Dr. Luke Novack

Assistant Professor of Criminology

Education

• Ph.D.; University of Colorado Boulder

• M.A.; University of Colorado Boulder

• B.S.; University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Academic Interests

• substance use
• life course criminology
• rural criminology
• population health

Scholarly Activity

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Novack, Luke M., Kimberly Gocchi Carrasco., Kimberly A. Tyler, Kirk Dombrowski, and Patrick Habecker. (2020). Injection Opioid and Injection Methamphetamine Use in the Rural United States: A Systematic Review and Network Analysis. Journal of Drug Issues, 50(2), 127–141.
• Jochman, Joseph , Alexis Swendener, Julia McQuillan, and Luke Novack. (2018). Are  Biological Science Knowledge, Interests, and Science Identity Framed by Religious and Political Perspectives in the United States?. The Sociological Quarterly, 59(4), 584-602.

Recent Conference Presentations

• Novack, Luke M. “The Influence of Substance Dependence on Mechanisms of Desistance.” Individual Paper Presentation. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.
• Novack, Luke M. “Age, Crime, and Illicit Drug Use During the Opioid Epidemic.” Individual Paper Presentation. American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
• Novack, Luke M. “Desistance From Crime and Drug Use in Two US Samples.”  American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA

Other Professional Experiences

•  Graduate Assistant at University of Colorado Boulder, 2019-2025