Curriculum Vitae Wendy P. Guastaferro, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Public Administration John Jay College of Criminal Justice 445 West 59 th Street Room 2119 North Hall New York, NY 10019 Phone: (o) 212.393.6411 (mobile) 404.593.3807 E-Mail: wgusataferro@jjay.cuny.edu EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany 2004 Areas of specialization: Criminal Justice Process and Policy, Criminology Master of Arts, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany 1995 Bachelor of Arts, University at Albany 1993 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS John Jay College of Criminal Justice Associate Professor, Department of Public Management 2013-present Georgia State University Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice 2006-2012 Rutgers University Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2006 Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research Postdoctoral Training Program Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research Institute of Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey AWARDS & HONORS Identified as junior rainmaker for external funding. 2011 Tapp, S. & Tewksbury, R. (Sept., 2011). Junior rainmakers: External funding by junior professors in PhD granting criminal justice programs. Paper presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association conference, Nashville, TN. Identified as a junior rainmaker among junior faculty in criminal justice. Ranked second out of 102 junior faculty in criminal justice (assistant professors and associate professors promoted since 2008) in total dollars secured through external funding sources and third out of 102 junior faculty for number of grants and contracts secured. Georgia State University Instructional Effectiveness Award 2009 United States National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award 2004-2006 Postdoctoral fellowship with the Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 2 SCHOLARSHIP, REFEREED ARTICLES Listwan, S.J., Daigle, L.E., Hartman, J.L., & Guastaferro, W.P. Poly victimization risk in prison: The influence of individual and institutional factors. Forthcoming in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Guastaferro, W.P. (2013). Crime, the media, and constructions of reality: Using HBOʼs The Wire as a frame of reference. College Student Journal, 47(2), 264-270. Guastaferro, W.P. & Daigle, L.E. (2012). Linking noncompliant behaviors and programmatic responses: The use of graduated sanctions in a felony level drug court. Journal of Drug Issues, 42(4), 396 419. Guastaferro, W.P. (2012). Using the Level of Service Inventory-Revised to improve assessment in drug Court. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 56(5), 769-789. Payne, B.K., W.P. Guastaferro, & S. Mummert*. (2011). Attitudes about group work among criminal justice students: The influence of participation in group projects. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 22(4), 546-561. Payne, B.K., W.P. Guastaferro, & D. Dabney. (2010). Alumni Research and Criminal Justice. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 21(3), 245-265. Payne, B.K. & W.P. Guastaferro. (2009). Mind the gap: Attitudes about Miranda warnings among police chiefs and citizens. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 24 (2). doi: 10.1007/s11896-009-9040-4. Pogorzelski, W. & T.W. Brewer. (2007) Cameras in court: How television news media use courtroom footage. Judicature, 91(3), 124-134. Draine, J., A.B. Wilson, & W. Pogorzelski. (2007) Limitations and potential in current research on services for people with mental illness in the criminal justice system. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 45(3/4), 159-177. Wolff, N. & W. Pogorzelski. (2005). Measuring the Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts: Challenges and Recommendations. Psychology, Public Policy & Law, 11(4), 539-569. Blitz, Cynthia L., N. Wolff, K. Pan & W. Pogorzelski. (2005). Gender-Specific Behavioral Health and Community Release Patterns Among New Jersey Prison Inmates: Implications for Treatment and Community Reentry. American Journal of Public Health, 95(10), 1741-1746. Pogorzelski, W., N. Wolff, K. Pan, & C. Blitz. (2005). Behavioral Health Problems, Ex- Offender Reentry Policies, and the Second Chance Act. American Journal of Public Health, 95(10), 1718-1724. *Student co-author. Books Shaffer, D. K. & Guastaferro, W.P. Drug courts and the criminal justice system. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers. Under contract, anticipated publication 2013.
