PAULINE GASDOW BRENNAN - University of Nebraska Omaha

PAULINE KATHERINE BRENNAN
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University of Nebraska at Omaha
7226 N. 154 th Street
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Bennington, NE 68007
Omaha, NE 68182
phone: (402) 554-2205
email: pkbrennan@unomha.edu
EDUCATION
1999 Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany, School of Criminal Justice,
Dissertation Title: The Likelihood of Incarceration in New York City: An
Analysis of Black, White, and Hispanic Females Sentenced at Criminal Court
Arraignment (Alan J. Lizotte, advisor)
1989 M.A. State University of New York at Albany, School of Criminal Justice
1988 B.A. State University of New York at Albany, Political Science and Criminal
Justice, Summa Cum Laude (and Phi Beta Kappa scholar)
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
• Recipient of the 2008 UNO Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award for the College of
Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
• 1999 Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence: presented annually to the
most outstanding graduate student in Criminal Justice, as determined by the Criminal
Justice faculty at the State University of New York at Albany.
• 1997 American Society of Criminology Gene Carte Student Paper Competition: First
Prize Winner
• Graduate Fellowship (9/88 - 6/89) : School of Criminal Justice, State University of
New York at Albany
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Pi Sigma Alpha : The National Political Science Honor Society
• Alpha Phi Sigma : The National Criminal Justice Honor Society
• Signum Laudis: The Interdisciplinary Honor Society of the State University of New
York at Albany
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
August 2010- present ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR : University of Nebraska at Omaha,
School of Crimininology and Criminal Justice. Member of the Graduate Faculty.
Director of the London Program (January 2007 – present) and Doctoral Progam Chair
(July 2011 – present).

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, continued
August 2004 - present ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: University of Nebraska at Omaha,
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Member of the Graduate Faculty.
August 1999 – July 2004 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Department of Criminal Justice. Member of the Graduate Faculty.
September 2002 – present FACULTY ASSOCIATE: Center for Professional and
Applied Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
August 1997 – August 1999 INSTRUCTOR: University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Department of Criminal Justice.
PUBLICATIONS (* denotes graduate student co-author)
Books
Brennan, Pauline Katherine (2002) Women Sentenced to Jail in New York City. New
York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.
In Academic Journals
Brennan, Pauline K., *Jared M. Ellison, and Chester L. Britt (forthcoming). 30 years of
research on court processing in Justice Quarterly. Justice Quarterly.
*Houser, Kimberly A., Steven Belenko, and Pauline K. Brennan (2012). The effects of
mental health and substance abuse on institutional misconduct among female offenders.
Justice Quarterly, 29(6): 799-829.
Spohn, Cassia and Pauline K. Brennan (2011). The Joint Effects of Offender
Race/ethnicity and Sex on Substantial Assistance Departures in Federal Courts. Race and
Justice: An International Journal, 1(1): 49-78.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2009). Race and Sentencing Outcomes among Female Drug
Offenders in North Carolina: A Consideration of Earlier Case Processing Outcomes.
Journal of Crime and Justice, 32(2): 77-115.
Brennan, Pauline K. and Cassia Spohn (2009). The Joint Effects of Offender
Race/ethnicity and Sex on Sentence Length Decisions in Federal Courts. Race and Social
Problems, 1(2): 200-217.

