CURRICULUM VITAE
Matthew T. Lee, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1905
Current Position
Professor and Chair of Sociology
University of Akron
Office Phone: 330-972-5357
[email protected]
Areas of Interest
Altruism/Love; Criminology/Deviance
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
Corporate Crime; Corrections; Criminology; Field Internship;
Introduction to Sociology; Love in Action; Meaning of Life; Social
Deviance; Sociology of Law; Sociology of Love
Graduate
College Teaching; Complex Organizations; Crime, Law, and
Inequality; Deviance
Education
2000
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Delaware
Comprehensive Exams: 1) Deviance, 2) Sociology of Organizations
Dissertation: Ethnicity, Immigration, and Homicide on the Border: A
Comparison of El Paso, Miami, and San Diego (1985-1995)
1997
M.A. Criminology, University of Delaware
Thesis: Pinto Madness or Acceptable Risk? The Social Construction
of an Auto Safety Issue as a Social Problem
1994
B.A. Psychology with Departmental Honors, Kent State University
University Positions
2012-present
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Akron
2012-present
Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Akron
2014-2015
Interim Chair, Anthropology and Classical Studies, University of
Akron
2010-2012
Interim Chair of the Department of Sociology, University of Akron
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2006-2012
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Akron
2000-2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Akron
2001-2004
Faculty Research Associate, Institute for Health and Social Policy,
University of Akron
1997-2000
Adjunct Faculty, Criminal Justice Program, Wilmington College, DE
1995-2000
Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology and Criminal
Justice, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Disaster Research
Center, University of Delaware
Honorary or Elected Positions
2013-present
Non-Resident Research Fellow at Baylor University's Institute for
Studies of Religion
2012-present
Elected Member of the Commission on the Accreditation of
Programs in Applied and Clinical Sociology
2009-present
Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors, Institute for
Research on Unlimited Love
2004-present
Conflict Management Fellow, Center for Conflict Management,
University of Akron
2013-2016
Council Member of the North Central Sociological Association
2014-2015
President of the North Central Sociological Association
2013-2014
Chair of the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the
American Sociological Association
2012-2015
Council Member of the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
Section of the American Sociological Association
2009-2010
Vice President of the Board of Directors, Center for Restorative
Justice of North Central Ohio
2008-2010
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
2007-2010
Secretary of the Board of Directors, Center for Restorative Justice of
North Central Ohio
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Awards
2014
Feminist Mentor Award (presented by the Committee for Research on
Women and Gender, a student organization at the University of Akron
committed to promoting feminist research, practice, and social justice)
Certificate of Appreciation (presented by the National Residence Hall
Honorary in recognition of outstanding teaching at the University of Akron)
2013
Article of the Year Award from the Religious Communication Association
(with co-author Margaret M. Poloma)
2012
Faculty Mentor Award (presented by the graduate students at The University
of Akron’s Department of Sociology)
2011
Who’s Who in America, 2011 Edition
2010
Certificate of Recognition (presented by the National Residence Hall
Honorary for dedication to the students at the University of Akron)
2008
Fellowship from the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
2005
Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences Chairs’ Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Early Career (University of Akron)
Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 9th Edition
2004
Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 8th Edition
2003
Faculty Mentor Award (presented by the graduate students at The University
of Akron’s Department of Sociology)
2003
Favorite Faculty Member (presented by Mortar Board and Omicron Delta
Kappa at The University of Akron)
1999
University Fellowship (competitive graduate fellowship awarded by the
University of Delaware)
Funded Grants
2014-2015 Rebecca J. Erickson and Matthew T. Lee. “Compassion for the
Compassionate: Serving Those Who Serve Others,” Margaret Clark Morgan
Foundation. $10,000. (My Role: Co-Principal Investigator).
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2013-2016 Maria E. Pagano. “Character Development Through Service and Reduced
Recidivism: Project SOS (Service to Others in Sobriety),” Templeton Trust
Foundation. $1,271,585. (My Role: Co-Investigator).
2007-2011 Margaret M. Poloma, Stephen G. Post, and Matthew T. Lee. “The Flame of
Love: Scientific Research on the Experience and Expression of Godly Love
in the Pentecostal Tradition.” John Templeton Foundation. $2,326,362. (My
Role: Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director).
2005-2006 Lynn Clark and Matthew T. Lee. “Doctoral Research Grant.” U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development. $15,000. (My Role: Faculty
Supervisor and Principal Investigator).
2001-2004 Robert L. Smith, Richard C. Stephens, and Matthew T. Lee. “Evaluation of
Habitat Hope.” Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment. $411,423 over three years. (My Role: Co-Principal Investigator
and Project Manager).
2001
Matthew T. Lee. “Immigration and Community Levels of Homicide.”
University of Akron, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. $8,000.
(My Role: Principal Investigator).
Books
2013
Matthew T. Lee, Margaret M. Poloma, and Stephen G. Post. The Heart of
Religion: Spiritual Empowerment, Benevolence, and the Experience of
God's Love. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly (Online; November 19, 2012);
Sociology of Religion 74:545-47; and PRISM Magazine: A
Publication of Evangelicals for Social Action 20(4):42 and 52
(2013).
2012
Matthew T. Lee and Amos Yong (eds.). The Science and Theology of Godly
Love. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press.
Reviewed in “Library Bookwatch.” Midwest Book Review vol. 7, no.
7 (July 2012; http://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/jul_12.htm)
and Pneuma 35:465-66 (2013).
Matthew T. Lee and Amos Yong (eds.). Godly Love: Impediments and
Possibilities. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Reviewed in Pneuma 35:465-66 (2013).
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2009
Matthew T. Lee and Margaret M. Poloma. A Sociological Study of the Great
Commandment in Pentecostalism: The Practice of Godly Love as Benevolent
Service. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.
Reviewed in Religious Studies Review vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 27-28
(2011); H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online (2010;
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=29574); and the
Newsletter of the Altruism and Social Solidarity Section-inFormation of the American Sociological Association vol. 1, no. 2,
pp. 15-16 (2010).
2003
Matthew T. Lee. Crime on the Border: Immigration and Homicide in Urban
Communities. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.
Reviewed in Contemporary Sociology 35:513-514 (2006) and
Journal of American Ethnic History 24:113-114 (2005).
Articles and Book Chapters
2015
Maria E. Pagano, Alexandra R. Wang, B.A., Brieana M. Rowles, Matthew T.
Lee, and Byron R. Johnson. “Social Anxiety and Peer-Helping in Adolescent
Addiction Treatment.” Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
39:887-895.
