June 2015
O. Nicholas Robertson
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Sociology and
Department of Criminal Justice
Rochester Institute of Technology
Eastman Hall – Room 2158
93 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone (W): (585)475-2083
Phone (C): (585) 576-4971
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, June 2015.
Dissertation title: “Immigration, Identity, and Crime: The Perspectives and
Experiences of West Indian Young Men”
Dissertation Committee: Robert Adelman (Chair), Christopher Mele, MaryNell
Trauntner.
M.A., History, State University of New York, College at Brockport, December, 2003.
Major field: American History
Minor field: African Diaspora History
B.A., Sociology, State University of New York, College at Geneseo, January, 2000.
Research and Teaching Interests
Crime, Law, and Deviance; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Urban and Community;
African Diaspora; Qualitative Methods
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Joint appointment, Department of Criminal Justice and Department of Sociology
and Anthropology, Rochester Institute of Technology (Winter 2012 – Present)
Visiting Lecturer , Sociology Department, SUNY Geneseo (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005)
Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology/History/Political Science/Sociology Department,
Monroe Community College (Intermittently from Fall 2002 – Summer 2013)
Adjunct Instructor, Sociology Department, SUNY Brockport (Spring 2004 – Summer 2006)
Adjunct Instructor, Sociology Department, SUNY Geneseo (Spring 2004 – Summer 2004)
Adjunct Instructor, Criminal Justice Department, Rochester Institute of Technology (Fall
2008 – Winter 2012)
Adjunct Instructor, Sociology/Anthropology Department, Rochester Institute of
Technology (intermittently from Winter 2008 – Winter 2012)
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Classes taught
Immigration and Crime, Minority Groups and the Criminal Justice System, Criminology,
American Criminal Justice System/Introduction to Criminal Justice, Theories of Crime and
Criminality, Sociology of Deviance, Victimless Crime (Deviant Behavior), Urban Deviance
(Crime), Foundations of Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Social Problems, Social Inequality,
Introduction to Sociology of the Third World, Black American History I, Black American
History II, United States History to 1865.
Teaching Assistant
History Department, SUNY Brockport, Spring, 2002.
Course: Survey in Modern American History taught by Dr. Alison Parker.
History Department, SUNY Brockport, Fall, 2001.
Course: Survey in Modern American History taught by Dr. Kenneth O’Brien.
Sociology Department, SUNY Geneseo, Spring, 1999.
Course: Statistics of Social and Political Research taught by Dr. James Bearden.
Publications
O. Nicholas Robertson. 2011. “Racial Discrimination.” Pp. 805-809 in The Thirties in America
edited by Thomas Tandy Lewis. Pasadena: Salem Press.
O. Nicholas Robertson. 2011. Unequal Under Law: Race in the War on Drugs by Doris M.
Provine (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Journal of Criminal Justice Education 22 (4):602606. [Book Review]
John Klofas, Janelle Duda, Christopher Schreck, and O. Nicholas Robertson. 2013. “SNUG
Evaluation.” [Official report prepared for New York State Division of Criminal Justice
Services]
In progress
O. Nicholas Robertson. “Immigration Lawyering in an Era of Increased Criminalization of
Immigrants.” [Manuscript in progress]
Conference Presentations
Robertson, O. Nicholas, “West Indian Young Men’s Experiences and Perceptions of the
American Criminal Justice System,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New
York City, February, 2015
Panelist, “Power to the Peoples of Color: Challenges and Triumphs of the Professional
World,” II First World Diasporas of Color Undergraduate Conference: Globalizing Identities and
Migration across Diasporas, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, April, 2014.
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Robertson, O. Nicholas, “Immigration Lawyering in an Era of Increased Criminalization of
Immigrants,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, March 2010.
Robertson O. Nicholas, “Both a Blessing and a Curse: How Black Graduate Students
Neutralize the Stigma of Affirmative Action,” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, November 2009.
McGann, Kimberly and O. Nicholas Robertson, “Outing the Elephant: The Role of Race
and Gender in Classroom Dynamics,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore,
March 2009.
Robertson, O. Nicholas, “Marijuana and Alcohol Use as a Function of the Social Bond:
Differences between Native and Immigrant Adolescents,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual
Meeting, New York, February 2008.
