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Curriculum Vitae Theodore R. Curry, PhD Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice The University of Texas at El Paso 500 W. University Ave. El Paso, Texas 79968 Phone: (915) 747-6527 Email: [email protected] Web: http://utminers.utep.edu/trcurry EDUCATION 2001 Ph.D., Sociology, Washington State University Dissertation: “Situational and Global Control Ratios: Testing Control Balance Theory.” Dissertation Committee: Charles R. Tittle (chair), Louis N. Gray, and Clayton Mosher 1994 M.A., Sociology, University of Oklahoma Thesis: “Conservative Protestantism and the Perceived Moral Wrongfulness of Crimes.” Thesis Committee: Harold G. Grasmick (chair), Robert J. Bursik, Jr., and John K. Cochran 1991 B.A., Psychology, University of Tulsa Senior Honors Thesis: “The War on Drugs: Social Costs and Consequences.” Thesis Chair: Barry Kinsey

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Curriculum Vitae

Theodore R. Curry, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Criminal Justice

The University of Texas at El Paso

500 W. University Ave.

El Paso, Texas 79968

Phone: (915) 747-6527

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://utminers.utep.edu/trcurry

EDUCATION

2001 Ph.D., Sociology, Washington State University

Dissertation: “Situational and Global Control Ratios: Testing

Control Balance Theory.” Dissertation Committee: Charles R. Tittle

(chair), Louis N. Gray, and Clayton Mosher

1994 M.A., Sociology, University of Oklahoma

Thesis: “Conservative Protestantism and the Perceived Moral

Wrongfulness of Crimes.” Thesis Committee: Harold G. Grasmick

(chair), Robert J. Bursik, Jr., and John K. Cochran

1991 B.A., Psychology, University of Tulsa

Senior Honors Thesis: “The War on Drugs: Social Costs and

Consequences.” Thesis Chair: Barry Kinsey

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Crime & Immigration

Policing

Theories of Social Control and Criminal Justice

Theories of Crime & Deviance

Gender

Race/ethnicity

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2013 – present Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University

of Texas at El Paso

2006 – 2013 Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice,

University of Texas at El Paso

2000 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice,

University of Texas at El Paso

2001 – 2005 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology

And Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

1994 – 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Washington State

University

1998 – 1999 University Writing Portfolio Reader, Tier I, Washington

State University

1992 – 1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma

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REFERREED PUBLICATIONS

**Emerick, Nicholas A., Theodore R. Curry, Timothy W. Collins and S. Fernando

Rodriguez. 2014. “Homicide and Social Disorganization on the Border:

Implications for Latino and Immigrant Populations.” Social Science Quarterly 95:

360-379. Article first published online July 10, 2013. DOI: 10.111/ssqu.12051.

Curry, Theodore R. 2014. “The Benefits and Penalties of Gender in Criminal Justice

Processing Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research regarding Juveniles

and Adults.” Pp. 551-571 in Bill McCarthy and Rosemary Gartner (Eds.) Oxford

Handbook on Crime, Gender, and Sex. New York: Oxford University Press.

Lee, Gang, Kisun Yim, Theodore R. Curry and S. Fernando Rodriguez. 2012. “The

relevance of social and cultural contexts: Religiosity, acculturation and

delinquency among Korean Catholic adolescents in Southern California.” The

Social Science Journal 49: 537-544.

Curry, Theodore R. 2012. “Control Balance Theory.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online:

Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI:

10.1093/OBO/9780195396607-0103

http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396607/obo-

9780195396607-0103.xml?rskey=8ugmwf&result=6&q=

Curry, Theodore R. 2010. “The Conditional Effects of Victim and Offender Ethnicity and

Victim Gender on Sentences for Non-Capital Cases.” Punishment & Society 12:

438-462. DOI: 10.1177/1462474510376585.

