

Noga-Styron, K. E., & Olivero, J. M. (2014). A content analysis of homosexual related issues and introductory undergraduate law-enforcement texts: becoming common curriculum. Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 4, 217-225. 

Britto, S. & Noga-Styron, K. E. (2013). Media consumption and support for capital punishment. Criminal Justice Review, vol. 39, no. 1, 81-100. 

Noga-Styron, K. E., Reasons, C., & Peacock, D. (2012). The last acceptable prejudice: an overview of LGBT social and criminal injustice issues within the United States. Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 15, no. 4, 369-398. 

Noga-Styron, K. E., & Ruble, M. (2012). Crime and the Great Recession. In J. Chin & J. Owens, Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice: a Research-Based Introduction. Flushing: Looseleaf Law Publication, 59 - 73.   

Noga-Styron, K. E. (2010). The top-two primary in Washington State. National Civic. Review, vol. 98, no. 4, 49-51.   

Noga-Styron, K. E. (2009). Reformatories. In H.T. Greene & S.L. Gabbidon, Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, (pp. 705 - 708). Los Angeles: Sage.  

Noga-Styron, K. E. (2008). Reconstructing the Fourth Amendment: a history of search & seizure, 1789-1868. Criminal Justice Review, vol. 33, no. 3, 421-423.     

Noga-Styron, K. E. (2007). Securitizing copyrights: an answer to the Sonny Bono Copyright. Term Extension Act. Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, vol. IX, Issue 1, 1-73. Lead Article. 

Professional Memberships

In regards to professional and public service, Dr. Noga-Styron has a long history of doing service work for disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. She has served on CWU’s Undocumented Students Workgroup, as well as co-chaired the College of the Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. She is a member of numerous professional organizations and serves as an ad hoc reviewer and editorial member of several academic journals. As an attorney, she volunteers her time and legal skills with the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, the Northwest Justice Project, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.  

About Noga-Styron

In a former life, she worked in the entertainment industry, both film and music, and continues to be an avid connoisseur of both.

Contact

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