2014
Matthew T. Lee. “The Essential Interconnections among Altruism, Morality,
and Social Solidarity: The Case of Religious Altruism.” Pp. 311-331 in
Vincent Jeffries (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and
Social Solidarity: Formulating a Field of Study. NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Matthew T. Lee, Paige S. Veta, Byron R. Johnson, and Maria E. Pagano.
“Daily Spiritual Experiences and Adolescent Treatment Response.”
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 32:271-298.
Matthew T. Lee and Maria E. Pagano. “Spirituality in Teens: Promoting
Sobriety and Improving Mental Health.” Counselor: The Magazine for
Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals, vol. 15 (April):52-59.
2013
Matthew T. Lee. “The Need for Social Policies that Support the Revitalizing
Effects of Immigration rather than Law Enforcement Initiatives that Assume
Disproportionate Immigrant Criminality.” Criminology & Public Policy
12:277-282.
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Margaret M. Poloma and Matthew T. Lee. “Prophecy, Empowerment, and
Godly Love: The Spirit Factor and the Growth of Pentecostalism.” Pp. 277296 in Donald E. Miller, Richard Flory, and Kimon Sargeant (eds.), Spirit
and Power: The Growth and Global Impact of Pentecostalism. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Stephen G. Post and Matthew T. Lee. “Afterword.” Pp. 159-163 in Douglas
A. Vakoch (Ed.), Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective. NY: Springer.
Margaret M. Poloma and Matthew T. Lee. “The New Apostolic
Reformation: Main Street Mystics and Everyday Prophets.” Pp. 75-88 in
Sarah Harvey and Suzanne Newcombe (eds.), Prophecy in the New
Millennium. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
2012
Dana Williams and Matthew T. Lee. “Aiming to Overthrow the State
(Without Using the State): Political Opportunities for Anarchist Movements.”
Comparative Sociology 11:558-593.
Margaret M. Poloma and Matthew T. Lee. “Prophetic Prayer as Two-Way
Communication with the Divine.” Journal of Communication & Religion
35:271-294.
Matthew T. Lee and Margaret M. Poloma. “Editorial” [Guest Editor’s
Introduction]. PentecoStudies 11:5-8.
Matthew T. Lee. “Restorative Justice, Godly Love, and Solutions to the
Problem of Crime.” Pp. 91-110 in Matthew T. Lee and Amos Yong (eds.).
Godly Love: Impediments and Possibilities. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Matthew T. Lee, Margaret M. Poloma, and Stephen G. Post. “Introduction.”
Pp. 1-18 in Matthew T. Lee and Amos Yong (eds.). The Science and
Theology of Godly Love. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press.
Matthew T. Lee. “Godly Love.” Pp. 97-99 in Adam Stewart (ed.). A
Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois
University Press.
2011
Margaret M. Poloma and Matthew T. Lee. “The Flow from Prayer Activities
to Receptive Prayer: Godly Love and the Knowledge that Surpasses
Understanding.” Journal of Psychology and Theology 39:143-54.
2010
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Jacob I. Stowell, and Matthew T. Lee. “Immigration
and Crime in an Era of Transformation: A Longitudinal Analysis of
Homicides in San Diego Neighborhoods, 1980-2000.” Criminology, 48:797829.
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Marianne S. Noh, Matthew T. Lee, and Kathryn M. Feltey. “Mad, Bad, or
Reasonable? Newspaper Portrayals of the Battered Woman Who Kills.”
Gender Issues, 27:110–130.
Matthew T. Lee. “Towards a Nonkilling Society: A Case Study of Individual
and Institutional Changes in Social Affinity within a Religious Context.” Pp.
365-387 in Joám Evans Pim (ed.) Nonkilling Societies. Honolulu, Hawaii:
Center for Global Nonkilling.
Margaret M. Poloma, John C. Green, and Matthew T. Lee. “Covenants,
Contracts, and Godly Love.” Pp. 188-206 in M. M. Poloma and J. C. Green,
The Assemblies of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American
Pentecostalism. NY: New York University Press.
2009
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Immigration Reduces Crime: An
Emerging Scholarly Consensus.” Pp. 3-16 in William F. McDonald (ed.)
Immigration, Crime and Justice. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
Matthew T. Lee and Jeannine A. Gailey. “Human Experimentation Involving
Radiation, Syphilis, and Scurvy.” Pp. 113-127 in Serge Matulich and David
M. Currie (eds.) Handbook of Frauds, Scams, and Swindles: Ethical Failures
in Leadership. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press).
Jeannine A. Gailey and Matthew T. Lee. “Attribution of Responsibility for
Wrongdoing in Organizations: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach with
Applications.” Pp. 322-336 in Jeffrey Chin and Cardell K. Jacobson (eds.)
Within the Social World: Essays in Social Psychology. Boston, MA: Allyn &
Bacon.
2008
Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Jacob I. Stowell. “Immigration
and Homicide: A Spatial Analytic Test of the Social Disorganization Theory.”
Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries 3(2):9-31.
Jeannine A. Gailey and Matthew T. Lee. “Influences and the Assignment
of Responsibility for Wrongdoing in Organizational Settings.” Sociological
Focus 41:71-86.
Dana M. Williams and Matthew T. Lee. “’We are Everywhere’: An
Ecological Analysis of Organizations in the Anarchist Yellow Pages.”
Humanity & Society 32:45-70.
2007
Matthew T. Lee and Jeannine A. Gailey. “Who is to Blame for Deviance in
Organizations? The Role of Scholarly Worldviews.” Sociology Compass
1:536-551.
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Matthew T. Lee and Jeannine A. Gailey. “Attributing Responsibility for
Organizational Wrongdoing.” Pp. 50-77 in Henry Pontell and Gilbert Geis
(eds.) International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime. NY:
Springer.
2006
Matthew T. Lee, Julia Wrigley, and Joanna Dreby. “The Research Article as
a Foundation for Subject-Centered Learning and Teaching Public Sociology:
Experiential Exercises for Thinking Structurally about Child Care Fatalities.”
Teaching Sociology 34:173-187.
Matthew T. Lee, and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Immigration and Asian
Homicide Patterns in Urban and Suburban San Diego.” Pp. 90-116 in Ramiro
Martinez Jr., and Abel Valenzuela Jr., (eds.) Immigration and Crime: Race,
Ethnicity and Violence. NY: New York University Press.
Matthew T. Lee. “Experiential Learning Exercise for Sociology of Law.”
Pp. 135-144 in Lloyd Klein (ed.). Sociology of Law: A Resource Guide (3rd
Edition). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association Teaching
Resources Center.
2005
Jeannine A. Gailey and Matthew T. Lee. “An Integrated Model of
Attribution of Responsibility for Wrongdoing in Organizations.” Social
Psychology Quarterly 68:338-358.
