December,
2004
Department
of Sociology
Criminal
Justice Program
Voicemail
(269) 387-5279
Email Susan.Caringella@wmich.edu
Fax
(269) 387- 5599
B.A. Magna Cum Laude (1975-)1977
Major: Sociology
Emphasis: Criminal Justice
Minor: Spanish
M.A. Summa
Cum Laude 1979
Department of Sociology
Ph.D. Summa
Cum Laude 1983
Research Tools: Spanish,
Methodology
Cognate: Statistics
Department of Sociology
Part-time
Instructor, Department of Sociology
Instructor, Department of Sociology
Assistant
Professor ,
Department of Management
Assistant
Professor, Department of Sociology
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology 1989-1996
Professor, Department of Sociology 1996- Present
Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies 2000-Present
HONORS
AND AWARDS
Professional Honors and Awards
2002
Honorary Alumni Member Award, Phi Beta Kappa.
Theta Chapter,
1998
Distinguished (Senior) Scholar Award, American
Society of Criminology, Division on Women and Crime.
1997
Appreciation Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
1997
Honorary Faculty Member, Award Phi Kappa Phi.
1996
College of Arts and Sciences "Dean's Appreciation" Award.
1996
Department of Sociology, Graduate Student "Outstanding
Scholar" Award,
1995
Invited Participant, Guggenheim Foundation Grant sponsoring one week
colloquia for 10 person work group on women, violence and the media.
1995 Department
of Sociology, Graduate Student "Outstanding
Scholar"
Award,
1994
1993 Lifetime Achievement
Award, American Society of Criminology, Division of Critical Criminology.
1993 Department of Sociology, Graduate Student
"Outstanding
Scholar" Award. ,
1992 Department of Sociology,
Graduate Student "Outstanding
Scholar" Award,
1991 Department of Sociology,
Graduate Student "Outstanding
Scholar" Award,
1990 Department of Sociology,
Graduate Student "Outstanding
Scholar"
Award,
1989 Department of Sociology,
Graduate Student "Outstanding
Scholar" Award,
1989 Selected
to run for Chair of the Crime, Law and Deviance Section of the American
Sociological Association.
1988 Woman
of the Year Finalest - WMU's
Commission on the Status of Women.
1985 Women of the Year Finalest
- WMU's Commission on the
Status of Women.
Teaching Specific Honors and
Awards
1997 Presidential Teaching
Award Recognition, Western
1992 University Alumni
Teaching Excellence Award,
1992
1991 State of
AREAS OF RESEARCH
AND TEACHING SPECIALIZATION
Criminology
and Criminal Justice
Gender
& Justice
Rape
and Violence Against Women
Feminist
Theory and Methodology
Media
and Crime
Legal
Reforms
Sociology
Research
Methods and Statistics
Books in Progress ( Signed Contracts)
Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice. NY:
Women, Violence and the Media. Co-edited with Drew Humphries.
Books in Progress (Not yet contracted with publishing companies)
The Recent History of Rape and Sexual Assault:
Where Brownmiller Left Off.
(800 page manuscript to be condensed and edited
during 2004/5 sabbatical leave).
Back
at the Backlash: A Critical Assessment and Response. To be Co-edited with Walter DeKeseredy
and Meda Chesney-Lind.
(Series Editor Walter DeKeseredy is interested for
Career Strategies for
Academic Women: From Surviving
Forthcoming Publications
Invited Book Chapter.
“Sexual Assault.”
Claire Renzetti, Lynn
Goodstein and Susan Miller (Eds.), Women, Crime and Criminal Justice:
Original Feminist
Invited Book
Review. “High Profile Crimes” by Lynn Chamcer, 2005.
“The Process and Prospects of
Networks: Results from a Sample of Senior Women Criminologists.” Susan Caringella-MacDonald, Donna Hale
and Sara Brightman. In progress for Women
and Criminal Justice, 17 (2), (Summer) 2005.
“Seeking Tenure and Redressing Denial.” Susan Caringella-MacDonald, Ruth
Peterson,
Marjorie Zatz, Laura Fishman, Drew Humphries and Kris
Mullendore. In progress for Women and
Criminal Justice, 17 (2), (Summer) 2005.
Articles Published
"Privilege and Prejudice." The Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice,13 (2), 1-12. 2002. (Biogrophical article).
To
be reprinted in Biographies of Influential Women in Criminology (a hardback
collection of biographies published in Women and Criminal Justice) NY:
"Media Attributions of Blame in Ten Rape
Cases." Joanne Ardovini-Brooker
and Susan Caringella-MacDonald. The Justice
Professional, 15 (1), 3-18. 2002.
(Distinguished Paper Award,
Southwestern Social Science Association, March,
2002).
"The Relative Visibility of Rape Cases in National
Popular Magazines." The Journal of Violence Against Women,4 (1)
(February), 62-80, 1998.
"The
Media, Violence and Women." Susan Caringella-MacDonald and Drew
Humphries. The Journal of Violence Against
Women, 4 (1) (February) 1-9, 1998.
