Natalie Cotton is an alumna of the B.S. and M.A. programs in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research interests include social networks and street gangs, interdiction methods, and general strain theory and how it applies to the criminal justice system. She successfully defended her thesis in August 2024. Natalie currently works as a Health Technician at Boys Town Residential Treatment Center in Omaha.