Ian T. Adams
Associate Professor University of South Carolina
Ian T. Adams, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina and a McCausland Faculty Fellow. His research examines policing technology, policy, and practice, with recent work focused on artificial intelligence applications in law enforcement. He brings more than twenty years of experience in policing as an officer, labor executive, and scholar, and his interdisciplinary scholarship, spanning more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, appears in leading journals across criminology, public policy, and political science. His work has been recognized with early career awards from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Policing (2024), the Division of Experimental Criminology (2025), and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' Policing Section (2026), and has attracted more than $3.5 million in research funding from public and private sources.
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Deeply engaged with the law enforcement community, Adams serves on the Council on Criminal Justice’s Taskforce for Artificial Intelligence and the International Association of Chiefs of Police Research Advisory Council, and is a National Institute of Justice LEADS Academic. He is Senior Research Advisor to the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety (EPPS) program at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law and Senior Managing Editor of Police Practice & Research. A frequent lecturer to practitioner and academic audiences, including at the FBI National Academy, he provides expert consultation to law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad.