Sue-Ming Yang Current Appointment Past Appointments Education

Sue-Ming Yang

George Mason University Department of Criminology, Law and Society 4400 University Drive, MS 4F4 Phone: 703-993-5453; E-mail:[email protected]

Current Appointment

2018-present Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University

2019- Associate Editor, Criminology & Public Policy, American Society of Criminology

2019- Associate Editor, Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Past Appointments

2015-2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University (Tenured June 2018)

2014 Associate Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

2010-2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan (Tenured June 2014)

2007-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University

2001-2007 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland

1999-2000 Legislative Analyst/ Research Fellow, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.

Education

2007 Ph.D. Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland (Minor in Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, University of Maryland)

1999 M.A. Graduate Institute of Criminology, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.

1996 B.S. Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Research Areas

Criminology of place, urban disorder and crime, experimental research and innovative methods, terrorism research, evidence-based crime policy

Honors

2013-2014 Exchange Scholar Award, National Science Council (Taiwan) 2012 Young Scholar Research Award, Chinese Criminology Association 2012 Teaching Grant for Innovative Teaching Methods, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan) 2011 Young Scholar Award, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan) 2006 (July) ICPSR Travel Award for “Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Workshop,” University of Michigan 2005 (June) Travel award granted by Summer Institute on Longitudinal Methods to attend the Survival Analysis Workshop, Pennsylvania State University 2000-2003 Taiwan Governmental Fellowship on Crime and Corrections (Sole Recipient of Three Years Full Support) 1996-1997 National Chung Cheng University Graduate School Fellowship

Publications

A. Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications *denotes mentored student co-author

Carson, Jennifer V., Laura Dugan, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2019). A comprehensive application of rational choice theory: How costs imposed by, and benefits derived from, the U.S. federal government affect incidents perpetrated by the radical eco- movement. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940- 019-09427-8. a--authors contributed equally.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Charlotte Gill, L. Caitlin Kanewske*, and Paige Thompson.* (2018). Analysis of Police Perceptions Regarding Responses to Mental Health- Related Calls in a Rural Area. Victims and Offenders, 13(8), 1132-1152.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Joshua C. Hinkle and Laura Wyckoff. (2018). Social Disorder, Physical Disorder and Crime—Using Multitrait-Multimethod (MTMM) Techniques to Examine Convergent and Discriminant Validity among the Three. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 55 (5), 571-608.

Yang, Sue-Ming and I-Chin Jen.* (2018). An Evaluation of Displacement and Diffusion Effects on Eco-terrorist Activities after Police Interventions. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 34: 1103-1123.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2018). Criminology and Place: Key Contributions and Commentary. Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies.

Hsu, Ming-Yao* and Sue-Ming Yang. (2017). Preventing Police Officers' Drunk Driving from Rational Choice’s Perspectives. Journal of Substance Abuse Research, 2(3), 63-89. (Taiwan)

Lin, James* and Sue-Ming Yang (2017). An application of ecological analysis on the longitudinal association between burglary and sexual assault. Criminology, 20(1), 1- 28. (Taiwan)

Hsu, Ming-Yao* and Sue-Ming Yang. (2017). Exploring risk factors associated with Police Driving under the Influence. Police Science Quarterly, 231 (02). (Taiwan)

Yang, Sue-Ming and Chi-Chao Pao*. (2015). Do You “See” the Same Thing?: An Experimental Look into the Black Box of Disorder Perception. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 52(4) 534-566.

Weisburd, David, Alese Wooditch, Sarit Weisburd, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2015). Do Stop, Question, and Frisk Practices Deter Crime? Evidence at Micro-Units of Space and Time. Criminology & Public Policy, 15(1), 31-56.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth Groff, Greg Jones, Breanne Cave, Karen Amendola, Sue- Ming Yang, R. Emison. (2015). The Dallas Patrol Management Experiment: Can AVL Technologies be Used to Harness Unallocated Patrol Time For Crime Prevention? Journal of Experimental Criminology, 11(3), 367-391.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth R. Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2014). The Importance of Both Opportunity and Social Disorganization Theory in a Future Research Agenda to Advance Criminological Theory and Crime Prevention at Places. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 51(4): 499-508.

Hinkle, Joshua and Sue-Ming Yang. (2014). A New Look into Broken Windows: What Shapes Individuals’ Perceptions of Social Disorder? Journal of Criminal Justice, 42(1), 26-35.