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PUBLICATIONS, continued (* denotes graduate student co-author)
In Academic Journals, continued
Brennan, Pauline K. and *Abby L. Vandenberg (2009). Depictions of Female Offenders
in Front-Page Newspaper Stories: The Importance of Race/Ethnicity. International
Journal of Social Inquiry, 2(2): 141-175.
Brennan, Pauline K. and Cassia Spohn (2008). Race/ethnicity and Sentencing Outcomes
among Drug Offenders in North Carolina. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice,
24(4): 371-398.
Brennan, Pauline K. and Cassia Spohn (2008). Empirical Research on the Impact of
Sentencing Reforms: Recent Studies of State and Federal Sentencing Innovations.
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 24(1): 340-344.
*Keller, Elizabeth E. and Pauline K. Brennan (2007). Cultural Considerations and
Challenges to Service Delivery for Sudanese Victims of Domestic Violence: Insights
from Service Providers and Actors in the Criminal Justice System. International Review
of Victimology, 14(1): 115-141.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2007). An Intermediate Sanction that Fosters the Mother-Child
Bond: A Process Evaluation of Summit House. Women and Criminal Justice, 18(3): 47-
80.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2006). Sentencing Female Misdemeanants: An Examination of the
Direct and Indirect Effects of Race/ethnicity. Justice Quarterly, 23(1): 60-95.
Lord, Vivian B., Paul C. Friday, and Pauline K. Brennan (2005). The Effects of
Interviewer Characteristics on Arrestees’ Responses to Drug-Related Questions. Applied
Psychology in Criminal Justice, 1(1): 36-55.
Brennan, Pauline, Alan J. Lizotte, and David McDowall (1993). Guns, Southerness, and
Gun Control. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 9(3): 289-307.
Flanagan, Timothy J., Debra Cohen, and Pauline Brennan (1993). Crime Control
Ideology Among New York State Legislators. Legislative Studies Quarterly 18(3): 411-
422.
Flanagan, Timothy J., Pauline Brennan, and Debra Cohen (1992). Conservatism and
Capital Punishment in the State Capitol: Lawmakers and the Death Penalty. The Prison
Journal 72 (1 & 2): 37-56.

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PUBLICATIONS, continued (* denotes graduate student co-author)
In Academic Journals, continued
Flanagan, Timothy J., Pauline Brennan, and Debra Cohen (1991). Crime Control
Ideology and Policy Positions in a State Legislature (Revisited). Criminal Justice Policy
Review 5(3): 183-206.
In Edited Books—Book Chapters
Brennan, Pauline K,, *Abby L. Vandenberg, Meda Chesney-Lind, and *Timbre Wulf
Ludden (forthcoming). Media depictions of female drug offenders: Does race/ethnicity
matter? in C. Sanders & L. Eisler (eds.) Public Criminology.
*Vandenberg, Abby L., Pauline K. Brennan, and Meda Chesney-Lind (2013). “What’s
the Story? The Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Crime Story Tone for Female Offenders” in
B. Russell (ed.) Perceptions of Women Offenders: How Stereotypes and Social Norms
Affect Criminal Justice Responses, pp. 47-75. New York: Springer.
Spohn, Cassia and Pauline K. Brennan (2013). “Sentencing and Punishment” in C.L.
Renzetti, S.L. Miller, & A.R. Gover (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Crime
and Gender Studies, pp. 213-230. New York, NewYork: Routledge.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2009). “The Joint Effects of Offender Race/Ethnicity and Sex on
Sentencing Outcomes” in M.D. Krohn, A.J. Lizotte, & G.P. Hall (eds.) Handbook of
Crime and Deviance, pp. 319-347. New York: Springer Science and Business Media.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2004). “Disregarding Harm: An Examination of the Vulnerabilities
of Youth Incarcerated in Adult Correctional Facilities,” in C. Coston (ed.) Victimizing
Vulnerable Groups: Images of Uniquely High Risk Crime Targets, pp. 117-129. New
York: Praeger.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2002). “The Imprisonment of Women in America,” in Wilson R.
Palacios, Paul F. Cromwell, and Roger G. Dunham (eds.) Crime and Justice in America:
Current Realities and Future Prospects, pp. 352-369. New York: Prentice-Hall.
Encyclopedia Pieces and Instructional Materials
Pauline K. Brennan and *Ebonie M. Epinger (in press). “Judicial Selection at the State
Level” ” in Jay S. Albanese (ed.) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
New York: Wiley-Blackwell.

