She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1999. She is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Kokomo. Her research and teaching interests include capital punishment and death row, attitudes toward crime and correctional policy, crime and deviance among college students, and religion and crime. She may be contacted at kelkebro@iuk.edu or at School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Kokomo, P.O. Box 9003, Kokomo, Indiana 46904.