"An
Assessment of Rape Reform: Victim and
Case Treatment Under the
"State
Crises and the Crackdown on Crime Under
Reagan." Contemporary Crisis 14
(Summer), 91-118, 1990.
"Murdered
Mothers, Missing Wives: Reconsidering
Female Victimization." Drew Humphries and Susan Caringella-MacDonald. Social Justice 17(2) (Summer),
71-89, 1990.
"The
Public Mood in the Reagan Era:
Acceptance or Critique of the Social Order?" Humanity and Society 14(2) (May),
144-157, 1990.
"An
Examination of Drunk Driving Law Reform." American Journal of Criminal Justice, 13(2), 170-176,
1989.
"Rape
and Domestic Violence: Teaching Toward
Understanding." Curriculum on
Women and Criminal Justice, April , 21-27, 1989.
"Marxist-Feminist Interpretations of the Aftermath of Rape
Reforms." Contemporary Crises:
Law, Crime, and Social Policy, 12 (4), 125-144, 1988.
"Parallels
and Pitfalls: The Aftermath of Legal
Reform for Sexual Assault, Marital Rape and Domestic Violence Victims." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 3 (2), 174-189, 1988.
"The
Comparability of Sexual and Non-Sexual Assault Case Treatment: Did Statute Change Meet the Objective?" Crime & Delinquency, 31 (April), 206-222, 1985.
"Myths and Realities Concerning Criminal Sexual Conduct."
Lloyd Braithwaite and Susan Caringella-MacDonald The
Peace Officer, 24 (3), 45-65, 1983.
"Criminal
Sexual Conduct in
Book Chapters/Articles
Published
"Rape
Law Reform." In Nicole Hahn Rafter (Ed.), Encyclopedia
of Women and Crime (pp. 222-223).
“Designing
a Pro-Crime Policy.” In Richard
Wright (Ed.), Teaching Criminology:
Resources and Issues (pp. 110-112).
"Teaching Advanced
Level Criminology." In Richard Wright (Ed.), Teaching Criminology: Resources and Issues (pp. 141-149).
"Rape: How Culture, Laws and Practices Reinforce
Criminal Sexual Violence." (Updated article for PRIMIS) In George Ritzer (Ed.), Introduction to Sociology (pages not
assigned as PRIMIS selections vary). (Update from original article for PRIMIS Selection
in Social Problems. Craig Calhoun and George Ritzer, Eds.)
"Women as Victims of the Justice System." In
Albert Carderelli (Ed.), Violence Among Intimate
Partners: Patterns, Causes, and Effects
(pp. 144-153).
“Teaching Policy in Advanced Criminology." In Richard
Wright (Ed.), Teaching Criminology:
Resources and Issues.
“Taking
Back the Critical: Reflections on Left Realism, Feminism, Post-
Modernism, Peacemaking and Abolitionism/Anarchism.” Thinking
Critically
About Crime (September), 1-10, 1996.
Reprinted
in The Critical Criminologist,(pp.22-24),
October/November, 1996.
"Rape: How Culture, Laws and Practices Reinforce
Criminal Sexual Violence." In Craig Calhoun and George Ritzer
(Eds.), Selections in Social Problems (pages not assigned as PRIMIS
selections vary).
Reprinted n Craig Calhoun (Ed.), Perspectives on Criminal
Justice. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
"Sexual
Assault: Individual and Community Level
Options in the Wake of Reform." Susan Caringella-MacDonald and Drew Humphries. In Harold Pepinsky and Richard Quinney
(eds.) Criminology as Peacemaking (pp. 98-114).
"Correctional
Processes." In Richard Wright, Max Ewact, and Linda B. Deutschmann
(Eds.), Crime and Control: Syllabi
and Instructional Materials for Criminology and Criminal Justice.
"Sexual
Assault Prosecution: An Examination of
Model Rape Legislation in
Reprinted
in Women
and Politics, 4 (3), 65-82, 1985.
Reprinted
in Karen J. Maschke (Ed.), The
Legal Response to Violence
Against Women (pp. 41-58).
“Negotiating Your Job: Contracts, Tenure,
and Promotion.” Women
and Criminal Justice. 17 (2) (August), 2005.
"The
Media, Violence and Women." Susan Caringella-MacDonald
and Drew Humphries. The Journal of Violence Against
Women. 4 (1) (February), 1998.
“Doing Her Justice: A Remembrance of Coramae Richey Mann.” DivisioNews (newsletter of the Division on Women and Crime of the
American Society of Criminology). Forthcoming Winter
issue, 2005.
Contributing
Consultant, Violence Against Women Legal Resource
Kit (Manual).
"Rape and Sexual Assault." American Society of Criminology Executive
Task Force Report on Violence Against Women, 1-5,
1995. (Prepared for Attorney General Janet Reno).
“Reprinted”
in U.S. Department of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference Service
archives, and
Reprinted
in The Criminologist 20(6) (Nov/Dec),1995.
