• Ph D, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, 2021
• MS, Criminal Justice,, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, 2017
• BS, Criminal Justice, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, 2015

• Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Education Grant , (2022 - 2023)
• Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Education Grant , (2022 - 2023)

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• Avalos, Susana , and Carrillo, April. “Took my money, called me a guy, and made me sleep in jail overnight:” Police procedural failings when interacting with trans folx., 1-16. Policing and Society, 2024. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2304550)
• Carrillo, April. Disorder in the court: Trans folx experiences of criminal legal practitioner failings. In Transgender Identities and Criminal Justice: An Examination of Issues in Victimology, Policing, Sentencing, and Prisons, editors Heather Panter, Angela Dwyer, 159-182. Iss. 1 Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29893-6)
• Carrillo, April. Ice(D) Out: Exploration of Media Coverage of the Death and Mistreatment of Trans Women in ICE Detention Facilities. In The (Mis)Representation of Queer Lives in True Crime, editors Abbie E. Goldberg, Danielle C. Slakoff, Carrie L. Buist, 313-330. New York City, New York: Routledge , 2023. (DOI: 10.4324/9781003279440-21)
• Carrillo, April. ““PREA is a joke”: A case study of how trans PREA standards are(n’t) enforced.”.

• Community Engagement and Activism Award , Division on Queer Criminology, 2022

• Carrillo, April, and , “I Don’t Have Any Friends Left . . . Because They’re Dead”: On the Experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ in South Dakota. Presented at the Chiesman Democracy Conference (January 2024)
• Carrillo, April, ICE(D) Out: Exploration of Media Coverage of the Death and Mistreatment of Trans Women in ICE Detention Facilities. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA. (November 2023)
• Agyeiwaa, Vema, and Carrillo, April, “I Don’t Have Any Friends Left . . . Because They’re Dead”: On the Experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ in South Dakota. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA. (November 2023)
• Carrillo, April, State Sanctioned Hatred: Using HB 1080 to Discuss Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Discrimination and Violence. Presented at the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review Symposium, Zoom. (November 2023)
• Carrillo, April, Presented at the SD After Roe: A conversation with experts in law, policy and health care, Farber Hall Old Main. (September 08, 2022)
• Carrillo, April, ICE(D) Out: Exploration of media coverage of the death and mistreatment of trans women in ICE detention facilities.. Presented at the LGBTQ Research Symposium, Virtual. (May 27, 2022)
• Carrillo, April, Presented at the LGBTQ+ Issues in Schools & Communities, University of South Dakota. (April 19, 2022)
• , "Nobody stood up for the fact that I was a woman except for me": trans folx and courtroom practitioner lack of cultural competency. Presented at the Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Conference (March 25, 2022)
• Carrillo, April, ). “Took my money and called me guy” Police procedural failings interacting with trans folx. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. (January 2022)
• Carrillo, April, Hostile First, Friend Later (HFFL): Navigating ‘midwestern nice’ as an openly queer prof.. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. (January 2022)
• Carrillo, April, Just Ask: An On the Ground Application of Queer Praxis.. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (November 17, 2021)