Dr. Tim Berard, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., Boston University, 2001.
E-mail: tberard@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Deviance; Law & Society; Inequality & Discrimination; Culture & Subcultures; Language & Social Identity; Sociological Theory.
Recent Publications: ‘Deviant Subcultures,’ in the Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. George Ritzer, Blackwell (September, 2006); ‘From Concepts to Methods: On the Observability of Inequality,’ in Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 35(3): 236-256 [Lead article in special issue on constructionism and inequality] (June, 2006); ‘Racial Profiling,’ pp. 1421-1430 in Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia, ed. James Ciment, Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe (2006); ‘Extending Hate Crime Legislation to Include Gender: Explicating an Analogical Method of Advocacy,’ Qualitative Sociology Review 1(2): 43-64 [Available on-line] (December, 2005); 'Comparative Perspectives on Democracy and Homeland Security: Commentary,' book chapter in Homeland Security: Controversies, Strategies and Impact, ed. Nawal Ammar, Kent State University Press [available on-line] (2005); 'Evaluative Categories of Action and Identity in Non-Evaluative Human Studies Research: Examples from Ethnomethodology,' Qualitative Sociology Review 1(1): 1-25 [Lead Article] [Available on-line] (August, 2005); ‘Rethinking Practices and Structures.’ Journal for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences 35(2): 196-230 (June, 2005); ‘On Multiple Identities and Educational Contexts: Remarks on the study of inequalities and discrimination,’ Journal of Language, Identity, and Education 4(1): 67-76 (2005); ‘Ethnomethodology as Radical Sociology: An Expansive Appreciation of Melvin Pollner’s “Constitutive and Mundane Versions of Labeling Theory,”’ Human Studies 26(4): 431-448 (December, 2003); ‘Moving Forward by Looking Back: Revisiting Melvin Pollner’s “Constitutive and Mundane Versions of Labeling Theory,”’ Human Studies 25(4): 495-498 [25th anniversary issue] (December, 2002). ‘“Japanese American” Identity and the Problem of Multiple Description: Disjunctive Versions of the Japanese Exclusion Order,’ pp. 144-168 in Language, Interaction, and National Identity, ed. Stephen Hester and W. Housley, Ashgate (2002).
For more information, please see Dr. Berard’s personal web-page: http://www.timberard.info .
Dr. Albert K. Bhak, Emeritus Professor
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University, 1963
Dr. Thomas W. Brewer, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
Education: Ph.D., University at Albany (SUNY), 2003
Email: twbrewer@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Capital punishment, Quantitiative research methods, The use of technology in criminal justice. Research projects include coordinator, Ohio Capital Jury Project.
Recent Publications: Brewer, T.W. (in press), The attorney-client relationship in capital cases and its impact on juror receptivity to mitigation evidence. Justice Quarterly; Brewer, T.W., & Flannery, D. (in press), School Violence. In Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing; Brewer, T.W. (2004) Race and jurors’ receptivity to mitigation in capital cases: The effect of jurors’, defendants’, and victims’ race in combination. Law and Human Behavior, 28(5), 529-545; Bowers, W.J., Sandys, M., & Brewer, T.W. (2004), Killings that cross racial boundaries: A closer look at the roots of racial bias in capital sentencing. DePaul Law Review, 53(4), 1497-1538; Acker, J.R., Brewer, T.W., Cunningham, E., Fitzgerald, A., Flexon, J., Lombard, J., Ryn, B., & Stodghill, B. (2001), No appeal from the grave: Capital punishment and the lessons of history. In S. D. Westervelt, J.A. Humphrey, & M. L. Radelet (Eds.), Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on failed justice (pp. 154-173). Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Brian Chopko, Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses (Stark)
Education: ABD, University of Akron (2007)
Email: bchopko@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Policing; victimology; post-traumatic stress and crime victims, offenders, and police officers.
Recent Publications: Schwartz, R.C., Smith, S.D., & Chopko, B.A. (in press). “Psychotherapists’ Countertransference Reactions Towards Clients With Antisocial Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia: An Empirical Test of Theory.” American Journal of Psychotherapy.
Dr. Mark Colvin, Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1985
E-mail: mcolvin1@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Criminological theory, Punishment and corrections, and Juvenile delinquency.
Recent publications: M. Colvin (2007), " Applying Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory to Prison Organizations: The Case of the Penitentiary of New Mexico." The Prison Journal 87 (September): 367-387; J. D. Unnever, M. Colvin, and F. T. Cullen (2003), “Crime and Coercion: A Test of Core Propositions,” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (in press); M. Colvin, F. T. Cullen, and T. Vander Ven (2002). “Coercion, Social Support, and Crime: An Emerging Theoretical Consensus,” Criminology 40: 19-42; M. Colvin (2000), Crime and Coercion: An Integrated Theory of Chronic Criminality (St. Martin's Press).
