Dr. Steve T Wilson
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of Criminal Justice
(956) 882- 7110
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2005
Major: Criminal Justice
Dissertation Title: Determining the correlates of police victimization: Analysis of social
disorganization and organizational level factors on injurious assaults
MA, University of Central Florida, 2001
Major: Applied Sociology
Dissertation Title: The integration of African-American officers into the police
profession and its effect on arrest discrimination and the police subculture.
BA, University of Central Florida, 1999
Major: Sociology
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Dean of Assessment, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (August 2016)
Chair of the Department, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (April 2015 - August 2016)
Director of Academic Assessment, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost
College (June 2014 - April 2015)
Associate Dean of Assessment, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (August 2016)
Chair of the Department, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (April 2015 - August 2016)
Director of Academic Assessment, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost
College (June 2014 - April 2015)
Academic - Administrative Assignments
Associate Dean, (August 2016)
Department Chairperson, (April 2015 - August 2016)
Director, (July 2014 - August 2015)
Department Chairperson, (September 2013 - June 2014)
Academic - Post-Secondary
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Academic - Post-Secondary
Associate Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (April 2014)
Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
(September 2012 - August 2014)
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
(September 2008 - September 2012)
Assistant Professor , Clayton State University (September 2007 - September 2008)
Assistant Professor, University of North Florida (September 2005 - September 2007)
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Mario Davila, Deborah Hartley, Kevin Buckler, and Steve Wilson. Personal and Vicarious
Experience with the Criminal Justice System as a Predictor of Punitive Attitudes. American Journal
of Criminal Justice. 36, (2011): 408-420.
Kevin Buckler, Mario Davila, and Steve Wilson. U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Fourth
Amendment cases (1961-2009): A test of the legal subculture, democratic subculture,
negotiation/synthesis, resource capability, and social background hypotheses. Criminal Justice
Review. 36, no. 4 (December 2011): 393-413.
Kevin Buckler, Steve Wilson, Mario Davila, and Deborah Hartley. Racial and ethnic perceptions of
injustice: Does prior personal and vicarious incarceration experience intensify the racial/ethnic gap in
perceptions of injustice?. Criminal Justice Review. 36, no. 3 (September 2011): 269-290.
Steve Wilson and Kevin Buckler. The debate over police reform: Examining minority support for
citizen oversight and resistance by police unions. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 35, no. 1
(June 2010): 184-197.
Kevin Buckler, Steve Wilson, and Patti Salinas. Public support for punishment and progressive
policy preferences: The role of symbolic racism and negative racial stereotype. American Journal of
Criminal Justice. 34, (December 2009): 238-252.
Steve Wilson and Solomon Zhao. Determining the correlates of police victimization: An analysis of
organizational level factors on injurious assaults. Journal of Criminal Justice. 36, (2008): 461-468.
Steven Briggs, Solomon Zhao, Steve Wilson, and Ling Ren. The Effect of Collective Bargaining on
Large Police Agency Supplemental Compensation Policies: 1990-2000. Police Practice and
Research: An International Journal. 9, (2008): 227-238.
Candice Batton and Steve Wilson. Police Murders: An examination of historical trends in the killing
of law enforcement officers in the U. S., 1947-1998. Homicide Studies,. 10, (2006): 79-97.
Steve Wilson, Solomon Zhao, Ling Ren, and Steven Briggs. The influence of collective bargaining
on large police agency salary: 1990-2000. American Journal of Criminal Justice.. 31, (2006): 19-34.
Steve Wilson and Jana Jasinski. Public satisfaction with the police in violence cases: The importance
of arrest, expectations, and involuntary contact. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 28, (2004):
234-254.
Steve Wilson and Kevin Buckler. Can President Obama's National Conversation Work? Exploring
the effects of Interracial Contact on Perceptions of Racial Unfairness in the Law and Support for
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Racial Profiling. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.
Other
Steve Wilson. Citizen Review Boards. The Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Wiley-Blackwell. (2014)
Steve Wilson, Mario Davila, and Deborah Hartley. 2008-2010 UTB Department of Criminal
Justice/AA Criminal Justice SLO Cycle.. (2013)
Steve Wilson, Deborah Hartley, and Mario Davila. 2008-2010 UTB Department of Criminal
Justice/AA Forensics SLO Cycle.. (2013)
Kevin Buckler and Steve Wilson. Media violence effects. Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (2010)
Steve Wilson. Forcible rape. Encyclopedia of Criminology. Routledge, Taylor, and Francis. (2005)
Steve Wilson. Stopping domestic violence: How a community can prevent spousal abuse [Book
review].. Journal of Crime and Justice. 25, (2002): 148-152.
Under Submission
Journal Articles
Steve Wilson and Kevin Buckler. Can President Obama's National Conversation Work? Exploring
the effects of Interracial Contact on Perceptions of Racial Unfairness in the Law and Support for
Racial Profiling. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.
AWARDS AND HONORS
James L Madison Award for Best Published Article, Criminal Justice Review (2012)
PRESENTATIONS
Steve Wilson and Kevin Buckler. "The tough battle over police reform: Explaining minority support
for citizen oversight and resistance by police union." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA. (2010)
Kevin Buckler, Mario Davila, and Steve Wilson. "An empirical analysis of 4th Amendment cases
decided by the United States Supreme Court." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA. (February 2010)
Steve Wilson and Kevin Buckler. "Perceptions of injustice: A test of contact theory ." Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (February 2010)
Kevin Buckler, Steve Wilson, Deborah Hartley, and Mario Davila. "Racial perceptions of injustice:
Is prior incarceration experience a conditioning factor?." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (February 2010)
Mario Davila, Deborah Hartley, Kevin Buckler, and Steve Wilson. "An examination of factors
associated with sentencing attitude." Southwest Association of Criminal Justice Annual Meeting,
Laredo, TX. (October 2009)
Steve Wilson and Kyle Veatch. "The influence of collective bargaining in large police agencies on
the use of citizen review," Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences , Seattle. (2007)
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Steve Wilson. "An Analysis of Injurious Assaults.," Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual
Meeting., Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences , Baltimore. (2006)
Steven Briggs, Solomon Zhao, Steve Wilson, and Ling Ren. "The Effect of Collective Bargaining
on Large Police Agency Supplemental Compensation Policies:1990-2000," Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences Annual Meeting., Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences , Chicago. (2005)
Steve Wilson. "A longitudinal examination of the influence of collective bargaining on police
salaries," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology,
Nashville. (2005)
Steve Wilson and Candice Batton. "longitudinal examination of conflict theory and police murders in
the U.S..," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting., American Society of Criminology ,
Nashville. (2005)
Steve Wilson and Candice Batton. "Historical and social correlates of police homicides in the United
States, 1947 –1998," Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting., Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences , Las Vegas. (2004)
Steve Wilson and Candice Batton. "A time series exploration of historical periods corresponding to
trends in the killing of police officers in the U.S., 1947-1998.," Homicide Research Working Group
Annual Meeting, Homicide Research Working Group, Ann Arbor. (2004)
Steve Wilson. "The integration of African Americans into the police and discrimination: A proposal
for further research.," American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting., American Society of
Criminology , Totonyo. (2000)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Crim Just Res Met & Stat
Criminal Just Research Methods
Intro to Criminal Justice
Intro. to Criminal Justice
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Law Enforcement & Supervision
Legal Aspects of Evidence for Law Enforcement
Police Systems and Practices
Principles of L.E Supervision
Principles of Law Enforcement Supervision
Research Methods in C.J
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Directed Student Learning
