VALERIE J. CALLANAN
2994 Preakness Drive, Stow, Ohio
(330)622-6780
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, June 2001.
Dissertation: The Determinants of Punitiveness: The Effects of Crime-Related Media
Consumption and Crime Salience on Californians’ Support of Three-Strikes Sentencing
Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.
Masters of Arts in Sociology, June 1997.
University of California, Riverside.
Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science, December 1989.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Public Opinion of Crime
Media and Crime
Sociology of Law
Corrections
Crime Policy
Social Inequality
Fear of Crime
Program Evaluation
History of American CJ System
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, August 2012 to present.
Assistant Professor, August 2006 to July 2012. Promoted and tenured August 2012.
Department of Sociology
The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Post-doctoral Fellow, August 2005 to June 2006.
Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Associate Professor, July 2005 to June 2006 (on leave).
Assistant Professor, August 2000 to July 2005. Promoted and tenured July 2005.
Instructor, September 1996 to May 2000.
Department of Sociology, California State University, San Marcos, CA
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate Courses
Law and Society, Media and Crime, Administration of Prisons, Probation and Parole, Sociology
of Law, Criminology, Research Methods, Corrections, Victims and Criminals, Juvenile
Delinquency, Youth Gangs, Gender, Internship
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COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate Courses
Race and Crime, Quantitative Research Methods, Media and Crime, Proseminar, Evaluation of
Crime and Delinquency Prevention Programs
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Callanan, Valerie J. (2005). Feeding the Fear of Crime: Crime-Related Media and Support for
Three Strikes. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.
Journal Articles
Callanan, Valerie J. (2012). “The Effects of Crime-related Media on Public Perception and Fear
of Crime: Examining Race/ethnic Differences.” Sociological Perspectives, 55, 1: 93-115.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Mark S. Davis. (2012). “Gender and Suicide Methods.” Social
Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47, 6: 857-869.
Rosenberger, Jared S. and Valerie J. Callanan. (2011). “The Influence of Media on Penal
Attitudes.” Criminal Justice Review, 36, 4: 435-455.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Mark S. Davis. (2011). “Gender Difference in Suicide Methods: Do
Women Avoid Facial Disfigurement?” Sex Roles, 65, 11-12: 867-879.
Peralta, Robert L., Valerie J. Callanan, Jennifer L. Steele and Lia Chervenak. (2011). “The
Effects of Gender Identity and Heavy Episodic Drinking on Alcohol-Related
Violence.” Gender Issues, 28, 3: 111-133.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Jared S. Rosenberger (2011). “Media and Public Perceptions of the
Police: Examining the Impact of Race and Personal Experience.” Policing and Society,
21, 2: 167-189.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Brent Teasdale. (2009) “An Exploration of Gender Differences in
Measurement of Fear of Crime.” Feminist Criminology, 4, 4: 359-376.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Mark S. Davis. (2009). “A Comparison of Suicide Note Writers with
Suicides Who Did Not Leave Notes.” Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 39, 5: 558568.
Davis, Mark S., Valerie J. Callanan, David Lester and Janet Haines. (2009). “An Inquiry into
Relationship Suicides and Reciprocity.” Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 39, 5: 482498.
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Zhang, Sheldon, Robert E.L. Roberts and Valerie J. Callanan. (2006). “The Cost Effectiveness
of Providing Community-based Correctional Services - An Evaluation of a Statewide
Parole Program in California.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 34, 4: 341-350.
Zhang, Sheldon, Robert E. L. Roberts and Valerie J. Callanan. (2006). “Preventing Parolees
from Returning to Prison: Community-based Reintegration on a Statewide Scale.” Crime
& Delinquency, 52, 2: 551-571.
Zhang, Sheldon, Robert E. L. Roberts and Valerie J. Callanan. (2005). “Multiple Services on a
Statewide Scale: The Impact of the California Preventing Parolee Crime Program."
Corrections Compendium, November/December: 6-35.