For more information, please see Dr. Colvin's personal web page http://home.earthlink.net/~suzannecolvin/
Dr. Daniel J. Flannery. Professor & Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1991.
E-mail: dflanne1@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Interests include a focus on risk and protective factors related to delinquency and violence prevention, as well as investigations of how parent-child and parent-adolescent relationships impact early adolescent problem behavior.
Recent publications: Hack, M., Flannery, D., Schluchter, M., Cartar, L., Borawski, E., & Klein, N. (2002), “Young adult outcomes of very low birth weight children.? New England Journal of Medicine, 346, 149- 157; Blankenmeyer, M., Flannery, D., & Vazsonyi, A. (2002), “The role of aggression and social competence in children’s perceptions of the child-teacher relationship,” Psychology in the Schools, 39, 293- 304; Flannery, D., Vazsonyi, A., Liau, A., Guo, S., Powell, K., Atha, H., Vesterdal, W., & Embry, D. (2003), “Initial behavior outcomes for Peacebuilders universal school-based violence prevention program,” Developmental Psychology, 39, 292-308; Drotar, D., Flannery, D., Day, E., Friedman, S., Creedon, R., Gartland, H., McDavid, L., Tame, C., & McTaggert, M. (2003), “Identifying and responding to the mental health service needs of children who have experienced violence: A community-based approach,” Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 9, 187-204; Flannery, D., Singer, M., & Wester, K. (2003), “Violence, coping and mental health in a community sample of adolescents,” Violence and Victims, 18, 1-16; Farrell, A., & Flannery, D (In press), “Youth violence prevention: Are we there yet?” Journal of Family Violence; Flannery, D., Wester, K., & Singer, M. (In press), “Impact of school violence exposure on child mental health and violence,” Journal of Community Psychology;
Arendt, R., Short, E., Singer, L., Klein, N., Minnes, S., Hewitt, J., Flynn, S., Carlson, L., Min, M., & Flannery, D. (In press), “Children prenatally exposed to cocaine: Developmental outcomes and environmental risk at seven years of age,” Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Vazsonyi, A., Belliston, L., & Flannery, D. (In press), “Evaluation of a school-based, universal violence prevention program: Low, medium and high risk children,” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice; Flannery, D. (Forthcoming), “You talkin’ ta me?? Violence and mental health in everyday life,” Altamira Press; Flannery, D., Hussey, D., Biebelhausen, L., & Wester, K. (2003), “Crime, delinquency and youth gangs,” in G. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds), The Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 502-522), Oxford: Blackwell; Flannery, D. (In press), “Opportunity provision in the context of merging science and community-based best practice,” in J. Kreinert and M. Fleisher (Eds)., Crime and Employment: Critical Issues in Crime Reduction for Corrections,” Walnut Creek, CA: Rowan & Littlefield.; Singer, M., & Flannery, D. (Eds.; Forthcoming), “Exposure to violence in the community,” Journal of Community Psychology.
For more information, please see Dr. Flannery’s page with ISPV
Dr. David L. Hussey, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1992.
E-mail: dhussey@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Interests include child mental health treatment, child welfare, dual disorders, youth trauma and victimization, and social service delivery.
Recent publications: Hussey, D., & Flannery, D., (in press), “Implementing and evaluating school-based primary prevention programs and the importance of differential effects on outcomes,” Journal of School Violence; Hussey, D., Flannery, D., Drinkard, A., & Falletta, L., (in press), “Comorbid substance use and mental health issues among offending youth,” Social Work Practice in Addictions; Timmons-Mitchell, J., Hussey, D., Buckeye, L., Usaj, K., & Mitchell, C., (2006). “The Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS), Multisystemic Therapy (MST), and Safe Schools / Healthy Students: Resilience in action,” in C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The18th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health, Expanding the Research Base, (pp. 212-214), Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health; Hussey, D., & Guo, S.,(2005), “Characteristics and trajectories of treatment foster care youth,” Child Welfare, 84(4), 485-506; Flannery, D., Hussey, D., Jefferis, E., (2005), “Adolescent delinquency and violent behavior,” in G. Adams & T. Gullota (Eds.), The Treatment and Prevention of Dysfunctional Behavior in Adolescence, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishing; Hussey, D., & Guo, S., (Fall, 2005), “Forecasting length of stay in child residential treatment,” Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 36(1), 93-109; Guo, S., & Hussey, D.L., (2004), “Nonprobability sampling in social work research: Dilemmas, consequences, and strategies,” Journal of Social Service Research, 30(3), 1-18; Hussey, D., & Guo, S., (2003), “Measuring behavior change in young children receiving intensive school-based mental health services,” Journal of Community Psychology, 31(6), 629-639; Hussey, D., & Layman, D., (2003), “Music therapy with emotionally disturbed children,” Psychiatric Times, 20(6); Layman, D., Hussey, D., (2003), “Music therapy issues and strategies for working with adoptive and foster care children,” in D.J. Betts (Ed.), Creative Arts Approaches to Adoptive and Foster Care Treatment, (pp. 124-127), Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD., Springfield, IL; Flannery, D., Hussey, D., Biebelhausen, L., & Wester, K., (2003), “Crime, delinquency, and youth gangs,” in G. R. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 502-522), Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
For more information, please see Dr. Hussey’s page with ISPV.
