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Recent Ph.D. Graduates: Sociology and Criminology

Ph.D. Graduates: 2000-Present

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YEAR NAME DISSERTATION TITLE POSITION
2012 Rapp, Laura "Women in Romantic Relationships with Convicted Sex Offenders" Post-Doc
Center for Drugs and Alcohol Studies
University of Delaware
2011 Barsky, Lauren "Framing Responsibility: A Political Economy Approach to Meeting Basic Needs in a Disaster" Emergency Systems Analyst with the Decision and Information Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory
2011 Kleinstuber, Ross “Everyone Has Choices: Constructing Individualism in the Cultural and Institutional Life of Capital Mitigation" Assistant Professor
104-B Krebs Hall
Univ. of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
450 Schoolhouse Rd.
Johnstown, PA 15904
2011 Longazel, Jamie “I’ve Lost My City: Law, Community, and Immigration Under Colorblind Neoliberalism" Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
2011 Gabriela Wasileski "Not So Obscure A Challenge: Battered Female Migrants and Public Policies in the United States and Greece" Assistant Professor
Department of Criminology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2011 Zaykowski, Heather “I Wouldn’t Call it a Crime: How Young People Make Sense of Victimization and Account for their Responses to Violence" Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
2010 Albertson, Stephanie The Influence of Jurors' Race on Perceptions of Complex Scientific Evidence Assistant Professor
Widener University
West Chester, PA
2010 Argothy, Victor The Politics of Choice: A Case Study of Latino-Centered Charter Schooling Philadelphia, PA
2010 Barnshaw, John Lessons Learned from Lehman: Crisis, Financial Instability and Social Change University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
2010 Evans, Carole Race and Children's Psychiatric Diagnoses Wilmington, DE
2010 Kavanuagh, Philip Storylines of Physical and Sexual Assault in Urban Nightlife: The Impact of Individual Disposition and Social Context Assistant Professor
Shepherd College, Shepherdtown,West Virginia
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
Louisiana
2009 Gunter, Whitney Piracy of the New Millennium: An Application of Criminological Theories to Digital Piracy Assistant Professor
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
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 Maratea, Raymond Virtual Claimsmaking: The Role of the Internet in Constructing Social Problems Assistant Professor
New Mexico University
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
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
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
Indiana, PA
2007 Leigey, Margaret Life While Serving Life:  The Correctional Experiences of Older Inmates Serving a Life Without Parole Sentence Assistant Professor
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
2007 Mansley, Elizabeth Man Up:  Exploring the Relationship Between Race, Social Class, Intimate Partner Violence and the Construction of Masculinity Assistant Professor
Indiana University of PA
Indiana, PA
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
Indiana, PA
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
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
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 Assistant Professor
Baldwin Wallace College
Berea, OH
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
2003 O'Connell, Daniel Interrupting the Life Course:  Investigating the Effects of Adult Social Bonds on Prisoner Reentry Scientist
University of Delaware
Center for Drug & Alcohol Studies
Newark, DE
2002 Peralta, Robert Getting Trashed in College:  Doing Alcohol, Doing Gender, Doing Violence Assistant Professor
University of Akron
Akron, OH
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
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




Ph.D. Graduates: All Years

NAME POSITION
Argothy, Victor Philadelphia, PA
Albertson, Stephanie
Assistant Professor
Widener University
Bakken, Nicholas
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin
Barnshaw, John University of South Florida, Tampa FL
Sociology
Barsky, Lauren
Argonne National Laboratory
Rodger Bates, Dean
College of Professional Studies, Statistics
Behler, G. Thomas
Professor
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, Social Sciences
Bogle, Kathleen
Assistant Professor
LaSalle University
Sociology & Criminal Justice
Bouguetta, Fuoad Annaba, Algeria
Bracy, Nicole California
Brown, Bethany
Louisiana
Sarah Jane Brubaker
Assistant Professor & Coordinator M.A. Program
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Kitty Calavita, Chancellor's Professor University of Calif - Irvine, Irvine, CA, Criminology, Law & Society
Taj Carson Self-employed
Amy Cass
Assistant Professor
California State University - Fullerton, Irvine, CA Div. Politics, Administration & Justice
Suzanne Cherrin
Assistant Professor
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Women's Studies
William Clements
Associate Professor
Norwich University, Northfield, VT, Online Programs
David Costello, Sr. V.P., Consumer Segmentation & Engagement Strategies Health Dialog Corp. Headquarters, Boston, MA
Daniel Curran
Professor & President
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Kathleen Curry
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Arlington, VA
F. Kurt Cylke
Associate Professor
SUNY - Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.
Sociology Department.
Melvin D'Souza State of Delaware, Dover, DE
Department of Education
James Dahlhamer
Survey Statistician
Center for Disease Control, Hyattsville, MD
Sathi Dasgupta Emile Durkheim Institute for Advanced Study, British West Indies
Susan Datesman Piper Rudnick LLP, Baltimore, MD
Erik Faust (Dietz) Federal Bureau of Prisons, Washington, DC
Brenda Donnelly, Director of Research
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Patrick Donnelly, Professor University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Sociology Department
William Donner
Assistant Professor
Ind. University of Pennsylvania
Sociology Department
Lilli Downes, Professor Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL
Liberal Studies
Margie Kiter Edwards Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Christine Eith, Assistant Professor Towson University, Towson, MD
Criminal Justice
Tihomir Enev  
Carole Evans Wilmington, DE
Erin Farley, Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
Sociology & Criminology
Charles Faupel, Professor Auburn University, Auburn, IL
Sociology
Stephanie Field Deceased April 2008
Henry Fischer, Professor Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Director for Center for Disaster Research & Education
Teresa Floerchinger Menomonee Falls, WI
William Geary, Assistant Professor Cabrini College, Pennsylvania
Donald Gibson, Faculty University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, PA
Sociology
Robert Gossweiler Virginia
Carol Gregory Baldwin Wallace - Berea, OH
Heather Griffiths, Assistant Professor Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
Whitney Gunter, Assistant Professor Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
John Hamlin, Associate Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN
Sociology & Anthropology
Erika Harrell Department of Justice, Washington, DC
William Edward Harver, Associate Professor
Chair of Criminal Justice Department
Widener University, Chester, PA
Suzanne Herron (Tuthill) Delaware Technical & Community College, Willimington, DE
Jessica Hodge, Assistant Professor Missouri
Caryn Horwitz Caryn Horwitz Productions, New York, NY
Jeng-Yuan J. Hwang  
Dana Hysock, Assistant Professor Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Sociology Department
Sidney Jacobs, Assistant Professor Widener University, Chester, PA
Patricia Jenkins, Retired Professor Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Liberal Arts-Criminal Justice
Philip Kavanaugh, Assistant Professor Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Jaepil Kim  