Amie L. Nielsen, Matthew T. Lee, and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Integrating
Race, Place, and Motive in Social Disorganization Theory: Lessons from a
Comparison of Black and Latino Homicide Types in Two Immigrant
Destination Cities.” Criminology 43:837-872.
Amie L. Nielsen, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Matthew T. Lee. “Alcohol,
Ethnicity, and Violence: The Role of Alcohol Availability and other
Community Factors for Group-Specific Non-Lethal Violence.” The
Sociological Quarterly 46:479-502.
Jeannine A. Gailey and Matthew T. Lee. “The Impact of Roles and Frames
on Attributions of Responsibility: The Case of the Cold War Human
Radiation Experiments.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 35:10671088.
2004
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Matthew T. Lee, and Amie L. Nielsen. “Segmented
Assimilation, Local Context and Determinants of Drug Violence in Miami
and San Diego: Does Ethnicity and Immigration Matter?” International
Migration Review 38:131-157.
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2003
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Amie L. Nielsen, and Matthew T. Lee. “Reconsidering
the Marielito Legacy: Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Homicide Motives.”
Social Science Quarterly 84:397-411.
2002
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Social Disorganization Revisited:
Mapping the Recent Immigration and Black Homicide Relationship in
Northern Miami.” Sociological Focus 35:365-382.
2001
Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Richard Rosenfeld. “Does
Immigration Increase Homicide? Negative Evidence From Three Border
Cities.” The Sociological Quarterly 42:559-580.
Reprinted in Crime and Immigration. Joshua D. Freilich and Graeme
R. Newman (eds.). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. 2007, pp. 291-312.
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Matthew T. Lee, and Amie L. Nielsen. “Revisiting the
Scarface Legacy: The Victim/Offender Relationship and Mariel Homicides in
Miami.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 23:37-56.
Reprinted in Race, Crime, and Justice: A Reader. Shaun L.
Gabbidon and Helen Taylor Greene (eds.). NY: Routledge.
2005, pp. 263-275.
2000
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “Comparing the Context of
Immigrant Homicides in Miami: Haitians, Jamaicans, and Mariels, 19801990.” International Migration Review 34:793-811
Reprinted (abridged) in How It’s Done: An Invitation to Social
Research. (2/e); Emily Stier Adler and Roger Clark (eds.). Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth. 2003, pp. 348-356.
Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and S. Fernando Rodriguez.
“Contrasting Latino Homicide: The Victim and Offender Relationship in El
Paso and Miami.” Social Science Quarterly 81:375-88.
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “On Immigration and Crime.” Pp.
485-524 in Gary LaFree (ed.) Criminal Justice 2000: The Changing Nature of
Crime. Vol. 1, Washington DC: National Institute of Justice.
Reprinted in Revista de Española de Investigación Criminólogica,
Number 2, 2004.
Matthew T. Lee. “Problem-Based Learning Exercise for Sociology of Law.”
Pp. 87-100 in L. Klein (ed.). Sociology of Law: Syllabi and Instructional
Materials for Teaching (2nd Edition). Washington, DC: American
Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center.
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1999
Matthew T. Lee, and M. David Ermann. “Pinto ‘Madness’ as a Flawed
Landmark Narrative: An Organizational and Network Analysis.” Social
Problems 46:30-47.
Reprinted in Corporate and Governmental Deviance: Problems of
Organizational Behavior in Contemporary Society (6/e); M. David
Ermann and Richard J. Lundman (eds.); New York: Oxford
University Press. 2002, pp. 277-305.
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Symbolic Violence.” Pp. 246-52
in Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Charles
Scribner’s Sons.
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “Extending Ethnicity in
Homicide Research: The Case of Latinos.” Pp. 211-220 in M. Dwayne Smith
and Margaret A. Zahn (eds.) Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research.
Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “Latinos and Homicide.” Pp.159174 in M. Dwayne Smith and Margaret A. Zahn (eds.) Studying and
Preventing Homicide: Issues and Challenges. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
1998
Matthew T. Lee. “The Ford Pinto Case and the Development of Auto Safety
Regulations, 1893-1978.” Business and Economic History 27:390-401.
Reprinted in Crime and Regulation. Fiona Haines (ed.) Aldershot,
UK: Ashgate. 2007, pp. 233-244.
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “Immigration and the Ethnic
Distribution of Homicide.” Homicide Studies 2:291-304.
Research Note
2010
Matthew T. Lee, Margaret M. Poloma, and John C. Green. “The Assemblies
of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism.”
Review of Religious Research 51:334-335.
Other Articles
2014
Matthew T. Lee. “From the Desk of the President” Pp. 2-3 of the spring
issue of the North Central Sociologist: The Official Newsletter of the North
Central Sociological Association Newsletter.
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2013
Matthew T. Lee. “From the Chair” blog entry for the website of the
Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the American
Sociological Association, posted Oct 25, 2013 at https://sites.google.com/
site/altruismmoralitysolidarity/blog/fromthechairbymatthewlee
2011
Matthew T. Lee. “Public Discourse about Immigration as a Social Problem:
Implications from Empirical Studies of Violent Crime and the Emerging
‘Immigration Revitalization Perspective.’” Social Problems Forum: The SSSP
Newsletter 42:1-5.
2010
Matthew T. Lee and Thomas L. Kychun. “The Possibilities and Limitations
of Religious-Based Altruism for Solving Endemic Social Problems: Findings
from a Multi-Year Research Project.” Pp. 228-235 in Proceedings of the
International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilization’s 40th
Conference (June 15–17, 2010) at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Published Book Reviews
2011
Matthew T. Lee. Review of The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of
Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times, by Stephen
G. Post. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Reviewed in Newsletter of the Altruism
and Social Solidarity Section-in-Formation of the American Sociological
Association 3(1):28.
2010
Matthew T. Lee. Review of Values, Objectivity, and the Good Society
(Volume 2 of Foundations of Futures Studies), by Wendell Bell. New
Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Reviewed in Newsletter of the
Altruism and Social Solidarity Section-in-Formation of the American
Sociological Association 1(2):13-14.
2008
Matthew T. Lee. Review of The Future of Pentecostalism in the United
States, by Eric Patterson and Edmund Rybarczyk (eds.). Lanham, MD:
Lexington. Reviewed in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal
Studies 30(2):341-342.
2006
Matthew T. Lee. Review of State of ‘The Union’: Marriage and Free Love
in the Late 1800s, by Sandra Ellen Schroer. NY: Routledge. Reviewed in
Contemporary Sociology 35(5): 479-480.
Conference Presentations
2015
Byron R. Johnson, Matthew T. Lee, Maria E. Pagano, and Stephen G. Post.