Russell, Raymond and Valerie J. Callanan. (2001). “Firm-Level Influences on Employment
Practices in Russia,” Industrial Relations, 40, 4: 627-634.
Book Chapters
Parker, Robert Nash, Kevin J. McCaffree, Valerie Callanan and Robert F. Saltz. (2013).
“Alcohol and the Risk of Violent Victimization and Injury” in R.N. Parker and K.J.
McCaffree (eds.), Alcohol and Violence: The Nature of the Relationship and the Promise
of Prevention. Lexington Press.
Callanan, Valerie J. (2012). “The Hero, the Law, and the People in Between: Models of the
Legal System in Hollywood Films” pp. 241-255 in J.A. Sutherland and K. Feltey (eds.),
Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film (2nd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge
Press.
Book and Film Reviews
Callanan, Valerie J. (2012). Film Review: Healing the Wounds: A Life without Vengeance.
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Documentary Films, 2009. Teaching Sociology, 40, 2: 186187.
Callanan, Valerie J. (2010). Book Review: Hate Crimes and Ethnoviolence: The History,
Current Affairs, and Future of Discrimination in America, by Howard J. Ehrlich. Boulder,
CO: Westview Press. 2009. Teaching Sociology, 38, 2: 166-167.
Manuscripts under Review
Callanan, Valerie J. and Jared S. Rosenberger. “Media, Gender, and Fear of Crime.” 2nd Revision
under review at Journal of Criminal Justice.
Nofziger, Stacey and Valerie J. Callanan. “Predicting Suicidal Tendencies among High Risk
Youth with the General Theory of Crime.” Revision at Deviant Behavior.
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Manuscripts in Progress
Rosenberger, Jared S., Valerie J. Callanan, and Rania Issa. “The Social Construction of Victims
in Law and Order.”
Callanan, Valerie J. “Public Perception of Procedural Justice in Law Enforcement and the
Criminal Courts: The Indirect Influence of Crime-related Media.”
Valerie J. Callanan. “Bridge Suicides and Routine Activities Theory.”
Callanan, Valerie J., Jared S. Rosenberger, and Rania Issa. “Race and Gender Depictions in Law
and Order over Twenty Years.”
Evaluation Reports
Zhang, Sheldon X., Robert E. L. Roberts and Valerie J. Callanan (2006). An Evaluation of the
California Second Striker Program. (Submitted to the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation).
Zhang, Sheldon X., Robert E. L. Roberts and Valerie J. Callanan (2004). An Evaluation of the
California Preventing Parolee Crime Program. (Submitted to the California Department
of Corrections and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of the State of California).
Zhang, Sheldon X., Robert E. L. Roberts and Valerie J. Callanan (2004). An Evaluation of the
California Second Striker Program: Processes and Outcomes. (Submitted to the
California Department of Corrections for internal distribution only).
Zhang, Sheldon X., Robert E. Roberts and Valerie Callanan (2003). An Evaluation of the
California Second Striker Program. (Submitted to the California Department of
Corrections).
Callanan, Valerie J., Robert N. Parker, Robert F. Saltz, and Randi S. Cartmill (1997).
The Role of Alcohol in Violent Victimization: a Comparison of Alcohol Use by Victims
and Non-victims. Report for the Prevention Research Council, Berkeley, CA.
FUNDED RESEARCH AND GRANTS
Principal Investigator (with Dr. Tom Cook, co-PI). 2014. “Using Court Data to Target Group
at Highest Risk of Injury.” Ohio Department of Public Safety. $29,716.
Recipient, 2010. Faculty Research Grant, the University of Akron. $10,000.
Recipient, 2007. Faculty Research Grant, the University of Akron, $8,000.
Co-Principal Investigator with Sheldon Zhang (SDSU) and Bob Roberts (CSUSM).
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California Department of Corrections, $875,000. 2001-2004.
Two phases of the evaluation grant: $200,000 for the Second Striker Evaluation (2001-2003;
2004-2006) and $675,000 for the Preventing Parolee Crime Program (2001-2004).