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PUBLICATIONS, continued
Encyclopedia Pieces and Instructional Materials
Pauline K. Brennan and *Stacy A. Wagoner (in press). “Judicial Selection and Removal
at the Federal Level,” in Jay S. Albanese (ed.) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal
Justice. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
*Jared M. Ellison and Pauline K. Brennan (in press). “Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity” in
Jay S. Albanese (ed.) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York:
Wiley-Blackwell.
Brennan, Pauline K. and Laurie Kubicek (2009). Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank for
David Neubauer and Henry Fradella’s America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice
System. Belmont, California: Wadsworth.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2005). “Work Release Program,” in Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice, pp. 1185-1186. Pasadena California: Salem Press.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2005). “Community-based Corrections,” in Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld
(ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice, pp. 181-183. Pasadena California: Salem Press.
RESEARCH REPORTS
Brennan, Pauline K. (2012). An Evaluation of the Douglas County Day Reporting
Center: A Statistical Report of Program and Treatment Outcomes. University of
Nebraska at Omaha, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Prepared for the
Douglas County Department of Corrections.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2007). The Women-at-Risk Program of Asheville, North Carolina:
A Study of Recidivism Outcomes—Executive Summary. Washington, D.C.: National
Institute of Corrections. Technical Assistance Grant Nos. 2006B7030 and 2007B7015.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2007). The Women-at-Risk Program of Asheville, North Carolina:
A Study of Recidivism Outcomes. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Corrections.
Technical Assistance Grant Nos. 2006B7030 and 2007B7015.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2004). A Process Evaluation of North Carolina’s Summit House:
An Alternative to Incarceration Program for Female Offenders. Washington, D.C.:
National Institute of Corrections. Technical Assistance Grant No. TA 04C2006.

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RESEARCH REPORTS (continued)
Brennan, Pauline K. (2002). Project P.A.V.E. the Way (Project Anti-Violence
Education): An Evaluation of The Gamewell Middle-School Program, for the Girl Scout
Council of the Catawba Valley Area. Prepared for CSR, Incorporated.
Brennan, Pauline K. (2001). Case Review: Drug Offenders in Court Room 3300 (Final
Report). University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Criminal Justice.
Prepared for the Community Building Initiative, for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Court
Process Grant.
Brennan, Pauline K. (1998). The Female Offender: Sanctions, Unique Characteristics,
Programming Needs, What May Work, and Policy Recommendations. University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Criminal Justice. Prepared for Summit
House, Incorportated.
Flanagan, Timothy J., Pauline Brennan, and Debra Cohen (1991). Attitudes of New York
Legislators Toward Crime and Criminal Justice: A Report of the State Legislature
Survey--1991. Albany: State University of New York.
Brennan, Pauline K., John. P. Hoffmann, and Susan M. Laporta (1990). "The Utilization
of the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics in Scholarly Publication: 1986-89."
Albany, New York: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center. Prepared as an
addendum to a grant proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS (recent, * denotes graduate student co-presenter)
2012 Brennan, Pauline K. “Race/ethnicity and Institutional Misconduct: Findings on
the Predictive Validity of the LSI-R.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the American Society of Criminology, November, Chicago, Illinois.
2012 Cassia Spohn, Steven Belenko, Pauline K. Brennan, *Byungbae Kim. “Do the
Drugs, Do the Time, Part II: The Effect of Drug Use on Sentences Imposed on
Male and Female Offenders Convicted of Drug Offenses in Three U.S. District
Courts.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of
Criminology, Bilbao, Spain.
2012 Brennan, Pauline K. and *Abby L. Vandenberg “The Predictive Validity of the
LSI-R: Does Race/ethnicity Matter?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March, New York, New York.