Dr. Eric Jefferis, Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2004
Email: ejefferi@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Police practices, violence, evaluation research, spatial analyses, applications of technology in criminal justice. Research Projects include Co-PI: Project Safe Neighborhoods for the Northern District of Ohio, Research Partner.
Recent Publications: Flannery, D., Hussey, D. and Jefferis, E. (forthcoming). “Adolescent delinquency and violent behavior.” In Adams, Gerald and Gullota, Thomas (Ed.) The Treatment and Prevention of Dysfunctional Behavior in Adolescence. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishing; Frank, J., and Jefferis, E. (2005). “Multi-jurisdictional drug task forces,” pp. 123-124 in Knowles, Jeffery (Managing Editor), The State of Crime and Justice in Ohio. Columbus, OH: Office of Criminal Justice Services; Kaminski, R. Jefferis, E. and J. Gu. (2003).
Dr. David A. Kessler, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University, 1989.
E-mail: dkessler@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Police administration and community policing.
Recent publications: D. A. Kessler (1999), "The effects of community policing on complaints against officers," Journal of Quantitative Criminology (September).
Dr. Peter C. Kratcoski, Emeritus Professor; Adjunct Professor, Regional Campuses (Stark Campus)
Education: Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1969.
E-mail: pkratcos@kent.edu , pkratco2@stark.edu , petekrat@aol.com
Research interests and areas of expertise: Juvenile delinquency, criminology, corrections, community policing, comparative international police studies, and victimology.
Recent publications: P. C. Kratcoski (2000), Correctional counseling and treatment, 4th ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. P. C. Kratcoski and Dilip K. Das (1999), "International police cooperation: A world perspective," Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 22 (2): 214-241.
Dr. Shelley Johnson Listwan, Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2001
E-mail: slistwan@kent.edu
Research Interests and areas of expertise: Criminological Theory, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Recent Publications: Listwan, Shelley J., Patricia Van Voorhis, and P. Neal Ritchey (forthcoming). “Criminal Behavior, Personality, and Risk Assessment.” Criminal Justice and Behavior. Listwan, Shelley J., Kimberly Gentry Sperber, Lisa Murphy Spruance, and Patricia Van Voorhis (2004). “High Anxiety Offenders in Correctional Settings: It’s Time for Another Look.” Federal Probation, June Issue, 43-50. Shaffer, Deborah K, Shelley Johnson Listwan, Edward J. Latessa (2004) “The Effectiveness of Ohio’s Drug Courts. Ohio Corrections Research Compendium, 2, 255-263. Van Voorhis, Patricia, Lisa M. Spruance, Shelley Johnson Listwan, P. Neal Ritchey, and Renita Seabrook. (2004) “Results of the Georgia Cognitive Skills Experiment: A Replication of Reasoning and Rehabilitation.” Criminal Justice and Behavior, 31(3), 282-305. Listwan, Shelley Johnson, Jody L. Sundt, Alex M. Holsinger, and Edward J. Latessa. (2003) “The Impact of Drug Court Programming on Recidivism: The Cincinnati Experience.” Crime and Delinquency, 49(3): 389 - 411.
Dr. Molly Merryman, Associate Professor, Regional Campuses (Trumbull)
Adjunct Faculty, History Department; Journalism & Mass Communications Department; American Studies Program; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Studies Program; Women's Studies Program
Education: Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1995
E-mail: mmerryma@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Constructions of crime and justice in popular culture and the mass media; women and justice; minorities and justice; historical constructions of institutional power; pornography; victimology, cultural history.
Recent publications: Clipped Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) of World War II, New York: New York University Press (1997; paperback 2001); “Removing Sex from Sex: Mainstream Feminism’s Incomplete Dialogue,” in Porn 101, James Elias, ed., New York: Prometheus Books (1999); “Not All Feminists Look/(Think) Alike in the Dark,” Gauntlet, Number 18 (1999).
Recent documentaries: “Women Who Flew,” with Tom Baumann, Lipstik Productions (1994), 10 min.
