Gemini A Creason-Parker
Visiting Assistant Professor, PRODIG+ Fellow
Gemini Creason-Parker is a Visiting Assistant Professor and PRODiG+ Fellow, having started at SUNY Potsdam in Fall 2025. She has a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Sociology with an emphasis on Crime, Law, and Deviance, which she earned in May 2025. In addition, Gemini is pursuing a second doctorate in Criminal Justice from Texas State University. She has an M.S. in Criminal Justice and an M.A. in Communication and Media Studies, both from Northeastern State University (NSU). She also has undergraduate degrees in Spanish, Sociology, and Criminal Justice from NSU as well.
Gemini is an interdisciplinary scholar, having conducted research on a variety of topics, such as healthcare perceptions of mandatory vaccinations amid COVID-19 and student views on law enforcement. Her specialty, though, is media and crime, particularly sexual assault. Her dissertation involved a mixed-methods content analysis of the television show, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)," during which she trained and led a team of 20+ undergraduate students. The purpose of the project was to examine to what extent the show relies on rape myths (i.e., stereotypes) in its depictions of rape cases and how it uses them in dialogue.
Just as her education and research experience highlight her interdisciplinary nature, so does her teaching. Gemini has taught a plethora of courses, including Sexual Offenses, Women and Criminal Justice, Crime Theory/Criminology, Corrections, Media and Crime, Mass Communication, Media Writing, Public Speaking, and more.
Notable Publications:
Contributor of The Sage Encyclopedia of Crime and Gender (2026)
Sections: "Me Too Movement; Domestic Violence Shelters," "Prostitution," "Marital Rape, United States," "Self-Defense and Violence," "Police Relations With Victims of Sex Crimes," "Sex Offender Community Notification: Megan's Law," "Kidnapping, Parental"
Constantin, K., Creason-Parker, G., Werner, C., Jenkins, E. D., Shewakramani Hanson, V., & Siuta, R. L. (2024). Caring too much? Compassion fatigue, burnout, and emotional labor among faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research in Higher Education, 65, 1540-1560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09799-2
Creason-Parker, G. A. (2023). Campus sexual assault on television: Evaluating SVU's portrayal of the party rape narrative. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 23(1). https://jcjpc.org/volume-23-issue-3-2023
Contributor of Sexual Harassment and Misconduct: An Encyclopedia (2021)
Section: "Adama Iwu"