“Alone on the Inside: Impact of Social Isolation on the Drink-Trouble-DrinkTrouble Cycle” accepted for presentation at the American Society of
Criminology conference in Washington DC (November).
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Matthew T. Lee, Maria E. Pagano, Byron R. Johnson, and Stephen G. Post.
Presentation at a Formal Roundtable titled, “Love and Service in Adolescent
Addiction Recovery” accepted for presentation at the American Sociological
Association conference in Chicago (August).
Matthew T. Lee. “The Mindful Society: Contemplative Sociology, MetaMindfulness, and Human Flourishing,” Presidential Address at the North
Central Sociological Association conference in Cleveland (April).
2014
Byron R. Johnson, Maria E. Pagano, and Matthew T. Lee. “Helping
Substance Dependent Youth with Social Phobia through Service” at the
American Society of Criminology conference in San Francisco (November).
Matthew T. Lee. “Attending to Communication Styles in Sociological
Research.” Presentation in the Fall 2014 Colloquium Series of the School of
Communication at the University of Akron (November).
Maria E. Pagano, Shanna E. Swaringen, Scott H. Frank, and Matthew T.
Lee. Presentation at a Formal Roundtable titled, “Low Other-Regard and
Adolescent Addiction” at the American Sociological Association conference
in San Francisco, CA (August).
Matthew T. Lee. “Grant Writing” panelist at the North Central Sociological
Association conference in Cincinnati, OH (April).
Matthew T. Lee. “Teaching Panel on Types of Educational Institutions”
panelist at the North Central Sociological Association conference in
Cincinnati, OH (April).
2013
Paige S. Veta, Maria E. Pagano, and Matthew T. Lee. Presentation at a
Formal Roundtable titled, “God-Consciousness, Benevolence, and Youth
Substance Abuse: Influences on Chemical Dependency Treatment” at the
American Sociological Association conference in New York, NY (August).
Paige S. Veta, Maria E. Pagano, and Matthew T. Lee. “God-Consciousness
and Youth Substance Abuse: Influences on Chemical Dependency
Treatment” poster presentation at the SOURCE Symposium (Support of
Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors) at Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland Ohio (April).
2012
Matthew T. Lee. “What is Godly Love? Findings from a National Survey” at
the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion conference in Phoenix, AZ
(November).
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Matthew T. Lee and Margaret M. Poloma. Presentation at a Formal
Roundtable titled, “Religious-Based Benevolence in the Eyes of the Beholder:
Impediments and Possibilities for Real Utopias” at the American Sociological
Association conference in Denver, CO (August).
Matthew T. Lee. “Love, Unlimited Love, and Spiritual Progress in
America,” invited presentation at a Templeton Foundation conference titled,
The Human Spirit: Spiritual Progress and Human Flourishing at The
University of the South in Sewanee, TN (June).
Matthew T. Lee. “Religious Benevolence as Positive Deviance: Culture
Conflict in Secular and Religious Norms” at the North Central Sociological
Association conference in Pittsburgh, PA (April).
2011
Matthew T. Lee and Margaret M. Poloma. “The Role of Prayer in the DModel of Godly Love: Findings from a New National Survey” at the
Association for the Sociology of Religion conference in Las Vegas, NV
(August).
Margaret M. Poloma and Matthew T. Lee. “Three Faces of Prayer:
Qualitative Interviews with Exemplars of Godly Love” at the Association for
the Sociology of Religion conference in Las Vegas, NV (August).
2010
Matthew T. Lee. “The Diamond Model of Godly Love” at a two-day public
seminar titled, “The Great Commandment: Theology and Social Science in
Dialogue” at Vanguard University of Southern California in Costa Mesa, CA
(October).
Matthew T. Lee. Presentation at a Formal Roundtable (Altruism and
Solving Global Problems) titled “The Possibilities and Limitations of
Religious-Based Altruism for Solving Endemic Social Problems: Findings
from a Multi-Year Research Project” at the International Society for the
Comparative Study of Civilization’s conference in Provo, Utah (June).
Marci Cottingham and Matthew T. Lee. “Conversion, Calling, and Spiritual
Transformation: Varieties of Pentecostal Experience” at the North Central
Sociological Association conference in Chicago, IL (March).
Margaret M. Poloma and Matthew T. Lee. “Plenary Session—Harvesting
New Fields of Study: Lessons Learned from Research on Godly Love” at the
Society for Pentecostal Studies conference in Minneapolis, MN (March).
Matthew T. Lee. “Discussion of Margaret Poloma and Ralph Hood Jr.’s
Blood and Fire: Godly Love in a Pentecostal Emergent Church” at the
Society for Pentecostal Studies conference in Minneapolis, MN (March).
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2009
Matthew T. Lee and Margaret M. Poloma. “Has Charisma Been Taken from
Us? An Empirical Examination of Rieff’s Theory” at the Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion conference in Denver, CO (October).
Matthew T. Lee. “Altruism and Godly Love: An Exploration of Competing
Ways to Frame Benevolent Service” at the Association for the Sociology of
Religion conference in San Francisco (August).
Matthew T. Lee. Presentation at an Informal Discussion Roundtable
(Research on Altruism and Social Solidarity) titled “Godly Love and ‘Real’
Altruism: Implications for Structuring Lives Devoted to Benevolent Service”
at the American Sociological Association conference in San Francisco
(August).
2008
Matthew T. Lee. “Social Filters of Godly Love and Structured Action” at
the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion conference in Louisville, KY
(October).
Matthew T. Lee. “Using NVIVO to Study the Interaction between Divine
and Human Love that Enlivens Benevolent Service.” Presentation at the
Active Research Methods Consortium Project Meeting at the University of
Akron in Akron, OH (September 16).
Matthew T. Lee. “Integrating Social Science and Theology in the Study of
Godly Love: Preliminary Findings from Qualitative Interviews” at the
Association for the Sociology of Religion conference in Boston, MA
(August).
Matthew T. Lee. “This Book is Not Required by Inge Bell,” part of the panel
Books that Help Us Teach, at the North Central Sociological Association
conference in Cincinnati, OH (March).
2007
Matthew T. Lee. “Teaching the 'Sociology of Love' as a Form of Social
Activism: Educating for Personal and Social Change” at the North Central
Sociological Association conference in Chicago, IL (April).
Matthew T. Lee. “The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer,” part of the
panel Books that Help Us Teach II, at the North Central Sociological
Association conference in Chicago, IL (April).
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Ethnic Variations in Drug
Arrests” at the Southwestern Social Science conference in Albuquerque, NM
(March).
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2006
Matthew T. Lee. “Altruism and Structural Availability: Reviving Sorokin’s
Dimensional Approach to Compassionate Love” at the Southwestern Social
Science conference in San Antonio, TX (April).
