Irshad Altheimer Curriculum Vitae Department of Criminal Justice College of Liberal Arts Eastman Hall Room 2164 Rochester Institute of Technology 93 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623-5603 Phone: (585) 475-6299 Email: Irshad@mail.rit.edu EMPLOYMENT August 2012 to Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology August 2005 to May 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University EDUCATION Ph.D. Washington State University, 2005. Sociology M.A. Washington State University, 2001. Sociology B.A. Alabama State University (Magna Cum Laude), 1999. Sociology RESEARCH INTERESTS Macro-Level Criminological Theory Comparative Criminology Guns and Crime Corrections Neighborhood Processes and Crime RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Wu, Yuning, and Irshad Altheimer. 2013. "Race/Ethnicity, Foreign-born Status, and Victimization in Seattle, WA" Race and Justice 3(4): 339-357 Altheimer, Irshad. 2013. Cultural Processes and Homicide across Nations. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 57(7):842-863 Altheimer, Irshad. 2013. Herding and Homicide across Nations. Homicide Studies 17(1): 27-58 Altheimer. Updated January 2014 1
Altheimer, Irshad, and Matthew Boswell. 2012. Reassessing the Association between Gun Availability and Homicide at the Cross-National Level. American Journal of Criminal Justice 37(4):682-704 Lambert, Eric, Nancy L. Hogan, Kelly Cheeseman Dial, Irshad Altheimer, and Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa. 2011. Examining the Effects of Stressors on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Private Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study. Security Journal 25:152-172 Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, Nancy Hogan, and Shannon M. Barton. 2011. An Exploratory Study of the Correlates of Correctional Orientation in a Treatment Orientated Prison: A Partial Test of the Person-Environment Fit Theory. Criminal Justice and Behavior 38(5):453-470 Altheimer, Irshad. 2010. An Exploratory Analysis of Guns and Violent Crime in a Cross- National Sample of Cities. Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice 6(3): 204-227 Lambert, Eric, Nancy L. Hogan, Irshad Altheimer, and Jennifer Wareham. 2010. The Effects of Different Aspects of Supervision among Female and Male Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study. Criminal Justice Review 35(4): 492-513 Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, and Nancy Hogan. 2010. Exploring the Relationship between Social Support and Job Burnout among Correctional Staff: An Exploratory Study. Criminal Justice and Behavior 37(11): 1217-1236 Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, and Irshad Altheimer. 2010. "The Association between Work- Family Conflict and Job Burnout among Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study." American Journal of Criminal Justice 35(1): 37-55 Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, and Irshad Altheimer. 2010. "An Exploratory Examination of the Consequences of Burnout in Terms of Life Satisfaction, Turnover Intent and Absenteeism among Private Correctional Staff." The Prison Journal 90(1):94-114 Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, Irshad Altheimer, Shanhe Jiang and Michael T. Stevenson. 2010. The Relationship between Burnout and Support for Punishment and Treatment: A Preliminary Examination. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 54(6): 1004-1022 Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, and Nancy Hogan. 2010. An Exploratory Examination of a Gendered Model of the Effects of Role Stressors. Women and Criminal Justice 20:193-217 Altheimer, Irshad. 2008. Do Guns Matter? A Multi-Level Cross-National Examination of Gun Availability on Assault and Robbery Victimization. Western Criminology Review 9(2): 9 32 Altheimer, Irshad. 2008. Social Support, Ethnic Heterogeneity, and Homicide: A Cross- National Approach. Journal of Criminal Justice 36(2): 103-114 Altheimer. Updated January 2014 2
Altheimer, Irshad. 2007. Assessing the Relevance of Ethnic Heterogeneity as a Predictor of Homicide at the Cross-National Level. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 31(1): 1-20 Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, and Irshad Altheimer. 2007. Compounded Risk: The Implications for Delinquency of Coming from a Poor Family that Lives in a Poor Community. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 36:593-605 Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, Irshad Altheimer, and Lonnie Schaible. 2006. The Impact of Community Disadvantage on the Relationship between the Family and Juvenile Crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 43:326-356 MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Schiable, Lonnie, and Irshad Altheimer. "Social Structure, Anomie and National Levels of Homicide. FUNDED RESEARCH National Institute of Justice. 2013 NIJ W.E.B. Du bois Fellowship. Enhancing Knowledge of Dispute-Related Violence. Amount Funded: $99,727 Bureau of Justice Assistance. Smart Policing Initiative. 2013. Intervening in Violent Retaliatory Disputes. Position: Co-Principal Investigator. (Principal Investigator: John Klofas.) Amount Funded $300,000. Wayne State University. Research Enhancement Grant. 2009. Detroit Citizens Responses to Crime and Disorder. Position: Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator: Jennifer Wareham; Co-PI: Brad Smith). Amount Funded $50,000. PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS Altheimer, Irshad. Neighborhood Factors, Individual Characteristics, and the Lethality of Gun Violence. Presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer, Irshad, and Matthew Boswell. Economic Globalization, Economic Inequality, and Homicide. Presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer, Irshad. Culture and Homicide in a Cross-National Sample of Nations. Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Schaible, Lonnie, and Irshad Altheimer. "Social Structure, Anomie, and National Levels of Homicide." Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer. Updated January 2014 3