Recipient, 2002. California State University San Marcos, College of Arts and Sciences,
Research Development Grant. $2,000.
EVALUATION RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Postdoctoral Fellow. Evaluated multiple projects focused on dual disordered at-risk youth and
delinquents on outcomes of youth enrolled in at-school evidence-based substance abuse and
violence prevention programs. Wrote grant applications to test a “promising practice” for dualdisordered youth in the juvenile justice system.
August 2005 to May 2006.
San Diego State University Foundation, San Diego, CA.
Evaluator. Responsible for the process and qualitative components of a follow-up evaluation of
the Second Strike Parolee Program for the California Department of Corrections.
December 2004 to July 2005.
Prep/STRIVE/Second Chance, San Diego, CA.
Research Consultant (pro bono). Advised the Social and Behavioral Research Institute at
CSUSM on the evaluation project of PREP, a re-entry multi-services program targeting newly
released offenders.
May 2003 to July 2006.
Riverside Police Department, City of Riverside, CA.
Evaluator. Responsible for evaluating the implementation of a federally funded sexual assault
risk reduction program awarded to the Riverside Police department. Assisted with survey
construction, statistical analyses, evaluation design, and final report.
September 2000 to June 2001.
University of California, Riverside, CA.
Research Assistant, Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies.
1. Managed the local evaluation component for an Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention grant awarded to the City of Riverside. Worked with city and
county agencies and community organizations on a gang prevention, intervention and
suppression collaborative. Managed the daily operation and staff, data collection and
analysis, reports, and presentations to the task force and funding agency.
2. Worked with Robert Nash Parker on research examining California Three-Strikes Law.
Designed survey, analyzed data, wrote papers for presentation and publication.
3. Worked with Robert Nash Parker on research supported by a number of grants that
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investigated the effects of alcohol on violent victimization. Analyzed data, and wrote
papers for presentation and publication.
May 1997 to June 2000.
University of California, Riverside, CA.
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology. Worked with Raymond Russell on a National
Science Foundation grant to investigate economic changes and institutional influences on
employment relations in contemporary Russian enterprises. Compiled and analyzed datacollected
from in-depth interviews conducted in Russia. Wrote papers for presentation and publication.
December 1996 to June 2000.
University of California, Riverside, CA/University of Chicago, IL.
Research Assistant. Interviewed gang members assigned to an intervention program in
Riverside city funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. February
1997 to July 1998.
University of California, Riverside, CA.
Project Director for an Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention grant awarded to
the University and the City of Riverside. Worked with city and county agencies and community
organizations on the Comprehensive Community-wide Gang Prevention, Intervention and
Suppression Task Force. Managed the daily operation including staff, data collection and
analysis, reports, and presentations to the task force, university, community, and funding agency.
June 1995 to June 1996.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS and INVITED TALKS
Valerie J. Callanan, Rania Issa and Jared S. Rosenberger. 2013. “The Gendered Displays of
Power among Criminal Justice Characters in Law and Order.” American Society of
Criminology.
Rosenberger, Jared S., Michael Steiner and Valerie J. Callanan. 2013. “The Role of Advertising
as a Moderator in Institutional Anomie Theory: A Cross-National Comparison.”
American Society of Criminology.
Rosenberger, Jared S. and Valerie J. Callanan. 2012. “Constructions of Victims and Offenders on
Television’s Law and Order.” North Central Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2012. “Teaching Corrections: A Discussion of Opportunities, Strategies and
Issues.” Invited discussant with Larry Rosenberg and George Kain. Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences.
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Rosenberger, Jared S. and Valerie J. Callanan. 2011. “The Social Construction of Victims on
Television’s Law and Order.” American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J., Jared S. Rosenberger and Monica Marotta. 2011. “An Ethnographic and
Quantitative Analysis of Law and Order over Twenty Years.” Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences.