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PAPER PRESENTATIONS (recent), continued (* denotes graduate student copresenter)
2011 *Wulf-Ludden, Timbre, *Liesal Hoffman, Pauline Brennan, and Marc Swatt. “A
Pre- and Post-Test Assessment of Inmate Participation in a Parenting Program in a
Midwestern State.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, November, Washington, D.C.
2011 *Vandenberg, Abby, *Timbre Wulf-Ludden, and Pauline Brennan. “The
Importance of Race/ethnicity in Media Depictions of Female Drug Offenders.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
November, Washington, D.C.
2011 *Kim, Byungbae, Cassia Spohn, and Pauline Brennan. “Racial/ethnic Disparity
among Female Offenders in Federal Courts: Explicating the Disparities Using a
Path Model.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, November, Washington, D.C.
2011 Brennan, Pauline K. “Comparative Criminal Justice Courses with a Study Abroad
Component.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, March, Toronto, Canada.
2010 *Vandenberg, Abby, and Pauline Brennan. “Female Offenders on the Front Page:
An Examination of Crime Story Prominence and Tone by Race/Ethnicity.” Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
November, San Francisco.
2010 *Ludden, Timbre, *Liesal Hoffman, Pauline Brennan, and Marc Swatt. “An
Evaluation of a Parenting Program for Female Prisoners in a Midwestern State.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
November, San Francisco.
2010 Brennan, Pauiline K. and Cassia Spohn “The Joint Effects of Offender
Race/ethnicity and Sex on Substantial Assistance Departures in Federal Courts.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology,
February, Honolulu.
2009 *Vandenberg, Abby, *Timbre Wulf, and Pauline Brennan. “’Wasted’ on Page
One: Depictions of Female Drug Offenders and Users in Front-Page Newspaper
Stories.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, November, Philadelphia.

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PAPER PRESENTATIONS (recent), continued (* denotes graduate student copresenter)
2009 *Wagoner, Stacy and Pauline K. Brennan “Day Reporting Centers: A Synthesis
and Assessment of the Extant Empirical Literature.” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November,
Philadelphia.
2009 *Westfall, Edith “Penny” and Pauline K. Brennan “A Critical Assessment of the
Purpose and Structure of Doctoral Comprehensive Examinations.” Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
November, Philadelphia.
2009 *Houser, Kimberly, Steven Belenko, and Pauline K. Brennan “Co-Occurring
Disorders of Females as Predictors of Prison Misconduct.” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November,
Philadelphia.
2009 Brennan, Pauline K. “Race and Sentencing Outcomes among Female Drug
Offenders in North Carolina.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March, Boston.
2008 Brennan, Pauline K. and *Abby Vandenberg “Depictions of Female Offenders in
Front-Page News Stories: The Importance of Race/ethnicity” Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, St.
Louis.
2008 Brennan, Pauline K. and Cassia Spohn “Race/ethnicity and Sentencing Outcomes
among Drug Offenders in North Carolina.” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March, Cincinnati.
INVITED KEYNOTE or FEATURED SPEAKER, PANELIST, or INTERVIEWEE
2013 Houser, Kimberly, Steven Belenko, and Pauline K. Brennan “The Effects of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders on Institutional Misconduct among
Female Inmates.” Invited presentation as part of a Feature Panel—Justice
Quarterly Editor’s Showcase: New Directions in Corrections Research. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
March, Dallas.
2007 Invited by the Women-at-Risk Program administrators and staff to present
findings from The Women-at-Risk Program of Asheville, North Carolina: A
Study of Recidivism Outcomes (Report prepared for the National Institute of
Corrections). January, Asheville, North Carolina.

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INVITED PANELIST/PARTICIPANT/GUEST, continued
2004 Invited by the North Carolina Summit House Statewide Executive Board to
present findings from A Process Evaluation of North Carolina’s Summit House:
An Alternative to Incarceration Program for Female Offender ( Report prepared
for the National Institute of Corrections). December, Greensboro, North Carolina.
1999 Invited guest on WBT Radio 1110 AM, interviewed by Ned Michael, January,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
1998 Invited interviewee on PBS Television Series Focus 55, December, Rock Hill,
South Carolina.
1998 Invited lead presenter at a three-day seminar entitled Women on the Other Side of
the Law: Their Crimes, Their Prisons, Their Children, October, Charlotte, North
Carolina.
1997 Invited attendee at the Academics for 2nd Amendment Research Conference,
November, San Diego, California.
FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS
External
• 2009 to 2011—$45,000, Day Reporting Center Evaluation—Phase II, Process Evaluation.
Study funded by the Douglas County (Nebraska) Department of Corrections. Principle
Investigator.
• 2008 to 2009—$30,000, Douglas County Day Reporting Center Project—Phase I. Study
funded by the Douglas County (Nebraska) Department of Corrections. Principle
Investigator with Dr. Hank Robinson.
• 2007—$5,600 Technical Assistance Grant #07B7015 to conduct a recidivism outcome
study of Asheville, North Carolina’s Women-at-Risk Program. Principle Investigator.
• 2006— $7,000 Technical Assistance Grant #06B7030 to conduct a preliminary
recidivism outcome study of Asheville, North Carolina’s Women-at-Risk Program.
Principle Investigator.
• 2004-2005— $10,753.70 Technical Assistance Grant # 04C2006 to conduct a process
evaluation of North Carolina’s Summit House program. Funded by the National Institute
of Corrections. Principle Investigator.

