Awards

Bicentennial Medal - 2020

About Thomas D. Stucky

Thomas D. Stucky, Ph.D., 2001, University of Iowa, Sociology, joined the IUPUI criminal justice faculty at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 2004 after spending three years on the criminal justice faculty at IPFW. Dr. Stucky has extensive administrative experience at IUPUI including serving as SPEA/O’Neill School Executive Associate Dean from July 2017 to May 2021. Prior to that, he served as Director of Faculty Development and Online Initiatives from 2015 to 2017 and Director of Criminal Justice and Public Safety programs from 2009-2015.

Dr. Stucky has worked extensively with public and nonprofit organizations in Central Indiana. Working with an Indiana State Legislature Study Committee, he co-led a team that examined factors associated with incarceration for a cohort of low-level offenders entering the Indiana Department of Correction and was the principal investigator for the Indianapolis Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative research partnership, which was a $2.5 million grant to reduce gang crime in Indianapolis. He also provided research consultation to the Indianapolis Mayor’s Task Force on Violent Crime, working with former IUPUI chancellor Gerald Bepko. Prior to his graduate studies, Dr. Stucky served as an Undercover Enforcement Agent in the Ohio Department of Liquor Control. In 2020, he was honored with Indiana University's Bicentennial Medal, in recognition of his distinguished service and contributions.