EDUCATION M.A., Criminal Justice Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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1 Kimberly A. Houser, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Law and Justice Studies Rowan University Glassboro, New Jersey (ext. 3739) EDUCATION 2011 Ph.D., Criminal Justice (Dissertation: Examining the association between cooccurring mental and substance use disorders and institutional misconduct among female state prisoners) 2005 M.A., Criminal Justice /1993 B.S., Law and Justice The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey POSITIONS HELD 2014 Present Assistant Professor Department of Law and Justice Studies Rowan University Glassboro, New Jersey Assistant Professor Kutztown University Kutztown, Pennsylvania Adjunct Professor 1

2 Consultant Penn State Second Chance Grant Act Focus: Evaluation of re-entry program for female offenders with co-occurring disorders discharged from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Research Analyst (Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Study National Institute on Drug Abuse) Teaching Assistant (primary instructor) Research Assistant National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant (Collaborative research with Research Triangle Institute) Focus: Long term cost benefits of prison drug treatment Research Assistant National Institute of Justice Grant (Collaborative research with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections) Focus: Prison drug treatment evaluation study Research Assistant Crime and Justice Research Institute Focus: Juvenile justice / program evaluations Business Manager Newtown Cardiology Associates, Ltd. Langhorne, Pennsylvania 2

3 PUBLICATIONS McCord, E., & Houser, K.A. (2015). Neighborhood Parks, Evidence of Guardianship, and Crime in Two Diverse U.S. Cities. Security Journal Houser, K.A., & Belenko, S. (2015). The Effects of Co-Occurring Disorders on Disciplinary Responses to Misconduct among Female Prison Inmates. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal: Co-occurring Disorders and Offender Population Special Edition Houser, K.A. & Welsh, W. (2014). Examining the association between co-occurring disorders and seriousness of misconduct by female prison inmates. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Houser, K.A., Blasko, B., & Belenko, S. (2014).The effects of treatment exposure on prison misconduct for female prisoners with substance use, mental health and cooccurring disorders. Criminal Justice Studies: Special Public Health Edition. Houser, K.A. & Fratello, J. (2013). Prediction of crime (issues in measurement). Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Wiley-Blackwell. Houser, K.A., Belenko, S., & Brennan, P. (2012). The effects of mental health and substance abuse disorders on institutional misconduct among female inmates. Justice Quarterly. Houser, K.A., Salvatore, C., & Welsh, W.N. (2012). Individual level predictors of community aftercare completion. The Prison Journal. Belenko, S. & Houser, K. (2012). Gender differences in engagement in prison based drug treatment. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Belenko, S., Houser, K.A., & Welsh, W. N. (2012). Understanding the impact of drug treatment in correctional settings. In J. Petersilia and K. Reitz (eds.). Oxford Handbook on Sentencing and Corrections. Oxford University Press. Zarkin, G.A., Cowell, A.J., Hicks, K.A., Mills, M.J., Belenko, S., Dunlap, L.J., Houser, K.A., & Keyes, V. (2011). Benefits and costs of substance abuse treatment program for state prison inmates: Review from a lifetime simulation model. Health Economics. PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW Houser, K.A. & McCord, E.S. (under review). Co-occurring disorders and prisoner misconduct: A study of female state inmates. Criminal Justice and Behavior 3