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FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS, continued
External, continued
• 2001—$12,700 “Mecklenburg Court Process” funded through the Community Building
Initiative (a component of the Foundation for the Carolinas). Principle Investigator.
Internal
• 2012—$4,500, Race/ethnicity and Institutional Misconduct: The Predictive Validity of
the LSI-R. Summer Fellowship prodived by the University of Nebraska at Omaha,
University Committee on Research and Creative Activity.
• 2012— $9,000, The Predictive Validity of the LSI-R for Incarcerated Offenders: Does
Gender and/or Race/ethnicity Matter? Funded by the School of Criminology and
Criminal Justice, summer research stipend award. $3,000 of the funding went to support
two doctoral students—Abby Vandenberg and Timbre Wulf-Ludden— who assisted with
the research.
• 2011— $9,000, The Importance of Race/ethnicity in Depictions of Female Drug
Offenders in Front-Page Newspaper Stories. Funded by the School of Criminology and
Criminal Justice, summer research stipend award. $3,000 of the funding went to support
two doctoral students—Abby Vandenberg and Timbre Wulf-Ludden— who assisted with
the research.
• 2010— $3,000, An Evaluation of the Parenting Program at the Nebraska Correctional
Center for Women. Funded by the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, summer
research stipend award.
• 2009—$3,000, Depictions of Female Offenders in Front-Page Newspaper Stories: The
Importance of Race/ethnicity and Offense Type. Funded by the University of Nebraska at
Omaha, University Committee on Research and Creative Activity. Principle Investigator.
• 2009—$3,500. Depictions of Female Offenders in Front-Page Newspaper Stories: The
Importance of Race/ethnicity and Offense Type. Funded by the School of Criminology
and Criminal Justice, summer research support. 100% of the funding went to two
graduate students—Timbre Wulf and Abby Vandenderg—for their assistance on the
project. I was the Principle Investigator.
• 2006— $4,500, An Evaluation of North Carolina’s Summit House. Funded by the
University of Nebraska at Omaha, University Committee on Research and Creative
Activity. Principle Investigator.

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FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS, continued
Internal, continued
• 2002-2003— $6,000 Junior Faculty Grant, Faculty Grants Committee of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, to further study case processing in an administrative drug
court. Principle Investigator.
• 1998—$3,000 Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship Program, Faculty Grants Committee of
the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, to further study the sentencing of female
offenders. Principle Investigator.
SUBMITTED RESEARCH GRANTS, not funded
• “Jail Drug Treatment Evaluation” #002975-2002-0199 $209,461, to the National
Institute of Justice (Paul Friday, principal investigator, Pauline Brennan and Vivian Lord,
co-principal investigators) , submitted 2002.
• “Self-reported Drug Use Veracity and Interviewer Characteristics: Reanalysis of
ADAM.” to the National Institute of Justice #2002-70244-NC-IJ, $34,921 (Pauline
Brennan, principal investigator, Paul Friday and Vivian Lord, co-principal investigators),
submitted 2002.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE
Service to my profession
PRESENT
• Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Vice President
• Justice Quarterly, Associate Editor
• Ad hoc reviewer Criminology, Law and Society Review, Crime and Delinquency, The
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Women & Criminal Justice, American
Journal of Criminal Justice, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal
Justice, Western Criminology Review, Criminal Justice Studies
• American Society of Criminology, member
• Division on Corrections and Sentencing
• Junior Scholar Award Committee, Chair
• Senior Scholar Award Committee, Chair
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, member
• Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, member
• Western Society of Criminology, member