Co-editor (with Sue Caulfield and ZoAnn
Snyder-Joy), "DivioNews" Newsletter for the
American Society of Criminology’s Division on Women and Crime, 1995 through
1997.
"From
Slavery to Vagrancy in
"Correctional
Institutions: Let's cut our Losses"
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS).
White Paper.
ACJS Today, January, 1987.
”The
Mythology of Rape: Excusing the Inexcusable” in Rape (Catalog to
accompany the first art exhibition on rape and sexual assault, national tour
1985-1987).
OTHER
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board Positions
2004 Member,
DeKeseredy
Editor
1998-Present Deputy Editor, Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice.
Editorial Board Positions
2004 Member,
DeKeseredy
Editor
1998-Present Deputy Editor, Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice.
1997-Present Editorial Board, The
Journal of Violence Against Women: An
International and
Interdisciplinary Journal.
1992-97 Editorial
Board, Journal of Women and Criminal Justice.
Crime, Law & Social Change Qualitative Sociology
Criminology Quantitative Criminology
Journal
of Criminal Justice Education Sociological Focus
Journal
of Criminal Law & Criminology Social Justice
Journal
of Interpersonal Violence Social Problems
The
Justice Professional Violence
and Victims
Misc.
Publishing Companies (e.g.,
Manuscript Reviews
“Exploring Provider Knowledge of Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault
Service ‘Best Practice’: A Comparison of Victim
advocates and Behavioral
Health Service Providers.” Women and Criminal Justice. November, 2004
“Gender Equality and Women’s Absolute Status: A Test
of Feminist Models of
Rape.” Journal of
Violence Against Women. June, 2004.
“Claire
Renzetti: A Portrait of a Contemporary Scholar.” Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice. May, 2003.
“Transcending the Divide: Contextualizing One Young Woman’s Resort
to Violence.” Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, March, 2003.
“Barriers to Services for Rural and Urban Rape Survivors.” Journal
of Violence Against Women,
March,
2003.
“Living in the
“An Exploratory Study of Factors and Perceptions that Impede
Processing of Acquaintance and Date Rape Complaints.” Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice. September,
2002.
"Stereotypes in Police Reporting Practices? Real Rape and Real Victim
Mythology." The Journal of Women and Criminal Justice. April, 2001.
"Maintaining
Distinction in the Shadow of Victim's Rights and the Criminal
Justice
System: Agencies and Survivors Speak out on the Anti-Rape
Movement in
October,
2000.
"Criminal
Sentencing and the Court Probation Officer:
The Myth of
Individualized
Justice Revisited." The Justice System Journal. November, 1998.
"The Negotiation of Power in Sexual Assault Cases." Social Problems.
February,
1998.
"Rhetorical
Strategies for Victim Management and Victims' Agency: The Construction of Power in Sexual Assault
Complaint Filing Interviews." Social Problems.
July, 1997.
"Rape
Case Processing by the Criminal Justice System and the Impact of Reform." Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice. September,
1997.
"Prosecutors' Reffirmation of Rape
Myths." Qualitative
Sociology, April,
1997.
"Routine
Activities and Male and Female Victimizaiton in The Home, With a Little Help From Feminism." Journal of Women and Criminal Justice,
April, 1997.
"Male
and Female Victimization Risk in the Home:
A Routine Activities/Lifestyle Examination Gender
Patterns." Journal of Women and
Criminal Justice, September, 1996.
“Coercion and Sexual Assault."
Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, December, 1996.
"Examining
Courtship, Dating and Forced Sexual Intercourse from an Inter-
actionist Perspective."
Journal of
Women and Criminal Justice, October,
1994.
"Reporting
Sexual Assaults: The Influence of Prior Acquaintance and
Newspaper Publication Policies." Journal of Violence
Against Women,
December,
1994.
"I Refuse: The Process of Resistance." Journal
of Women and Criminal
Justice, March, 1994.
"Beyond
Brownmiller:
Toward a Feminist Theory of Fear of Male Violence
and Social Control."
Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, March, 1994.
"Rape: The Statistics and the Problems." Journal of Women and Criminal
Justice, April,1994.
"Women,
Men and Violence: Working Through A Feminist Approach."
ournal of Women and Criminal Justice, July, 1994.
"The
Issues of Rape and Date Rape as Reported by Male and Female
tudents. Journal of Women and Criminal Justice,
August, 1994.
"Gun
Ownership and Women Living in One Adult Households." Crime, Law
and Social Change:
An International Journal, July, 1993.
"A
Feminist Critique of Provocation and Self-Defense in Battered Women's
Cases in
July,
1993
"Codifying Women's Bodies: Victimology,
Power/Knowledge and Beyond."
The
Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, February, 1993.
"Personality Traits and Female Sex Offenders and Non‑Offenders."
The
Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, November, 1992.
"Rape
Law Reform and the Effect of Victim Characteristics on Case
Processing." The
Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, October, 1992.
"The Structure of Detective Decision Making." Social
Problems, October,
1992.
