SEAN P. VARANO. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

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1 SEAN P. VARANO Current Work School of Justice Studies Roger Williams University One Old Ferry Road Bristol, RI EDUCATION Ph.D. Social Sciences - Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2002 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Cognate Areas: Sociology and Community Psychology Dissertation Topic: The Efficacy of a Community-based Intervention Program for Adjudicated Juvenile Offenders (Chair: Timothy Bynum, Ph.D.) M.S. Criminal Justice, 1998 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Thesis Topic: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Homicide Clearances in Detroit: (Chair: Timothy Bynum, Ph.D.) B.A. Administration of Justice, 1994 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Spring 1993, Education Abroad Program: San German, Puerto Rico EMPLOYMENT 2013-Present Associate Professor: School of Justice Studies, Roger Williams University Assistant Professor: School of Justice Studies, Roger Williams University Assistant Professor: College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University Graduate Assistant: Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice Grant Advisor: United State Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). 1

2 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2006-Present Principal Investigator: Shannon Community Safety Initiative, Local Action Research Partner. This program is funded by Massachusetts s Executive Office of Public Safety (EOPS). Northeastern University was selected as the local action research partner to work directly with the New Bedford Police Department to assist with the development, implementation, and evaluation of their gangviolence reduction program. Grant award: $63,000 ( ); $75,000 ( ); $49,691 ( ; Pending) Research Associate: Project Safe Neighborhoods. United States Department of Justice funded initiative through the Office of the United States Attorney, Massachusetts District Office. Purpose of this initiative is to assist ten police agencies throughout Massachusetts develop and implement firearm reduction strategies Research Assistant: Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI). Technical assistance for the BJA funded project directed at preventing and intervening in street-level violence in the City of Detroit. Responsibilities include analyzing multitude of data sources relevant to drug and gun related violence, and developing strategies to analyze and present data in spatial/geographical format Program Evaluator: Lansing (MI) Police Department s Juvenile Diversion Program. Conducting process and outcome evaluation for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) funded program Program Evaluator: Lansing (MI) Police Department s School-Based Problem-Solving Initiative. Conducting process and outcome evaluation for the COPS funded program Research Assistant: Michigan Juvenile Intervention Program. Providing training and technical assistance to Cities of Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Saginaw (MI) with the implementation of their Office of Drug Control Policy s (Michigan Department of Community Health) grant funded intervention programs for high-risk juvenile offenders. Principle investigator is Timothy Bynum Research Assistant: Gun acquisition and gun use by juvenile offenders in the state of Michigan. Analyzed data and prepared written reports for Justice Research Statistics Association funded project on patterns of gun acquisition and use by incarcerated youthful offenders in Michigan. Principle investigator was Timothy Bynum. 2

3 Project Coordinator: Detroit (MI) Homicide Project. National study investigating patterns in homicide incidents in City of Detroit, Michigan funded the Justice Research Statistics Association Project Coordinator: Grand Rapids (MI) Crime Analysis project. Justice Research Statistics Association funded project to develop PC-based crime analysis system Research Assistant: National Center For Community Policing, Michigan State University. COPS funded Researched innovative community policing and problem solving practices currently being implemented in a variety of international, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. FUNDED RESEARCH/GRANTS 2006 Local Action Research Partner (New Bedford, MA): Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative. Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. Principal Investigator: Sean P. Varano and Jennifer Robinson Award Amount: $63, Local Action Research Partner (New Bedford, MA): Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative. Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Principal Investigators: Sean P. Varano and Jennifer Robinson Award Amount: $75,000 Northeastern University, Office of the Provost. Research grant: $6,000. Local Action Research Partner (New Bedford, MA): Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative. Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Principal Investigators: Sean P. Varano Award Amount: $49, Local Action Research Partner (New Bedford, MA): Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative. Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Principal Investigators: Sean P. Varano Award Amount: $49,691 3