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE,
continued
Service to my profession, continued
PAST
• Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Wiley-Blackwell), Associate Editor
• Guest Editor (with Dr. Cassia Spohn), Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, special
issue on “Empirical Research on the Impact of Sentencing Reforms.”
• Associate Editor, The Justice Professional (Fall 1999 to Spring 2007)
• Report reviewer for The National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance
• American Society of Criminology, member
• Program Committee (2007-2009)
• Division on Women & Crime
• Student Paper Competition Judge (2008)
• Division on Corrections and Sentencing
• Judge of the Student Paper Competition (2005-2007, 2009-2010)
• Membership Committee
• Member (2004-2005)
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• Student Affairs Committee
• Chair (2000-2001)
• Member (1995-1996 and 1996-1997)
• Program Committee (1999-2000)
• Publications Committee (1999-2000)
• Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
• Board Member, Chair of Social Committee (1996 to 1997)
• Board Member, Chair of Student-Representation Committee (1994-1996)
• Arthur Kill Correctional Facility Community Advisory Board
• Treasurer and Board Member (March 1994 to July 1997)
• Board Member (March 1993 to March 1994)
• Principal book reviewer for Allyn and Bacon introductory text on corrections (Summer to
Winter 2004)
• Article Referee, Journal of Criminal Justice Education ( Fall 1990 to Spring 1993)
• Assistant Editor, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (Summer 1989 to
Summer 1990)
Service to the University (Department, College and University-wide)
PRESENT
• University Committee Work
• Global Engagement Priority Committee (September 2011 to present)
• Administrative Assignments, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Doctoral Program Chair (July 2011 to present)
• Director of the London Program (January 2007 to present)
• Departmental Committee Work
• Member of the Honors & Awards Committee (Spring 2013 to present)
• Chaired the Committee from 2011 to 2013
• Chair of the Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Committee (July 2011
to present)

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE,
continued
Service to the University (Department, College and University-wide), continued
PRESENT, continued
• Doctoral Advising Committees and Comprehensive Examination Committees
• Chair of Melissa Conn’s Supervisory Committee (Fall 2006 to present)
• Member of Melissa Conn’s Comprehensive Examination
Committee (Spring 2008 to present)
• Chair of Jared Ellison’s Supervisory Committee (Spring 2013 to present)
• Member of Jocelyne Chenane’s Supervisory Committee (Spring 2013 to
present)
• Member of Kari Gentzler’s Supervisory Committee (Fall 2011 to present),
UNL Sociology
• Dissertation and Thesis Committee Work
• Chair of Elizabeth Keller’s Dissertation (Fall 2012 to present)
• Chair of Liesal van den Berg’s Master’s Thesis (Spring 2008 to present)
PAST
• University Committee Work
• Member of Graduate Council (2011)
• College Committee Work
• Student and Faculty Common Areas Group
• Member of the Art Committee
• Departmental Committee Work
• Member of the Search Committee (Spring 2006 to Spring 2009)
• Chair Spring 2008 to Spring 2009
• Member of the Graduate Admission and Recruitment Subcommittee (Fall
2005 to Fall 2008, Fall 2010 to summer 2011)
• Chair of the Master’s in Science Comprehensive Exam Committee (Fall
2006 to Fall 2007)
• Member of the Graduate Policy and Planning Committee (Fall 2006 to
Fall 2007, Fall 2008 to Summer 2011)
• Courts Comprehensive Exam Committee (Fall 2004 to Spring 2005)
• Graduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2004 to Spring 2005, Fall 2008 to
Fall 2009)
• Doctoral Advising Committees and Comprehensive Examination Committees
• Member of Mary Evan’s Supervisory Committee (Fall 2007 to May 2011)
• Member of Michael Harrington’s Supervisory Committee (Fall 2004 to
Spring 2009)
• Chair of Abby Vandenberg’s Advising Committee (Fall 2008 to Fall 2012)
• Chair of Timbre Wulf-Ludden’s Advising Committee (Fall 2008 to Fall
2012)
• Member of comprehensive exam committees for Abby Vandenberg,
Timbre Wulf-Ludden, Michael Harrington, Benjamin Gibbs, Elizabeth
Keller

