Beth Huebner

Beth M. Huebner is Director and Watts Professor of Community Safety in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She is a nationally recognized scholar whose research focuses on punishment, corrections, and community safety, with particular attention to jail and prison practices, monetary sanctions, community supervision, and racial and socioeconomic inequality in the criminal legal system. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University and her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 

Dr. Huebner’s work is deeply engaged with policy and practice. She has led or co-led numerous large-scale, community-engaged research projects funded by organizations such as the MacArthur Foundation, Arnold Ventures, the National Institute of Justice, and state agencies. Her scholarship appears in leading journals including Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, and Criminal Justice and Behavior, and she has authored or edited several influential books on sentencing, punishment, and corrections 

A Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, Dr. Huebner has received multiple national awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division on Corrections and Sentencing. She is widely sought as a policy advisor, public speaker, and collaborator committed to advancing equitable and evidence-based approaches to community safety.