"Sexual
Violence in the Lives of Teenaged Mothers." Social Problems,
February,
1992.
"The
Structure of Detective Decision Making:
An Observational Protocol
Analysis." Social Problems, Summer,
1992.
"From
Behind Closed Doors to the Public Agenda:
Marital Rape in
The
Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, Summer,1992.
"Does
The Law Makes a Difference: A State Level Analysis of Official Rape
Rates." Social Science Quarterly, September, 1992.
"Rape
Law Reform and the Effect of Victim Characteristics on Case
Processing." Journal
of Quantative Criminology, October, 1992.
"The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence." Social Problems,
August,
1991.
"Vicarious Emotional Responses of
Interpersonal Violence, October, 1990.
"A
Pay Equity Plan." Humanity
and Society, December, 1990.
"An Investigation of Male Sexual Aggression." Social Problems, November,
1990.
"Rape
Telling: The Delivery of News of Sexual
Assault." Social Problems,
Fall, 1990.
"The AIDS Crisis and Human Rights in
Summer, 1990.
"Criminal
Justice Officials' Attitudes Towards Evidence in
Sexual Assault
"Post-Assault Treatment by Race and Gender." Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, 1989.
"Individual and Neighborhood Influences on Crime."
Sociological Focus,
1987.
Review
of manuscript by Lynn Chancer Provoking Assault:
When High Profile Crimes Become Divisive Social Causes. For
Review of (final) manuscript by Rosalyn Muraskin Women and Justice:
International Policy Implications for Change (June) for
and Breach Science
Publishers. 1998.
Review
of (final) manuscript by William J. Chambliss Studies in Crime and
Social Structure.
Women
and Justice: Policy Implications
Domestic and International by
Rosalyn Muraskin for
Gordon and Breach Publishers. (Prospectus
Review). 1996.
The
Criminal Justice System and Women, Barbara Rafael Price and Natalie
Sokoloff (Eds.)
Pornography,
Kathleen Barry,
1990.
Analyzing American Corrections, Neal Shover
and Werner Einstadter.
External Consultant and Review
Service
2002
National
Lead review on 6
proposals, secondary reviewer on 5
proposals, member of panel on remainder of approximately
12 additional proposals.
2002
Promotion review (for Full Professor) for Raquel Kennedy
1999-2000
Expert Witness, Eigenberg v. Eastern
1999
Contributing consultant Violence Against
Women Legal Resource Kit. National Organization for Women [NOW].
1998 External peer review, Grand
Rapids Bar Association
Diversity
Committee Research and
Report by David
Ballard,Bruce Bickle,
and Kristine Mullendore.
1997-Present
Contracted as "Review Consultant" National
Institute of
2000-2003
Consultant, Centers for Disease Control:
1998-2001 Women
at Crossroads (British Advocacy Organization) Consultant for Rape Shield
Legislation for
1997-1998
Project Faculty,
1999 Review
Consultant for Isaacson Miller (Karen Alphonse) work on North Eastern University's (
1997 Tenure and Promotion Review for Henry
Brownstein,
1996-97
Consultant for Grant Submission to National Institute of Justice by
1996 Tenure
Reviewer for Melissa Barlow,
Tenure
Reviewer for
University.
1994 60 Minutes, Interview with
Kathleen Sciere on Domestic
Violence, December.
1992
Promotion review letter for Robert Elias, Department of Politics,
1990
Tenure Reviewer for Joann Belknap, Department
of Criminal Justice,
1989
Tenure and Promotion Review for Martin Schwartz,
Department of Sociology,
1986 Research Proposal
Review, "The Effect of Battering on the Self-Concept of Women" for
1987
1986 Law Reform Commission of
1984-88
1986 MADD,
1985 Southwest
Michigan Health Systems Agency. Survey assessment of Hospice Programs.
1980-84 Sexual Assault Program of
1982
Reference work for the National Clearinghouse on Marital
Rape.
1981
Program Review and Extension Procedures,
1980-83 Cross-Jurisdictional
Analysis of Rape, Project Director: Toni
Clark. Institute for Law and Social
Policy
1980-81
Participation at Professional
Conferences
2004 Presentation
“Negotiating Your Juggling Act” for Negotiating the Academic Contract Workshop.
American Society of
Criminology,
Presentation “
The Top 10 List for Tenure: Things You Should Know and
Do,” Tenure Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
Co-authored
Presentation “A Survey on Academic Women’s Experiences
and Advise on Networking”
for Networking Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
Chair, “Women,
Violence and the Medai I.” American
Society of
Criminology,
Discussant, Women,
Violence and the Media II. American Society of
Criminology,
Chair, Women Violence and the Media III. American Society of Criminology,
Participant, "Feminist Criminology is Theory & Action"
Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
2003 Chair,
“Women, Violence and the Media.”
American Society of
Criminology, Denver, CO.
Chair, Tenure Workshop. Co-sponsored by the Division on People of
Color and Crime and
Division on Women and Crime.