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE,
continued
Service to the University (Department, College and University-wide), continued
PAST, continued
• Dissertation Committees
• Member of Jaw J. Wu’s Dissertation Committee (Fall 2008 to Summer
2009, graduated 8/09)
• Member of Dawn Irlbeck’s Dissertation Committee (Fall 2004 to Fall
2005, graduated 12/05)
Patterns of Questioning during Traffic Stops: A Study of Possible
Racial/ethnic Profiling
• Member of Gayle Isle’s Dissertation Committee (Fall 2004 to Spring
2006, graduated 5/06)
America’s Forgotten Paradise: An Assessment of Sentencing
Decisions and Outcomes in the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Theses Committees
• Chair of Abby Vandenberg’s Thesis Committee (Fall 2009 to Fall 2010,
graduated 12/10)
• Recepient the Elton S. Carter Excellence in a Thesis Award
• Chair of Timbre Wulf-Ludden’s Thesis Committee (Fall 2009 to Fall
2010, graduated 12/10)
• Undergraduate Theses Committees
• Chair of Abby Vandenberg’s Honors Thesis (Spring 2007 to Spring 2008,
graduated 5/08)
Service to the Community:
PAST
• Principal investigator of The Douglas County Day Reporting Center Project, Phase II,
funded via the Douglas County Department of Corrections (Fall 2009 to Fall 2012)
• Principal investigator (with Dr. Hank Robinson) of The Douglas County Day Reporting
Center Project, Phase I, funded via the Douglas County Department of Corrections
(Spring 2008 to Fall 2009)
• Principal investigator of an outcome evaluation study for Women at Risk (an alternativeto-incarceration
for female offenders in Asheville, North Carolina), via the National
Institute of Corrections (Summer 2006 to Spring 2007)
• Department of Criminal Justice (University of Nebraska at Omaha) Representative to
Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Greater Omaha (Fall 2005 to Fall 2006)
• Provided assistance to a number of community organizations via the service-learning
requirement of the course Women in Crime (Spring 2005)
• Principal investigator of the Effectiveness of Summit House, an Alternative to
Incarceration Program for Female Offenders in North Carolina (Fall 2003 to Winter
2004)
• Community Corrections Task Force for Mecklenburg County, NC Member (January 1998
to July 2004)

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COURSES TAUGHT
GRADUATE
• Academic Writing (doctoral-level specific)
• Criminal Court Systems
• Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: England
• Community-Based Corrections
• Women and Crime
• Issues in Corrections/Seminar on Corrections
• Nature and Theory of Crime
• Research Methods
• Testing Criminological Theory
UNDERGRADUATE
• Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: England
• Community-Based Corrections
• Introduction to Corrections (Survey of Corrections)
• Juvenile Justice
• Nature and Theory of Crime (Criminology)
• Research Methods
• Survey of Courts
AREAS OF RESEARCH
COURT-PROCESSING,RACIAL/ETHNIC and GENDER DISPARITY, FEMALE OFFENDERS,
DRUG OFFENDERS, CORRECTIONS, and CRIMINAL-JUSTICE POLICY
• Media Depictions of Offenders
• Court-processing outcomes, with emphasis on the sentencing stage
• Gender disparity, racial/ethnic disparity, drug offenders
• Correctional Policy Issues
• Female offenders
• Drug offenders (includes validity of self-reported use)
• Alternatives to incarceration
• Program evaluation (process and outcome evaluations, including
recidivism studies)
• Predictors of institutional misconduct
• Criminal Justice Policies and Offenders
• Perceptions of offenders, especially female offenders
• Gun Control, capital punishment, domestic violence