J O H N J. B R E N T
Curriculum Vitae
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware
322 Smith Hall, Newark, DE 19716
Office: (302)831-2581
Personal: (859)866-6588
Fax: (302)831-2607
Email: [email protected]
E DUC A TION
Ph.D. University of Delaware, Criminology; Expected May, 2015
Concentrations: Sociological Theory and Criminology
Dissertation: ³School Discipline and Youth Culture: Punishing More than Bodies´
Committee: Aaron Kupchik, Joel Best, Tammy Anderson, Victor Rios
M.A. Eastern Kentucky University, Criminal Justice, 2009
Thesis: ³The Barbaric Spectacle of Late Modern Fighting´
Committee: Peter Kraska, Victor Kappeler, Robin Haar
B.A. Northern Kentucky University, Criminal Justice; 2007.
A W A R DS A N D R E C O G N I T I O N
Recipient of the F rank Scarpitti Award, recognizing an outstanding graduate student of the year.
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 2014.
Article recognized among most read in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education³Moving
beyond Our Methodological Default: A Case for Mixed Methods.´ 2010-Current. Found at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showMostReadArticles?journalCode=rcje20#.U9hokvld
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Doctoral Summer Grant/Fellowship. Amount awarded: $4,500. 2013.
Nominated for the nationally recognized Last Lecture Series. Rowan University, 2013.
Article reported among most read in Justice Quarterly³7UDIILFNLQJLQ%RGLO\3HUIHFtion:
Examining the Late-Modern Steroid Marketplace and its Criminalization.´ 2011-2013.
5HFLSLHQWRIWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI'HODZDUH¶VFRPSHWLWLYH Graduate Fellows Award. Amount
awarded: $16,900. 2012.
Journal article selected as a featured paper for the Justice Quarterly banquet at the American
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5HFLSLHQWRIWKH$PHULFDQ6RFLHW\RI&ULPLQRORJ\¶V Division of Critical Criminology Student
Paper Award. 2009.
P U B L I C A T I O NS
B O O KS
Brent, J.J. Forthcoming. F rom Bareknuckle Brawling to Juicing: Exploring the State-Market
Nexus. New York: Anderson Publishing. Expected publication: 2015.
Kraska, P.B. and Brent, J.J. 2010. Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations
(2nd Edition). Illinois: Waveland Press.
Excerpted in C.E. Kurbin and T.D. Stucky (eds.) Introduction to Criminal Justice: A
Sociological Perspective (pp. 40-54). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013.
P E E R R E V I E W E D A R T I C L ES A N D R E P O R TS
2¶&RQQHOO, D., Visher, C.A., Martin, S., Brent, J.J., Bacon, G., and Parker, L. Forthcoming.
³Evaluating a Drug Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in Delaware: A Randomized
Trial.´ Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.
Brent, J.J. and Kraska, P.B. 2013. ³µ9LROHQFHLVWKH0RVW5HDODQG+RQHVW7KLQJ¶9LROHQFHDQG
the Civilization/Barbarism Dialectic.´ British Journal of Criminology, 53(3), 357-377.
2¶&RQQHOO, D., Visher, C.A., Martin, S., Laurin, P., and Brent, J.J. 2011. ³Decide Your Time:
7HVWLQJ'HWHUUHQFH7KHRU\¶V&HUWDLQW\DQG&HOHULW\(IIHFWVRQ6XEVWDQFH-Using
Probationers.´ Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(3), 261-267
Brent, J.J. and Kraska, P.B. 2010 ³Moving Beyond Our Methodological Default: A Case for
Mixed Methods.´ Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 21(4), 412-430.
Reprinted in H. Copes (eds.), Advancing Qualitative Methods in Criminology and Cri minal
Justice (pp. 25-43). New York: Routledge, 2012.
Kraska, P.B., Bussard, R., and Brent, J.J. 2010. ³Examining the Late-Modern Steroid
Marketplace and its Criminalization.´ Justice Quarterly, 27(2), 159-185.
Reprinted in P. Cromwell (eds.), In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime, 6th edition (pp.
