Matthew D'Anna Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Justice, Law & Criminology
- Degrees
- PhD, Criminology, George Mason University
Dissertation: "Black swan shootings: A model for predicting the worst of the worst"
M.A. Criminology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Thesis: "The Geographic Robbery Analysis of Banks (GRAB) Project"
M.A.S. Geographic Information Science, Arizona State University
Capstone: "Next event forecasting: Analyzing the spatial components of a crime series"
B.S. Justice Studies, Arizona State University
B.S. Political Science, Arizona State University - Bio
- Matthew D'Anna has worked in the private sector since 2009 supporting the federal government across national security, defense, law enforcement, and homeland security with AI, analytic, data science, and information technology solutions. He also currently instructs criminology courses at George Mason University. Previously, he was a tactical crime analyst in Tempe, Arizona and an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University, in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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JLC-445 Topics in Criminology: Crime Analysis
Spring 2025
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JLC-245 Cities and Crime
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JLC-445 Topics in Criminology: Crime Analysis