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 3 Under Review / In Progress Daigle, L.E., Guastaferro, W.P., & Azimi, A. Victim compensation as a tool of therapeutic justice? Examining the physical and mental health needs of victim compensation applicants Under review at Criminal Justice & Behavior. Guastaferro, W.P., Guastaferro, K., & Stuart, D.*, Custodial grandparents: Exploring the reach of the criminal justice system. Revise and resubmit at Journal of Crime and Justice. Koetzle, D., Listwan, S., & Guastaferro, W.P., & Kobus, K. Treating high risk offenders in the community: The potential of drug courts. Revise and resubmit at International Journal of Offender Treatment and Comparative Criminology. Guastaferro, W.P. Good TV : Using HBO s The Wire as a pedagogical tool. Anticipated submission to Academic Exchange Quarterly. Guastaferro, W.P., Daigle, L.E., Marsh, E.*, Bonomo, E., & Stuart, D.* Matching offenders with program objectives and services: An evaluation of the referral process to a treatment- oriented prison. Anticipated submission to Criminal Justice Policy Review. *Student co-author RESEARCH GRANTS & EXTERNAL FUNDING_ (total: $ 4,576,740) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families 2012-2018 Enhancing safety and well-being of children of Adult Drug Court participants. Co-Principal Investigator Total Award: $4,838,054 Institutional Award: $3,852,918 Principal Investigator: Dan Whitaker, National SafeCare Training and Research Center, Center for Healthy Development, Georgia State University DeKalb County District Attorney s Office 2012-2014 Principal Investigator, $198,730 Develop strategic plan for effective use of federal JAG funding that addresses needs of DeKalb County residents and the county s response to crime. Co-Investigator: Dr. D. Dabney, Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Georgia State University DeKalb County Sheriff s Office 2011-2013 Principal Investigator, $39,658 Program implementation and outcome evaluation of a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program at the DeKalb County Jail, Georgia. Co-Investigator: Dr. L. Muftic, Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology Georgia State University Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council 2010-2013 Principal Investigator, $207,718 Strategic Intervention Program at Georgia s Coastal State Prison, Program Evaluation. Co-Investigators: Drs. L. Daigle and V. Topalli, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 4 RESEARCH GRANTS & EXTERNAL FUNDING, continued DeKalb County Superior Court, Drug Court, Georgia 2011-2014 Total Award: $750,000 funded by SAMHSA Sub-Award: $108,910 Principal Investigator Program and outcome evaluation for the DeKalb County Superior Court Drug Court Program, Track 2. Total funding for three years at $750,000 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Competitive funding, double round, blind reviews, co-authored grant proposal with drug court director, Andrew F. Cummings. DeKalb County Superior Court, Drug Court, Georgia 2008-2011 Total Award, $1.2 million, funded by SAMHSA Sub-Award: $94,113 Principal Investigator Program and outcome evaluation for the DeKalb Superior Court Drug Court Program, Track 2. Total funding for three years at $1.2 million by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Competitive funding, double-round, blind reviews, coauthored grant proposal with drug court director, Andrew F. Cummings. DeKalb County Superior Court, Drug Court, Georgia 2007-2011 Principal Investigator, $74,693 Program and outcome evaluation for the DeKalb Superior Court Drug Court Program AWARDS & HONORS, INTERNAL Georgia State University, Digital Champion Fellowship/Hybridization Award, $3,000 2012 Georgia State University Online Course Development Award, $5,000 2010 Georgia State University Center for Teaching and Learning Fellowship, $1,300 2008-2011 Georgia State University Freshmen Learning Community, Faculty member, $2,000 2008-2009 College of Health & Human Sciences Intramural Grant Program, $3,929 2007-2008 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Guastaferro, W.P. (2013). Teaching online courses: Rethinking how and what we do. Invited presentation at the SAGE Teaching Workshop, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, Dallas, TX. Dane, C.B., Muftic, L.R., & Guastaferro, W.P. (March 2013). Examining the relationship between procedural justice and recidivism in a jail-based Residential Substance abuse Treatment Program. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, Dallas, TX.
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 5 Marsh, E.* & Guastaferro, W.P. (September, 2012). The need for parenting and trauma care services for drug court participants and their children. Paper presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Clearwater, FL. Koetzle, D., Listwan, S.J., & Guastaferro, W.P. (June, 2012). Treating high risk offenders in the community: The potential of drug courts. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial John Jay International Conference Global Perspectives on Justice, Security and Human Rights. New York, NY Cummings, A.F., Guastaferro, W.P., Hartley, R., & Koetzle, D. (June, 2012). Evaluator s Workshop. Presentation at National Association of Drug Court Professionals conference, Nashville, TN Guastaferro, W.P. & Cummings, A.F. (May, 2012). Linking assessment and treatment planning: The role of risk and need. Invited Paper presented at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grantee Meeting. Nashville, TN. Daigle, L.E., Marsh, E.