396-416). New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
C H A P T E RS I N E D I T E D V O L U M ES
Brent, J.J. and Kraska, P.B. Forthcoming. ³&ULPLQRORJ\¶V7KHRUHWLFDO,QFDUFHUDWLRQ: Qualitative
Methods as Liberator.´ In H. Copes and M. Miller (eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Methods.
New York: Routledge.
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Mowen, T., Brent, J.J., and Kupchik, A. Forthcoming. ³School Crime and Security.´ In B.
Huebner and T. Bynum (eds.), Handbook on Measurement Issues in Criminology and
Criminal Justice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Brent, J.J. 2014. ³From Deviance to Disorder: Parkour through Labeling and Edgework.´ In T.
Anderson (eds.), Understanding Deviance: Connecting Classical and Contemporary
Perspectives. (pp. 243-250). New York: Routledge.
Bachman, R. and Brent, J.J. 2014. ³Mixed Methods Research in Criminology and Criminal
Justice.´ In A.M. Cordner (eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Cri minal Justice (pp. 16). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Leon, C. and Brent, J.J. 2012. ³Public Punitiveness, Mediation and Expertise in Sexual
Psychopath Policies.´ In C. Krinsky (eds.), The Ashgate Companion to Moral Panics (pp.
89-106). London: Ashgate Press.
O T H E R P U B L I C A T I O NS A N D R E P O R TS
2¶&RQQHOO, D., Martin, S., and Brent, J.J. 2014. ³(YDOXDWLRQRI'HODZDUH¶VRecidivism Reduction
Treatment Programs: Sussex Correctional Boot Camp.´Evaluation report prepared for
Delaware¶V Department of Corrections.
Brent, J.J. ³Instructors Manual and Test Bank.´2011. In P.B. Kraska and W.L. Neuman
Criminology and Criminal Justice Research Methods. New York: Prentice Hall.
M A N USC R IP TS U N D E R R E V I E W
Brent, J.J. ³Placing School Discipline and Punishment in Economic Context.´ Punishment and
Society.
2¶&RQQHOO, D., Brent, J.J., Visher, C., and Martin, S. ³µDecide Your Time¶: Evaluation of a Drug
Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in Delaware.´ Journal of Experi mental
Criminology.
M A N USC R IP TS I N P R O G R ESS
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6FKRRO'LVFLSOLQHDQG<RXWK&XOWXUH´Being prepared as book manuscript.
Kupchik, A., Brent, J., and 0RZHQ7³7KH$IWHUPDWKRI1HZWown: More of the Same.´ Submit
to Special Issue at British Journal of Criminology.
%UHQW--³6FKRRO'LVFLSOLQHDQG3XQLVKPHQWLQthe Context of 5HIRUP´6XEPLWWRYouth and
Justice.
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Brent, J.J. and 2¶&RQQHOO, D. ³Probation: Negotiating Impossible Mandates and Shifting
Agendas.´ Submit to Justice Quarterly.
Kraska, P.B. and Brent, J.J. Theorizing Criminal Justice (3rd ed). Illinois, Waveland Press.
%UHQW--.XSFKLN$0RZHQ72¶&RQQHOO'DQG9LVKHU&. ³'LVFLSOLQDU\5HIRUPLQ
Schools: Implementing and Evaluating Evidence-%DVHG3UDFWLFHVLQ(GXFDWLRQ´6XEPLW
grant to National Institute of Justice.
G R A N TS A N D F U N D E D R ESE A R C H
Research Assistant: Reducing F irearm Violence through Situational Community Policing: An
Experimental Study. 'DQLHO-2¶&RQQHOOPrinciple Investigator, University of Delaware.
James Nolan, Principle Investigator, West Virginia University. National Institute of Justice,
2014. Amount requested (Under Review): $310, 281.
Principle Investigator: School Security and Youth Identity: Policing more than Bodies. National
,QVWLWXWHRI-XVWLFH¶V*Uaduate Research Fellowship Grant, 2013. Amount requested (Not
Funded): $29,069.
Principle Investigator: School Security and Youth Identity: Policing more than Bodies.
8QLYHUVLW\RI'HODZDUH¶V &ROOHJHRI$UWVDQG6FLHQFHV'HDQ¶VDissertation Grant, 2013.
Award amount: $4,500.
