Dr. Daniel Semenza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice (Primary) and the Department of Urban-Global Public Health in the School of Public Health (Secondary) at Rutgers University. He is the Director of Interpersonal Violence Research with the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and a faculty researcher with the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government at SUNY.
Semenza earned his PhD in the Department of Sociology at Emory University in 2018, specializing in criminology and the sociology of health and illness. His research examines (1) the causes and consequences of community gun violence and (2) the connections between health, criminal justice exposure, and violent victimization. The study of health disparities is a central focus across both areas of research. Semenza has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in criminology and criminal justice, public health, sociology, and medical journals. Semenza is currently an editorial board member for the Journal of Criminal Justice, Homicide Studies, and Criminology.
Dr. Semenza has engaged with public audiences across print, radio, and television. His research has been featured in the New York Times, LA Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Star Ledger, Scientific American, The Guardian, The Trace, Prevention Magazine, Newsweek, PBS, NPR, CBS Face the Nation, CBS Eye on America, NewsNation, Fox News, and ABC Action News.