*, Bonomo, E.*, Stuart, D.*, & Guastaferro, W.P. (March, 2012). Matching offenders with program objectives and services: An evaluation of the referral process to a treatment oriented prison. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference. New York, NY. Bonomo, E.,* Marsh, E.,* Guastaferro, W.P., & Daigle, L.E. (Sept, 2011). Catch & release: Barriers to implementation of an innovative substance abuse treatment program in Georgia s Coastal Prison. Paper presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Conference. Nashville, TN. Guastaferro, W.P., Daigle, L.E., & Cummings, A.F. (July, 2011). Using proactive supervision and graduated sanctions in an adult felony-level drug court. Paper presented at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Annual Drug Court Conference. Washington, D.C. Guastaferro, W.P. (May, 2011). Using short-term outcomes to demonstrate drug court program effectiveness. Presented at the Georgia Drug, DUI, & Mental Health Court conference. Atlanta, GA. Guastaferro, W.P., Daigle, L., & Mellow, J. (Nov, 2010). Use of sanctions in drug court. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology conference. San Francisco, CA. Guastaferro, W.P. (2010). Attitudes about group work among criminal justice students: The influence of participation in group projects. Paper presented at the Graduate Teaching Assistant Pedagogy Conference. Georgia State University. Guastaferro, W.P. (Nov, 2009). Using the Level of Service Inventory revised (LSI-R) in drug court. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology conference. Philadelphia, PA. Guastaferro, W.P. (May, 2009). Incorporating evidence based practices into client assessments & treatment plans. Presented at the Georgia Drug, DUI & Mental Health Court Conference. Atlanta, GA. Guastaferro, W.P. (March, 2009). Custodial grandparents: Exploring the reach of the criminal justice system. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, Boston, MA. Guastaferro, W.P. (Nov, 2008). Tracking client progress & program effectiveness through repeated measures in drug court. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology conference. St. Louis, MO. \
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 6 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, continued Guastaferro, W.P., Dabney, D., & Payne, B.K. (Oct, 2008). Similarities and differences between criminal justice alumni and graduating seniors ratings of academic coursework. Paper presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association conference. New Orleans, LA. Cummings, A., Guastaferro, W.P., & Smith, A.P. (April 2008). DeKalb County Drug Court: Embracing change. The 10 th Annual Dr. Lonnie E. Mitchell National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Substance Abuse & Mental Health Conference. Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, and Morehouse School of Medicine. Atlanta, Georgia. Pogorzelski, W. (January, 2008). Demonstrating program effectiveness: Evidence based practices, assessment tools & collecting useful data. Presented to the Georgia Drug Court Coordinators Meeting. Forsyth, Georgia. Ligon, J., & W. Pogorzelski. (June, 2007). Process evaluations for drug court programs: Development, implementation, and analysis. Presented at the 2007 Drug and DUI Court Conference. Peachtree City, Georgia. Draine, J., W.Pogorzelski, & A.Blank. (2006). Sparse evidence: A review of research on criminal justice system interventions for people with mental illness. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology conference. Los Angeles, California. Pogorzelski W. & N. Wolff. (2005). Are Second Chances Possible? The Reality of Public Policy on Reentry for Ex-offenders with Behavioral Health Problems. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology conference, Nashville TN. Pogorzelski, W. & T. Brewer (2005). Cameras in Court: An Analysis of Media Coverage of People v. Boss. Paper presented at the Law & Society Association conference, Las Vegas NV. Pogorzelski, W. (2005). Creating Public Value in Public Defender Programs. Paper presented at the Law & Society Association conference, Las Vegas NV. Pogorzelski, W. & A. Blank. (2005). The Dynamics of Client Identification in Jail-based Reentry Programs for Persons with Mental Illness. Paper presented at the International Academy of Law & Mental Health conference, Paris France. Pogorzelski, W., A. Blank, & N. Wolff (2005). The Exigencies of Jail-based Reentry Services for Persons with Mental Illness. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology conference. Toronto, Ontario Canada. *Student co-presenters TECHNICAL REPORTS Guastaferro, W.P. & Daigle, L.E. (2011). Evaluation of Georgia s Strategic Intervention Program at Coastal State Prison. Guastaferro, W.P. (2008/2009/2010/2011). Annual Evaluation Reports on the Effectiveness of the DeKalb County Drug Court. Reporting also includes memoranda on quarterly or as requested basis and completing reporting requirements for external funding agencies. Guastaferro, W.P. Muftic, L.R., & Dane, C. (2011-2012). Quarterly reports on evaluation of jail-based Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program at the DeKalb County Jail. First annual report to be submitted December 2012.