Funded Research
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
John Klofas, PhD (PI), Janelle Duda, Christopher Schreck, PhD and O. Nicholas
Robertson, Project title: “SNUG Evaluation,” Prepared for New York State Division of
Criminal Justice Services, July 2013. Award amount: $100,000
This is an evaluation of the second round of awardees of the New York State gun
violence reduction program (SNUG – Guns spelled backwards) at five different
locations throughout the state - Harlem, Yonkers, East New York, Albany, and
Niagara Falls. The SNUG program is a replication of Project Ceasefire (now
referred to as Cure Violence) which was first implemented in Chicago.
State University of New York Global Initiative
Lisa Meyer, PhD, and William Lofquist, PhD, Principal Investigators, Project Title:
“Enhancing Citizen Security in the Caribbean.” Award amount: $10,000
This is a seed fund grant for the development of joint research and curriculum
development with the State University of New York, and the University of the West
Indies. This interdisciplinary grant brings together faculty from Sociology, Political
Science, and Anthropology at SUNY-Geneseo and SUNY-Buffalo(I was the
individual from Buffalo) with faculty from the Institute of Criminal Justice and
Security (ICJS), the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS), and the
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), at the Mona
(Jamaica), St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago) and Cave Hill (Barbados) campuses
of The University of the West Indies (UWI).
Awards and Fellowships
Authur A. Schomburg Fellowship ($10,000 per year), University at Buffalo (SUNY), Fall
2005 – Spring 2009.
Dr. W. Wayne Dedman Award, SUNY Brockport History Department. This award honors
a meritorious graduating graduate student in the department, in honor of Dr. Dedman who
retired in 1981 as professor emeritus of history after 36 years of service to the department,
the College and the community, Spring 2004.
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SUNY Brockport’s 2nd Annual Celebration of Writing Award. First place award for
University wide graduate student writing competition, Spring 2004.
SUNY Minority Graduate Fellowship, Fall 2001-Fall 2003.
Dr. Alice H. Young Intern, Monroe Community College, Fall 2002.
Inducted into Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Inc., Alpha-Gamma-Lambda
Chapter, SUNY Brockport, April 2002.
SUNY Geneseo, Sociology Department, W.E.B. Dubois Leadership Award, Spring 1999.
SUNY Chancellors Certificate of Leadership Award, Fall 1998.
Empire State Minority Honors Scholar, Fall 1995-Fall 1999.
Nominated
The Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, Rochester Institute of
Technology, Spring 2014.
The Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, Rochester Institute of
Technology, Fall 2011.
Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching, Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring 2011.
(Ineligible due to adjunct status)
Service- College
Advisor to two organizations, SUNY Geneseo: MAC --Men of Action and Change-- (Fall,
2004 – Spring, 2005), and SMAC -- Sisters of Men of Action and Change – Spring, 2005).
President of the Sociology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo, Fall 2006 Spring 2007.
Mentor – RIT’s MOCHA (Men of Color, Honor, and Ambition) program. This is a
mentoring program designed specifically for male students of color. 2013-2014 Academic
year.
Panelist, RIT College of Liberal Arts, New Faculty Orientation. Invited by the College of
Liberal Arts Deans office to speak to new faculty about my experiences at RIT. Summer
2014.
Service - Community
Panelist, “Zero Tolerance,” Metro Justice Community Meeting, Rochester New York,
December 2007.
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Panelist, “The Relationship between Unemployment and Crime,” Push Back Community
Meeting, Rochester New York, January 2008.
At-Large Council (Board) Member – Metro Justice, 2011-2012.
Interview with Carlet Cleare of WXXI on racial profiling that was aired on the radio,
December, 2012.
Panelist, Member of discussion panel on the Central Park Five after viewing at the Little
Theatre, January, 2013.
Panelist, “The Impact of Incarceration on Communities,” Rochester City School District
Professional Development for teachers and school social workers. February 25th, 2014.
Professional Memberships
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Additional Work Experience
Substitute Teacher, Rochester City School District, Rochester, NY, Spring, 2003.
Sociotherapist I, Crestwood Children’s Center, Scottsville, New York, July 2003December 2003 and August 1999-July 2001.
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References
Robert M. Adelman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
466 Park Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-4140
(716) 645-8478
[email protected]
Laverne McQuiller-Williams, J.D, Ph.D.
Department Chairperson and Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Rochester Institute of Technology
Eastman Hall, Room 2186
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
(585) 475-2935l
[email protected]
Uli Linke, Ph.D.
Department Chairperson and Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Rochester Institute of Technology
Eastman Hall, Room 3149
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
(585) 475-4389
[email protected]
John McCluskey
Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Rochester Institute of Technology
Eastman Hall, Room 2156
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
(585) 475-2666
[email protected]
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