2005
Jacob Stowell, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Matthew T. Lee. “Revisiting
Social Disorganization Theory: A Spatial Analytic Test of Immigration and
Ethnic-Specific Homicides” at the American Society of Criminology
conference in Toronto, Canada (November).
Matthew T. Lee. “Criminological Theory and the Paradox of Asian
Homicide: Reflections on the Integration of Research and Teaching” at the
North Central Sociological Association conference in Pittsburgh, PA (April).
Jacob Stowell and Matthew T. Lee. “Immigration and Homicide: A Spatial
Analytic Test of the Social Disorganization Theory,” invited presentation at
the Second Annual Spring Lecture Series on the Public Health of Violence.
Sponsored by The Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug
Abuse and the School of Social Work, Policy and Management at Florida
International University, Miami, FL (March 14).
Cheryl Ann Smith, Alice Fothergill, and Matthew T. Lee. “I Have No
Knowledge of This: Organizational Accounts of Racial Profiling and the New
Jersey Attorney General's Office” at the Eastern Sociological Society
conference in Washington, DC (March).
2004
Nielsen, Amie L., Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Matthew T. Lee. “Integrating
Race, Place, and Motive in Social Disorganization Theory: Lessons from a
Comparison of Black and Latino Homicide Types in Two Immigrant
Destination Cities.” Paper presented for the Colloquium Series, Department
of Sociology, University of Miami, Miami, FL (December 3).
Jacob Stowell, Matthew T. Lee, and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Immigration and
Homicide: A Spatial Analytic Test of the Social Disorganization Theory” at
the American Society of Criminology conference in Nashville, TN
(November).
Amie L. Nielsen, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Matthew T. Lee. “Neighborhood
Structure and Ethnic-Specific Homicide Motives” at the American Society of
Criminology conference in Nashville, TN (November).
Jeannine Gailey and Matthew T. Lee. “Does the Media Effect How Jurors
Assign Guilt in Cases of Individual and Organizational Wrongdoing?” at the
American Society of Criminology conference in Nashville, TN (November).
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Marianne S. Noh and Matthew T. Lee. “Mad, Bad or Reasonable? A Social
Constructionist Perspective on the Battered Woman Syndrome” at the
American Sociological Association conference in San Francisco (August).
Robert L. Smith and Matthew T. Lee. “The Implementation and Evaluation
of Habitat Hope: A Holistic Approach to Serving Criminally Involved,
Substance Dependent, Homeless Men with Co-Occurring Mental Disorders”
at the Complexities of Co-Occurring Conditions Conference in Washington,
D.C. (June).
Matthew T. Lee and Jeannine A. Gailey. “Individual, Organizational, and
Institutional Deviance in the Cold War Human Radiation Experiments” at the
North Central Sociological Association conference in Cleveland, OH (April).
Jeannine A. Gailey and Matthew T. Lee. The Impact of the Media on
Attribution of Responsibility in the Cold War Human Radiation Experiments”
at the North Central Sociological Association conference in Cleveland, OH
(April).
Robert L. Smith and Matthew T. Lee “Treatment of Homeless, Chemically
Dependent, Mentally Ill Men: A Therapeutic Community Model (Habitat
Hope): ‘Lessons Learned’” at a grantee conference sponsored by the Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment in Washington, DC (February).
Robert L. Smith, Richard C. Stephens, and Matthew T. Lee “The Habitat
Hope Project” poster session at a grantee conference sponsored by the Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment in Washington, DC (February).
2003
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “The Changing Dynamics of
Homicide, Race and Ethnicity in San Diego: 1980- 1990” invited presentation
at the National Consortium on Violence Research conference at UCLA titled
“Beyond Racial Dichotomies of Violence: Immigrants, Latinos and
Violence” (November).
Amie Nielsen, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Matthew T. Lee. “The Community
Context of Non-Lethal Violence in Miami: Examination of Race and Ethnic
Specific Rates” at the American Society of Criminology conference in
Denver, Colorado (November).
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Matthew T. Lee., and Amie Nielsen. “Local Context
and Determinants of Drug Violence in Miami and San Diego” at the
American Sociological Association conference in Atlanta, Georgia (August).
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Matthew T. Lee and Jenny Pszonowsky. “’Project Truth’ Versus the ‘Nanny
State’: Tobacco Industry Front Groups and the Ongoing Struggle for
Ownership of the Social Definition of Crime” at the Law and Society
Association conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (June).
Robert L. Smith, Richard C. Stephens, and Matthew T. Lee “Habitat Hope”
poster session at a grantee conference sponsored by the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment in Washington, DC (June).
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Matthew T. Lee, and Amie Nielsen. “Local Context and
Determinants of Drug Violence in Miami and San Diego: Does Ethnicity and
Immigration Matter?” at the Southwestern Social Science conference in San
Antonio, Texas (April).
Matthew T. Lee and Joanna Redd. “’Puppy Love’: The Social Construction
of the Professional Wrestling ‘Diva’ and the Devaluation of Women” at the
North Central Sociological Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio
(March).
Matthew T. Lee and Cheryl A. Smith. “Random Premeditated Murder:
Ideology and Implications for Corporate Criminal Liability” at the North
Central Sociological Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio (March).
2002
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Matthew T. Lee, and Amie Nielsen. “Reconsidering
the Marielito Legacy: Latinos, Immigration and Homicide Types” at the
American Sociological Association conference in Chicago, Illinois (August).
Amy Farrell, Matthew T. Lee, and Alice Fothergill. “Organizational
Accounts of Racial Profiling: The Case of the New Jersey State Police” at the
Law and Society Association conference in Vancouver, Canada (May).
2001
Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Matthew T. Lee. “The Spatial Dynamics of
Immigration, Ethnicity and Homicide: San Diego since 1980” at the
American Society of Criminology conference in Atlanta, Georgia
(November).
Matthew T. Lee, Peter J. Leahy, Heather Huff, Derek Cec, Russ Kaye, and
Carol Foltz “The Relationship of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment to
Criminal Justice Involvement: A 30 Month Longitudinal Analysis” at the
American Evaluation Association conference in St. Louis, Missouri
(November).
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Matthew T. Lee “When is Cockfighting Not a Crime? When a Chicken is not
an Animal: A Constructionist Critique of the ‘Rule of Law’ in Oklahoma” at
the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction conference in Anaheim,
California (August).
Matthew T. Lee and Jeannine Gailey. “Image Restoration Strategies and
Institutional Deviance: The Case of the ‘Cold War’ Human Radiation
Experiments” at the Southwestern Social Science Association conference in
Fort Worth, Texas (March).