Primary Data Collector: Evaluating a Drug Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in
Delaware: A Randomized Trail . Daniel -2¶&RQQHOOPrinciple Investigator, University of
Delaware. National Institute of Justice, 2011. Award amount: $499,631.
Research Assistant: I-Adapt Evaluation. 'DQLHO-2¶&RQQHOOPrinciple Investigator, University
of Delaware. Office of Justice Prevention, Criminal Justice Council, 2011. Award amount:
$115,000.
Co-Investigator: New Lenses and F resh Understandings: A case For Theoretical Synthesis
Research. Peter B. Kraska, Principle Investigator, Eastern Kentucky University. Program of
Distinction, 2009. Award Amount: $8,500.
Primary Investigator: Late Modern Blood Lust: F rom the Unthinkable to Primeti me. Peter B.
Kraska, Principle Investigator, Eastern Kentucky University. Program of Distinction, 2008.
Award Amount: $9,000.
O N L I N E P U B L I C E D I T O R I A LS
Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Identity, Late-Modernity, and the Consumer Society.´ Sociology Lens.
Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/05/14/identity-late modernityand-the-consumer-society.
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Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Part II: The Effects of School Criminalization.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved
from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/05/02/part-ii-the-effects-of-schoolcriminalization.
Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Part I: Explanations of Contemporary School Discipline.´ Sociology Lens.
Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/04/23/explanations-ofcontemporary-school-discipline.
Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Getting Tough on Juvenile Justice.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from
http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/03/26/getting-tough-on-juvenile-justice.
Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Boundaries, Power, and Self-Expression.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from
http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/03/13/boundaries-power-and-self-expression.
Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Building Answers into Physical Spaces.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from
http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/02/26/building-answers-into-physical-spaces.
Brent, J.J. 2013. ³Crime as a Mechanism for Governing.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from
http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2013/02/01/crime-as-a-mechanism-for-governing.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³1R&KLOG/HIW%HKLQG«%XW:KDWDbout Programs?´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved
from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/12/13/no-child-left-behindbut-whatabout-programs.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³Situating Strain within Late-Modernity.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from
http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/11/29/situating-strain-within-late-modernity.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³On Youth: Rhetoric, Practices, and Punishment.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved
from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/05/03/on-youth-rhetoric-practices-andpunishment.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³Facing More with Less: Thinking about School Budgets.´ Sociology Lens.
Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/04/13/facing-more-with-lessthinking-about-school-budgets.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³Embracing Civility or Intensifying Deviance: A Dialectic.´ Sociology Lens.
Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/03/30/embracing-civility-orintensifying-deviance-a-dialectic.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³Toward a Quantified Life?´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from http://thesociety
pages.org/sociologylens/2012/03/16/toward-a-quantified-life.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³The Legalization of Deviance: Examining the Role of the State.´ Sociology
Lens. Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/03/01/the-legitimation of-deviance-examining-the-role-of-the-state.
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Brent, J.J. 2012. ³Contradictory Trends Influencing School Operations: A Case of Cell Phones.´
Sociology Lens. Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/01/18/
contradictory-trends-influencing-school-operations-a-case-of-cell-phones.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³On the Streets: Spaces of Opportunity and Marginalization.´ Sociology Lens.
Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/01/05/on-the-streets-spacesof-opportunity-and-marginalization.
Brent, J.J. 2012. ³The New Wave of Deterrence and its Internalization.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2011/11/23/the-new-wave-ofdeterrence-and-its-internalization.
Brent, J.J. 2011. ³Illness or Deviance: A Contested Space between Criminal Justice and
Medicine.´ Sociology Lens. Retrieved from http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2011/
11/10/illness-or-deviance-a-contested-space-between-criminal-justice-and-medicine.
C O N F E R E N C E P A P E RS A N D P R ESE N T A T I O NS
³6FKRRO'LVFLSOLQHDQG<RXWK&XOWXUH*RYHUQLQJPRUHWKDQ6WXGHQWV¶%RGLHV´ American
Society of Criminology, Atlanta: GA, 2013.
³UtiOL]LQJ6ZLIWDQG&HUWDLQ6DQFWLRQVLQ3UREDWLRQ)LQDO5HVXOWVIURPWKH'HODZDUH¶V'HFLGH
Your Time Program´ American Society of Criminology, Atlanta: GA, 2013.