4 2010 Local Action Research Partner (New Bedford, MA): Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative. Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Subcontract from Northeastern University Award Amount: $15, Reducing Crime Through Collective Efficacy: Identifying Social Control and Social Cohesion in Miami. Funded through the National Institute of Justice. Subcontract from Justice & Security Strategies, Inc (Silver Spring, MD) Award Amount: $31, Location Action Research Partner (New Bedford, MA): Senator Charles E. Shannon Community Safety Initiative. Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Award Amount: $48,000 PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publications Swatt, Marc L., Sean P. Varano, Craig D. Uchida and Shellie E. Solomon (2013). Fear of crime, incivilities, and collective efficacy in four Miami neighborhoods. Journal of Criminal Justice, 41(1), Varano, Sean P., Beth M. Huebner., and Timothy S. Bynum (2011). Correlates and consequences of pre-incarceration gang involvement among incarcerated youthful felons. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(1), Schafer, Joseph. A., Sean P. Varano, John P. Jarvis, and Jeffrey M. Cancino (2010). Bad moon on the rise? Lunar cycles and incidents of crime. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38(4), Phillips, Scott W., James Sobol, and Sean P. Varano (2010). Work Attitudes of Police Recruits: Is There A Family Connection. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 12(3), Varano, Sean P., Joseph A. Schafer, Jeffrey M. Cancino, Scott H. Decker, and Jack R. Greene. (2010). A tale of three cities: Crime and displacement after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38(1), Varano, Sean P., Joseph A. Schafer, Jeffrey M. Cancino, and Marc L. Swatt (2009). Constructing crime: Neighborhood characteristics and police recording behavior. Journal of Criminal Justice, 37(6),

5 Phillips, Scott and Sean P. Varano (2008). Police criminal charging decision: An examination of post-arrest decision-making, Journal of Criminal Justice, 36(4), Booth, Jeb, Amy Farrell, and Sean P. Varano (2008). Social control, serious delinquency, and risky behavior: A gendered analysis. Crime & Delinquency, 54(2), Cancino, Jeffrey M., Joseph A. Schafer, and Sean P. Varano (2007). Satisfaction with police: A contextual analysis of Latino and non-latino perceptions. Journal of Social & Ecological Boundaries, 5(1), Huebner, Beth M., Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum (2007). Gangs, guns, and drugs: Recidivism among serious, young offenders. Criminology and Public Policy, 6(2), Cancino, Jeffrey M., Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, and Roger Enriquez (2007). An ecological assessment of property and violent crime rates across a Latino urban landscape: the role of social disorganization and institutional anomie theory. Western Criminology Review, 8(1), Cancino, Jeffrey M., Sean P. Varano, Joseph A. Schafer, and Roger Enriquez. (2007). The effects of social disorganization: A hierarchical analysis of perceived incivilities in a Latino community. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 5(1), Enriquez, Roger, Jeffrey M. Cancino, and Sean P. Varano. (2007). A legal and empirical perspective on crime and adult entertainment establishments: A secondary effects study in San Antonio, Texas. Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law, 15(1), Decker, Scott H., Sean P. Varano, and Jack R. Greene. (2007) Routine Crime in Exceptional Times: The Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympics on Citizen Demand for Police Services and System Response. Journal of Criminal Justice, 35(1) Wells, William, Joseph A. Schafer, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum (2006). Neighborhood Residents Production of Order: The Effects of Collective Efficacy on Responses to Neighborhood Problems. Crime & Delinquency, 53(2) Decker, Scott H., Jack R. Greene, Vincent J. Webb, Jeff Rojek, Jack McDevitt, Timothy S. Bynum, Sean P. Varano, and Peter K. Manning (2005) Safety and Security at Special Events: The Case of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games. Security Journal, 18(4), Patchin, Justin P., Beth M. Huebner, John M. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum (2006). Exposure to community violence and delinquency. Crime & Delinquency, 52(2),

6 Varano, Sean P., John M. McCluskey, Justin M. Patchin, and Timothy S. Bynum (2004). Exploring the drugs-homicide connection Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 20(4), McCluskey, John M., Sean P. Varano, Beth M. Huebner, and Timothy S. Bynum. (2004). Who Do you Refer?: The effects of policy change on juvenile referrals. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 15(4), Varano, Sean P. and Jeffrey M. Cancino. (2001). Deviant Homicides: An Empirical Analysis of Criminal Behavior in Chicago. Homicide Studies, 5(1), Reprints of Articles Varano, Sean P., John M. McCluskey, Justin M. Patchin, and Timothy S. Bynum. (2008). An Exploratory Analysis of Drug-Homicides. In R. Hobbs and R. Hornsby (Eds.), Gun Crime. United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. Patchin, Justin P., Beth M. Huebner, John M. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum. (2008). In G. Furst (Ed), Contemporary Readings in Criminology. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Patchin, Justin P., Beth M. Huebner, John M. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum. (2008). In K. Korken (Ed), Contemporary Readings in Criminology. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Patchin, Justin P., Beth M. Huebner, John M. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum. (2007). In R.D. Kubrin, C.E. Kubrin, G. Bridges, and J.G. Weis (Eds.), Crime Readings. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Book Chapters Varano, S., Burress., G., & Decker, S. H. (In Press). Subsuming of the Private by the Public: The Expansion of the Federal Government into Private Sports Events (Salt Lake City 2002) In V. Bajc (Ed.), Surveilling and Securing the Olympic Games: From Tokyo 1964 to London New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Varano, S. P., & Wolff, R. (2012). Street Outreach as an Intervention Modality for At-Risk and Gang-Involved Youth. Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence, 83. Varano, S. P., & Wolff, R. (2012). Street outreach as an intervention modality for at-risk and gang-involved youth. In E. Gebo & B. Bond (Eds.), Community strategies to reduce gang violence using the comprehensive gang model. New York: Lexington Books. 6