2000
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr. “Mapping the
Immigration/Homicide Relationship in Three Border Cities, 1985-1995” at the
American Society of Criminology conference in San Francisco, California
(November)
Matthew T. Lee, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., and Richard Rosenfeld “Does
Immigration Increase Homicide? Negative Evidence From Three Border
Cities” at the American Sociological Association conference in Washington,
DC (August).
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. "Revisiting the Scarface Legacy:
Homicide Patterns, Mariels, and Miami" at the Southwestern Social Science
Association conference in Galveston, Texas (March).
1999
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., “Patterns of Latino Homicide in El
Paso and Miami, 1984-1994” at the American Sociological Association
conference in Chicago (August).
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “Latino Violence and Poverty
Revisited: Homicide on the Border,” at the Center for the Study of Urban
Poverty, University of California, Los Angeles (April).
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “Reassessing the Role of Race and
Ethnicity in Homicide Research: Asians and Latinos in San Diego” at the
Presley Seminar Series, University of California, Riverside (February).
1998
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., “Social Disorganization and the
Spatial Distribution of Homicide in Miami, 1990-1997” at the American
Society of Criminology conference in Washington DC (November).
Matthew T. Lee. “Accounting for Involvement in the Cold War Human
Radiation Experiments: Science, Hegemony, and Political Crime” at the
American Society of Criminology conference in Washington DC (November).
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Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. “The Changing Dynamics of
Ethnicity and Homicide: The Impact of Joblessness and Family Disruption,
1980-1990.” at the American Sociological Society conference in San Francisco
(August).
Matthew T. Lee and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., “The Influence of Labor Markets
and Ethnicity in Determining the Spatial Patterns of Homicide in Miami, 19851995” at the Eastern Sociological Society conference in Philadelphia (March).
Matthew T. Lee. “Explaining ‘What a Bad Bureaucracy Did to Joe Six-Pack’:
Competing Constructions of the Human Radiation Experiments as a Social
Problem” at the Eastern Sociological Society conference in Philadelphia
(March).
Matthew T. Lee. “The Ford Pinto Case and the Development of Auto Safety
Regulations, 1893-1978” at the Business History Conference in Washington
DC (March).
1997
Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Matthew T. Lee. "Homicide Rates, Ethnic
Composition, and Economic Inequality: Changes Over Time" at the American
Sociological Society conference in Toronto, Canada (August).
Matthew T. Lee and M. David Ermann. "Pinto Madness or Acceptable Risk?
The Construction of an Auto Safety Issue as a Social Problem" at the Eastern
Sociological Society conference in Baltimore (April).
Service to the Profession
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Government Agencies: U.S. National Science Foundation (4 proposals);
National Science Foundation of Switzerland (1 proposal, original and
revision)
Journals: American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review;
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology; Crime, Law, and
Social Change; Criminology; Criminology and Public Policy; Homicide
Studies; International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal
Justice; International Migration; International Review of Victimology;
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Journal of Crime and Justice;
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency; Justice Quarterly; Law & Society Review; Michigan Family
Review; Pneuma; Social Currents; Social Problems; Social Psychology
Quarterly; Social Science Quarterly; Sociological Focus; Sociological
Perspectives; The Sociological Quarterly; Teaching Sociology; Zygon
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Publishers: Allyn and Bacon; Flat World Knowledge; Harvard University
Press; Lynne Rienner; McGraw-Hill; Oxford University Press; Palgrave
Macmillan; Pearson Custom Publishing; Prentice Hall; Roxbury; Sage;
Taylor & Francis (CRC Press); Wadsworth; Routledge
Current Service
2015-present Nominations Committee Chair, North Central Sociological Association
Presider, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings,
roundtables for the Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
(Table 2) in Chicago (August).
2012-present Member of the Steering Committee to Develop an Inter-University Master’s
Degree in Medical Ethics and Humanities. Partner institutions include the
University of Akron, NEOMED, Kent State University, Hiram College, and
Summa Health System.
2009-present Member of the Sociology Research Committee, Center for Global
Nonkilling
2009-present Editorial Board, Teaching Sociology
Past Service
2015
External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion, Department of Sociology,
University of Massachusetts --Boston
2014
Chair of the Nominations Committee of the American Sociological
Association’s Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
Judge, Graduate Student Paper Competition, North Central Sociological
Association
2003-2013
Editorial Board, Sociological Focus
2009-2013
Newsletter Editor, American Sociological Association’s Section on
Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (Note: this Section was a Sectionin-Formation from 2009 until the fall of 2011).
2013
Co-organizer (with Samuel P. Oliner) and Presider, American Sociological
Association annual conference, research panel for the Section on Altruism,
Morality, and Social Solidarity titled, “Altruism, Morality and Social
Solidarity: Envisioning Utopias” in Denver (August).
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Co-organizer (with Lawrence T. Nichols), American Sociological
Association annual conference, four refereed roundtables for the Section on
Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity in Denver (August).
Presider, American Sociological Association annual conference,
roundtables for the Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
(Table 2) in Denver (August).
Co-editor (with Margaret M. Poloma) of a special issue of the journal
PentecoStudies (vol. 11, no. 1, 117 pages). Published by the European
Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent).
2011-2012
Chair of the Nominations Committee, American Sociological Association’s
Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
Member of the Futures and Conferences Committee, International Society
for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
2009-2011
Advisory Council, American Sociological Association’s Section-inFormation on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
2010
External reviewer for an application for promotion to Associate Professor,
Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma
Co-organizer (with Margaret M. Poloma) of a public seminar titled, “The
Great Commandment: Theology and Social Science in Dialogue” at
Vanguard University of Southern California in Costa Mesa, CA (October 22
and 23).
2009
Organizer and Presider, Association for the Sociology of Religion annual
conference, research panel entitled “The Sociology of Godly Love: New
Research in an Emerging Field of Study,” in San Francisco (August).
Organizer and Presider, Association for the Sociology of Religion annual
conference, author-meets-critics panel for Margaret M. Poloma and Ralph
W. Hood, Jr.’s Blood and Fire: Godly Love in a Pentecostal Emerging
Church, in San Francisco (August).
Organizer and Presider, American Sociological Association annual
conference, informal discussion roundtable entitled “Research on Altruism
and Social Solidarity,” in San Francisco (August).
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Co-Director (with Stephen G. Post and Margaret M. Poloma), two-week
seminar titled, “Flame of Love: Social Science and Theology on the Great
Commandment,” part of the Summer Seminar Series at Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, MI, July 13 – 24.
2007-2009
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries
2008
Organizer and Presider, North Central Sociological Association annual
conference, teaching panel entitled “Books that Help Us Teach,” in
Cincinnati, OH (March).