** Curry, Theodore R. and Guadalupe Corral. 2008. “Sentencing Young Minority Males

for Drug Offenses: Testing for Interactions between Race/Ethnicity, Gender and

Age during the US War on Drugs.” Punishment & Society 10: 253-276.

** Cuellar, Jeanette and Theodore R. Curry. 2007. “Prevalence and Co-Morbidity

between Delinquency, Drug Abuse, Suicide Attempts, Physical and Sexual

Abuse and Self-Mutilation among Delinquent Hispanic Females.” Journal of

Hispanic Behavioral Sciences 29: 68-82.

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S. Fernando Rodriguez, Theodore R. Curry, and Gang Lee. 2006. “Gender Differences in

Criminal Sentencing: Do Effects Vary across Violent, Property, and Drug

Offenses?” Social Science Quarterly 87:318-339.

Curry, Theodore R. 2005. “Integrating Motivating and Constraining Forces in Deviance

Causation: A Test of Causal Chain Hypotheses in Control Balance Theory.”

Deviant Behavior 26:571-599.

Curry, Theodore R., Gang Lee and S. Fernando Rodriguez. 2004. “Does Victim Gender

Increase Sentence Severity? Further Explorations of Gender Dynamics and

Sentencing Outcomes.” Crime & Delinquency 50: 319-343.

Curry, Theodore R. and Alex R. Piquero. 2003. “Control Ratios and Defiant acts of

Deviance: Assessing Additive and Conditional Effects with Constraints and

Impulsivity.” Sociological Perspectives 46: 397-415.

Grattet, Ryken, Valerie Jenness and Theodore R. Curry. 1998. “Innovation and Diffusion

in U.S. Hate Crime Law.” American Sociological Review 63:286-307.

Curry, Theodore R. 1996. “Conservative Protestantism and the Moral Wrongfulness of

Crimes: A Research Note.” Criminology 34: 453-464.

** Denotes a publication co-authored with one or more graduate students I mentored.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Curry, Theodore R. 2006. “Deviance and Social Control: Behaving Well and Not So

Well.” Pp. 48-70 in Frank Taylor, Lawrence Mencotti and Ivan Chompalov (Eds.)

Sociology: Not for Dummies. Boston MA: Pearson.

Curry, Theodore R. 1995. “Conservative Protestants: Views of Crime and Punishment

and Their Implications for Corrections.” IARCA Journal 6(6): 32-37.

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RESEARCH GRANTS PENDING

Why are Immigrant Neighborhoods Low Crime Neighborhoods? Advancing Knowledge of a

Profoundly Misunderstood Issue

Funding Organization: The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Amount: $33,700

Funding Period: January 2016 – December 2016

Improving community corrections risk assessment among Latina women: Examining the role of

gender- and culture-specific risk factors

Funding Organization: National Institute of Justice

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Eno-Louden

Co-Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Amount: $210,000

Funding Period: January 2016 – December 2017

RESEARCH GRANTS FUNDED

REU Supplement: Why are Immigrant Neighborhoods Low Crime Neighborhoods? Testing

Immigrant Revitalization Theory and Cultural Explanations

Funding Organization: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator: Dr. Theodore R. Curry

Amount: $9,600

Funding Period: September 2014 – September 2015

Why are Immigrant Neighborhoods Low Crime Neighborhoods? Testing Immigrant

Revitalization Theory and Cultural Explanations

Funding Organization: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator: Dr. Theodore R. Curry

Co-PIs: Dr. Maria Cristina Morales and Dr. Harmon Hosch

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Amount: $125,000

Funding Period: June 2013 – December 2014

Chamizal Neighborhood Weed & Seed.

Funding Organization: Department of Justice

Principal Investigator: City of El Paso Community & Human Development

Department

Amount: $158,000

Funding Period: January 2008 – December 2012

I assisted in the development of this proposal and served as a paid evaluator.

Mental Health Research Development – Assessing Risk Factors among Latina Adolescents:

Research on the Context of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Delinquency on the

West Texas Border.

Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health/Minority Research

Infrastructure and Support Program (M-RISP)

Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Amount $19,425

Funding Period: June 2004 – August 2004.

Inequities in the War on Drugs: The Impact of Drug-Related Offenses on the Courts along the

U.S. - Mexico Border.

Funding Organization: Center for Law and Border Studies (CLBS) at UTEP

Principal Investigator: Martha Smithey

Co-Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Amount: $1,650

Funding Period: June 2003 – November 2003.

RESEARCH GRANTS NOT FUNDED

The Effect of Social Support and Coercion on Antisocial Personality in Interpersonal and

Political Situations

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Funding Organization: Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of

Texas at El Paso

Principal Investigator: Daniel N. Jones

Co-Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Curry, Hiroi, T., and Harmon Hosch

Amount: $17,000

Proposed Funding Period: June 1, 2015- December 31, 2015

Decision-Making among Offenders in the Paso del Norte Region

Funding Organization: National Institute on Justice

Principal Investigator: Daniel N. Jones

Co-Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Curry and Harmon Hosch

Amount: $480,000

Proposed Funding Period: January 1, 2015- December 31, 2017

Intergroup Competition and Resource Scarcity as Sources of Terrorism

Funding Organization: Department of Defense

Principal Investigators: Steven L. Crites and Gaspare M. Genna

Co-Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Curry and D. Sobek

Amount: $1,215,000

Proposed Funding Period: June 1, 2012- December 31, 2014

Gender Differences in Drug Abuse and Linkages to Delinquency and Mental Health

Funding Organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Co-Principal Investigator: Gang Lee

Amount: $148,000

Proposed Funding Period: January 1, 2006- December 31, 2007

Latinos, Immigration and Violent Crime: Unraveling the Latino Paradox.

Funding Organization: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Zarate, Osvaldo Morera, Callie Rennison,

and Richard Rosenfeld

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Amount: $320,884.

Proposed Funding Period: September 2007-August 2009

Assessing Risk Factors: Research on the Context of Mental Health, Drug Use, and Violence on

the West Texas Border

Funding Organization: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Minority

Health Research and Education Grant Program

Principal Investigator: S. Fernando Rodriguez

Co-Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Amount: $169,951

Proposed Funding Period: September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2005

The Association between Capital Punishment and Homicide in Post-Furman Texas: Testing the

Deterrence and Brutalization Theses

Funding Organization: National Science Foundation

Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Amount: $136,961

Proposed Funding Period: September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2005

Wholesale Executions and Mental Health Outcomes: The Case of Texas

Funding Organization: Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-

RISP)

Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry

Proposed Funding Period: September 1, 2002 – August 31, 2004

PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

2011-2012 Program Evaluator, City of El Paso Chamizal neighborhood

Weed & Seed, U.S. Department of Justice (WS-QX-0030).

Provided technical assistance in program design and

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development and served as program evaluator for the duration

of the program.

2008-2012 Program Evaluator, El Paso Community College Learn and

Serve America POWER Program, Corporation for National and

Community Service (10LHWTX001). Served as program

evaluator for the duration of the program.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Morales, Maria Cristina, Theodore R. Curry and Harmon Hosch. 2015. Perceptions of

Neighborhood Policing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southwestern Sociological Science Association, Denver CO.

**Curry, Theodore R., Maria Cristina Morales, Harmon H. Hosch and Jorge Hernandez.

2014. Conceptualizing Immigrant Neighborhoods in a Study of Crime. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, San

Antonio, TX.

** Maes-Nevarez, Angelique and Theodore R. Curry. 2013. The Strength of Kinship: A

Look into the Lives of a Family that has Overcome Adversity and Marginality.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science

Association, New Orleans, LA.

** Emerick, Nicholas A. and Theodore R. Curry (2010) “Social Disorganization and

Geographic Distribution of Homicides in El Paso.” Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, Houston, Texas.

