VITAE Deborah J. Burris-Kitchen, Ph.D. EDUCATION: Ph.D. Western Michigan University, Department of Sociology, 1995. Dissertation Topic: "Sisters in the Hood." M.A. Ball State University, Sociology, 1990 B.A. Indiana University, Fort Wayne, Sociology & Criminology, 1988. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007-Present Department Head, Criminal Justice Department at Tennessee State University 2006-2007 Interim Department Head of the Criminal Justice Department at Tennessee State University 2001-2006 Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Tennessee State University. 1995-2001 Associate Professor, Sociology, University Of La Verne. 1998-2001 Associate Faculty, California Polytechnic University.. 1994-1995 Associate Faculty, Western Michigan University. 1990-1991 Associate Faculty, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Administrative Experience 2006 - Present Department Head for the Department of Criminal Justice at Tennessee State University Awards 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year for the College of Arts & Sciences PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1991-1993 Editorial Assistant for Sociological Focus. The official Journal for the North Central Sociological Association. Editor: Stanley S. Robin, Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University. TEACHING INTERESTS Race and Ethnic Relations Political Economy of Racism and Criminology Women and Crime Criminology Criminal Justice Committee Membership At the University of La Verne: Undergraduate academic policy Faculty Athletics Faculty Salary Faculty Research grant Excellence in teaching Faculty Advisor to the Associated Student Federation Faculty Advisor for the Debate Team Cheerleading Coach/Faculty Advisor At Tennessee State University: Faculty Advisor to the Criminal Justice Organization Faculty Senate College of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee Graduate School Council Graduate School course/program review committee Graduate school appeals committee College of Arts and Sciences Executive Council Graduate Council 1
Faculty Handbook Committee Prior Learning Assessment Community Involvement Goodlettsville Help Center 2003 Fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by running the 2004 Country Music Marathon and The Marine Corps Marathon for Teams in Training. I have also raised money for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society by fundraising to compete in the Memphis in May Triathlon 2005. I also ran the Country Music Marathon and completed the Memphis Triathlon in 2005 to raise money for the aforementioned organization. I am currently raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by participating in the Phoenix Marathon on January 13 th, 2007. I have since raised money For L & L society every year for Country Music Marathon (2007-2010). In total I have raised over $50,000 for L & L. I have raised money for MS Society for the past 3 years by participating in the Jack & Back 150 mile bike ride. I have raised nearly &3,000 for MS. I embedded service learning into my Criminal Theory Class. Work Project Coordinator for service day 2010 TSU. Project coordinator Hands on Nashville May 2010. Professional Involvement Tennessee Corrections Institute Board of Control. Appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen. Regents Academic Leadership Institute Class of 2008-2009 Set on an advising team for Proposed Criminal Justice major at LSU, Alexandria. Appointed by the Louisiana Board of Regents Feb. 2008. Service as a member for the Academic Audit team for Middle Tennessee State University. Appointed by TBR Feb. 2009. Appointed by TBR to serve as Academic Audit chair for Austin Peay University Criminal Justice BA in Homeland Security in March 2010. President Elect for the National Association of Humanist Sociologist 2011. Vice president of the national Organization of Short Statured Adults 2010. Manuscript reviewer for Humanity & Society 2010. Manuscript reviewer for Societies without Boarders 2011. Appointed by TBR to serve on the academic audit team to review the criminal justice program at STCC March 24-25, 2011. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Substance Abuse Among Teenagers: A Comparative Study of High Schools in Indiana." Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Louisville, Kentucky, March 21-25, 1990. Panel Discussant: "Teaching Sociology as a Graduate Student." North Central Sociological Association Meeting, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 22-26, 1992. Panel Discussant: "Making the Transition from a Commuter College to Graduate School." North Central Sociological Association Meeting, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 22-26, 1992. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Drug Related Gang Violence?" Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Toledo, Ohio, April 15-18, 1993. Organizer/Discussant: "Substance Abuse Among Teenagers." North Central Sociological Association meeting, Toledo, Ohio, April 15-18, 1993. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. and Douglas V. Davidson. "A Critical Look at Perspectives on Drug Related Gang Violence." American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, October 27, 1993. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J., Douglas V. Davidson and Lewis Walker."Race,Class 2
and Violence: The Continuing American Dilemma." Midwest Sociological Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, March 11, 1994. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah. "Sisters in the Hood." American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, November 9, 1994. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. and Douglas V. Davidson. "The Economic Position of Women in a World Capitalist System." Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1995. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "The Ineffectiveness of Drug Policies: Where do we go from here" American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 18, 1995. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. And Douglas V. Davidson. "Drugs Gangs and the World Economy." Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 1996. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Racial Oppression and Black Liberation Theology," presented at a retreat for the North Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church commission on Religion and Race. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "The Portrayal of Latinos in the Media." Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender, Monterey, CA, October 4, 1996. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Multinationals, consumerism, children and poverty." North Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church: Bishop s Task Force on Children and Poverty, October 17, 1997 Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Multiculturalism, consumerism, and the new spirituality." North Indiana Conference Board of Church and Society, October 18, 1997. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Moving non-violently from racial hatred to racial harmony." Unified Planetary Assembly, Chicago, IL. November 7, 1997. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Latinos in the Media Part II." Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. April 17, 1998. Morrow, Gloria, Deborah J. Burris-Kitchen, and Aghop Der-Karabetian "Empowering a College Campus to Work Toward Diversity." NCORE, Denver, CO. June 1, 1998 Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. "Perceptions of Race: A dialogue Between Pomona Police and Pomona Residents." American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC. November 11, 1998. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J., Panel presenter Teach-in for social Justice with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, October 7,1999. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. The demise of Affirmative Action. Pacific Sociological Association. San Diego, CA. March 23, 2000 Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Still at it after all these Years: The tobacco industry and cancer. Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. April 3, 2001. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Short Rage: an autobiographical look at heightism in America. Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI. April 5, 2002. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Profiled in the Women s Division on Crime Newsletter (Spring, 2002). Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Continued Anti-democracy in America: The War on Drugs. American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL. November 13, 2003. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. and Celeste Ware III. Black and Blue in Nashville. American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL. November 13, 2003. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Critical Theory and the War on Drugs. American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL. November 14, 2003. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. A critical look at the discipline of Sociology The Humanist Sociologists Meetings. November 4, 2004. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. The end of Apartheid or contemporary slavery in prisons: A comparison between South African Blacks incarceration trends since the abolition of Apartheid and Black Americans Since Civil Rights legislation was passed. The North Central Sociological Association Meetings, April 6, 2007. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Racial Disparities in Crime. Nashville Public Safety Forum. May 31, 2007. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Pathways to Prison. The Association for Humanist Sociology Meetings, November 14, 2008. 3
Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Increased incarceration rates of African- Americans in a post civil rights era. November 12, 2009. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Teacher meets critical friends: Confronting Isms in The Classroom (facilitator). The Association for Humanist Sociology Meetings, November 12, 2009. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Violations of Human Rights and Citizenship: Implications of incarceration on the welfare of the African American Community. American Sociological Association. August 15, 2010. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. The Civil War and the criminalization of African Americans. The Association for Humanist Sociology Meetings, November 6, 2010. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Felony Convictions and the Denial of Government Government Subsidized Housing. The 2012 Tennessee fair Housing Matters Conference, April 3, 2012. PROFESSIONAL AFFILITAION American Society of Criminology North Central Sociological Society Association of Humanist Sociologist President elect American Sociological Association NOSSA Vice President PUBLICATIONS Published: Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. (1996) The Ineffectiveness of Drug Policy: Where do we go from here? A Journal of Faculty Papers 9. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. (1997). Female Gang Participation Lewiston N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press. Morrow, Gloria, Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J., Der-Karabetian, Aghop (2000). Assessing campus climate of cultural diversity: A focus on focus groups. College Student Journal 34(4). Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J.(2001). Reflections on Antonia Darder s Women on the edge. Institute for Multicultural Research and Campus Diversity 1(1):2. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. An essay on gender in the Women s Division on Crime Newsletter (Spring, 2002). Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. (2002). Short Rage: An Autobiographical look at Heightism in America. Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. (August,2010). Pathways to prison: Implications for the Health and Mental health in the African American Community. Handbook for African American Health Psychology: Evidencebased treatment and prevention practices (edited by Robert Hampton & Ray Crowell). Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. & Burris, Paul C. From Slavery to Prisons: A Historical Delineation of the Criminalization of African Americans. Journal of Global Intelligence & Policy 4(3) (July, 2011). Book Review: Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Dragan Milovanovic and Katheryn Russell s book Petit Apartheid in the U.S. Criminal Justice System: The Dark Figure of Racism. Division of Women and Crime Newsletter (Spring, 2002). Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. book Review of Silliman & Bhattacharjee s Policing the National Body. Humanity & Society, Vol 27, No. 1 February 2003. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Robert Grantham and levon Chorbajian (Eds.) Urban Society: The Shame of Governance. Humanity & Society. May, 2012. Film Review: Burris-Kitchen, Deborah J. Frost/Nixon a film written by Peter Morgan and Directed by Ron Howard. Humanity & Society. Vol. 33 No. 4 November 2009. 4
Grants: Burris-Kitchen, Forte, M., Smith, R. From Slavery to Prisons: A Historical Delineation of the Criminalization of African Americans. Submitted December 8, 2010. Not funded Burris-Kitchen, Deborah, PI (Spring 2009). Youth Violence Prevention Through Economic, Environmental and Policy Change. Applied for, Not Funded. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah, (PI), Michael Montgomery (Co-PI) (Fall 2009). HBCU Substance abuse counseling Training grant. Awarded on September 25, 2009. Funded. Burris-Kitchen, Deborah (PI), Carlyle Johnson (PI) (2010-2011) Prison Art Grant awarded by the Tennessee Arts Commission for $15,000. Funded. Burris-Kitchen, received a $30,000 international education study abroad grant to take students to Sri Lanka, summer 2010.Funded. Burris-Kitchen, received a $30,000 international education study abroad grant to take students to Sri Lanka, summer 2011.Funded. Creative Project: Burris-Kitchen, Deborah and Mario Zapien (Fall 1999). The Lost Circle. A play produced and written by myself and Mario Zapien based on works of Boel s theater of the oppressed. The production came out of a class I taught on social problems in Latin America. The Production was put on at the University of La Verne theater for the La Verne community. 5