³The Superior Pursuit: Theorizing Crime or Criminal Justice´American Society of
Criminology, Atlanta: GA, 2013.
³Why $UHQ¶W:e Still Doing CJ Theory? (Why Should We)´Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Dallas: TX, 2013.
³'HFLGH<RXU7LPH8VLQJ'HWHUUHQFH¶V&HUWDLQW\3ULQFLSOHWR&KDQJH%HKDYLRU´$merican
Society of Criminology, Chicago: IL, 2012.
³Testing the Certainty of Sanctions in Probation: Early Results from Decide Your Time´
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New York City: New York, 2012.
³Placing School Discipline and Punishment in Financial Context´American Society of
Criminology, Washington D.C, 2011.
³Criminal Justice Theory: Further Considerations´American Society of Criminology,
Washington D.C, 2011.
³Youth, Culture, and Contemporary Violence´American Society of Criminology, San
Francisco: CA, 2010.
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³Explaining Crime Control and Criminal Justice Behavior´American Society of Criminology,
San Francisco: CA, 2010.
³New Lenses and Fresh Understandings: A Case for Theoretical Synthesis Research´Academy
of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego: CA, 2010.
³Teaching a Balanced Methods Course: 7RZDUGD0L[HG0HWKRGV3DUDGLJP´Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego: CA, 2010.
³Bloody Knuckles and Broken Fists´Sociology and Criminology Graduate Student Conference,
University of Delaware, 2010.
³Tapping inWRµ7DS-2XW¶7KH6SHFWDFOHRI8QGHUJURXQG)LJKWLQJ´American Society of
Criminology, Philadelphia: PA, 2009.
³Moving Beyond Mono-method Research: A case for Mixed Methods´American Society of
Criminology, Philadelphia: PA, 2009.
³Human Fighting: A Late-Modern Spectacle´Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston:
MA, 2009.
³Criminal Justice Theory: What is it; does it exist´Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Boston: MA, 2009.
³Late-Modern Blood Lust: From the Unthinkable to Primetime´American Society of
Criminology, St. Louis: MO, 2008.
³Trafficking in Bodily Perfection: Examining the Online Steroid Marketplace´American
Society of Criminology, St. Louis: MO, 2008.
T E A C H I N G E XP E R I E N C E
U N I V E RSI T Y
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DELAWARE
Instructor: Juvenile Delinquency, 2014
Instructor: Introduction to Sociology, 2014
Instructor: Criminology, 2013
Instructor: Introduction to Criminal Justice, 2012
Teaching Assistant: Dr. Joel Best, Social Problems, 2009-2010
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OF
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Instructor: Introduction to Sociology, 2014
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R O W A N U N I V E RSI T Y
Instructor: Research Methods (Graduate Level), scheduled 2015
Instructor: Selected Topics ± Perspective of Criminal Justice, 2014
Instructor: Theories of Crime, 2013-2014
E AST E R N K E N T U C K Y U N I V E RSI T Y
Co-Instructor: Criminal Justice Research Methods, 2008-2009
Graduate Assistant: Dr. Gary W. Potter, Introduction to Criminal Justice, 2008
P R O F ESSI O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Research Assistant: I-Adapt. Responsible for creating data collection instruments, data analysis,
and project dissemination. Center for Drug and Health Studies (CDHS), University of
Delaware, 2013 ± Current.
Primary Researcher: Evaluating a Drug Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in Delaware:
A Randomized Trail. Responsible for project implementation, project integrity, quantitative
and qualitative data collection, data analysis, project write-up, and presentation. Center for
Drug and Health Studies (CDHS), University of Delaware, 2020-2013.
Research Assistant: Responsible for project implementation, project integrity, data collection,
data analysis, and write-up for various projects. Dr. Peter B. Kraska, Eastern Kentucky
University, 2008-2009.
SE R V I C E
Chair: Jan Burrows Award Committee, recognizing an outstanding graduate instructor of the
year. Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 2014.
Editorial Board Member: Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology. 2012-2014.
