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Recent Ph.D. Graduates: Sociology and Criminology

 

YEAR NAME DISSERTATION TITLE POSITION
2000 Lee, Matthew Ethnicity, Immigration and Homicide on the Border: A Comparison of El Paso, Miami, and San Diego (1985-1995) Associate Professor University of Akron,
Akron, OH
2000 Saum, Christine A. Violent Offenders in Drug Court:  Conflicting Goals of Treatment and Corrections? Assistant Professor
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
2000 Mott, Nicole How Civil Jurors Cope with Complexity:  Defining The Issues Court Research Associate
National Center for State Courts
Williamsburg, VA
2001 Enev, Tihomir Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy:  Cultural Influences on the Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
2001 Meloy, Michelle Prediction and Perceptual Deterrance of Chronic Sexual Violence Among A Population of Convicted Sex Offenders on Community-Based Supervision Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
Camden, NJ
2002 Peralta, Robert Getting Trashed in College:  Doing Alcohol, Doing Gender, Doing Violence Assistant Professor University of Akron
Akron, OH
2003 O'Connell, Daniel Interrupting the Life Course:  Investigating the Effects of Adult Social Bonds on Prisoner Reentry University of Delaware
Center for Drug & Alcohol Studies
Newark, DE
2004 Bogle, Kathleen From Dating to Hooking Up:  The Emergence of a New Sexual Script LaSalle University
Philadelphia, PA
2004 Curry, Kathleen General Strain Theory:  An Analysis of Adult Female Criminality and Self-Destructive Behavior Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Arlington, VA
2004 Eith, Christine Students, Schools, and the Social Bond:  An Analysis of School Bonding Across Schools Towson University
Towson, MD
2004 Gregory, Carol Assessing Amenability to Treatment in Community Corrections: Creating a Valid and Reliable Instrument for Male Batterers
2004 Lenhart, Carol The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995:  Is Its Bark Worse Than Its Bite?  Analyzing the Effectiveness and Clarity of Text of a Symbolic Law Elmira College
Elmira, NY
2004 Maier, Shana Navigating the Transformation of Rape Crisis Centers and Programs:  Experiences, Views, and Struggles of Rape Advocates Assistant Professor
Widener University
Chester, PA
2004 Wachtendorf, Tricia Improvising 9/11:  Organizational Improvisation Following the World Trade Center Disaster Associate Professor University of Delaware
Disaster Research Center
Newark, DE
2005 Harrell, Erika The Applicatoion of Agnew's General Strain Theory to the Relationship Between Adolescent Victimization and Delinquent Behavior Department of Justice
Washington, DC
2006 Monahan, Brian Media Public Drama, and the Making of '9/11' Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
2006 Sanders-Bonelli, Anna Predicting Drug Treatment Utilization Among White, African American, and Latina Women:  The Contribution of Desistance Theories Assistant Professor
Viterbo University
LaCrosse, WI
2006 Hysock, Dana Fun Between Friends?  How Peer Culture Influences Adolescents' Interpretations of and Responses to Peer Sexual Harassment in High School Assistant Professor
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2006 Lanier, Christina Structure, Culture, and Lethality:  An Integrated Model Approach to American Indian Homicide and Suicide Assistant Professor University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC
2006 Santos, Gabriel Oh, When the State Come Marching In:  The Theopolitics of Disaster in Sociological Perspective Assistant Professor Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, VA
2006 Faust, Erik Defining "Too Close for Comfort":  Environmental & Individual Determinants of Perceived Crowding Among a Sample of Federal Offenders Federal Bureau of Prisons
Washington, DC
2007 Cass, Amy Individual Perceptions of Stalking:  An Examination of the Influence of Gender and the Victim/Offender Relationship Assistant Professor
California State University
Fullerton, CA
2007 Farley, Erin Delibertaing Science:  Juries, Scientific Evidence and Commonsense Justice Assistant Professor University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC
2007 Perez, Victor The Social Production of Risk: Perceived Risk and Disapproval as Mechanisms of Social Control in a Social Influence Model of Youth Marijuana Use Assistant Professor University of Delaware
Newark, DE
2007 Griffiths, Heather Town and Gown:  An Examination of College Housing as a Social Problems Cluster Assistant Professor Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC
2007 Donner, William An Integrated Model of Risk Perception and Protective Action:  Public Response to Tornado Warnings Assistant Professor
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2007 Leigey, Margaret Life While Serving Life:  The Correctional Experiences of Older Inmates Serving a Life Without Parole Sentence Assistant Professor California State University
Chico, CA
2007 Mansley, Elizabeth Man Up:  Exploring the Relationship Between Race, Social Class, Intimate Partner Violence and the Construction of Masculinity Assistant Professor Delaware State University
Dover, DE
2008 Rich, Meghan Diversity Block by Block:  Homeowners' Perceptions of Race, Class, and Neighborhood Change in an Integrated Urban Neighborhood Assistant Professor University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
2009 Albertson, Stephanie The Influence of Jurors' Race on Perceptions of Comples Scientific Evidence
2009 Bakken, Nicholas Making it on the outside: Gender differences in the desistance process among drug involved offenders Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin
La Crosse,WI
2009 Bracy, Nicole Learning Locked Down: Evaluating the Treatment of Students' Rights in High Security School Environments
2009 Brown, Bethany Organizational Response and Recovery of domestic Violence Shelters in the Aftermath of Disasters Assistant Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
New York, NY
2009 Gunter, Whitney Piracy of the New Millennium: An Application of Criminological Theories to Digital Piracy Senior Research Associate
University of Delaware Center for Drug & Alcohol Studies
Newark, DE
2009 Jacobs, Sidney Religion and the Reintegration Experiences of Drug-Involved African American Men Following Incarceration Assistant Professor Widener University
Chester, PA
2009 Maiden, Kristin Second Chances: An Examination of Juvenile Offenders' Experiences with a Restorative Justice Program Research Scientist, Christiana Care Health Services, Center for Women's and Children's Health Research
Newark, DE
2009 Moore, Chanele Navigating Complex Terrain Black Women School Principals and Assistant Principals Negotiating Race at Work Adjunct Professor Holy Family University, and Widener University
Newtown, PA and Chester, PA
2009 Trainor, Joe Extreme Occasions as Organizational Context: A Contingency Perspective on FEMA'S "FIT" During the Response to Katrina Research Assistant Professor University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center
Newark, DE
2009 Wu, Yuning Race and Policing: Chinese Immigrants'/Americans' Perceptions of the Police Assistant Professor Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

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