Patricia Klausner, Managing Director Shotgun Productions
Ross Kleinstuber
Sanja Kutnjak-Ivkovich, Associate Professor Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Criminal Justice
Christina Lanier, Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
Sociology & Criminology
Matthew Lee, Associate Professor University of Akron, Akron, OH
Sociology
Leonardo Ledezma  
Margaret Leigey New Jersey
Thomas Leitko  
Elizabeth Lenz, Professor & Dean Nursing The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Carol Lenhart, Assistant Professor Elmira College, Elmira, NY
Criminal Justice
John Linn  
Dorothy Lockwood-Dillard Newark, DE
William S. Lofquist, Professor & Chair SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
Sociology
Kim Logio-Rau, Assistant Professor St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Sociology
Jamie Longazel, Assistant Professor University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Sociology
Kristen Maiden, Research Scientist Christiana Hospital, Delaware
Shana Maier, Assistant Professor Widener University, Chester, PA
Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Mansley, Assistant Professor Delaware State University, Dover, DE
Sociology & Criminal Justice
Raymond Maratea, Assistant Professor New Mexico
Michelle Meloy, Associate Professor Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Sociology
Kristen Miller Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
Brian Monahan, Assistant Professor Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Sociology
Dionne Chanele Moore Wilmington, DE
Nicole Mott, Court Research Associate. National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, VA
Jill McCorkel, Assistant Professor Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Sociology
Kristine Mulhorn, Res. Affiliate University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI
Population Studies Center
Michael Mullan Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Physical Education & Athletics
Amie Nielsen, Associate Professor University of Miami, Miami, FL
Sociology
Gerald S. Norde  
Daniel O'Connell, Associate Scientist University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Center for Drug & Alcohol Studies
Laura O'Toole, Professor Dean, A&S, Salve Regina University, RI
Sociology
Robert Peralta, Assistant Professor University of Akron, Akron, OH
Sociology
Victor Perez, Assistant Professor University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Sociology & Criminal Justice
John Pfuhl  
Terri Pope-Maciolek  
Anne Pottieger  
Gary Rabe, VP for Academic Affairs Minot State University, Minot, ND
Laura Rapp, Post-Doc University of Delaware
Center for Drugs and Alcohol Studies
Claire Renzetti, Professor University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Lisa Reshaur Director, Price Waterhouse Cooper LLP
Meghan Rich, Assistant Professor University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Sociology & Criminal Justice
John Riley, Associate Professor/Chair University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Sociology
Joseph Ruane, Professor University of the Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Sociology & Health Policy
Robert Rush, Adjunct Faculty University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Sociology & Criminal Justice
Anna Sanders-Bonelli, Assistant Professor Viterbo University, LaCrosse, WI
Sociology, Social Work, & Criminal Justice
Gabriel Santos, Assistant Professor Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Sociology
Christine A. Saum, Assistant Professor Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Law & Justice Studies
Ed Sbarbaro  
Jessica R. Schiffman, Assistant Director Women's Studies University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Frederika Schmitt, Associate Professor Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Sociology & Anthropology
Catherine Simile Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
Heather Smith  
Lynne Snowden, Associate Professor University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
Sociology & Criminology
A. Kathryn Stout  
Lee Streetman, Associate Professor Delaware State University
Sociology
Sania Sultan Bangaladesh
Don Tangora, CEO Edison Court, Inc.
George Thomas  
Manuel Torres University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Sociology
Joseph Trainor, Research Assistant Professor University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center
Tricia Wachtendorf, Assistant Professor University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Sociology
William Waegel, Professor & Director of Criminal Justice Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Sociology
Gabriela Wasileski, Assistant Professosr Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Department of Criminology
Jo Wayne  
Gary Webb, Assoc. Professor Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Sociology
Stephanie Willson Center for Disease Control, Hyattsville, MD
James Wright  
Yuning (Bonnie) Wu, Assistant Professor Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Heather Zaykowski, Assistant Professor University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

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