KIMBERLY A. BENDER Curriculum Vitae

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1 KIMBERLY A. BENDER Curriculum Vitae Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice 655 Auditorium Road, Room 560 East Lansing, MI Phone: (740) Fax: (517) EDUCATION May 2015 (expected) Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice Cognate: Sociology Dissertation: Exploring Incarcerated Women's Memorable Messages and the Effects of Prison Relationships on Doing Time (Advisor: Jennifer Cobbina) 2007 Master of Science in Criminal Justice Thesis: Community College Transfer Students: The Effect of Articulation Agreements on Transfer Student Satisfaction. (Advisor: Stephen Cox) 2004 Bachelor of Arts in Criminology Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Ohio University Athens AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Female offenders Corrections Intersections of race, class, and gender Qualitative research methods PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Instructor, Central Connecticut State University, CRM 101: Foundations of Criminology; CRM 110: Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems; CRM 300: Criminology; CRM 361: Principles and Ethics in Criminal Justice; CRM 435: Supervised Field Studies in Criminal Justice KB-1

2 SCHOLARSHIP Journal Articles, Refereed Cobbina, Jennifer, and Kimberly Bender. (2012). Predicting the Future: Incarcerated Women s Views of Reentry Success. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 55(1), Cobbina, Jennifer E., Mahesh Nalla, and Kimberly Bender. (2013). Security Officers Attitudes Towards Training and Their Work Environment. Security Journal (online first, DOI: /sj ). Technical Report Kubiak, Sheryl, Poco Kernsmith, Roger Kernsmith, and Kimberly Bender. (2011). Assessing and Comparing Male and Female Sex Offenders Within the Michigan Department of Corrections. Report submitted to Michigan Department of Corrections. Book Review Bender, Kimberly. (2010). Book Review: A Comprehensive Study of Female Offenders: Life Before, During, and After Incarceration. By Martin Guevara Urbina. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 34(1). Manuscript under Review Bender, Kimberly, Jennifer Cobbina and Edmund McGarrell. "Reentry Programming for High- Risk Offenders: Insights from Participants. Submitted to International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. (Revise and Resubmit) Manuscript in Preparation Bender, Kimberly, Sheryl Kubiak, and Poco Kernsmith. Females Convicted of Sex Offenses: A Comparison with Similarly Convicted Males. PRESENTATIONS Presentations at Professional Meetings 2013 Bender, Kimberly. Exploring Incarcerated Women's Memorable Messages and the Effects of Prison Relationships on Doing Time. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November Kernsmith, Poco, Sheryl Kubiak, Roger Kernsmith, and Kimberly Bender. Coercion and Trauma among Female Sexual Offenders with Co-Defendants. KB-2

3 Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, California, January Bender, Kimberly, Sheryl Kubiak, Poco Kernsmith, and Roger Kernsmith. Female Sex Offenders: Comparisons to other female offenders and male sex offenders. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November Bender, Kimberly, and Jennifer Cobbina. Women Offenders Perceptions of Correctional Officers. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November Cobbina, Jennifer, and Kimberly Bender. Predicting the Future: Incarcerated Women s Views of Reentry Success. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California, November Ratansi, Shamir, Kimberly Bender, and Rachel Tirnady. Why do Criminology Students Dislike Criminology? Paper presented at the annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, March. Invited Lecture 2010 Bender, Kimberly. Problems: Legislative Stalking Laws. Michigan State University, Guest speaker for course on Law and Criminal Justice Policy (CJ 474: Dr. Christopher Smith). FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Pending, National Institute of Justice, Graduate Research Fellowship, ($31,988) 2014 Recipient, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice ($2,500) Recipient, Warren and Mary Frances Huff Professional Development Award, Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice. (approximately $600 annually) Recipient, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice ($3,500) 2012 Recipient, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice ($3,000) 2011 Recipient, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice ($2,500) KB-3

4 2010 Recipient, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice ($3,000) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Cobbina, School of Criminal Justice Women on Probation and Parole Duties: Recruit and conduct in-depth interviews with women on probation and parole Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Cobbina, School of Criminal Justice Security Officers Training and Professionalism Duties: Develop interview instrument; recruit and conduct in-depth interviews with security officers; transcribe interviews Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Cobbina, School of Criminal Justice From Prison to Home: Women s Pathways In and Out of Crime Duties: Interview coding and data analysis Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Damon Mitchell, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Evaluation of a treatment program for offenders reentering the community Duties: Data collection; input data into SPSS Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Damon Mitchell, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice The standardization of a new measure of criminal thinking patterns Duties: Surveying men and women on probation. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Cobbina, Criminal Justice. CJ 365: Corrections; CJ 491: Probation and Parole. Duties: In-class lectures; grading exams and papers; holding office hours. CJ 491: Examining Social Issues through the Prism of Prison. (Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014) Duties: Interviewing and selecting students for the class; In-class facilitation of activities and lessons; Grading weekly papers; Holding office hours KB-4

5 2011 Instructor, Michigan State University, CJ 110: Introduction to Criminal Justice 2012 Instructor, Michigan State University, CJ 365: Corrections (online session) 2013 Instructor, Michigan State University, CJ 465: Critical Issues in Corrections SERVICE 2009-Present Manuscript Reviewer International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 2013-Present Student Representative for the School of Criminal Justice: Hearing Board Student Representative for the School of Criminal Justice: Awards Committee PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Association of University Women American Society of Criminology Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences AFFILIATION ASC Division of Corrections and Sentencing ASC Division on People of Color and Crime ASC Division on Women and Crime REFERENCES Dr. Jennifer Cobbina, Ph.D. Phone: (517) Dr. Merry Morash, Ph.D. Phone: (517) Dr. Sheryl Kubiak, Ph.D. Phone: (517) KB-5