Nofziger, Stacey and Valerie J. Callanan. 2010. “Extending the General Theory of Crime to the
Prediction of Suicidal Ideation among Juveniles.” American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J., Jared S. Rosenberger and Monica Marotta. 2010. “The Gendered and
Racialized Images of Characters on Law and Order over Twenty Years.” The 2nd
International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Conference.
Callanan, Valerie J., Jodi A. Ross, Jared S. Rosenberger and Loni K. Yatsko. “Law and Order:
Race and Gender Depictions over 20 Years.” North Central Sociological Association.
Peralta, Robert L., Valerie J. Callanan, Jennifer L. Steele and Lia Chervenak. 2010. “The Effects
of Gender Identity and Heavy Episodic Drinking on Alcohol-Related Violence.”
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2010. “Teaching Corrections: A Discussion of Opportunities, Strategies and
Issues.” Invited discussant with Timothy Fielder and George Kain. Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Jared S. Rosenberger. 2009. “Perceived Neighborhood Risk and Fear of
Crime: Comparing the Effects of Crime-related Media across Gender.” The 1st
International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Conference.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2009. “Suicide in an Ohio Community.” Promoting Community Safety and
Preventing Violence; sponsored by Ohio State University Youth Violence Prevention.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2009. “Perceptions of Fairness and Attitudes about Criminal Punishment.”
Pacific Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2009. “The Effects of Crime-related Media on Fear of Crime: Exploring
Race/ethnic Differences.” Pacific Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2009. “Crime-related Media, Fear of Crime and Punitive Attitudes.”
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
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Callanan, Valerie J. 2009. “Teaching Corrections: A Discussion of Opportunities, Strategies and
Issues.” Invited discussant with Timothy Fielder, George Kain, and Douglas Kuck.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Cook, Thomas J., Valerie J. Callanan, Mark Stephen Davis, and Daniel J. Flannery. 2008. “The
Influence of Criminal Court Involvement on Suicide: A Case Control Study.” American
Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie and Brent Teasdale. 2008. “An Exploration of Gender and Age Differences in
Measurement of Fear of Crime.” American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J., Mark Davis and Marie Bozin. 2008. “Relationship Inequality and Suicide.”
North Central Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2008. “Race/ethnic Neighborhood Diversity and Fear of Crime: Examining
Black, White and Latino Differences.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2008. “Teaching Corrections: A Discussion of Opportunities, Strategies and
Issues.” Invited discussant with Timothy Fielder, George Kain, Douglas Kuck, Jill
D’Angelo. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Callanan, Valerie J. Keynote Speaker: AKD Banquet, Cleveland State University, February 2008.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2007. “Public Perceptions of Procedural Justice in Law Enforcement and the
Criminal Courts: Do Media Matter?” American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2007. “Teaching Corrections.” Roundtable presentation with Brent
Teasdale and Mindy Bradley. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2006. “Legitimizing the Courts and Police: the Influence of Crime-Related
Media.” Special Session honoring Austin Turk. American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J., Chuck Flacks, Scott Silverman, and Gene Fischer. 2006. “Assessing the
Impact of an employment Assistance and Drug Free-Housing Re-Entry Program on
Recidivism.” Poster Session. American Society of Criminology.
Hussey, David and Valerie Callanan. 2006. “Safe Schools/Healthy Students and Cuyahoga
County Systems of Care.” Safe Schools/Healthy Students Evaluation Consortia Meeting.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2005. “Challenges of Large Scale Evaluation Research of Criminal Justice
Programs: A California Story.” Pacific Sociological Association.
Zhang, Sheldon X., Robert E.L. Roberts and Valerie Callanan. 2004. “Size Matters – the Impact
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of a Statewide Parolee Crime Prevention Program.” American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2004. “The Impact of Media Representations of Criminal Offenders.”
California Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J., Robert Roberts and Sheldon Zhang. 2004. “Barriers to Successful
Reintegration.” Pacific Sociological Association.