Reviewer: Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, Criminal Justice Studies,
Justice Quarterly, and Sociology Compass. 2012-2014.
Facilitator: Sociology and Criminal Justice graduate student recruitment. University of Delaware,
2010-2014.
Invited Discussant: Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline; summit on Resisting Criminalization
through Academic-Media-Activist Partnerships. City University of New York, 2013.
Peer Mentor: Advised and mentored incoming Sociology and Criminal Justice graduate students.
2011-2014.
News Editor: 6RFLRORJ\&RPSDVV¶V online forum, Sociology Lens. 2011-2013.
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Co-Coordinator: Basic and Advanced Applications in STATA ; a workshop on longitudinal
applications using quantitative data in STATA. University of Delaware, 2011.
Co-Coordinator: Sociology and Criminal Justice Graduate Student Conference. University of
Delaware, 2010-2011.
President: Criminal Justice and Sociology Graduate Student Council (SCJGC). University of
Delaware, 2010.
Volunteer: Mentor to students at a local ³DWULVN´high school. Newark, Delaware. 2010-2014.
Co-Coordinator: Capturing Meaning in Narrative: A Workshop on Qualitative Interviewing; a
workshop on qualitative interviewing, data, and analysis. University of Delaware, 2010.
Co-Coordinator and Discussant: Producing Knowledge through Ethnographic Methods; a
workshop on ethnographic methods, data, and analysis. Eastern Kentucky University, 2009.
Vice President: Criminal Justice Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma Epsilon Chapter. Eastern
Kentucky University, 2008-2009.
Secretary: Criminal Justice and Police Studies Graduate Student Association. Eastern Kentucky
University, 2008-2009.
Facilitator: Department of Criminal Justice and Police Studies new graduate student orientation.
Eastern Kentucky University, 2008.
P R O F ESSI O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T
³T DNLQJ$GYHUVLW\RXWRI'LYHUVLW\´ Instructional workshop on diversity awareness in the
classroom. Led by Maura Cullen and hosted by the Office of Equity and Inclusion,
University of Delaware, 2014.
³Responsible Conduct of Research´Training on the ethics and responsibility of conducting
research. Led and hosted by the Research Office and Office of Graduate and Professional
Education, University of Delaware, 2014.
³Winter F aculty Institute ´,QVWUXFWLRQDOWUDLQLQJ Led by the Center for Teaching and
Assessment of Learning and the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, and
hosted by the University of Delaware, 2014.
³ Diversity Workshop on Grant Writing´:RUNVKRSRQJUDQWZriting, funding sources, and
management. Led by C. Riordan, C. Cooper, G. Forman, and C. Rudisell and hosted by the
Office of Graduate and Professional Education, University of Delaware, 2012.
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³Basic and Advanced Applications in STATA ´Workshop on longitudinal applications using
quantitative data in STATA. Led by E. Tranby and hosted by the Department of Sociology
and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 2011.
³Responsible Conduct of Research´Training on the ethics and responsibility of conducting
research. Led and hosted by the Research Office and Office of Graduate and Professional
Education, University of Delaware, 2011.
³Sensitivity to Trauma Interviewing´:RUNVKRS on interviewing those with sensitive and
traumatic events. Led by C. Leon and hosted by the Department of Sociology and Criminal
Justice, University of Delaware, 2011.
³Pedagogy´Semester seminar on teaching effectiveness. Led by A. Fichtelberg and hosted by
the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 2010
³ Capturing Meaning in Narrative: A Workshop on Qualitative Interviewing´Workshop on
qualitative interviewing, data, and analysis. Led by T. Anderson, B. Michalec, and T.
Wachtendorf and hosted by the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University
of Delaware, 2009.
³Training and Graduate Student Development´Workshop for the professional development of
graduate students. Led and hosted by the Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of
Delaware., 2009.
³Pre-Meeting Workshop: Qualitative Data Analysis´:RUNVKRSRQTXDOLWDWLYHUesearch in
criminology/criminal justice. Led by P. Adler and P. Adler and hosted by the American
Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO, 2009.
P R O F ESSI O N A L M E M B E RSH IPS
Division of Sentencing and Corrections
Division of Critical Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Society of Criminology
National Criminal Justice Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma
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