Dissertation Defense Committee Member. Jamie Lopez, "Professional Communities and School
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Culture" , Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies (UTB). (May 2015)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Jamie Kolson, "Identifying the Correlates of Attitudes Toward
Police" , Department of Criminal Justice. (May 2007)
Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Kyle Veatch, "The Effects of Collective Bargaining on the
Implementation of Innovated Police Practices" , Department of Criminal Justice. (May 2007)
SERVICE
Department Service
Committee Member, Personnel Committee. (2012 - Present)
Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee. (2008 - Present)
Committee Chair, Assessment Committee. (August 2011 - August 2013)
Committee Chair, Writting Committee. (September 2010 - September 2012)
Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2009 - September 2010)
Committee Member, Writing Committee. (September 2009 - September 2010)
College Service
Committee Member, College of Liberal Arts Undergrad Curriculum Committee. (2008 - Present)
Committee Member, Special Personnel Committee. (September 2012 - October 2012)
University Service
Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate. (2012 - Present)
Committee Member, Fairness subcommittee. (2012 - Present)
Committee Member, Instututional Review Board. (September 2012 - August 2016)
Committee Member, Chief of Police Search Comittee. (September 2012 - December 2012)
Development Activities Attended
• Webinar, "Faculty Involvement: Still the Key to Successful Assessment," LIveText. (March 23,
2017)
• Webinar, " Instant Insight Reports™: Enhancements in this Release," Graphaite Pro. (March 06,
2017)
Tutorial, "Institutional Effectivness," SACS/COC. (March 06, 2017)
• Webinar, "The New Era of Planning ," Graphite Pro. (March 3, 2017)
Conference Attendance, "Building Strong Undergraduate Education: The Essentials," LEAPTX.
(February 19, 2017 - February 21, 2017)
• Webinar, "What's New to Graphite Pro (TK20.v9.0)," Graphite Pro. (February 15, 2017)
• Webinar, "Meta-Assessment Evaluating the Quality of Academic Program Assessment," The
Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education. (October 2016)
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Workshop, "Assessment 101: An Introductory Workshop on Assessment," UTRGV - OAA.
(October 2016)
Workshop, "Writing your 2015-2016 Core Assessment Narrative Report," UTRGV - OAA. (October
2016)
Workshop, UTRGV - OAA. (June 2016)
Workshop, "AD ASTRA Training ," UTRGV - Registrar. (May 2016)
• Webinar, "Successfully Mentoring Diverse Faculty," ADVANCE - University of Tennessee.
(February 2016)
Workshop, "The IRB at UTRGV," UTRGV - IRB. (January 2016)
Workshop, UTRGV - COLTT. (January 2016)
Workshop, "Teaching Large Online Courses," UTRGV - COLTT. (December 2015)
Workshop, "The Quality Matters Workshop," UTRGV - COLTT. (December 2015)
Workshop, "Developing Administrative Unit Assessment," UTRGV - OAA. (November 2015)
Workshop, "ADVANCE Leadership," UTRGV - Faculty Affairs and Diversity. (April 2015)
Conference Attendance, "SACS/COC Annual Conference," SACS/COC. (December 2014)
Conference Attendance, "Annual Institute on Best Practices in Institutional Effectiveness," Center
for Applied Research. (July 2014)
Conference Attendance, Higher Education Policy Institute. (July 2014)
Workshop, "New Chair Workshop," University of Texas System. (August 2013)
Workshop, "Departmental and Core Course Assessment," Dr. Barbara Walvoord. (January 2013)
Workshop, "Apple Workshop," Apple Computers. (September 2012)
• IRB Training, "Basic IRB Member Training and Basic Social Research Course," Collaborative
Institutional Training Initiative. (August 2012)
Workshop, "Animate your PowerPoints," University of Texas at Brownsville. (August 2012)
Workshop, "Chat and Illuminate Workshops," University of Texas at Brownsville. (August 2012)
Workshop, "Critical Thinking," University of Texas at Brownsville. (August 2012)
• E-Portfolio Forum, "Annual Meeting," Association of American Colleges and Universities.
(January 2012)
Workshop, "Developing Assessment," University of Texas at Brownsville. (January 2012)
Professional Memberships
American Society of Criminology (ASC) ( 2016)
American Criminal Justice Association (ASJA) (2015 - 2016)
SouthWestern Association of Criminal Justice (2015 - 2016)
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) (2012 - 2013)
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Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) (2010 - 2011)
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