** Cuellar, Jeanette and Theodore R. Curry (2005) “Examining Associations between

Substance Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency among Female Hispanic Youth in a

Metropolitan Border Community.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southwest Social Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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** Corral, Guadalupe and Theodore R. Curry (2005) “The Effect of Offender Race and

Ethnicity on Sentencing Outcomes for Cocaine and Crack Offenses in Texas.”

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science

Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Lee, Gang, Theodore R. Curry, and S. Fernando Rodriguez (2003) “Gender Differences

as Sentencing: From Arrest to Disposition.” Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, Colorado.

Lee, Gang, Theodore R. Curry, and S. Fernando Rodriguez (2002) “The Role of Gender

in Criminal Justice Processing.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois.

Rodriguez, S. Fernando, Theodore R. Curry, and Gang Lee (2002) “Gender Differences

in the Sentencing of Adult Defendants.” Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Anaheim, California.

Curry, Theodore R. (2000) “Integrating the Effects of Deviant Motivation and

Constraints: A Test of Control Balance Theory Using Situational Control Ratios.”

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology,

San Francisco, California.

Curry, Theodore R. and Robert Griffin (2000) “How "General" is Self-Control Theory? A

Test of Interactions between Self-Control and Gender, Race/Ethnicity,

Socioeconomic Status, Age, and Size of Place.” Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California.

Curry, Theodore R. (1999) “Framing Control Balance Theory: Causal Processes with

Situational Control Ratios.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Curry, Theodore R. and Dennis K. Bowker (1998) “Interactional Theory and Social

Bonds: Do Reciprocal Relationships Exist and can they be tested?” Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology,

Washington, D.C.

Curry, Theodore R. and Dennis K. Bowker (1997) “Attachment to Parents, Peers and

School: Comments on the Social Bond.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, California.

Grattet, Ryken, Valerie Jenness and Theodore R. Curry (1996) “The Institutionalization

of ‘Hate Crime’ Law in the U.S.: Innovation and Diffusion in the Criminalization

of Bigotry.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological

Association, New York, New York.

Curry, Theodore R (1996) “Self-Control and Crime: A Test with Behavioral Measures.”

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology,

Chicago, Illinois.

Curry, Theodore R. and Bryan E. Burke (1996) “Global Environmental Change: Claims

and Claims-Making Activities in the Rise and Fall of Global Warming and Ozone

Depletion as Social Problems.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington.

Cochran, John K., Mitchell B. Chamlin, Theodore Curry, and Linda Robinson (1994)

“The Influence of Extra-Legal Factors in Executive Pardon Decisions: Oklahoma,

1990-1992.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, Miami, Florida.

Curry, Theodore R. (1994) “Conservative Protestantism and the Perceived Moral

Wrongfulness of Crimes.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southwest Sociological Association, San Antonio, Texas.

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** Denotes co-authorship with one or more graduate students I mentored.

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

2013 Outstanding Performance Award, Office of Research and

Sponsored Projects, University of Texas at El Paso

2001 Faculty Development Grant, University of Texas at El Paso

2000 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Washington State University

1999 Joseph DeMartini Excellence in Teaching Award, Washington

State University

1999 Graduate Student Travel Award, Washington State University

1998 American Sociological Association Honor’s Program (nominated),

Washington State University

1996 Gene Carté Graduate Student Paper Competition Award (3rd

place), American Society of Criminology

1996 Ann Madsen DePew Memorial Scholarship, Washington State

University

1994 Travel Grant, University of Oklahoma

1987–1991 Merit Scholarship, University of Tulsa

1987–1991 Presidential Scholarship, University of Tulsa

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COURSES TAUGHT

The University of Texas at El Paso

CRIJ 2306, Intro to Corrections

CRIJ 2313, Correctional Systems & Practices

CRIJ 3313, Criminology

CRIJ 3313 (online), Criminology

CRIJ 3322, Research Methods in Criminal Justice

CRIJ 4300, Selected Topics - Criminal Justice

CRIJ 4301, Readings in Criminal Justice

CRIJ 4304, Crime, Criminal Justice and Film

CRIJ 4304 (online), Crime, Criminal Justice and Film

CRIJ 4390, Advanced Concepts in Criminal Justice

CRIJ 4399, Research Practicum Criminal Justice

MAIS 5350, The History of an Idea

RSRC 4033, Undergraduate Research

SOCI 1301, Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 3311, Methods of Research