4 Houser, K.A., McCord, E.S., & Nicholson, J.A. (under review). The influence of Neighborhood Risk Factors on Parolee Recidivism in. The Prison Journal 2015 UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH REPORTS Zajac, G., O Sullivan, D, Houser, K., & Hayes, E. Process Evaluation of PADOC Integrated Co-occurring Disorder Treatment for Female Offenders in PA - Submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Correction 2014 Hoke, S., McCord, E. & Houser, K. Northampton County Recidivism Study: 2010 and 2006 Presented to the Director of Corrections, Northampton County 2005 Harris, P., Peter J., Fratello, J. & Houser, K. Juvenile Justice Trends and Projections, Research conducted at the Crime and Justice Research Center presented to the Department of Health and Human Services RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Examination of land use and recidivism among offenders released to Philadelphia with substance use disorders, mental illness and co-occurring disorders. (Houser, K.A. & McCord, E.S.) Mental health diagnoses and offender misconduct (Houser, K.A., Lewandowski, C., & Belenko, S.) Response to resistance: Decision-making and time to deployment among SEPTA police (Lewandowski, C., Houser, K., Schell-Busey, N., & Sorg, E.) An examination of SEPTA fare evasion (Houser, K. & Lewandowski, C.) 2015 PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Houser, Kimberly and Eric McCord. Examining the impact of disorder type on institutional misconduct American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, DC, November

5 McCord, E. and Kimberly Houser. Prison recidivism and neighborhoods: An examination of main and interaction effects American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, DC, November 2015 Nicholson, J., McCord, E. and Kimberly Houser. Predicting technical violations and new offenses in prison recidivism American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, DC, November 2015 Houser, Kimberly. Examining the impact of treatment by disorder type on institutional misconduct among female state inmates Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Bristol, Rhode Island, June 2015 Houser, Kimberly and Eric McCord. The impact of neighborhood on recidivism: Mental health, co-occurring disorders and substance abuse considered Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Orlando, Fla., March 2015 McCord, Eric and Kimberly Houser. The impact of neighborhoods on recidivism: Gender considered Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Orlando, Fla., March 2015 Nicholson, Jason, Eric McCord & Kimberly Houser. The impact of neighborhood on recidivism Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Orlando, Fla., March Houser, Kimberly and Eric McCord. Examining the Association between Neighborhood Factors and Disorder Types on Recidivism The American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA., November 2014 McCord, E. and Kimberly Houser. Evaluating Individual and Neighborhood Factors on Recidivism The American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA., November 2014 Houser, Kimberly. Examining the Association between Co-occurring Disorders and Institutional Misconduct among Female State Inmates Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., February 2014 Houser, Kimberly and Arthur Garrison. Building Rapport in the Classroom. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Teaching Workshop, Philadelphia, PA., February Houser, Kimberly, Steven Belenko and Pauline Brennan. The Effects of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders on Institutional Misconduct among Female Inmates. Presented as part of a Justice Quarterly panel on the new directions in correctional research, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Dallas, Texas, March

6 Houser, Kimberly. The Use of Disciplinary Sanctions on Female Inmates with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta GA., November Houser, Kimberly. Examining the Association between treatment exposure and disorders on institutional misconduct American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November Houser, Kimberly and Steven Belenko. The mentally ill female state prison inmate: A study of mental illness and prison misconduct. American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November Houser, Kimberly, Steven Belenko, Wayne Welsh, and Matthew Hiller. Examining the Association between Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders and Institutional Adjustment among Female Inmates. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California, November, Houser, Kimberly, Steven Belenko, and Pauline Brennan. Co-Occurring Disorders of Females as Predictors of Prison Misconducts and Its Influence on Treatment Access. American Society of Criminology,, November, 2009 Houser, Kimberly and Steven Belenko. Mental Health and Drug Abuse Disorders Among Female State Inmates: A Review of Prevalence Rates and Treatment Services Women s Health Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March, 2009 Cowell, Alexander, Gary Zarkin, Laura Dunlap, Katherine Hick, Vincent Keyes, Michael Mills, Steven Belenko, and Kimberly Houser. Findings on Drug Use, Crime, Arrests, and Other Model Outcomes From a Simulation Model of Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment. American Society of Criminology,, November, 2009 Zarkin, Gary, Alexander Cowell, Katherine Hicks, Laura Dunlap, Steven Belenko, Michael Mills, Kimberly Houser, and Vincent Keyes. The Benefits and Costs of Prison- Based Substance Abuse Treatment. Addiction Health Services Conference, San Francisco, California, October