Altheimer, Irshad, and Eric Lambert. An Analysis of the Varying Impacts of Heterogeneity on Homicide across Nations. Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association. Hogan, Nancy, Shannon Barton, Irshad Altheimer, Eric Lambert, and Kelly Cheeseman Dial. Examining the Effects of Stressors on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Private Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study. Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association. Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, and Irshad Altheimer. The Association between Work-family Conflict and Job Burnout among Correctional Staff: a Preliminary Study. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, and Nancy Hogan. An Exploratory Examination of a Gendered Model of the Effects of Role Stressors. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Hogan, Nancy, Eric Lambert, and Irshad Altheimer. "An Exploratory Examination of the Consequences of Burnout in Terms of Life Satisfaction, Turnover Intent, and Absenteeism. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Altheimer, Irshad. Social Disadvantage and Homicide in Western Nations. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer, Irshad. Guns and Crime in a Cross-National Sample of Cities. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Altheimer, Irshad. Firearms and Crime: A Multi-level Cross-National Approach. Presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer, Irshad. Ethnic Heterogeneity, Social Support, and Homicide: A Cross-National Approach. Presented at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer, Irshad. Assessing the Effects of Ethnic Heterogeneity and Income Inequality on Homicide: A Cross-National Approach. Presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, and Irshad Altheimer. Considering the Criminogenic Effects of Family- and Community-Level Poverty. Presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, Lonnie Schaible and Irshad Altheimer. The Effects of Family- and Community-Level Poverty on Juvenile Delinquency. Presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Altheimer. Updated January 2014 4
Altheimer, Irshad. Does Neighborhood Disorder Affect Individual Commitment to a Conventional Means of Success and Lead to Delinquency? Presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology Altheimer, Irshad. Affirmative Action and its Effects on Labor Force Participation Rates. Presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. TECHNICAL REPORTS Altheimer, Irshad and Don Dillman. 2003. Results from Cognitive Interviews of NSF Earned Doctorate Web Survey. SESRC Technical Report #02-30 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Criminology Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Corrections Criminology Criminological Theory Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice Introduction to Sociology Juvenile Delinquency Graduate Graduate Seminar in Corrections The Nature of Crime MASTERS ESSAYS SUPERVISED Rochester Institute of Technology --- Wayne State University Carolyn Lee Austin. Prison Re-entry and Employment. Completed Winter 2007 Ellen Galloway. Mental Illness and Corrections. Completed Winter 2007 Heather Horan. Offender Reentry: A Look at the Unique Needs of Female Offenders Throughout the Reentry Process. Completed Fall 2011. William Bradley Mallory. The Drug Trade, Prohibitive Policies, and the Rise of a Narco-State. Completed Fall 2011. Lora Eggenmeyer. Collateral Consequences for Returning Offenders. In Progress. Altheimer. Updated January 2014 5
Jennifer Lynn-Borghi Wolf. Recidivism and Reentry. In Progress. Tacarra Walker. Sex Offenders and Reentry. In Progress. AWARDS College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award. Wayne State University. 2008-2009 Student Organization Advisor of the Year. Wayne State University. 2008-2009 Gordon D. and Izola P. Morgan Graduate Fellowship in Sociology. Washington State University. Spring 2004 Minority Student Fellowship. Washington State University Department of Sociology. Spring 2003 Gordon D. and Izola P. Morgan Graduate Fellowship in Sociology. Washington State University. Spring 2002 Minority Student Fellowship. Washington State University Department of Sociology. Spring 2001 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer, Social Problems, April 2007 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice, December 2007 Reviewer, Criminal Justice Policy Review, April 2008 Reviewer, International Journal of Applied and Comparative Criminal Justice, February 2009 Reviewer, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, (Multiple times) Reviewer, Justice Quarterly, November 2011 UNIVERSITY SERVICE Rochester Institute of Technology --- Wayne State University Member. Criminal Justice Search Committee, 2008-2009; 2010-2011. Member. Criminal Justice Chair Search Committee, 2007-2008. Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, 2006-2008; 2009 to present. Member. Personnel and Policy Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, 2006-2008; 2011 to present. Member. Student Academic Misbehavior Committee. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Fall 2011. Faculty Advisor. Criminal Justice Club. Wayne State University. December 2006 to present Faculty Advisor. Muslim Students Association. Wayne State University August 2007 to present Altheimer. Updated January 2014 6
REFERENCES Travis C. Pratt, Ph.D. Professor School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Arizona State University 411 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 496-2355 E-mail: tcpratt@asu.edu Eric Lambert, Ph.D. Chair and Professor Department of Criminal Justice Wayne State University 3281 Faculty/Administration Bldg. 656 West Kirby Detroit, MI 48202 (313) 577-3281 Email: dz9258@wayne.edu Carter Hay, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Florida State University 634 W. Call Street Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127 (850) 644-1594 Email: chay@fsu.edu Altheimer. Updated January 2014 7