American Society of
Criminology, November ,
Participant, "Feminist Criminology is Theory & Action"
Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
2002
Chair, “Bad
Girls, Good Politics: Survival Strategies for the Risky Business of Academic
Life.” Sponsored by the Division on Women and Crime November, Chicago,IL.
Co-chair, Tenure and Promotion
workshop. Jointly
sponsored by the Division on People of Color and Crime and Division on Women
and Crime. American Society of Criminology, November ,
Co-chair, Networking
workshop. Jointly sponsored by the Division on People of
Color and Crime and Division on Women and Crime. American
Society of Criminology, November,
Discussant, “Gender, Violence and the Media.”
American Society of Criminology, November,
Participant, "Feminist
Criminology is Theory & Action" Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
2001 Co-Chair, Tenure & Promotion
Workshop. Jointly
sponsored by the Division of Women Crime and the Division on People of Color
and Crime. American
Society of Criminology,
Co-Chair, Networking Workshop. Jointly
sponsored by the Division of Women Crime and the Division on People of Color
and Crime. American
Society of Criminology,
Participant,
"Women in Leadership in Justice Education, Policy, and the Profession:
Creating Opportunities for Success."
Jointly sponsored by the Division of Women Crime
and the Division on People of Color and Crime. American Society of
Criminology,
Discussant, "Gender, violence, and the Media." American Society of
Criminology,
Participant,
"Feminist Criminology is Theory & Action" Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
2000
Paper Presentation, "Women in Leadership in Justice Education,
Policy and The Profession: Creating Opportunities for
Success." American Society of
Criminology,
Co-Chair, Tenure & Promotion Workshop. American Society of
Criminology,
Co-Author,
"Sexual Violence & Media Coverage of Rape: Patterns of Vilification in Light of the
Anti-Feminist Backlash." American Society of Criminology,
Participant,
"Feminist Criminology is Theory & Action" Workshop. American Society of Criminology,
1998 Organizer, Tenure Workshop. Society for
the Study of Social Problems, San
Francisco,
August.
Chair, Media Condemnation of Women Crime Victims. American Society of Criminology,
Paper
[co-author] Attributions of Culpability in High Visibility rape Cases. American Society of Criminology,
Co-chair, Securing Tenure and Redressing Denial [workshop]. American Society of Criminology,
1996 "Media
Representations on Women," American Society of Criminology,
"Lesser Known Cases of Rape," American Society of Criminology,
"The
Ins and Outs of Tenure Process," American Society of Criminology,
1995 "Feminist
Perspectives on Violence and Justice," American Society of Criminology,
"Changing
Images of Rape," American Society of Criminology,
"Securing Tenure," American Society of Criminology,
"Women, Violence and the Media," Guggenheim Colloquia,
1994 "Violence
& Educational Settings," American Society of Criminology,
"Securing
Tenure," American
Society of Criminology,
"Mainstream Media Representations of Rape," American Society
of Criminology,
"Researching Violence and the Media," American Society of
Criminology,
"Instances
of Discrimination Against Women,"
"Women: Differential Conceptualizations,"
1993 "Women and Victimization,"
American Society of Criminology Conference,
"Media Constructions of Rape in the 1980s," (Co-Author),
American Society of Criminology Conference,
1992 "Media and
the Crime Phenomenon," American Society of Criminology,
"An
Analysis of Media(ted) of
Rape," (Co-Author), American Society of Criminology,
"Sexual Assault: An Analysis of Legal Loopholes,"
(Co-Author), American Society of Criminology,
"Popular
Constructions of Violence Against Women,"
American Society of Criminology,
"Crime
and the Media's Treatment of Women," Society for The
Study of Social Problems,
"Mediated
cases of Rape: A Qualitative
Assessment," American Society of Criminology,
Progressive
Caucus, Business Meeting for the Division of Critical Criminology, American
Society of Criminology,
Steering
Committee for the Division of Critical Criminology, American Society of Criminology,
1991 Division on Crime and Delinquency,
Society for the Study of Social Problems,
"The
Intersection of Race and Gender in Response Towards
Women's Violent Victimization," (Co-Author), Society for the Study of
Social Problems,
Program
Committee, American Society of Criminology,
Progressive Caucus/Division of Critical Criminology Business
Meeting, American Society of Criminology,
"Female Victimization: News Images and Race/Ethnic Response
Differences," (Co-Author), American Society of Criminology,
"Murder, Rape and Women:
Continued Oppression and Discrimination," American Society of
Criminology,
"No Way Out: The Bind
off the New Rape Mythology for Victims," American Society of Criminology,
1990 "Third Annual
Progressive Caucus," American Society of Criminology,
"Media Constructions and Audience Reactions to Female
Victims," (Co-Author), American Society of Criminology,
"Domestic
and Sexual Violence Directed Against Women:
Are Women Noticed Least of All?" (Co-Author), Society for the Study
of Social Problems,
1989 "Community Resolutions to the
Problem of Violence Against Women," (Co-Author),
Society for the Study of Social Problems,
"Second Annual Progressive Caucus," American Society of
Criminology,
1989 "Little Known
Victims of Crimes," American Society of Criminology,
1988 "Organizing
to Prevent Violence Against Women," (Co-Author), American Sociological
Association,
"Factors
Correlated With the Crackdown on Crime," (Co-Author), Society for the
Study of Social Problems,
"Sentencing
the Disenfranchised," American Society of Criminology,
Progressive Caucus (First ever for American Society of
Criminology), American Society of Criminology,
1987 Criminology Section Refereed
Roundtables, American Sociological Association,
Crime,
Criminology and the Mass Media, American Sociological Association
,
Correctional
Conditions and Policies: Critical Assessments, Society for the Study of Social Problems,
"Inequality and Ideology:
The Content of Crisis and Implications for Crime Control," American
Society of Criminology,
1986 "The State, Ideology and Hushed
Violence Towards Women," American Sociological
Association,
"An Examination of Change in Drunk Driving Laws," Society
for the Study of Social Problems,
"Drunk
Driving in
"Describing and Explaining Crime Trends and Patterns,"
The Woman Researcher, on abuse within the family (no session
title),
"State Crises and the Crackdown on Crime," American
Society of Criminology,
1985 "Women, Violence and the Law: The Vicissitudes of Victimization,"
Didactic Session, American Society of Criminology,
Women
and the Law, American Society of Criminology,
(November). Chair.