Zhang, Sheldon, Robert Roberts and Valerie Callanan. 2004. “Another Success Story? The
Importance of Providing and Measuring Parole Services.” Western Society of
Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J., Sheldon Zhang, Donna-Marie Cruickshank, Julie Peggar and Robert
Roberts, 2003. “In Their Own Words: Parolees Identify What Works and What Doesn’t.”
American Society of Criminology.
Peggar, Julie, Sheldon X. Zhang, Valerie J. Callanan and Robert Roberts. 2003. “Observing the
Control of a Social Underclass – An Ethnographic Study of an Urban Parole Unit.”
American Society of Criminology.
Goyer, Donna and Valerie J. Callanan. 2002. “Proposition 36: History and Preliminary Findings
of California’s Mandated Drug Treatment Legislation in San Diego County.” American
Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Robert Nash Parker. 2001. “The Effects of Crime-Related Media on
Californians’ Opinions about Crime and Three Strikes Sentencing.” American Society of
Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2001. “The Effects of Crime-Related Media on Californians’ Opinions
About Three Strikes.” California Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2001. “Widening the Net: Legislative and Community-Based Control of
Youth Gangs.” Pacific Sociological Association.
Parker, Robert Nash and Valerie J. Callanan. 2000. “The Politics of Doing Policy Research:
Don’t Confuse Me With Data, I Already Know the Right Answer.” American Society of
Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Robert Nash Parker. 2000. “The Influence of Crime-Related Media and
Fear of Crime on Public Opinion of Police Performance and Excessive Use of Force.”
American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. 2000. “Prime-Time Justice: The Influence of Crime-Related Media on
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Californians Support of Three Strikes.” Pacific Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Holly Mead. 2000. “Evaluation Issues in Criminological Research: The
Consequences of Doing Gender.” Western Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Robert Nash Parker. 1999. “Californians Strike Back: A Public Opinion
Poll about Three-Strikes Policy.” American Society of Criminology.
Plechner, Deborah and Valerie J. Callanan. 1999. “The War on Gangs: An Examination of
Injunctions and Curfew Laws.” American Society of Criminology.
Parker, Robert Nash, Doreen Anderson-Facile and Valerie J. Callanan. 1999. “Alcohol, Drugs,
and Victimization: Interactions and Policy Implications.” American Sociological
Association.
Russell, Raymond and Valerie J. Callanan. 1999. “Firm-Level Influences on Forms of
Employment and Pay in Russia.” American Sociological Association.
Russell, Raymond, Anna Degtyareva and Valerie J. Callanan. 1999. “Institutional and
Organizational Influences on Participation and Employment in Russian Enterprises.”
American Sociological Association.
Plechner, Deborah and Valerie J. Callanan. 1999. “The New War on Gangs?” Western Society
of Criminology.
Parker, Robert Nash, Doreen Anderson-Facile and Valerie J. Callanan. 1998. “Alcohol, Violent
Victimization, and the Great Attractor Theory.” American Society of Criminology.
Callanan, Valerie J. 1998. “Gang Policy.” California Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 1998. “Media and Fear of Crime.” California Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. and Robert Nash Parker. 1998. “The Role of Alcohol Use in Violent
Victimization and Injury.” American Sociological Association.
Russell, Raymond, Anna Degtyareva and Valerie J. Callanan. 1998. “The Influence of
Transaction Costs on the Employment Practices of Russian Managers.” Academy of
Management.
Russell, Raymond, Anna Degtyareva and Valerie J. Callanan. 1998. “The Influence of
Transaction Costs on the Employment Practices of Russian Enterprises.” American
Sociological Association.
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Russell, Raymond, Anna Degtyareva and Valerie J. Callanan. 1998. “Differences Between
Managers and Employees in Perceptions of Employment Problems and Policies in
Russian Enterprises.” American Sociological Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 1998. “The Effect of Crime-Related Media on Social Integration and Fear of
Crime.” Pacific Sociological Association.
Anderson-Facile, Doreen and Valerie J. Callanan. 1998. “Alcohol Availability and
Victimization: Evaluating a Potential Prevention Policy.” Pacific Sociological
Association.