SOCI 3341, Special Undergraduate Topics

SOCI 3348, Criminology

SOCI 4390, Independent Study

SOCI 5190, Individual Studies

SOCI 5312, Seminar-Advanced Measurement and Inference

SOCI 5320, Seminar- Quant. Methodology

SOCI 5341, Special Graduate Topics

SOCI 5348, Seminar-Criminology

SOCI 5390, Individual Studies

SOCI 5398, Thesis

SOCI 5399, Thesis II

Washington State University

SOC 102, Social Problems

SOC 317, Social Research Methods

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SOC 361, Criminology

SOC 461, Corrections

University of Oklahoma

SOCI 3900, The Death Penalty in America

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

2015 Reviewer, Punishment & Society

Reviewer, Justice Quarterly

Reviewer, National Science Foundation (two manuscripts)

2013 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly

2012 Reviewer, National Science Foundation (two manuscripts)

Reviewer, Criminology

Reviewer, Crime & Delinquency (two manuscripts)

Reviewer, Punishment & Society

2011 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly

Reviewer, Criminology

Reviewer, National Science Foundation

2010 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice

2009 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice

Reviewer, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

2008 Reviewer, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

2008 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice Education

2007 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly

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2006 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly (four manuscripts)

Reviewer, Social Problems (two manuscripts)

2005 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly

Reviewer, Sociological Focus

2004 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly

Reviewer, Sociological Focus

2002 Reviewer, Criminology

Reviewer, Social Problems

Reviewer, Sociological Inquiry

2001 Reviewer, Criminology

1997 Reviewer, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

SERVICE WITHIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2011 Session Chair and Discussant, Annual meeting of the American

Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.

2000 Chair, “Testing Social Control Theory” (session 174). Annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,

California.

1997 Chair, “New Directions in Social Bonding Theory” (session

426). Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego,

California.

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Textbook Reviewer: Oxford, Sage, Academic Press, Prentice Hall

COLLEGE & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

2014-present Member of Steering Committee, Center for Law and

Human Behavior, University of Texas at El Paso

2013 Member of Faculty Search Committees, Criminal Justice

Program, University of Texas at El Paso

2010-2013 Chair, Steering Committee, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2010-2013 Website liaison, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

University of Texas at El Paso

2004-2013 Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2011-2012 Member of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2010 Chaired post-tenure review committee, Criminal Justice

Program, University of Texas at El Paso

2006-2011 Graduate Executive Committee member, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2004-2010 Undergraduate Advisor, Criminal Justice Program, University

of Texas at El Paso

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2008-2009 Member of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2008-2009 Member of Faculty Search Committee, Criminal Justice

Program, University of Texas at El Paso

2001 – 2005 Graduate Advisor, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2001-2005 Steering Committee Member, Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso

2004 Sociology and Anthropology representative for the Council of

Graduate Schools/Ford Foundation PMA initiative to develop professional

Master of Arts degrees at UTEP

1997-1999 Sociology Graduate Student Organization, Washington State

University Colloquium Committee, Sociology Graduate Student

Organization, Washington State University

1998-1999 Faculty Meeting Representative, Sociology Graduate Student

Organization, Washington State University

1997-1998 Graduate Student Teaching Mentor, Washington State

University

1996-1998 Graduate Student Mentor, Washington State University

1993-1994 Treasurer, Association of Graduate Sociologists, University of

Oklahoma

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UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2002-present Annual contributor the State Employee’s Charitable Campaign

(SECC),University of Texas at El Paso

2008-2011 Faculty Senator, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

University of Texas at El Paso

2003 Reviewer for annual “Outstanding Master’s Thesis” award, University of

Texas at El Paso

2003 Reviewer for annual undergraduate “University Thesis” award,

University of Texas at El Paso

INVITED LECTURES

Presentation to TRIOTA “Gender & Criminal Justice Processing.” February 27, 2013.