Critical
Perspectives on Correctional Reform:
Problems and Prospects,
Critical
Perspectives on Correctional Reform:
Problems and Prospects,
Rape: Reform, Inequality & Ideology, American
Sociological Association,
"Rape Reform: Ten Years
Later," American Sociological Association,
Contemporary Perspectives on Sexual Violence, Society for the Study
of Social Problems,
Patterns
of Commitment & Studies of Delinquency Causation, Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences,
Patterns
of Commitment & Studies of Delinquency Causation, Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV (April).
Discussant.
Elderly Criminals,
Applications in Criminal Justice, North Central Sociological
Association,
1984 "Criminological Theory & Legal
Change in Rape," American Society of Criminology,
The
Judiciary & The Elderly Offender, American Society
of Criminology,
Sentencing: Issues, Logic and Severity,
"Sentencing
in Rape and Other Violent Crimes,"
Association,
"Rape, Paper Law: A Marxian
Analysis," American Sociological Association,
"Judicial
Discretion: Sentencing in Sexual
Assault,"
Politics and Criminal Justice in International Perspective,
1983 "Criminological Theory: The Integration of Political-Economy and
Definitional Approaches to The Study of Crime,"
American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO (November). Paper Presentation.
Sexual
Assault: Trends and Future, American
Sociological Association,
Crime and The Elderly, American Sociological Association,
Exploratory Studies in Criminal Justice, Society for the Study of
Social Problems,
"Understanding
Prosecutorial Discretion: An Analysis of
the Decision to Charge," (Co-Author), Society for the Study of Social
Problems,
1982 The Criminal Justice System and Sexual
Assault Crimes, American Society of Criminology,
"The Impetus for
Change: Reasons and Reform in Rape
Legislation," American Society of Criminology,
"A Preliminary Comparison of Sexual and Non-Sexual
Assault Case Prosecutions," American Sociological Association,
"Issues in the Prosecution of Sexual Assault," Society
for the Study of Social Problems,
"Attrition Rates and Factors of Influence in Criminal Sexual
Conduct Cases," Law and Society,
1981 "The
Measurement of Discretion in Criminal Justice Decision-Making," American
Society of Criminology,
1980 "Strategic
Planning for the Control of Criminal Sexual Conduct in a Midwestern
Community," (Co-Author), American Society of Criminology,
"An Analysis of Factors Influencing Prosecutorial Discretion
in Rape Prosecution," American Psychological Association,
American Society of
Criminology
American
Association of University Women
Amnesty
International
Association for
Humanist Sociology
Commission on the
Status of Women (WMU)
National
Organization of Women (NOW)
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Society for the
Study of Social Problems
TEACHING
Studies
in Criminology-Variable Topics (Soc. 664)
Fall
Semesters (2001, 1998)
Feminism
and Sexual Violence Against Women (Soc. 510)
Winter
Semester (1996) Fall Semester (1995)
Gender
& Justice (Soc. 510)
Winter
Semester (1994)
Current
Issues in Criminology (Soc. 661)
Fall
Semester (1988, 1990), Winter Semester (1995)
Undergraduate
Advanced
Criminology (Soc. 566)
Fall
& Winter Semesters (1987-Present)
Correctional
Process & Technique (Social Work 465)
Winter
and Fall Semesters (1985, 1986, 1988, 1990)
Business
Statistics (Management 200)
Summer
Semester (1985)
Introduction
to Criminology (Soc. 362)
Winter
and Fall Semesters (1983-Present)
Introduction
to Criminal Justice (Soc. 264)
Winter
and Fall Semesters (1981-1985)
Introduction
to Social Research (Soc. 450)
Spring
(1982)
Principles
of Sociology (Soc. 200)
Spring
Semester (1980)
Methods
of Sociological Inquiry (Soc. 382)
Fall
Semester (1979)
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Committees
Chair, Dissertation Committee,
Emily Lenning (Current)
Chair,
Dissertation Committee, Shauntey James-King
(Completed)
Chair,
Dissertation Committee, Joanne Ardovini-Brooker
(Completed)
Chair,
Dissertation Committee, Rhonda DeLong (Completed)
Chair,
Dissertation Committee, Kevin Minor (Completed)
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Yashica Williams (Current)
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Wally Post (Current)
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Curt Hosier (Current)
Member,Dissertation Committee,
Suzanne Hogson, Counseling Psychology
(Completed)
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Dennis McReynolds (Current)
Member,