Dr. Hedieh Nasheri, Professor and Paralegal Studies Program Coordinator
Education: Ph. D., Case Western Reserve University, 1992
E-mail: hnasheri@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Law & Technology, Intellectual Property, Protection of Trade Secrets & Economic Espionage, Cybercrimes, and Comparative Jurisprudence.
Recent publications: Nasheri, H. " The Breadth and Dynamics of Illegal Internet Drug SalesThe Emergence of an Ill-Defined Marketplace and the Case of the United States," Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, Vol. 90 Issue 2/3 (April/June) 2007, 175-190. Nasheri, H. "Economic Espionage and Industrial Spying, Cambridge University Press, New York, London, 2005, 270 pp. Nasheri, H. Crime and Justice in the Age of Court TV, New York, LFB Scholarly Publishing, New York, 2002, 219 pp. Nasheri, H. Betrayal of Due Process: A Comparative Assessment of Plea Bargaining in the United States and Canada, University Press of America, New York, Oxford, 1998. 218 pp. Nasheri, H. " Addressing the Global Scope of Intellectual Property Crimes and Policy Initiatives", Trends in Organized Crime, Vol. 8 No. 4, Summer 2005, 79-108. Nasheri, H. "Addressing Global Scope of Intellectual Property Law", (November 2004) U.S Department of Justice, Document Number 208384, NCJ 208384 Nasheri, H. "Intellectual Property, Organized Crime and Terrorism", International Journal of Comparative Criminology, Vol. 4, Number 1, (June 2004) 24-47. Nasheri, H. "Intellectual Property, Organized Crime and Terrorism", Reprinted in J. Albanese, ed. Transnational Crime (de Sitter, 2005). Nasheri, H."The Intersection of Technology Crimes and Cyberspace in Europe: The Case of Hungary ", Information & Communications Technology Law, Vol. 12, No. 1, (2003) 25-48. Nasheri, H. & O'Hearn T.J. "The Worldwide Search for Techno-thieves: International Competition v. International Co-operation", in Cyberspace Crime, Reprinted, D.S. Wall, ed. London (2002) Ashgate. Nasheri, H. "Digital Crime", Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Vol. 2, p. 524, Berkshire Publishing Group, 2002. MacOdrum, D, Nasheri, H. & O'Hearn T.J. "Spies in Suits: New Crimes of the Information Age from the United States and Canada Perspectives", Information & Communications Technology Law, Vol. 10, No. 2, (June 2001) 139-166. Nasheri, H. "The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective", International Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 10, p.114, 2000. Nasheri, H. & O'Hearn T.J. "The Worldwide Search for Techno-thieves: International Competition v. International Co-operation", International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, Vol. 13, No. 3, (December, 1999) 373-382. Nasheri, H. & O'Hearn T.J. "Hightech Crimes and The American Economic Machine", International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, Vol. 13, No. 2, (November, 1999) 7-21.
For more information, please see Dr. Nasheri's Web Page
Dr. George A. Pownall, Emeritus Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Dr. Pamela Tontodonato, Associate Professor
Education: Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
E-mail: ptontodo@kent.edu
Research interests and areas of expertise: Juvenile delinquency, criminal careers, violent crime, victimology, women and crime, criminological theory, quantitative methods.
Recent publications: P. Tontodonato & F. Hagan (forthcoming fall 2008). "What Causes Delinquency? Classical and Sociological Theories of Crime.” Chapter 2 in Controversies in Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, 2nd edition, P. Benekos and A. Merlo (Eds.), Anderson Publishing/LexisNexis. P. Tontodonato (2006), “Goals, expectations, and satisfaction of criminal justice majors: Implications for faculty, students, and programs,” Journal of Criminal Justice Education 17 (1): 162-180; "Cohort research," article in the Encyclopedia of Criminology (2005), R. Wright and J. M. Miller (Eds.), New York: Routledge. "Marvin E. Wolfgang," article in the Encyclopedia of Criminology (2005), R. Wright and J. M. Miller (Eds.), New York: Routledge. F. Hagan and P. Tontodonato (2004), "Delinquency Theory: Classical and Sociological Explanations," Chapter 2 (pp. 21-41) in Controversies in Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, P. Benekos and A. Merlo (Eds.), Newark, NJ: Anderson/Lexis-Nexis Publishing; P. Tontodonato (2001), Study Guide to accompany Introduction to Criminal Justice, 4th edition, by Lawrence F. Travis, III, Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing; P. Tontodonato (2001), "Cultural conflict theory," Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, pp. 69-71, C. D. Bryant, Editor-in-Chief. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge, Taylor and Francis publisher.
For more information, please see Dr. Tontodonato's personal web page: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ptontodo/
Dr. Donald B. Walker, Emeritus Associate Professor (deceased)
Education: Ph. D., Wayne State University, 1975.
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