Nicole N. Hanson, M.A. HansonNicoleN@gmail.com http://opencuny.org/nnhanson EDUCATION CUNY Graduate School and University Center via, New York, NY Ph.D., Criminal Justice (Doctoral Candidate; degree expected 2015) Research interests: the intersections of media and political violence; the relationship between public opinion and criminal justice policy decisions, particularly within the context of the role of media in agenda-setting, public deliberation, and norm development; inequality, social control, and state power; efficacy and ethics of crime policy Dissertation: Selling National Security: Journalism, Political Actors, and the Marketing of Counterterrorism Policy David A. Green, Ph.D. (Chair), Ruth O'Brien, Ph.D., and Robert Garot, Ph.D., M.A., Forensic Psychology, 2005, M.A., Criminal Justice, 2004 Specialization: Criminology and Deviance University at Albany B.A., Anthropology, 2002 Minors: Sociology, Psychology TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor Jan. 2009 - present Department of Sociology Courses: Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences, Sociology of Violence, and Criminology Department of Political Science; Department of Law & Police Science Course: Foundations of Scholarship in International Criminal Justice Teaching Assistant Sep. 2010 May 2011 Department of Mathematics Course: Principles and Methods of Statistics Department of Law and Police Science Course: Introduction to Criminal Justice St. Joseph s College Brooklyn, NY Adjunct Instructor Jan. 2008 Dec. 2009 Department of Sociology
Courses: Sociology of Corrections, Introductory Sociology, and Inequality and Social Class Briarcliffe College Long Island City, NY Professor of Criminal Justice Jan. 2006 Sep. 2008 Adjunct Instructor Mar. 2005 Jan. 2006 Department of Criminal Justice Courses: American Correctional Institutions, Juvenile Justice in America, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Administration of Criminal Justice, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Psychology, and Sociology of Crime and Deviance PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, Prof. David A. Green, PhD Homeland Security Fellow Sep. 2011 present Criminal Justice Doctoral Research Fellow funded by the United States Department of Homeland Security Collaboration with Prof. Green on a three-year research agenda which aims to develop a comprehensive, standardized methodological framework to assess the quality, nature, and veracity of mass-mediated claims about terrorist threats and to facilitate the production of comparable datasets and findings across crime types and jurisdictions. exalt youth Brooklyn, NY Program Evaluator Sep. 2009 Nov. 2010 Contracted researcher to determine effectiveness of exalt youth, a nonprofit program providing career-related instruction and internship placement for youth involved in the criminal justice system Dataset creation from Salesforce database, data cleanup and analysis, outcomes analysis utilizing youth criminal justice records from the Department of Criminal Justice Services of the State of New York, creation of program pre-post test and theoretical foundations literature review, Center on Crime Prevention and Control Research Assistant Nov. 2008 Dec. 2010 Research project prompted by New York Police Department inquiry on the suspected rate increase and expressively violent nature of robberies in Fort Greene, Brooklyn Data cleanup and variable coding, IRB application preparation, co-author of final report to NYPD, Center on Race, Crime, and Justice Doctoral Fellow Sep. 2008 May 2011 Contribution to Center research projects, chapter writing, and lecture preparation via data collection, literature review, and statistical analyses; lead researcher on shifting racial victimology in police-on-police mistaken identity shootings Management of Center events, lectures, conferences and all communications with collaborating racial and social justice organizations and professionals Assistance with locating funding and compiling grant applications Briarcliffe College Long Island City, NY Academic Coordinator Jan. 2006 - Sep. 2008 Chief academic presence at college extension center; supervised faculty, scheduled & staffed courses, academically advised students, created and maintained all outcomes assessment protocols, created Student Learning Center and implemented tutoring programs