Dissertation Committee,
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Michael Brown (Completed)
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Dick Andzenge (Completed)
Member,
Dissertation Committee, Mary DeYoung (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Sara Brightman (Current)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Emily Lenning (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Tyrone Waddell (Current)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Edith Fisher (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Janice Urbina (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Shannon O'Toole (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Jennifer St. Pierre (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Diana Cleaver (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Sandy Burke (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Monica White (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Rhonda DeLong (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Felicia Flowers (Completed)
Chair,
Master's Committee, Ramon Rodriquez (Completed)
Member,
Master's Committee, Amy Isler (Current)
Member,
Master's Committee, Tonya McMillan (Current)
Member,
Master's Committee, Jamie McCrank (Current)
Member,
Master's Committee, Angela Turner (Completed)
Member,
Master's Committee, Tracy Barnett (Completed)
Member,
Master's Committee, Angie Evans (Completed)
Member,
Master's Committee, Laura Nichols (Completed)
Member,
Master's Committee, Joy Clendenon-Wallen (Music
Therapy)
(Completed)
Honor's and “Chair/Mentor” Theses
Member,
Honor's Committee, Niki Kotts
(Fall, 2000)
Member,
Honor's Committee, Suzi Suchyta
(Fall, 2000
Chair/Mentor,
Honor's Committee, Paul Smoot (Fall, 1998)
Member,
Honor's Committee, Shawn Eyestone (Fall, 1996; Winter, 1997)
Chair/Mentor,
Honor's Committee, Ginou Tapp
(Fall, 1994, Winter, Spring,
Summer 1995).
Chair/Mentor,
Honor's Committee, Greg Leitz (Fall, 1993; Winter,
1994)
Chair/Mentor,
Waldo-Sangren Student Award -
1992).
Chair/Mentor,
Waldo-Sangren/Siebert Award - Brady Harnishfeger (Winter,
1988 ).
Chair,
Honor's Committee, Andrea McBride (Winter, 1993 - Fall, 1993)
Chair,
Honor's Thesis Committee, Neil Assante on
"Racism and the Criminal
Justice
System."
(*The
final paper was awarded one of the State of
Sociology
Papers Award in February of 1992).
Chair, Honor's Committee Chair, Kelley Kalkman,
(1989).
"Mentor"
Waldo-Sangren Student Award - Rose Dunlap-Gist (Spring 1989 and Fall 1989).
Member,
Honor's Committee, Melissa Garland (Winter, 1995)
Member,
Honor's Committee, Caroline Krep (Winter,
1993)
Member
Honor's Committee - Stacy Elliot, (Winter, 1989)
Independent Student Projects
Soc. 735
(Graduate Research) Emily Lenning –Summer 2004
–Research on the media and crime.
Soc. 735 (Graduate Research) Gayle Rhineberger
- Summer 2001 - Research on Media, Women and Crime.
Soc.
735 (Graduate Research) Curt Hosier - Spring-Summer 2000 - Research on Serial Killers
Soc.
735 (Graduate Research) Shaunty James -
Spring-Summer-Fall 1998 - Research on Women in prison.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Shannon O'Toole - Spring 1997 - Research on
professional athletes and violence against women.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Diana Cleaver - Summer 1995 - Research on the role of
alcohol in domestic violence.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Rhonda DeLong - Winter and Summer 1995 – Research on Women in Policing.
Soc. 598 (Independent Study) Diane Williams - Winter 1995 - The
Parallels in Research on Welfare and Domestic Violence Myths.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Linda Robyn - Winter 1993 - Research on sexual assault
cases.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Charlotte LaFoille - Fall
1993 - Feminism and Criminology.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Charlotte LaFoille - Fall
1992 - Militarism and Law Enforcement.
Soc. 598 (Independent Study) Rick Green - Fall 1992 - Rodney King and
Law Enforcement Brutality.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Linda Robyn - Fall 1992 - Data collection for press
coverage of rape.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Charlie LaFoille - Winter
1992 - Research on social
movements.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Sandi Burke - Summer 1989 - 3 credit hours - research
on violence against women.
Soc.
710 (Graduate Research) Rick Green - Winter 1992 - 3 credit hours each
-Research on nationwide self-defense classes.
