JENNIFER GOSSETT, PhD Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Criminology Wilson Hall Indiana, PA 15705 724-357-2720 EDUCATION 2003 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Cincinnati Dissertation Title: Examining Potential Social Capital through the Lens of Intersectionality 1996 Master of Arts, Sociology, Texas Woman s University Thesis Title: The Perceived Discrimination among Women in Law Enforcement in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. 1992 Bachelor of Science, Sociology, Texas Woman s University Psychology Minor HONORS 2014 Recipient of an IUP Sponsored Program Award for Outstanding Achievement in Curriculum and Instruction 2005 Recipient of an IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research Award for Sponsored Programs Award for Outstanding Achievement in Curriculum and Instruction 2005 Nomination/Initiation into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 2005 Nominated/Accepted member of the National White Collar Crime Research Consortium 2004 Awarded participation and stipend to attend the Leadership Institute for Women in the State System of Pennsylvania PUBLICATIONS R&R James, Jennifer and Jennifer Gossett. Denying Murder: The Neutralization and Rationalizations of Serial Murderers Revise and Resubmit to Deviant Behavior. 2013 Gossett, Jennifer. Cyberstalking and Cyberterrorism in the Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications 2012 Gossett, Jennifer. Ponzi Schemes in the White Collar Crime Encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 2009 Gossett, Jennifer. William Julius Wilson: The Truly Disadvantaged in Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Edited by Francis Cullen and Pamela Wilcox. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
2007 Gossett, Jennifer. Crack Babies in Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Edited by Helen Taylor Greene and Shaun L Gabbidon. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 2006 Gossett, Jennifer and Sarah Byrne. Rapes on the Internet in Readings in Deviant Behavior 5th edition edited by Alex Thio and Thomas C. Calhoun. Boston: Pearson. 2003 Buchanan, Tom and Jennifer Gossett. The Healthy Homeless Minority. The Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 12(3):173-204. 2002 Gossett, Jennifer L and Sarah Byrne. Click Here: A Content Analysis of Internet Rape Sites. Gender and Society 16(5): 689-709. 2002 Gossett, Jennifer and Marcia Bellas. You Can t Put a Rule Around People s Hearts: Consensual Relationships and Institutional Policies of U.S. Colleges and Universities. Sociological Focus 35(3): 267-284. 2001 Bellas, Marcia and Jennifer L. Gossett. Love and the Lecherous Professor: Consensual Relationships Between Professors and Students. Sociological Quarterly 42(4):529-558. 2000 Gossett, Jennifer L. Single-Sex and Coeducation and Adult and Continuing Education and Vocational Education in Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women s Issues and Knowledge edited by Cheris Kramerae and Dale Spender. New York: Routledge. (www.routledge-ny.com/women) 1999 Gossett, Jennifer L. Settlement Houses and Council of Federated Organization in Racial and Ethnic Relations in America. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 1998 Gossett, Jennifer L. and Joyce E. Williams. The Perceived Discrimination Among Women In Law Enforcement. Women & Criminal Justice 10(1): 53-73. ROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2015 Gossett, Jennifer, Melissa Pollis, Julie Coyne, Shannon Moser and Karly Stinedurf. Let s Talk to Hackers: A Qualitative Study. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference in Orlando, FL. 2013 Gossett, Jennifer. Purchasing Counterfeit: The College Experience. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual conference in Dallas, Texas. 2012 Gossett, Jennifer and Jason Burkett. No Female Subjects: A Content Analysis Exploring Women s Representation in Criminological Research. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2012 Hoffee, Josh and Jennifer Gossett. Research Gone Female : Exploring Female Representation in Criminological Research Samples. American Society of Criminology
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2012 Gossett, Jennifer and Stacie Merken. To Be or Not To Be A Fake: A Content Analysis of Counterfeit Websites. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New York, NY. 2012 Gossett, Jennifer, Josh Hoffee, Jason Burkett, and Curtis Wert. Sample Inclusion of Females: A Content Analysis of Criminology and Sociological Journals. Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Educators, Altoona, PA. 2011 Gossett, Jennifer. Training vs. Policy: Police Officer use of Social Networking Sites. Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Educators, Philadelphia, PA. 2007 Roberts, Jennifer, Jennifer Gossett, and Mari Pierce. Bitches, Babes and Bimbos: A Review of Women in Violent Roles in PG and PG-13 Movie Scenes. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. 2006 Gossett, Jennifer and Tina Freiberger. Drug Court Effectiveness Using Social Support Theory. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. 2005 Gossett, Jennifer and David Strauss. Hackers: Explaining their Behaviors Through Criminological Research. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2004 Gossett, Jennifer, Michael Bush, and Patrick Harvey. The Lost, But Not Forgotten Role of Symbolic Interactionism within Criminology. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. 2004 Gossett, Jennifer and Michael Arter. Police Stress: Does the Internet Provide a Helping Hand? Academy of Criminal Justice Studies Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. GRANT ACTIVITY 2012 NSF Grant Changing Perspectives and Building Careers in Computing: Using Information Assurance to Recruit and Retain Women and Minorities. Awarded October 2012, $1.1million. 2005 University Senate Fellowship Grant for $3500.00 to assess the Pennsylvania Prison Society Re-Entry program. 2004 University Senate Research Award for $888.00 to complete a collaborative project with a doctorate student examining hate-group websites and their links to other websites. 2004 University Senate Research Award for $730.00 to complete a collaborative project with a doctorate student examining internet sites related to police stress. 2003 University Senate Research Award for $750.00 to complete a research project with a doctorate student examining various aspects of cybercrimes.