Callanan, Valerie J. 1998. “The Effect of Crime-Related Media on Social Integration, Physical
Vulnerability, and Fear of Crime.” Western Society of Criminology, 1998.
Russell, Raymond, Anna Degtyareva and Valerie J. Callanan. 1997. “The Influence of
Transaction Costs on the Human Resource Policies and Practices of Russian Managers.”
Stanford University, Department of Sociology Colloquium.
Callanan, Valerie J. 1997. “The Effects of Work Autonomy on Work Commitment and Work
Identity Salience: A Comparison of African-Americans, Latinos, and Whites.” Pacific
Sociological Association.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
The University of Akron
Department
Member, search committee for college lecturer, 2014.
Member, Graduate Committee, 2013 – present.
Chair, Undergraduate Committee, 2011 to 2013.
Chair, Educational Development, 2006 to 2011.
Member, Undergraduate Committee, 2007 to 2011.
Member, search committee for college lecturer in Political Science, 2010.
Member, search committee for college lecturer, 2008 (2 searches).
Student Advisement and Supervision:
Rania Issa, Ph.D. candidate. Advisor.
Racheal Pesta, Ph.D. candidate. Advisor.
Brian Straka, M.A. candidate. Advisor. Chair thesis committee.
Katherine Newton, Ph.D. candidate. Advisor.
Chivon Fitch, Ph.D. candidate (KSU). Dissertation committee member.
Jared Rosenberg, Ph.D. Advisor; chaired thesis and dissertation committees, completed
Ph.D. in Spring 2013.
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Joseph Dippong, Ph.D. (KSU). Dissertation committee member, completed Spring 2013.
Adrian Jones, Ph.D. (KSU). Dissertation committee member, completed Fall 2012.
Megan Chandler, Ph.D. Dissertation committee member, completed Spring 2012.
Kim Hennessee, Ph.D. (KSU) Dissertation committee member, completed Spring 2012.
Deric Keene, UA PAUS Ph.D. Dissertation committee member, completed Fall 2010.
Lori Tuttle, M.A. Thesis committee member, completed Spring 2011.
Lia Chervenak, M.A. Thesis committee member, completed Spring 2010.
Daysha Lawrence, M.A. Thesis committee member, completed Summer 2009.
Jessica Oranski. Master’s paper committee member, completed Summer 2008.
Monica Marotta. Advisor, McNair Scholar, summer 2010. Supervised her independent
studies, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011.
Research Assistants: Jessica Oranski, Marie Bozin, Suzy Stachel, Daysha Lawrence, Darlene
Forrest, Nicole Rosen, Jared Rosenberger, Valiant Logan, Loni Yatsko, Daneen Harrison
and Peter Barr.
Honor’s papers committee members for Sociology majors Matt McCullough (2010), Heather
Marsh (2009). Chaired honor papers for Political Science major Kristen Outland, and
served as committee member for Sheena Bateman (2010) and Charlyn Borland (2008).
University
Institutional Review Board, 07/08 to present. Vice-chair, 08/09 to 7/11. Chair, 8/11 – present.
Faculty Senate Accessibility Committee, member, 08 – present.
Department Representative, Buchtel College Council, 08/09; alternate, 09/10 & 10/11.
California State University, San Marcos
University Committees
Campus Policing Practices Task Force, 2005.
Institutional Review Board; member AY 01/02, vice-chair, AY 02/03; chair, AY’s 03/04 - 04/05.
Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee, (Academic Senate Standing Committee);
member, AY 02/03; chair AY’s 03/04 - 04/05.
Academic Senate, Executive Committee; AY’s 03/04 - 04/05.
General Education Scholarship Committee; AY’s 00/01 - 04/05.
Faculty Mentoring Program; AY’s 00/01 - 04/05.
Women’s Studies Steering Committee; AY’s 01/02 - 02/03.
Department Committees
Master of Applied Sociological Practice (MASP), Co-Advisor; AY 03/04.