2003
Organizer and Presider, North Central Sociological Association annual
conference, research panel entitled “It’s a Schur Thing: Applications of the
Work of Edwin Schur” in Cincinnati, OH (March).
2002
Presider and Discussant, Law and Society Association annual conference,
research panel entitled “Crime and the Social Order in the War on
Terrorism.”
2001
Member, Graduate Student Paper Competition Committee, Society for the
Study of Social Problems (Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division)
Service to the University of Akron (Outside Sociology)
2014-2015
1) Vice Chair of the University Chairs and School Directors Group (Elected)
2) Interim Chair of Anthropology and Classical Studies
3) Member of the Budget and Finance Committee of University Council
(Elected Representative of the Department Chairs and School Directors)
4) Member of the President’s Informal Budget Working Group
5) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
6) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
7) Sociology Department Representative to the Faculty Senate
Subcommittee on the Development of an Interdisciplinary Program in
Criminology and Criminal Justice
8) Faculty Mentor, Senior Leadership Education Project, Institute for
Leadership Advancement, College of Business Administration
2013-2014
1) Elected Member of Chairs/School Directors Advisory Group for the
University of Akron’s Presidential Search
2) Member of the Budget and Finance Committee of University Council
(Elected Representative of the Department Chairs and School Directors)
3) Elected Member of the Chairs/School Directors Budget Subcommittee
4) Member of the Summer Tuition Subcommittee
5) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
6) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
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7) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
8) Sociology Department Representative to the Faculty Senate
Subcommittee on the Development of an Interdisciplinary Program in
Criminology and Criminal Justice
2012-2013
1) Member of the Budget and Finance Committee of University Council
(Elected Representative of the Department Chairs and School Directors)
2) Member of the Subcommittee on Part-Time Faculty Tuition and Fee
Remission of the Budget and Finance Committee of University Council
3) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College of Arts &
Sciences Online Learning Committee
4) Chair of the Grants Subcommittee of the Buchtel College Online
Learning Committee
5) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
6) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
7) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
8) Ad Hoc Member of the Regional Innovation Institute
9) Sociology Department Representative to the Faculty Senate
Subcommittee on the Development of an Interdisciplinary Program in
Criminology and Criminal Justice (also involving the Department of
Political Science and the Program in Criminal Justice Technology)
2011-2012
1) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
2) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
3) Faculty Mediator for Student Judicial Affairs
4) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
2010-2011
1) College of Arts & Sciences Criminal Justice Accelerated Degree
Subcommittee (Chair)
2) College of Arts & Sciences Pre-Law Accelerated Degree Subcommittee
3) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
4) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
2009-2010
1) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
2) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
3) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
2008-2009
Professional Development Leave
2007-2008
1) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
2) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
3) Faculty Member of the Active Research Methods Consortium
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4) Provost’s Academic Alignment Project – Law Working Group
2006-2007
1) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
2) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
2005-2006
1) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
2) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
2004-2005
1) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
2) Regents Fellowship Committee
3) Sociology Department Representative to Buchtel College Council
(Alternate)
2003-2004
1) Scholarship Committee for the Center for Conflict Management
Service to the Sociology Department at the University of Akron
2014-2015
1) Chair of the Sociology Department
2) UA/KSU Joint Graduate Program Executive Committee
3) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee
2013-2014
1) Chair of the Sociology Department
2) UA/KSU Joint Graduate Program Executive Committee (Chair)
3) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee
2012-2013
1) Chair of the Sociology Department
2) UA/KSU Joint Graduate Program Executive Committee (Member)
3) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee
2011-2012
1) Interim Chair of the Sociology Department
2) UA/KSU Joint Graduate Program Executive Committee (Chair)
3) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee
2010-2011
1) Interim Chair of the Sociology Department
2) UA/KSU Joint Graduate Program Executive Committee
3) Qualitative Methods Graduate Curriculum Committee
4) Professional Seminar Graduate Curriculum Committee
5) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee
2009-2010
1) Undergraduate Committee (Chair)
2) Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor Committee (Chair)
3) Faculty Retention Committee
4) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee
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2008-2009
Professional Development Leave
2007-2008
1) Undergraduate Committee (Chair)
2) Search Committee Chair (Two College Lecturer Positions)
3) Deviance Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committee (Chair)
4) Department Liaison to the American Association of University Professors
5) Faculty Retention Committee
2006-2007
1) Undergraduate Committee
2) Graduate Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee
3) Comprehensive Exam Revision Committee
4) Graduate Deviance Specialty Exam Committee
2005-2006
1) Undergraduate Committee
2) Comprehensive Exam Revision Committee
3) Graduate Deviance Specialty Review Committee (Chair)
2004-2005
1) Undergraduate Committee
2) Undergraduate Criminology and Law Enforcement Committee (Chair)
3) Comprehensive Exam Revision Committee
4) Graduate Deviance Specialty Review Committee (Chair)
5) Graduate Methods Specialty Review Committee (Co-Chair)
6) Department Liaison to the American Association of University Professors
2003-2004
1) Undergraduate Committee
2) Graduate Deviance Specialty Curriculum Committee (Chair)
3) Comprehensive Exam Revision Committee
4) Search Committee (Assistant Professor, 2 positions)
2002-2003
1) Undergraduate Committee
2) Graduate Inequality Specialty Exam Committee
3) Graduate Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee
4) Undergraduate Law Enforcement/Corrections Major Committee (Chair)
5) Search Committee (Assistant Professor)
2001-2002
1) Publicity Committee (Chair)
2) Undergraduate Committee
3) Search Committee (Visiting Professor; Advisor; Instructor)
4) Corrections Field Placement Committee
5) Graduate Inequality Specialty Exam Committee
6) Graduate Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee
2000-2001
1) Publicity Committee
2) Corrections Field Placement Committee
3) Introduction to Sociology Textbook Selection Committee
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Participation on Completed Ph.D. Dissertations
Chair
1) Jeannine Gailey (Spring 2005) “How People Attribute Responsibility to
Individuals and Organizations Involved in Wrongdoing: An Empirical
Assessment of an Integrated Model”
2) Marianne Noh (Fall 2008) “Contextualizing Ethnic/Racial Identity:
Nationalized and Gendered Experiences of Segmented Assimilation
among Second Generation Korean Immigrants in Canada and the United
States”
3) Michael Rickles (Spring 2013) “Exploring Racial Differences in
Individual and Structural Attributions, Self-Evaluations and Perceptions
of Income Fairness” (Co-Chair)
4) Peter Barr (Summer 2015) “Neighborhood Context and Mental Health
Over the Early Life Course” (Co-Chair)
Member:
1) Shobhana Swami (Fall 2004) “Minority Health: Social Inequalities,
Stressors, and Self-Rated Health”
2) Rachel Zimmer Schneider (Spring 2006) “Battered Women and Violent
Crime: An Exploration of Imprisoned Women Before and After the
Clemency Movement”
3) Rachel Stein (Spring 2008) “Consideration of the Individual and
Structural Levels of Routine Activities Theory: A Cross-National
Perspective of Victimization.”