Organized and served on discussion panel for The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death

Penalty. March, 2009

Lecture for the State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education programs for El Paso

County Public Defenders, “Sentencing in Texas: The effects of victim gender and

victim race/ethnicity.” April 8, 2004.

Criminal Justice Program colloquy, “Sentencing in Texas: The effects of victim gender

and victim race/ethnicity.” March 26, 2004.

“Criminal Justice Forum,” sponsored by the Criminal Justice Society at UTEP, the UTEP

Campus Greens, and the UTEP College Democrats, “Capital Punishment and

Homicide: Exploring the Deterrence and Brutalization Theses.” Spring 2002.

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DISSERTATION AND MASTERS THESIS COMMITTEES

Student Year Discipline Role Degree

Woestehoff, Skye A. 2015 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Kang, Tamara 2015 Psychology Member M.A.

Hernandez, Jorge 2015 Sociology Chair M.A.

Spraberry, Chelsea 2014 Psychology Member M.A.

Naevarez Maes, Angelique 2013 Sociology Chair M.A.

Abigail Moore 2013 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Griselda Melendez 2013 Biology Member M.A.

Clinton Prall 2012 Psychology Member M.A.

Woestehoff, Skye A. 2012 Psychology Member M.A.

Abigail Moore 2011 Psychology Member M.A.

Nicholas Emerick* 2010 Sociology Chair M.A.

Kyle Susa 2010 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Guadalupe Corral 2009 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Allyson Horgan 2009 Psychology Member M.A.

Ashley Murray 2009 Psychology Member M.A.

Jessica Marcon 2009 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Larissa Schmersal 2009 Psychology Member M.A.

Elizabeth Uhl 2008 Psychology Member M.A.

Lisa A. Topp 2008 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Claudia Rocha 2008 Sociology Chair M.A.

Matthew Super 2008 Sociology Chair M.A.

Maria Uribe 2009 Sociology Chair M.A.

Jessica Wildermuth 2008 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Jessica Marcon 2007 Psychology Member M.A.

Tanya Taylor 2006 Psychology Member Ph.D.

Lisa A. Topp 2006 Psychology Member M.A.

Jeanette Cuellar 2005 Sociology Chair M.A.

Guadalupe Corral* 2005 Sociology Chair M.A.

Jennifer M. Reitz 2004 Sociology Member M.A.

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Allaa I. Salama 2003 Sociology Member M.A.

Bianca Moehlmann 2003 Psychology Member M.A.

* Served as Marshall for Graduate College

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

1996-present American Society of Criminology

2005-2006 Southwest Social Science Association

1994 Southwest Social Science Association

PUBLIC SERVICE

2010-present Block Captain, Madeline Drive Neighborhood Watch

2002-present Kern Place Association, Inc., member

2009-2014 Citizen’s Training Advisory Board, El Paso Police Department, member

2012-2013 Isaiah House Board, member

2002-2008 Area Captain, Kern Place Association, Inc.

2002 Domestic Violence Prevention Commission, member

REFERENCES

Leanne Fiftal Alarid, PhD

Chair and Professor

Department of Criminal Justice

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University of Texas at El Paso

500 W. University

El Paso, TX 79968

Phone: (915) 747-7943

Email: [email protected]

M. Cristina Morales, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology

University of Texas at El Paso

500 W. University

El Paso, TX 79968

Phone: (915) 747-5740

Email: [email protected]

Charles R. Tittle, PhD

Professor

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

North Carolina State University

Box 8107 Raleigh, NC 27695-2610

Phone: (919) 515-3180

Email: [email protected]