MASP Steering Committee, AY’s 02/03 - 04/05.
Criminology and Justice Studies Major Proposal Committee, AY’s 01/02 and 02/03.
Faculty Search Committee, AY 02/03.
Faculty Advisor, Sociology Club, AY’s 02/03 and 03/04.
Curriculum Planning Committee, AY 00/01.
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Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Secretary/Treasurer, Corrections Section, 2011-2013.
Pacific Sociological Association
Positions
Program Committee, 2004.
Committee on Practice, Applied, and Clinical Sociology, 1999-2002.
Conference Organizing
Organizer and Presider: “Criminology: Issues in Community-based Supervision,” 2004.
Organizer and Presider: “Community Development and Social Policy,” 2003.
Presider: “What’s Youth Got to Do With It? Critical Reflections on the Past and Future of
Juvenile Justice,” 2001.
Organizer: “Criminology,” Roundtable, 1999.
California Sociological Association
Positions
Executive Director, 2001-2005.
Governing Council, 1999-2001.
Conference Organizing
Organizer and Presider: “Criminology and Inequality,” 2004.
Organizer and Presider: “Criminology,” 2002.
Organizer and Presider: “Crime and Justice Issues in California,” 2001.
Organizer and Presider: “Careers in Applied Sociology,” Workshop, 2000.
Organizer: “New Directions in Criminological Theory,” 1998.
Organizer: “Media and Crime.” Roundtable, 1998.
Miscellaneous Service
Reviewer
Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Critical Criminology, Crime &
Delinquency, Feminist Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of
Contemporary Criminal Justice, State and Local Government Review, Sex Roles, Teaching
Sociology, Policing and Society, Crime and Human Behavior, Social Psychology Quarterly,
Western Criminology Review, and Sociological Perspectives, Theoretical Criminology,
Sociological Research Online.
Community Service
Keynote Speaker: AKD Banquet, Cleveland State University, February 2008.
Pro bono evaluation of PREP; San Diego non-profit providing drug-free housing and
employment assistance for offenders transitioning back into the community.
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award. Department of Sociology, University of Akron. 2010.
California Sociological Association. Outstanding Service Award as Executive Director, 2004.
California State University San Marcos. Faculty Center Travel/Research Grant, 2003.
California State University San Marcos. Faculty Center Travel/Research Grant, 2002.
California State University San Marcos. Faculty Center, TULIP, 2002.
California State University San Marcos. Faculty Center Travel/Research Grant, 2001.
California State University San Marcos. Harry Brakebill Outstanding Professor Award,
Nominee, 1997 and 2001.
University of California, Riverside. Departmental Block Grant, 1995; 1999; 2000.
California Sociological Association. Graduate Student of the Year, 1998.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Graduate Student
Fellowship, Summer 1996.
University of California, Riverside. Department of Sociology, TA of the Year, 1995.
Alpha Kappa Delta, 1993 to present. (Later years as faculty sponsor).
California State University, Fullerton Alumni Association. Outstanding Graduate Research
Award, 1991.
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1984.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. National Model United Nations, 1983.
Outstanding Young Women in America, 1983 and 1984.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Society of Criminology, 1997 - present.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2007 - present.
Western Society of Criminology, 1998 - 2005.
Association for Criminal Justice Research (California), 2002 - 2005.
Pacific Sociological Association, 1991 - present.
American Sociological Association, 1992 - present.
North Central Sociological Association, 2008 - present.
California Sociological Association, 1998 - present.
National Association of Female Executives, 1990-1993.
REFERENCES
Kristin Bates, Professor
Department of Sociology
California State University, San Marcos
San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
e-mail: [email protected]
Robert Crutchfield, Professor
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Department of Sociology
225 Savery Hall
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3340
e-mail: [email protected]
Randy Gainey, Professor
Department of Sociology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
e-mail: [email protected]
Robert Nash Parker, Professor
Department of Sociology
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
e-mail: [email protected]
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