7 Schafer, J. S., Varano, S. P., & Libby, N. E. (2011). Communities as allies. In J. A. Scherer & J. P. Jarvis (Eds.), The future of law enforcement: A consideration of potential allies and adversaries (pp ). Quantico, VA: Federal Bureau of Investigations. Varano, S. P., & Dover, T. (2011). Interoperability and information sharing. In J. A. Scherer & J. P. Jarvis (Eds.), The future of law enforcement: A consideration of potential allies and adversaries (pp ). Quantico, VA: Federal Bureau of Investigations. Varano, S.P., Cancino, J.M., Glass, J., and Enriquez, R. (2007). Police information systems. In J. Schafer (Ed), Policing Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigations. McCluskey, J.M., Bynum, T.S.,Varano, S.P., Huebner, B.M., Patchin, J.W., and Burgess-Proctor, A. (2006). Police organizations and problem solving for juvenile interventions. In B. Sims and P. Preston (Eds.) Handbook of Juvenile Justice, New York: Traylor and Francis. Bynum, T.S., and Varano, S.P. (2002). The Anti-Gang Initiative in Detroit: An Aggressive Enforcement Approach to Gangs. In S. H. Decker (Ed), Gangs, Youth Violence and Community Policing. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Technical Reports Varano, S.P., Sarasin, R. (2012). Employee satisfaction and officer retention study: Town of Little Compton, RI. Submitted to Little Compton, RI Police Department. Varano, S.P. (2012). Year 4 Report: City of New Bedford s Pathways to Prevention Initiative. Submitted to Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Varano, S.P., Sarasin, R. (2012). Year End Annual Report: City of New Bedford s H.O.P.E. Collaborative. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Varano, S.P., Sarasin, R. (2012). Employee satisfaction survey: City of Woonsocket, RI. Submitted to Woonsocket, RI Police Department. Varano, S.P. (2011). Year 3 Report: City of New Bedford s Pathways to Prevention Initiative. Submitted to Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Varano, S.P., Wolff, R.., Robinson, J. (2010). Year End Annual Report: City of New Bedford s H.O.P.E. Collaborative. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Varano, S.P. (2010). Year 2 Report: City of New Bedford s Pathways to Prevention Initiative. Submitted to Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Varano, S.P., Wolff, R.., Robinson, J. (2009). Year End Annual Report: City of New Bedford s H.O.P.E. Collaborative. Boston, MA: Northeastern University 7

8 Bynum, T.S. and Varano, S.P. (2003). School-Based Problem Solving. Submitted to the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Greene, J.R., Decker, S.H., McDevitt, J., Bynum, T.S., Webb, V., Manning, P.K., Rojek, J., Varano, S.P., and Terrill, W. (2002). Safety and Security at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City Utah. Submitted to the United States Department of Justice, Office of Domestic Preparedness. Bynum, T.S. and Varano, S.P. (1999). Evaluation of Detroit s Anti-Gang Initiative. Submitted to the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Other Publications Varano, S.P. and Sarasin, R. (In Press). Police leadership and social media. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: Springer. Decker, S.H., Bynum, T.S., McDevitt, J., Farrell, A., Varano, S.P. (2008). Street outreach workers: Best Practices and Lessons Learned. Boston, MA: Northeastern University, Institute on Race and Justice. Varano, T.A. and Varano, S.P. (2005). Criminal History Records. Encyclopedia of Police Science (3 rd ). New York: Routledge. Varano, S.P. and Decker, S.H. (2005). Robbery. Encyclopedia of Police Science (3 rd ). New York: Routledge. Varano, S.P. (2004). Review of Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives, by Louis Kontos, David Brotherton, and Luis Barrios (eds). Contemporary Sociology 33(5), Varano, S.P. (2004). Alternatives to Incarceration for Juvenile Offenders. Boston, MA: Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice Newsletter (Summer/Fall 2003, pp: 8-9). Varano, S.P., and Varano, T.A. (2002). Police information systems. Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Decker, Scott H. and Sean P. Varano. The National Special Security Event (Salt Lake City 2002). Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Association annual meeting, New York, NY, February 23-26, Varano, Sean P. Establishing and maintaining partnerships The View from the Inside. Paper 8

