Dr Jared Dmello
Senior Lecturer
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr. Jared R. Dmello is a Senior Lecturer of Criminology at the University of Adelaide and a Postgraduate Research Coordinator in the School of Social Sciences. He also serves as the Co-Lead of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges: Resource Collections, Community Engagement & Protocols Workstream for Adelaide University. Jared has led multiple funded research teams on a variety of topics, including illicit networks, firearm violence, and pedagogical innovation, with an externally-funded portfolio of over $2.4 million.
He is a globally recognised expert on illicit networks, with specialisations in gangs, violent extremism, and cartels. Jared has published his research findings in many of the leading peer-reviewed outlets in the field, holds multiple competitive grants, and has been featured by media outlets across the globe as a quoted expert, including Rolling Stone Magazine and National Geographic, over 125 times in nine languages and on every continent, as shown to the right. His peer-reviewed scholarship has been viewed over 27,000 times across the entire planet. In 2024, Jared testified before the Australian Senate as an invited expert on the threat posed by right-wing extremism to the country.
Across his research areas, Jared is passionate about advocating for under-represented and historically excluded populations through his research. He regularly engages with diverse bodies of stakeholders to translate research findings into policy and operational actions to effect real-world change. He is particularly interested in the implementation of innovative research methodological approaches to examine the impact of inequity on emerging issues of security, with projects including work on forced displacement, the climate crisis, and queer victimisation by extremist organisations.
Because of his global research presence, Dr. Dmello was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Addressing Violent Extremism and Responses to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network, where he works with an elite group of international scholars and practitioners to better understand violent extremism and to develop strategies for prevention. He also currently serves as the elected Vice Chair of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: International Section and an Executive Counselor of the American Society of Criminology's Division on International Criminology. A testament to his commitment to research excellence, he is also the Associate Editor of Crime & Delinquency, a top-ranked criminology journal, and the Journal of Mass Violence Research, an open access publication venue, in addition to serving on multiple editorial boards.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Senior Lecturer in Criminology | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - 2024 | Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology | Sam Houston State University |
| 2019 - 2021 | Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice | Texas A&M International University |
| 2017 - 2018 | Research Analyst | U.S. Government Accountability Office |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Research Award | Critical Criminal Justice Scholar Award | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Critical Criminal Justice Section | United States | - |
| 2024 | Research Award | Early Career Scholar Award | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Security & Crime Prevention Section | United States | - |
| 2024 | Research Award | Commendation for Grant Excellence | The University of Adelaide: Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics | Australia | - |
| 2021 | Teaching Award | Instructional Technology Excellence Award | Texas A&M International University | United States | - |
| 2021 | Award | Outstanding Leadership Award | Laredo Rotary Club | United States | - |
| 2020 | Award | Outstanding Service Award | School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell | United States | - |
| 2020 | Teaching Award | Ken Peak Innovations in Teaching Award | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences | United States | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | United States | Ph.D., Criminology & Criminal Justice, Option in Terrorism Studies |
| 2017 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | United States | M.A., Criminal Justice |
| 2015 | California State University, San Bernardino | United States | M.A., National Security Studies |
| 2013 | University of Hawai`i at Mānoa | United States | B.A., Political Science |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Güçyetmez, F., & Dmello, J. (Eds.) (2024). Arctic 8 Policy: Reassessing International Relations. Transnational Press London. |
| 2022 | Wallace, K., Belshaw, S., & Dmello, J. (2022). The Need for Weed: Marijuana Policy and Public Politics in the Criminal Justice System. Online: Kendall Hunt Publishing. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Dmello, J., & Acosta, B. (2024). Iceland. In F. Güçyetmez, & J. Dmello (Eds.), Arctic 8 Policy: Reassessing International Relations. Transnational Press London. |