Lead author of curriculum for Criminal Justice B.S. degree and accompanying program application to New York State Department of Education Interim Criminal Justice Department Chair, 2008; Coordinator of large-scale CJ Library Project, which sought to ensure the quality of criminal justice-related resources in multi-campus libraries Committees and Councils: Outcomes Assessment Council, Faculty Senate, School Safety Committee, CEC Criminal Justice Task Force Retention & Graduation Committee Chair, Criminal Justice Search Committee Chair, Provost Search Committee, Criminal Justice Departmental Advisory Board Meeting Chair The Forensic Panel Case & Project Assistant Sept. 2004 Nov. 2005 Responsible for case coordination of all criminal or civil cases for ongoing criminal and civil cases referred for forensic expert evaluation in the areas of psychiatry and psychology, including such activities as: management of all attorney-expert communication; investigation and management of evidence; personality assessment inventory administration and interpretation; preparation of academic references for court documents and reports; and editing and restructuring of expert reports in preparation for court presentation Prepared written reports of cases and psychological and psychiatric issues in criminal justice for academic and professional conferences and texts, including the Crime Classification Manual, 2nd Ed. Aided in participant recruitment, media contact, data management, and research phase analysis and planning for The Depravity Scale research project, which seeks to standardize analysis of elements that comprise heinous or depraved crimes, with the intention of creating a tool for use in sentencing in criminal cases AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS 2011: Homeland Security Criminal Justice Doctoral Fellow, funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Supervisor: David A. Green, Ph.D. PUBLICATIONS Hanson, Nicole N. (2014). Youth violence. In D. Jones-Brown and B. D. Frazier (Eds.), African Americans and the Criminal Justice System: An Encyclopedia. Westport: Greenwood Press. PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS Hanson, N.N. (In progress). Political theatre: A dramaturgical analysis of National Security Agency leaks. Target: Crime, Media, Culture. Hanson, N.N. & Green, D. (In progress). Terrorism and the media profit motive. Target: Crime, Media, Culture. Hanson, N.N. & Green, D. (In progress). Politics and thematic framing in new media discourse: The 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Target: New Media and Society.
Green, D. & Hanson, N.N. (In progress). An analytical framework for the study of mass-mediated threats. Target: Crime, Media, Culture. Green, D. & Hanson, N.N. (In progress). Media criminology and the democratic press: Why the state of the media matters. Target: Theoretical Criminology; Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS Hanson, N.N. (2013, October). Political theatre: A dramaturgical analysis of National Security Agency leaks. Green, D.A., & Hanson, N.N. (2013, April). Building better media policy from the ground up. Panel discussion, National Conference for Media Reform, Denver, CO. Hanson, N. N. (2012, November). Studying Mass-Mediated Crime and Terrorism: The Development of a Shared, Collaborative Approach. Roundtable, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Hanson, N. N. (2012, September). Terrorism and the Media Profit Motive: How Coverage of Political Violence May be More Economics than Politics. Paper presented at the European Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Bilbao, Spain. Henninger, A. M. & Hanson, N. N. (2011, November). Socializing Female Responses to Unwanted Sexual Attention: A Comparative Analysis to Children's Media. Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Hanson, N. N. (2011, November). Toward a Standard Analytical Framework for the Study of Mass- Mediated Crime and Terrorism. Roundtable American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Hanson, N. N. (2011, November). The Progression of Adultification Statutes: A Policy Analysis using the Multiple Streams Framework. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Hanson, Nicole N. (2010, November). Politics and Thematic Framing in New Media Discourse: The 15th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. Hanson, Nicole N. (2010, May). New Media and the CriminalBlackMan : The Shift in Racial Victimology in Police-on-Police Shootings. Paper presented at Celebrating Student Research and Creativity Conference,,. Hanson, Nicole N. (2009, November). Categorically Less Culpable? An Analysis of Common Mitigating Factors and Juvenile Criminal Responsibility. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Hanson, Nicole N. (2009, April). Deficient Outcomes of Megan s Law: A Theory Logic Model. Paper presented at the New York State Political Science Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Criminal Justice Doctoral Program Executive Committee Student Representative, 2013 pres. The Advocate (CUNY Graduate Center Student Publication) Advisory Board Board Member, 2013 pres. Alumni Association At-Large Board Member, 2011 pres. Faculty & Alumni Recognition Awards Committee, 2011 Leadership Team Member, 2008 2011 Criminal Justice Doctoral Students Association President, 2012-2013. Doctoral Student s Council Program Representative Board Member, 2011 2012 Co-founder; Chair, Ad-Hoc Constitution Committee, 2011 Doctoral Students Council, City University of New York Steering Committee; Officer for Outreach, 2011 2013 Outreach Committee Member, 2010 2013 Criminal Justice Program Representative, 2009 2013