Rate My Professor Matt Nobles

Matt Nobles, Ph.D., is a Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Criminal Justice within the University of Central Florida's College of Community Innovation and Education. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law & Society with a minor in Urban & Regional Planning and a certificate in Social Science Research Methodology from the University of Florida in 2008, an M.A. in Criminology, Law & Society in 2005, a B.A. in Criminology in 2003, and a B.S. in Psychology with minors in Business Administration and Criminology in 2001, all from the University of Florida. Nobles has held his current position at UCF since Fall 2019, following promotion from Associate Professor (2015-2019). His career history encompasses Associate Professor (Fall 2014-Spring 2015) and Assistant Professor (Fall 2010-Spring 2014) in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Sam Houston State University, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science & Criminal Justice at Washington State University (2008-2010), Research Analyst and Adjunct Instructor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2007-2008), and various graduate instructor and research assistant roles at the University of Florida (2004-2007).

Nobles' research specializations and academic interests encompass violent and interpersonal crime, stalking, social ecology and communities and crime, guns and gun policy, campus crime and security, environmental crime, criminological theory, quantitative research methodologies, policy analysis, program evaluation, measurement, and psychometrics. Key publications include the co-edited book Technocrime and Criminological Theory (Routledge, 2017); "Gender, Crime Victimization and Fear of Crime" (Security Journal, 2009); "Protection Against Pursuit: A Conceptual and Empirical Comparison of Cyberstalking and Stalking Victimization Among a National Sample" (Justice Quarterly, 2012); "Method Behind the Madness: An Examination of Stalking Measurements" (Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2011); and "Is Stalking a Learned Phenomenon? An Empirical Test of Social Learning Theory" (Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011). His scholarship has amassed over 2,240 citations on ResearchGate, demonstrating significant influence in the field of criminal justice within social sciences. Major awards and honors include the Faculty Impact Award from the UCF Department of Criminal Justice Alumni (2024), Inaugural Faculty Research Fellow at the UCF College of Community Innovation and Education (2023), Research Incentive Award from UCF (2020), and Excellence in Research Award from the Sam Houston State University College of Criminal Justice (2014). Nobles has obtained grants from the Russell Sage Foundation (2019-2020), Florida Blue Foundation (2018-2020), National Institute of Justice (2013-2014), and Environmental Protection Agency (2013-2015). He currently instructs summer programs at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan and previously served as Interim Director of UCF's Public Affairs Doctoral Program (Summer 2019).