2001 Northern Kentucky Part-Time Faculty Research Award for $400.00 to complete a project entitled Access to the Internet: Offenders and Victims of Cyber Crimes INSTRUCTION Undergraduate Criminology Taught (Online and Face-to-Face) Cybersecurity and the Law, Criminology Research Methods, Violence and Victimology, and Crime, Race, Ethnicity, Social Structure and Crime, Cybersecurity and Loss Prevention, Theory of Complex Criminal Justice Organizations, White Collar Crimes, Contemporary Issues and Ethics, Theoretical Criminology, Survey of Criminology, Policing in Modern Society Undergraduate Sociology Taught (Online and Face-to-Face) Introduction to Sociology, Work and Family, Sociology of Men and Masculinities, Contemporary Social Issues, Race in Modern Society, Societies in Change, Research Methods, Juvenile Delinquency, Race Class and Gender, Demography and Society, Sociological Theory, Marriage and Family Graduate Classes Taught (Online and Face-to-Face) Organizational Dynamics in the Criminal Justice System, Research Methods, The Dynamics of Cybercrimes, Legal Issues in Criminology, Synthesis Project, Doctoral Colloquium in Criminology, Special Topics: Cybercrimes, Administration and Management of the Criminal Justice System, System Dynamics in the Administration of Justice, Graduate Readings in Race, Class, Gender and Crime Online Curriculum Development (Experience with Moodle, D2L, WebCT, Blackboard, ecollege, and WebTycho) 2012 Women and crime prepared for online delivery 2011 Race, class and crime prepared for online delivery 2008 Program changes to IUP undergraduate Criminology curriculum. Changes included course descriptions and program requirements 2008 Developed Web Student Study Guide for Exploring Criminal Justice by Robert Regoli and John Hewitt (2008) Jones and Bartlett Publishers (Jeremy Spiegel) 2007 Course development for online delivery for an online Masters in Criminology at IUP. Courses included CRIM 632 Organizational Dynamics in the Criminal Justice System and CRIM 791 Synthesis Project 2007 Online Course Development CRJ4021 Cybercrime for NIIT Limited and EDMC 2006 Developed Student Study Guide for Criminology: Theory, Research and Policy by Gennaro Vito, Jeffrey Maahs, and Ronald Holmes (2006) Jones and Bartlett Publishers (Jeremy Spiegel) 2005 Curriculum and Course Development for a Masters Information Assurance at IUP. Courses developed include 2005 Developed new course for online delivery CRIM 681 Special Topics Cybercrimes to CRIM 645 The Dynamics of Cybercrimes at IUP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006-Present Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor 2004-2007 Parenting Instructor/Family Counselor for the PA Prison Society 1997-2002 University of Cincinnati, Graduate Assistant and Adjunct Faculty 1998-2002 Northern Kentucky University, Adjunct Faculty 2001-2002 Cincinnati Technical & Community College, Adjunct Faculty 2001-2002 Good Samaritan Hospital College of Nursing, Adjunct Faculty 1999-2001 College of Mount Saint Joseph, Pro-Rata Instructor 1997-1998 Welcome House, Child and Shelter Advocate 1996-1997 Texas Woman s University, Graduate Teaching Assistant 1995-1997 Collin County Community College, Adjunct Faculty 1995-1997 Math/Statistics Instructor, Sylvan at Work 1992-1997 Child Protective Services, Child Protective Service Specialist II (Investigator) 1992-1996 Rape Crisis Counselor, Denton County Friends of the Family Dissertation & Thesis Committee Work Meghan Armes, M.A., completed 2009 Chair of Committee Cindy King, M.A., completed 2006 Chair of Committee Jennifer Lee, Ph.D., completed 2005 Chair of Committee Jennifer James, M.A., completed 2004 Chair of Committee Ashley Dickinson, Ph.D., in progress 2012 Committee Member Steven Brewer, Ph.D., will complete March 2012 Committee Member Josh Smallwood, Ph.D., will complete March 2012 Committee Member Laura King, Ph.D., proposal defended 2011 Committee Member Jeff Cohen, Ph.D., completed 2009 Committee Member Brandon Stroup, M.A., completed 2008 Committee Member Patrick Harvey, Ph.D., completed 2008 - Committee Member Tina Freiberger, Ph.D., completed 2007 - Committee Member Christopher Fetzeck, Ph.D., completed 2006 - Committee Member Professional Organizations 2002-present Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 1998-present American Society of Criminology 1997-2009 American Sociological Association Journal Work Manuscript reviewer for Justice Quarterly Manuscript reviewer for International Criminal Justice Review Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Criminal Justice Manuscript reviewer for Criminal Justice Policy Review Manuscript reviewer for Gender & Society Manuscript reviewer for Sociological Focus Manuscript reviewer for The Sociological Quarterly
Other Service Activities 2009-2015 Chair, University-Wide Tenure Committee at IUP 2009-Present Chair and Co-Chair of the Graduate Scholars Forum at IUP 2012 Minority Mentorship Grant Award for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 2012 Session Chair for ACJS Annual Meeting New York, NY entitled Police Investigation and Response Strategies 2009-2016 Burgettstown Community Library Board Member 2004 Student Awards Committee for the American Society for Criminology