Soc. 598 (Independent Study) Greg Leitz - Fall
1994 - Honor's Thesis on law enforcement.
Soc. 498
(Internship) Jill Stamison - Fall 1992 - 3 credit
hours - Internship with family research center one year in Kalamazoo (a new
internship that, if successful, will become
apart of the CJ program's regular internships).
Soc.
598 (Independent Study) Jerry Price - Fall 1992 - 6 credit hours - Inequality
and crime research and report.
Chair/"
Soc. 598
(Independent Study)
Soc. 598
(Independent Study) Linda Goldin - Winter 1989 - 3
credit hours - Research on criminal behavior and political fanaticism, e.g., Skinhenos.
Soc. 598
(Independent Study) David Walters - Winter 1989 - 3 credit hours - Research on
law enforcement training and sentences to domestic violence victims.
Soc.
598 (Independent Study) Dionne Brown - Summer 1989 - 4 credit hours - Research
project at Victim Witness ASsistance Unit of
Prosecutor's Office on domestic violence case services and needs.
Soc. 598
(Independent Study) Rick Green - Fall 1989 - Independent project to devise,
implement, and evaluate a defensive training program for Kalamazoo Public Safety
Department, with special attention to constitutional issues.
Soc. 598
(Independent Study) Frans Vanderwal
- Fall 1989 - Independent project to research changing sentencing policies and
public opinion correlates.
Soc. 598
(Independent Study) Winter 1989 -Evaluation of the
PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY, UNIVERSITY and DEPARTMENTAL
SERVICE
Professional
Service
1991-93 Chair,
Division on Crime and Delinquency, Society for the Study of Social Problems.
1990-92 (Founding)
Chair, Division on Critical Criminology, American
Society of Criminology.
2005 Chair,
Lee Scholar Activist Support Fund, Society for the Study of
Social
Problems.
2004 Sutherland
Awards Committee (Member) American Society of
Criminology.
Program Committee
(Member) American Society of
Criminology.
Coordinator, 20th
Anniversary Committee of the Division on
Women and Crime,
American Society of Criminology
2000-2002 Co-Chair (Founding) Division on Women and
Crime Committee
Good
Practice in the Discipline, American Society of Criminology.
2001 Fellows
Committee, American Society of Criminology.
1998 Chair,
Division on Women and Crime, American Society of Criminology, Awards Committee.
1997-99
Liason Haworth Publishing Company and Division on Women and
Crime American Society of Criminology.
1996-97 Ruth Cavan/Young
Scholar Award, Member, American Society of
Criminology.
1996-97 Awards
Committee, Member, American Society of Criminology
1995-97 Co-Editor,
DivisioNews, American Society of Criminology,
Division of Women and Crime.
1995-96 Program
Committee, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
1994-96 Co-Chair (and
1994-95 Chair
of Subcommittee, Minority Student Scholarship Publicity and Fund Raising,, American
Society of Criminology Affirmative Action Committee.
1993-94 American
Society of Criminology Affirmative Action Committee
1993
Chair, Division of Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Society for the
Study of Social
Problems
1992-94 Chair, Al McClung Lee Support Award. Society for the Study of
Social Problems
Nominations Committee, Society
for the Study of Social Problems
Social
Action Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Special Problems Council,
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Sexual Harassment Committee,
Division on Women and Crime, American Society of Criminology.
Ad Hoc
Committee on Divisions, American Society of Criminology.
1990-92 Chair,
Division on Critical Criminology, American Society of
Criminology.
1991-92 Program
Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems.
1990-91 Program
Committee, American Society of Criminology
1989-9 Program
Chair, Crime and Delinquency Division. Society for the Study
of Social Problems.
Social Action Committee (one of the founding members), Society for the
Study of Social Problems.
1988-89 Chair,
Nominations Committee, Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division, Society for the
Study of Social Problems.
1988-90
Chair of the committee to develop a New Division (on Critical
Criminology) for the American Society of Criminology.
1987-89 American Sociological
Association, Criminology Section, Latin
American Awards Committee.
1987-88
Chair, Local
Arrangements Committee, American Society of
Criminology,
Crriminology Section, American Sociological Association, Nominations Committee.
1988 Selection
Committee for New Editor of Sociological Focus.
1986-87 Chair, American Sociological
Association, Criminology Section,
Nominations (Election) Committee.
Member, American Sociological
Association, Criminology Section, Program Committee
1986-88
1985-87 White Paper Committee
on the
1985-88 North
Central Sociological Association, Publications Committee.
1986 Nominations Committee
for the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
Section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
1984-85 American Sociological Association,
Criminology Section, Member,
Nominations Committee.
Member, Awards
Committee of the
2004 Research
for legal case {attorney Michael Kimmel) on gang rape.
1998 “The
Relative Visibility of Rape Cases in Popular National Magazines."
Invited
Presentation
1995 "Feminism, Backlash and The Realities of Rape."
Invited Speaker,
Department of Sociology, Northern