4) Pamela M. Hunt (Spring 2008) “A Quantitative Approach to Studying
Subculture”
5) Matthew L. Nordlund (Spring 2009) “The Effects of Priming on
Personality Self-Reports: Challenges and Opportunities”
6) Jared S. Rosenberger (Spring 2013) “Crime, Media, and the American
Dream: The Role of Media Consumption in Institutional Anomie Theory”
7) Daniela Jauk (Summer 2013) “Global Gender Policy Development in the
UN: A Sociological Exploration of the Politics, Processes, and Language”
8) Jodi Henderson-Ross (Spring 2014) “Informal Social Control in Action:
Neighborhood Context, Social Differentiation, and Selective Efficacy”
Participation on Completed Graduate Student Research Papers and Specialty Exams
Chair:
1) Jeannine Gailey (Summer 2002) M.A. Research Paper “Testing
Attribution of Responsibility Theory: The Case of the Cold War Human
Radiation Experiments”
2) Marianne Noh (Summer 2003) M.A. Research Paper “Mad, Bad, or
Reasonable? A Social Constructionist Perspective on the Battered Woman
Syndrome”
3) Rachel Stein (Summer 2004) M.A. Research Paper “Adolescent
Delinquency: The Importance of Parental Attachment and Involvement”
4) Jeannine Gailey (Summer 2004) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam
5) Glen Mardis (Spring 2005) M.A. Deviance Specialty Exam
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6) Marianne Noh (Summer 2005) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam
7) Lenore Commisso (Spring 2006) M.A. Research Paper “Social
Construction of Breast Cancer in Women’s Magazines”
8) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Spring 2008)
9) Peter Barr (Spring 2012) M.A. Thesis “Taking the Role of the Other:
Empathy in the Attribution of Responsibility for Wrongdoing in
Organizations”
10) Nicole McElroy (Summer 2012) M.A. Thesis “’The Holy Spirit is
moving and we’re not paying attention’: Social Change, Organizational
Dilemmas and the Future Sustainability of Women Religious.”
Member:
1) Hua Zhong (Summer 2001) M.A. Research Paper “Strain Effects on
Cessation of Drug Use by Young Adults”
2) Michelle Bemiller (Summer and Fall 2001) Ph.D. Inequality Specialty
Exam
3) Ph.D. Research Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee (Spring 2002)
4) Ph.D. Research Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee (Fall 2002)
5) Jessica West (Spring 2003) M.A. Research Project (Political Science
Department)
6) Jodi Ross (Summer 2005) M.A. Research Paper “Accounting for Violent
Responses from Battered Women: Capturing the Context and Abandoning
the Syndrome”
7) Ph.D. Research Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee (Fall 2006)
8) Ph.D. Research Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee (Spring 2007)
9) Michelle Renee Jacobs (Fall 2007) M.A. Thesis “’I Spy Racism’: A Case
Study Of Pseudo-Indian Mascot Protest”
10) David Merolla (Fall 2007) Ph.D. Inequality Specialty Exam
11) Erin Pryor (Spring 2008) Ph.D. Inequality Specialty Exam
12) Virgil Russell (Summer 2009) M.A. Thesis “Grassroots of the Men's
Movement: An Ethnographic Case Study of an Independent Men's
Group”
13) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Fall 2009)
14) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Spring 2010)
15) Jared Scott Rosenberger (Spring 2010) M.A. Thesis “The Influence of
Crime-Related Media on Perceived Goals of Criminal Sentencing”
16) Justin Oldaker (Spring 2010) M.A. Deviance Specialty Exam
17) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Spring 2011)
18) Lori Hale (Fall 2011) M.A. Social Inequalities Specialty Exam
19) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Fall 2011)
20) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Fall 2012)
21) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Spring 2012)
22) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Spring 2013)
23) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Fall 2013)
24) Ph.D. Deviance Specialty Exam Committee (Spring 2015)
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Participation on Completed Undergraduate Honor’s Projects
Chair
1) Lindsay Anne Matousek (Spring 2008) “A Standard of Her Own: Rape,
the Reasonable Woman, and the Legal Order”
2) Thomas L. Kychun (Spring 2010) “Working for the Greater Good:
Factors Common Among Altruists”
3) Dorian Mahulawde (Fall 2011) “A Comparative Study of Perceptions of
Social Science Faculty and Non-Academics on the Disproportionate
Imprisonment of Black Males in the United States”
Member
1) Kristen Snowberger (Spring 2007) “Self-Representation and Family Law:
Incidence and Implications”
2) Robin Reichenberger (Spring 2012) “An Analysis of Textbooks and their
Impact on Students’ Perceptions of the Constitution”
3) Elena Stamm (Spring 2015) “Methods of Policing: Deviation from the
Standard Model of Policing and Measured Effectiveness”
Independent Studies Directed
Graduate: Lynn Clark, Simona Epuran; Jeannine Gailey; Elizabeth Grossman; Marianne
Noh; Glenn Mardis; Jodi Ross; Rachel Stein; Cheryl Smith; Scott Sauerbier
Undergraduate: Andre Borders; Tiffany Brammer; Elise Burnett; Melissa Cleveland;
Alexander Colbow; Nermin Dubravac; Sonya Grant; Chad Ickes; Kevin
Karas; Lauren Kuzniar; Glenn Mardis; Amanda McBride; Chad Myers;
Samuel Olarte; Jenny Pszonowsky; Jamie Radabaugh; Dean Parsons; Adam
Pittman; Joanna Redd; Matthew Reed; Trisha Rodgers; Tara Sturm; Zandra
Thomas; Sinisa Ubiparipovic; Mary Claire Williams; Montoya Weir;
Brandon Winter
Media Appearances, Interviews, and Articles
Coverage includes more than 100 appearances, including Addiction Professional
Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, National
Public Radio, The New Yorker, On Faith (a joint venture of the Washington Post and
Newsweek), Reason Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.
Professional Memberships (current membership indicated by *)
American Sociological Association*
American Society of Criminology
Association for Humanist Sociology
Association for the Sociology of Religion
Homicide Research Working Group
International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
Law and Society Association
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North Central Sociological Association*
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Southwestern Social Science Association
References (Available on Request)
Revised 7/2/15