7 Houser, Kimberly and Steven Belenko. Drug, Alcohol, and Mental Health Disorders: The Emerging Importance of Identifying this High Risk Population. American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, Missouri, November 2008 Belenko, Steven, Wayne Welsh, and Kimberly Houser. Alcohol Consumption, Violent Crime, and Victim Injury Among State Prison Inmates. American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, Missouri, November, 2008 Belenko, Steven, Kimberly Houser, and Christopher Salvatore. Comorbidity of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among State Prison Inmates: Relation to Treatment Services and Offense Type. Addiction Health Services Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, October, Houser, Kimberly, Christopher Salvatore, and Wayne Welsh. Risk Factors that Predict Retention in Community Aftercare Following Correctional-Based Therapeutic Community Drug Treatment. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2007 Houser, Kimberly and Jennifer Fratello. The Role of Neighborhood Context on Delinquency. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November, Houser, Kimberly, Christopher Salvatore, and Wayne Welsh. The Influence of Individual and Programmatic Variables on Community Aftercare Completion. American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, California, November, 2006 Fratello, Jennifer, Kimberly Houser, and Philip Harris. The Role of Neighborhood Context on Treatment Effectiveness in Juvenile Corrections. American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, California, November, Houser, Kimberly and Wendy Runkle. The Black Box of Aftercare. American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November, Fratello, Jennifer, Susan Connor, and Kimberly Houser. A Gender Specific Risk Assessment for Juvenile Offenders. American Society of Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee, November, 2004 COURSES TAUGHT 7

8 2011 Violence and Aggression Criminal Justice Research and Analysis Community Corrections Environmental Criminology Criminal Behavior Survey Criminal Justice Introduction to Corrections Juvenile Justice Juvenile Delinquency Criminology (theories) Community Justice INVITED ADDRESSES Guest lecturer Prisoner Re-entry Presentation in Communities and Crime (Dr. E. Groff) 2009 Guest lecturer Prisoner Re-entry Presentation in Communities and Crime (Dr E. Groff) Guest lecturer in Urban Crime Patterns (Dr. E. McCord) Guest lecturer in Law Enforcement (Dr. E. McCord) 2008 Guest lecturer Prisoner Re-entry and Community Aftercare in Communities and Crimes (Dr. E. Groff) Guest lecturer Drugs and Crime in Urban Crime Patterns (Dr. E. McCord) GRANTS Rowan University Seed Funding Grant, 2015, $10,000 funded Rowan University College of Humanities and Social Sciences Tenure Assistant Fund, 2015, $ funded Rowan University Assistant Professor Travel Grant Fund, 2015, $1,500 funded UNIVERSITY SERVICES Law and Justice Curriculum Committee 2. Law and Justice Tenure and Re-contracting Revision Committee 3. Law and Justice Library Committee 4. Law and Justice Textbook Adoption Committee 5. Law and Justice Student Awards Committee 6. Law and Justice On-line Course Committee 8

9 7. Law and Justice Academic Awards Student advisor, 2013 Ultimate Frisbee Team faculty advisor, 2013 Student Representative College of Liberal Arts Graduate Committee, 2008 College of Liberal Arts Student Center Advisory Committee, Vice President Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, 2005 President Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, 2004 Treasurer Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, 2003 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Session Chair, panel organizer & presenter American Society of Criminology Conference, 2015 Session Chair, Northeastern Regional Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, 2015 Session Chair, panel organizer, & presenter - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, 2015 Session Chair, panel organizer, & presenter - American Society of Criminology Conference, 2014 Session Chair, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, 2014 Session Chair, American Society of Criminology Conference, 2009 Session Chair, American Society of Criminology Conference, 2007 Session Chair, American Society of Criminology Conference, 2006 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Criminology American Society of Criminology - Division of Corrections and Sentencing Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Northeastern Regional Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 9