9 presented at the Northeast Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Bristol, RI: June 6-9, Varano, Sean P., Marc Swatt, Craig Uchida, Shellie Solomon, Cory Putt, Christine Connor, Jonathan Mash, and Riley Waugh. The role of collective efficacy in building trust and reducing disorder in Miami Neighborhoods. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Washington, DC: November 15-19, Varano, Sean P. Call processing in policing. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, New York, NY: March 13-17, Varano, Sean P. Gang culture and characteristics of effective responses. Invited speaker at the National Attorneys General Association Regional Meeting, Providence, RI May 24-26, Varano, Sean P. Hiring, Training, and Retention of Street Outreach Workers. Invited speaker at the National Gang Symposium annual meeting, Orlando, FL. June 7-10, Varano, Sean P. and Joseph A. Schafer. Pursuing organization change in policing: Actors, actions, and outcomes. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). March 1-5, Varano, Sean P. Future issues in policing: Findings and perspectives from the FBI Academy Futurist in Residence Program. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. November 16-19, Varano, Sean P. Future military and civilian policing: The unintended consequences of the over militarization of domestic policing. Paper presented at the World Futures Society annual meeting, Boston, MA. July 8-10, Varano, Sean P. The Role of Information In Police Decision Making. Paper presented at the Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Bristol, RI. June 8-10, Varano, Sean P. Issues of Trust and Transparency in Policing. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, San Diego, CA. February 23-27, Varano, Sean P. and Russell Wolff. Comprehensive Approaches to Youth Violence: A case study of New Bedford, MA. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 3-6, Lee, Yung Hyeock, Schafer, Joseph A., and Sean P. Varano. Perceptions of police: A national study of South Korean Citizens. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 3-6,

10 Varano, Sean P. The future of policing: Interoperability and information sharing in the public safety venue. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Boston, MA March 10-14, Varano, Sean P and Russell Wolff. Utilizing comprehensive approaches to gang violence: Developing and sustaining formal partnerships. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Boston, MA March 10-14, Phillips, Scott W., Sean P. Varano, and James J. Sobol. Police recruit attitudes: is there a family connection? Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 11-14, Varano, Sean P., Jennifer Robinson, and Russell Wolff. Problem-solving gang crime: New Bedford s, MA efforts to reduce serious violent crime. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 11-14, Swatt, Marc L., Sean P. Varano, Jeb A. Booth, and Amy S. Farrell. The relative influence of social bonds and general strain on adolescent delinquency and risky behaviors. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 11-14, Phillips, Scott W., James J. Sobol, and Sean P. Varano. Attitudes and beliefs of police recruits: Data at the pre-entry stage. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH, March 11-15, Cancino, Jeffrey M., Sean P. Varano, and Joseph A. Schafer. Latino Homicide: Disentangling the circumstances of lethal altercations. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 14-17, Cancino, Jeffrey M. and Sean P. Varano. Social disorganization and neighborhood safety among Whites and Latinos: A quality of life assessment in a majority ethnic city. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 28-March 3, 2006 Varano, Sean P., Beth M. Huebner, and Timothy S. Bynum. Predicting recidivism among serious firearm offenders. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, TN, November 14-19, Schafer, Joseph A., Sean P. Varano, and Jeffrey M. Cancino. Bad moon rising: Lunar cycles and crime. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, TN, November 14-19, Schafer, Joseph A. Sean P. Varano and Jeffrey M. Cancino, and Joseph A. Schafer. Translating 10