| 2024 | Mendoza, A., & Dmello, J. (2024). Terrorism and Social Media. In M. Abrahms (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Terrorism Studies: New Perspectives and Topics (pp. 136-142). Routledge. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2023 | Dmello, J. R. (2023). Ostracisation, inequity, and exclusion: the lasting effects of 9/11 and the war on terror on South Asian diasporas. In 9/11 Twenty Years On (pp. 9-15). Routledge. DOI |
| 2021 | Dmello, J., & Ranjan, S. (2021). Lock Unlock: The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Security in Pakistani and Indian Prisons. In J. Byrne, D. Hummer, & S. Rapisarda (Eds.), The Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Institutional and Community Corrections (pp. 143-160). Routledge. DOI |
| 2021 | Dmello, J. R., & Perliger, A. (2021). Terrorism: International. In Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management (pp. 930-938). Springer International Publishing. DOI |
| 2019 | Dmello, J. R., & Perliger, A. (2019). Terrorism: International. In Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management (pp. 1-8). Springer International Publishing. DOI |
| 2019 | Dmello, J. R., & Perliger, A. (2019). Terrorism: International. In Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management (pp. 1-8). Springer International Publishing. DOI |
| 2018 | Dmello, J. R. (2018). Dacoity in India: Investigating thievery and banditry in the british raj’s jewel. In A. J. Masys, & L. S. F. Lin (Eds.), Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications (pp. 283-301). Springer International Publishing. DOI Scopus1 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Khasawneh, M. T., Dmello, J. R., Franco, Y. S., & Kilburn, J. C. (2021). Campus undergraduate research awareness and its effect on retention and interest of STEM majors. In IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2021 (pp. 127-132). online. Scopus1 |
| 2020 | Khasawneh, M., Kilburn, J. C., Dmello, J. R., Sanchez, D. E., & Segovia, A. (2020). A proposed survey-based student-centered framework for evaluation of undergraduate research awareness in minority-serving institutions. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings Vol. 2020-June. Virtual, Online: ASEE Conferences. DOI Scopus1 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Khalil, L., Peucker, M., Grossman, M., Roose, J., Richards, I., Dmello, J., . . . Gerrand, V. (2024). The Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Network's Submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee of the Senate: Inquiry into Right Wing Extremist Movements in Australia. AVERT Research Network. |
| 2024 | Dmello, J., Bichler, G., & Perliger, A. (2024). Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective [Final Technical Report]. |
| 2022 | Khasawneh, M., Kilburn, J., Dmello, J., & Franco, Y. (2022). TAMIU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP): 2022 Annual Report. |
| 2022 | Franco, Y., Dmello, J., Khasawneh, M., & Kilburn, J. (2022). An Interview-Based Evaluation Study of Supplemental Instruction in STEM Courses at TAMIU. |
| 2021 | Khasawneh, M., Kilburn, J., Dmello, J., & Franco, Y. (2021). TAMIU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP): 2021 Annual Report.. |
| 2021 | Dmello, J., Khasawneh, M., Kilburn, J., & Franco, Y. (2021). TAMIU Back Together: Divergent Faculty and Staff Experiences with FlexLive Course Administration during the Fall 2020 Semester. |
| 2020 | Khasawneh, M., Kilburn, J., Dmello, J., Segovia, A., & Sanchez, D. (2020). TAMIU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP): 2020 Annual Report.. |
| 2020 | Dmello, J., Khasawneh, M., Segovia, A., Kilburn, J., & Sanchez, D. (2020). Campus Experiences Migrating to a Virtual Learning Environment in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| 2019 | Newton, X., Lohmeier, J., Thompson, S., Dmello, J., Trainor, A., & Oh, B. (2019). Alternative Education Accountability Indicators (1900). |
| 2019 | Dmello, J., Lohmeier, J., & Thompson, S. (2019). Increasing the Underrepresented Talent Pipeline for Engineering and the Navy: Year 3 Interview Results for a Summer Bridge and Mentoring Program at UMass Lowell (1901). |
| 2019 | U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2019). Streamlining Government: OMB and GSA Could Strengthen Their Approach to Implementing a New Shared Services Plan. |
| 2018 | U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2018). Defense Contracts: Improved Information Sharing Could Help DOD Determine Whether Items Are Commercial and Reasonably Priced (18-530). |
| 2018 | Shortland, N., Nader, E., Thompson, L., Ross, K., & Dmello, J. (2018). The Person x Propaganda Interaction: The Role of Individual Differences in Reactions to Exposure to Extremist Propaganda and Counter-Extremist Measures. |
| 2018 | Lohmeier, J., Thompson, S., Nader, E., Dmello, J., & Reid, C. (2018). Increasing the Underrepresented Talent Pipeline for Engineering and the Navy: 2018 Summer Bridge Mentoring Program Survey Results Briefing (1812). |
| 2017 | U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2017). Defense Science and Technology: Adopting Best Practices Can Improve Innovation Investments and Management (17-499). |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Dmello, J. (2019). Friends, Foes, and Unknowns: Investigating the Dynamics of Relationships Between Actors in Ethnic Conflicts. (PhD Thesis). |
External Research Funding