LaFree, Gary, Erin Miller, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2013). Terrorism In Indonesia, The Philippines And Thailand, 1970 To 2008. Security and Peace, 31:77-86.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2013). Understanding and Controlling Hot Spots of Crime: The Importance of Formal and Informal Social Controls. Prevention Science, 15:31-43.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Laura A. Wyckoff. (2010). Perceptions of Safety and Victimization: Does Survey Construction Affect Perceptions? Journal of Experimental Criminology, 6(3), 293-323.

Groff, Elizabeth, David Weisburd, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2010). Is it Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local "Micro" Level?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Street to Street Variability in Crime Trajectories. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 26 (1):7-32.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2010). Assessing the Spatial-temporal Relationship between Disorder and Violence. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 26(1): 139-163.

LaFree, Gary, Sue-Ming Yang, and Martha Crenshaw. (2009). Trajectories of Terrorism: Attack Patterns of Foreign Groups that Have Targeted the United States, 1970 to 2004. Criminology and Public Policy, 8(3), 445-473.

Lum, Cynthia and Sue-Ming Yang. (2005). Why Do Evaluation Researchers in Crime and Justice Choose Non-experimental Methods? Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1(2), 191-123.

Weisburd, David, Shawn Bushway, Cynthia Lum, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2004). Trajectories of Crime at Place: A Longitudinal Study of Street Segments in the City of Seattle. Criminology, 42(2), 283-321.

Weisburd, David, Cynthia Lum, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2003). When Can We Conclude that Treatments or Programs Don’t Work? Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 587, 31-48.

B. Books and Monographs

Weisburd, D., Eck, J. E., Braga, A. A., Telep, C., Cave, B a, Bowers, K., Bruinsma, G., Gill, C., Groff, E., Hibdon, J., Hinkle, J. C., Johnson, S. D., Lawton, B., Lum, C. Ratcliffe, J., Rengert, G., Taniguchi, T., & Yang, S. (2016). Place Matters: Criminology in the 21st Century. Cambridge University Press. a—Authorship order is alphabetical starting from Bowers.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2012) The Criminology of Place: Developmental Patterns and Risk and Preventive Factors. Oxford University Press Inc.

Weisburd, David, Cody W. Telep, Anthony A. Bragaa, Elizabeth R. Groff, Joshua C. Hinkle, Cynthia Lum, Nancy A. Morris, Laura A. Wyckoff, Sue-Ming Yang (2010). The Importance of Place in Policing. Production: Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, Information and Publications. a—Authorship order is alphabetical starting from Braga.

C. Book Chapters and Other Scientific Publications

Jen, I-Ching*, Yi-Yuan Su, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2020). Eco-Terrorism and the review of eco-attacks. In Shu-Lung Yang (Ed.). Violent Crimes: Understanding and Preventing. Taipei: Wu-Nan Book Inc.

Su, Yi-Yuan and Sue-Ming Yang. The Prevalence of Eco-terrorism and Legislative Reactions to Eco Terror. (2017) In Gary LaFree and Joshua Freilich (eds). The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism. Wiley. pp 535-552.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2013). Social Disorder and Physical Disorder at places. In David Weisburd Gerben J.N. Bruinsma (eds). Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. pp 4922-4932. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Yang, Sue-Ming, David Weisburd, and Elizabeth R. Groff. (2013). Criminal Career of Places. In David Weisburd Gerben J.N. Bruinsma (eds). Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. pp 808-816. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth R. Groff, Sue-Ming Yang, and Cody W. Telep. (2013). Criminology of Places: Places and our Understanding of the Crime Problem. In David Weisburd and Gerben J.N. Bruinsma (eds). Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. pp 848-857. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Joshua Hinkle. (2012). Issues in Survey Design- Using Victimization and Fear of Crime Surveys as Examples. In Lior Gideon (ed.). The Handbook of Survey Methodology in Social Sciences. pp. 443-462. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Dugan, Laura and Sue-Ming Yang (2011). Introducing Group-Based Trajectory Analysis and Series Hazard Modeling: Two Innovative Methods to Systematically Examine Terrorism over Time. In Cynthia Lum and Leslie Kennedy (Eds.) Evidence-Based Counterterrorism Policy. Evidence-Based Crime Policy Series. pp.113-149. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

LaFree, Gary, Sue-Ming Yang, and Martha Crenshaw. (2010). International cooperation, not unilateral policies may be the best counterterrorist strategy. In Natasha A. Frost, Joshua D. Freilich, and Todd R. Clear (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy: Policy Proposals from the American Society of Criminology Conference. pp. 121-128. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth.