11 Calls for Service in Official Police Incidents: Contextual Determinants of Discretion in Robbery Incidents. Paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL, Booth, Jeb A., Amy Farrell, Sean P. Varano, and Jack McDevitt. Social control and violence: Testing the relationship between perceptions and school related violence. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, TN, November 14-19, Schafer, Joseph A. Sean P. Varano and Jeffrey M. Cancino, and Joseph A. Schafer. Translating Calls for Service in Official Police Incidents: Contextual Determinants of Discretion in Robbery Incidents. Paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL, Varano, Sean P., Jeffrey M. Cancino, and Joseph A. Schafer. Translating Calls for Service in Official Police Incidents: Contextual Determinants of Police Discretion. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Nashville, TN, November 16-20, Robinson, Jennifer A., Sean P. Varano, and Jack McDevitt. Individual and Contextual Determinants of Location Choices for Armed Robbers. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Nashville, TN, November 16-20, Cancino, Jeffrey M., Sean P. Varano, and Joseph Schafer. Latino and Non-Latino Perceptions of the Police. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting. Las Vegas, NV, March Varano, Sean P. Applying Innovative Analytical Techniques to Old Problems: Data Driven Approaches to Firearm Violence. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual International Crime Mapping Research Conference, Boston, MA, March 31-Apr 3, Varano, Sean P., John D. McCluskey, and Timothy S. Bynum. Exploring the Drugs-Homicide Connection. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Denver, CO, November 18-22, Decker, Scott H., Jack R. Greene, Sean P. Varano, and Jeff Rojek, Routine crime in exceptional times: The impact of the Olympic games on calls for service and crime reports, Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Denver, CO, November 18-22, Patchin, Justin W., Beth M. Huebner, John D. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum. Deviance, decay, or disadvantage? Neighborhood-level Risk Factor for Delinquency. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Denver, CO, November 18-22,

12 Varano, Sean P., and Timothy S. Bynum School Bullying: Understanding the prevalence and nature of bullying behavior. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA, March 4-8, Varano, Sean P Reducing risk among serious juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November 13-16, Cancino, Jeffrey and Sean P. Varano Es la cultura: The mediating effects of the Hispanic culture on strain theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, DC, April 3-7, McCluskey, John D., Sean P. Varano, Beth M. Huebner, and Timothy S. Bynum Examining juvenile arrests as organizational outputs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, DC, April 3-7, Varano, Sean P., and Beth M. Huebner Punitiveness and the juvenile justice system: Does deterrence work? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November 15-18, Bynum, Timothy S., and Sean P. Varano Evaluation of Detroit s Anti-Gang Initiative. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Kona, Hawaii, February 24-26, Varano, Sean P., and Jeffrey M. Cancino Deviant homicides: An empirical analysis of criminal behavior in Chicago. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November 16-21, Bynum, Timothy, Todd D. Bietzel, Tracy A. O Connell, and Sean P. Varano Perceptions and patterns of gun use among youthful offenders in Michigan. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 10-14,

13 INVITED GUEST SPEAKER On-going Roger Williams University. Teaching Police Department Initiative. Regular trainer who speaks on translating research into actionable public policy. May 2012 May 2011 June 2011 National Attorneys General Association Annual Meeting. Invited speaker to discuss innovations in law enforcement approaches to gangs and youth violence. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Behavior Science Unit. Guest lecturer discussing topic of research methods in criminal justice in annual research training program for special agents and research staff. National Gang Symposium. Topic: Street outreach as gang intervention. Invited guest speaker to serve on two discussion panels PEER REVIEWING Justice Quarterly Journal of Criminal Justice Criminology and Public Policy International Journal of Crime and Criminal Justice Sociological Quarterly United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (Publication Reviews) National Science Foundation (Grant Review) INSTRUCTION Courses Taught Undergraduate Graduate Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods in Criminal Justice Corrections in the United States Policing Youth Gangs Research and Evaluation Methods Youth Gangs SERVICE University Service 2009-Current School of Justice Studies, Graduate Program Review Committee Roger Williams University Faculty Senate 13

14 Roger Williams University, Admissions and Enrollment Committee 2012-Current School of Justice Studies, Program Review Committee 2013-Current Roger Williams University Honors Advisory Council 2013-Current Roger Williams University Honors Advisor Council, Academic Standards Committee (Chair) 2013 School of Justice Studies, Search Committee (NETSEC) 2013 School of Justice Studies, Post-Tenure Review Committee 14

15 Other Professional Service Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Justice November 2008 November 2004 Local Arrangements Committee Co-Chair: Northeast Association of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting Student Paper Competition Chair: Northeast Association of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting Session Chair: American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA American Society of Criminology, Program Committee Member Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Membership committee Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference (Boston, MA: March 9014, 2009). Local arrangements committee co-chair. Session Chair: American Society of Criminology Conference, St. Louis, MO Session Chair: American Society of Criminology Conference, Nashville, TN Other Community Service Parish Finance Council: St. Joseph s Catholic Church (Kingston, MA) Current Current Knights of Columbus Council #4480 (Kingston, MA) 15

16 Teaching-Related Awards 2010 Roger Williams University, Excellent In Teaching Award (2010 Nominee) Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice, Excellence in Teaching Award Sigma Delta Tau, Northeastern University Chapter, Outstanding Teacher Award Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice, Excellence in Teaching Award 16