| Year | Amount | Funding Body | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2027 | $122,559.33 | Countering Violent Extremism Sub-Committee (ANZ CVESC) | Developing a Youth Assessment Tool for Grievance-Fuelled Violence (GFV), Fixation and Radicalisation |
| 2024-2027 | $550,000 | Defence Innovation Partnership: Activator Fund | Understanding and countering online influence: Narratives, networks, and connections to offline activities |
| 2025 | $3,043.40 ($3,000 USD) | Georgia State University: Faculty International Research Engagement (FIRE) Grant | Examining Anti-Semitism on University Campuses in Australia |
| 2024 | $3,000 | University of South Australia Research Scheme | Queering the Streets: Photos of Safety and Belonging for LGBTQIA+ people in South Australia |
| 2024 - 2026 | $302,755 ($200,000 USD) | U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice | Inter-Agency Agreement to Support the ACJS Doctoral Student Summit |
| 2023 - 2024 | $152,395 ($100,000 USD) | U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice & Bureau of Justice Statistics | Inter-Agency Agreement to Support the ACJS Doctoral Student Summit |
| 2022 - 2023 | $76,139 ($49,959 USD) | New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center | Behind the Trigger: Investigating the Typologies of Gang-Involved Individuals charged with Firearm-Related Offenses in New Jersey |
| 2021 - 2024 | $678,520 ($435,020 USD) | U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice | Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective |
| 2021 - 2022 | $15,597 ($10,000 USD) | Humanities Texas | Diverse Leadership for a Diverse Society |
Internal Research Funding
| Year | Amount | Funding Body | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,900 | University of Adelaide, Faculty of ABLE: New Horizons Grant | Hate is a Virus: Examining Public Perceptions of Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric in Australia |
| 2024 | $5,000 | University of Adelaide, Faculty of ABLE: Early Career Funding Scheme | Radicalisation and its Effects on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Professionals in Australia |
| 2020 - 2021 | $38,439 ($25,000 USD) | Texas A&M International University: University Research Development Grant | Ethnic Violence and Community Terrorisation: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in the United States from a Networked Perspective |
| 2020 - 2021 | $11,531 ($7,500 USD) | Texas A&M International University: University Research Grant | Digital Drift and Health Promotion: Investigating the Networked Use of Social Media to Promote Public Awareness and Health-Related Activities in the Border Town Areas |
| 2017 | $3,075 ($2,000 USD) | University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Asian American Studies: Indochinese Refugee Fund | Recruitment Processes Among Asian-American Gangs in Massachusetts |
Dr. Dmello coordinates the following courses here at the University of Adelaide:
| Code | Title | Level |
|---|---|---|
| CRIM 1002 | Crime and Criminal Justice | Undergraduate |
| CRIM 2007 | Criminal Network Analysis | Undergraduate |
| CRIM 3007 | Criminal Network Analysis | Undergraduate |
Jared also has extensive experience teaching courses as Instructor of Record spanning criminology, security studies, and politics at prior institutions, as shown below:
| Code | Title | Level |
|---|---|---|
| CRIJ 3301 | Research Methods in Criminal Justice | Undergraduate |
| CRIJ 3378 | Introduction to Methods of Research | Undergraduate |
| CRIJ 4321 | Senior Pro-Seminar | Undergraduate |
| CRIJ 4340 | Special Issues in Criminal Justice: Seminar on National Security | Undergraduate |
| CRIJ 4377 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Criminal Street Gangs & Illicit Networks | Undergraduate |
| CRIJ 4377 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Criminal Street Gangs | Undergraduate |
| CRIJ 5320 | Advanced Methods in Social Research | Master's |
| CRIJ 5327 | Advanced Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice | Master's |
| CRIJ 5340 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice: National Security | Master's |
| CRIJ 5390 | Graduate Research in Criminal Justice | Master's |
| CRIJ 6394 | Gangs and Violent Extremist Groups | Master's |
| CRIM 2480 | Terrorism (Domestic & International) | Undergraduate |
| CRIM 3480 | Advanced Seminar on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism | Undergraduate |
| CRIM 3900 | Criminal Justice Research Methods | Undergraduate |
| CRIM 3980 | Criminal Justice Data Analysis | Undergraduate |
| PSCI 4340 | Special Issues in Political Science: Seminar on National Security | Undergraduate |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Examining the Criminalisation of Climate Change Activism | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Ellie Kendall Turner |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Examining the Criminalisation of Climate Change Activism | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Ellie Kendall Turner |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | The Impact of Sino-Indian relations on the Evolution of Tibetan nationalist movement | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Janhavi Rajiv Pande |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | The Impact of Sino-Indian relations on the Evolution of Tibetan nationalist movement | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Janhavi Rajiv Pande |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Parallel Pathways: Unpacking the Link Between Domestic Violence and Terrorism | The University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Emma Gerhardy |