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 7 UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE & FELLOWSHIPS Associate Professor, Department of Public Management, 2013 John Jay College of Criminal Justice Policy Analysis (graduate level) Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University 2006-2012 Crime & the Criminal Justice System (graduate level); Social Science & the American Crime Problem; Crime & the Media; Selected Legal Issues in Criminal Justice; and American Criminal Courts Research Fellow, Center for Teaching & Learning, Georgia State University 2008-2011 Adjunct Instructor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany 1996 2001 American Criminal Courts; Administration of Criminal Justice; Media and Crime; and Introduction to the Nature of Crime INSTRUCTION, INCLUDING ADVISING Supervision of Directed Studies * All at Georgia State University, Department of Criminal Justice 2011, Fall. Supervising Directed Study with an undergraduate student (Trace Taylor) related to drug court. Mr. Taylor is working on a multi-media project about how drug court participants define and live in recovery. 2011, Fall. Supervising Directed Study with a graduate student (Jane Daquin) related to identifying research question and data set on male prisoner victimization for thesis. 2011, Summer. Supervised Directed Study with a graduate student (Daniella Stuart) on the following project: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Due to Adult Child s Arrest or Incarceration: Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System. 2011, Summer. Supervised Directed Study with two undergraduate students (Cordarius Pettway and Janay Davis) on the following project: Developing protocol for early-identification of potential drug court participants in order to improve the referral process. 2009, Spring. Supervised Directed Study with graduate student (Meredith Knowles) beginning literature review for thesis. 2008, Spring. Supervised Directed Study with graduate student (Caroline Rast) writing paper on serial killers that could form the basis of a literature review. 2008, Spring. Supervised Directed Study with graduate student (Nicole Blakely) conducting literature review, What works in corrections? 2007, Fall. Supervised Directed Study with undergraduate student (Chris Payne) in conducting a literature review of the effectiveness of drug courts and supervised field observations at drug court. Supervision of & Participation on Master s Theses Chair, Thesis Committee, Meredith Knowles. (2012, defended). Policing Persons with Mental Illness in Georgia: Identifying Officer-Level Outcomes of CIT Training and Perceptions of the Mental Health System.
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 8 Chair, Thesis Committee, Elizabeth Bonomo (2012, defended). Individual trajectories of drug court participant s receipt of sanctions. Member, Thesis Committee, Christian Dane. (2012, defended). Procedural justice elements within a jail-based residential substance abuse treatment program. Member, Thesis Committee, Erin Marsh. (2011, defended). Victim Offender Overlap in Intimate Partner Violence. Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University. Chair, Thesis Committee, Daniella Stuart. Perceived Drug Severity, Family Discord, and Success in Drug Court. Anticipated defense spring 2013. Advising Advised more than two-dozen undergraduate criminal justice majors with course selection, acquiring advanced degrees, career options, and professional development opportunities. Met with several potential Ph.D. applicants regarding our program. Written more than two dozen letters of reference for undergraduate and graduate students. Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University, 2007 2011. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Society of Criminology and member of Corrections Section Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Southern Criminal Justice Association National Association of Drug Court Professionals American Judicature Society SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSION & COMMUNITY Chair, Criminal Justice Comprehensive Exam Committee 2012-present Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice 2010-present Member, Academic Program Review (APR), Department of Criminal Justice 2009-2010 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice 2008-2009 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Criminal Justice 2007-2008 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice 2007-2008 Criminal Justice Library Liaison, Department of Criminal Justice 2006-2010 Service to the College Member, Digital Measures Activity Insight Committee, Andrew Young School 2011-2012 Speaker, Key Note Address, Honors Day Ceremony 2009 College of Health and Human Sciences Chair, Student Services Committee, College of Health and Human Sciences 2008 2009 Member, Student Services Committee, College of Health and Human Sciences 2007-2008 Service to the University Judge, 4 th & 5 th Annual Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conferences 2010-2011 Service to Profession
W. (Pogorzelski) Guastaferro, Sept 2013, page 9 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Grants and Journals National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program, Grants Reviewer Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Grants Reviewer City University of New York, Grants Reviewer American Journal of Men s Health American Journal of Criminal Justice Psychiatric Services Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Criminal Justice Review Contemporary Justice Review Psychology, Public Policy & Law Justice System Journal International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Ad hoc Reviewer, Other Book reviewer for Prentice Hall, SAGE, & Wadsworth Service to Community Member, Substance Abuse Treatment Standards Committee Judicial Council of Georgia Standing Committee on Drug Courts 2011-present Co-coordinator & Presenter 2010 Forum on Youth Violence: A Strategic Response to Gangs and Guns. Event brought together officials from several different criminal justice and social services agencies to discuss ways to curb gun violence in Atlanta. Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and Georgia State University. Co-coordinators: Drs. Dean Dabney and Volkan Topalli. October 5-6, 2010. Board Member, Atlanta Restorative Justice Foundation 2009-2010 Atlanta Municipal Courts, Atlanta, Georgia Media Guastaferro, W.P. (2011, April 11). Done right, drug courts lower recidivism and cut costs. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Atlanta, GA. Op-ed piece. Visser, S. (2011, February 28). Rocket docket dismissal rate raises questions. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Atlanta, GA. Quoted in article.