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Examining U.S. Media Portrayal of the Drug Cartels | The University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Callum James Reeman |
| 2024 - 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Disaggregating Extreme-Right Ideological Groups: An Australian Analysis [On supervision panel from enrolment through CCSP] | The University of Adelaide | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Aaron Thomas Calbert |
| 2020 - 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Criminal Street Gangs | Texas A&M International University | - | Master | Full Time | Rachel Simon |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Board Member | Evidence Base | Taylor & Francis | Canada |
| 2024 - ongoing | Board Member | International Journal of Criminology and Sociology | LifeScience Global | Canada |
| 2024 - ongoing | Board Member | Advances in Social Behavior Research | Eliwise Academy | United Kingdom |
| 2024 - ongoing | Associate Editor | Journal of Mass Violence Research | -- | United States |
| 2023 - ongoing | Associate Editor | Crime and Delinquency | Sage | United States |
| 2023 - ongoing | Board Member | Journal of Criminal Justice Education | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 2022 - 2024 | Board Member | Journal of Mass Violence Research | -- | United States |
| 2022 - ongoing | Board Member | Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research | Emerald | Australia |
| 2022 - ongoing | Board Member | Journal of Applied Security Research | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 2020 - 2023 | Board Member | Victims and Offenders | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 2019 - 2020 | Board Member | Journal of Gang Research | National Gang Crime Research Center | United States |
| Date | Case | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee of the Senate Inquiry into right wing extremist movements in Australia | AVERT Research Network | Australia |
| Date | Office Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Chair | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, International Section | United States |
| 2024 - ongoing | Executive Committee Member | Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network | Australia |
| 2023 - 2025 | Vice Chair | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, International Section | United States |
| 2023 - ongoing | Executive Counselor | American Society of Criminology, Division on International Criminology | United States |
| 2022 - 2023 | Secretary/Treasurer | American Society of Criminology, Division on Terrorism & Bias Crimes | United States |
| 2020 - 2022 | Executive Counselor | American Society of Criminology, Division on Terrorism & Bias Crimes | United States |
| 2019 - 2020 | President | Texas Association of Criminal Justice Educators | United States |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Appraising Climate Change as a Security Threat: Implications for Climate Activism | 50th International Systemic Functional Congress and Institute (ISFC 50) | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 2025 - 2025 | LGBTQ+ and Extremist Organizations: How Terrorists Group Converge on LGBTQ Antipathy | Chicago, Illinois | Midwestern Political Science Association | United States |
| 2025 - 2025 | Decolonizing Criminal Justice Pedagogy: An International Perspective | Denver, Colorado | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences | United States |
| 2025 - 2025 | The Spectacle of Execution: A Global Analysis of the Death Penalty | Denver, Colorado | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences | United States |
| 2025 - 2025 | Evaluating the ACJS Doctoral Summit | Denver, Colorado | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences | United States |
| 2024 - 2024 | Networks of Persistence: A New Framework for Protracted Displacement | Adelaide, South Australia | Gender, Sex, and Sexualities Conference | Australia |
| 2024 - 2024 | Exploring the Sense of Community and Belonging among South Australian Drag Queens | Virtual | LGBTQ Research Symposium co-hosted by the University of Kansas and the University of Connecticut | United States |
| 2024 - 2024 | Professional Development Support and Needs of Doctoral Students | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences | United States |
| 2024 - 2024 | Networks of Persistence: A New Framework for Protracted Displacement | Virtual | Internal Displacement and Solutions Conference jointly hosted by the University of London’s School of Advanced Study and the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement | United Kingdom |
| 2024 - 2024 | The ACJS Doctoral Student Summit: Effectiveness and Impact | Chicago, Illinois | Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences | United States |
| 2024 - 2024 | Climate Change as a Security Threat: Implications for Policy and Activism. | Melbourne, Victoria | Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) | Australia |