D. Work in Progre ss *denotes mentored student co-author

In Progress

Yang, Sue-Ming, Joshua C. Hinkle, Yi-Fang Lu*, Audrey Clubb*, and L. Caitlin Kanewske*. Systematic Comparison of Victimization Surveys and How the Design of Survey Affects Research Conclusions. (Revising for submission)

Yang, Sue-Ming. The Application of Trajectory Analysis in Place-Based Research. In Elizabeth R. Groff and Cory Haberman (Eds). Spatial Research Methods. (manuscript in preparation)

Yang, Sue-Ming, SangJun Park*, Yi-Fang Lu, and Charlotte E. Gill. Spatial Concentration and Comorbidity Analysis of Mental Health Calls. (manuscript in preparation)

Yang, Sue-Ming, Elizabeth Groff, and David Weisburd. Exposure to Concentrated Disadvantaged Environment on Students’ Academic Achievement and Truancy. (manuscript in preparation)

Yang, Sue-Ming. The Variability of Short-term Criminal Career of Place: A Time Series Analysis on Disorder-Violence Nexus.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Gary LaFree. Exploring terrorism in Sri Lanka and the desistance of the LTTE.

Yang, Sue-Ming. Police, offenders, and residents: comparing disorder perception using an innovative laboratory experiment.

F. Technical Reports

Yang, Sue-Ming, Charlotte Gill, L. Caitlin Kanewske, Yi-Fang Lu, Muneeba Azam, Paige Thompson, Howard Hall, and James Chapman. (2020). “Improving Police Response to Mental Health Crisis in a Rural Area.” Final Report. Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Chu, Doris and Sue-Ming Yang. (2015). "Exploring the Mechanisms of Social Control in a Relational Society: A Comparison of the Explanatory Effects of Social Ties and Collective Efficacy in Taiwan." Final Report. Ministry of Science and Technology. Taiwan.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Yi-Yuan Su, and Jennifer Varriale Carson. (2014). Eco-Terrorism and the Corresponding Legislation Efforts to Intervene and Prevent Future Attacks. Final Report. The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS), Canada.

Yang, Sue-Ming (2013). “Examining the Mechanism Underlying the Perceptions of Disorder.” Final Report. National Science Council, Taiwan.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Gary LaFree. (2011). Trajectories and Geospatial Patterns (Chapter 4), in Gary LaFree, Lorraine Mazerolle, Rebecca Denning, Erin Miller, Gentry White, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2011). Modeling the Effectiveness of Counter- Terrorism Strategies in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Final Report. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (U.S.) and Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (Australia).

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth R. Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2009). Understanding Developmental Crime Trajectories at Places: Social Disorganization and Opportunity Perspectives at Micro Units of Geography. Final Report. National Institute of Justice, Grant Number 2005-IJ-CX-0006.

Weisburd, David, Cynthia Lum, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2004). The Criminal Career of Places: A Longitudinal Study. Final Report. National Institute of Justice, Grant Number 2001-IJ-CX-0022. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/207824.pdf.

Grants and Contracts Awarded *Funding amount expressed in U.S. dollars

2019-2022 Principle Investigator. “Partners in Crisis: Improving Police Response to Individuals in Moments of Crisis by Providing Service Alternatives” (with Charlotte Gill, Join PI). Arnold Ventures. ($569,963)

2017-2019 Co-Principal Investigator. “An Examination of the Rising Star Hypothesis in Formal Mentoring” (with Changya Hu, PI). Ministry of Science and Technology. Taiwan. ($547,537)

2015-2019 Principal Investigator: “Improving Police Response to Mental Health Crisis in a Rural Area” (with Charlotte Gill, Co-PI). Bureau of Justice Assistance (Smart Policing Initiative) 2015-WY-BX-0007. (Total funding: $627,482 to Roanoke County Police Department. GMU funded amount: $250,000).

2013-2015 Principal Investigator: "Exploring the Mechanisms of Social Control in a Relational Society: A Comparison of the Explanatory Effects of Social Ties and Collective Efficacy in Taiwan." National Science Council. Taiwan ($70,000).

2013-2014 Principal Investigator: “Eco-Terrorism and the Corresponding Legislation Efforts to Intervene and Prevent Future Attacks.” The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS). ($10,876).

2012-2013 Principal Investigator: “Examining the Mechanism Underlying the Perceptions of Disorder.” National Science Council. Taiwan ($25,000).

2009 Principal Investigator: Faculty Development Grant, Georgia State University. ($800)

2009 Principal Investigator: “Risk Evaluation of Terrorism in South East Asia.” National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland. ($30,149)

2009 Principal Investigator: “Using Global Terrorism Data to Model Counter Terrorism Policies in Sri Lanka.” National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland. ($22,500)

2008 Principal Investigator: “The Criminology of Place: Developmental Patterns and Risk and Preventative Factors.” Contracted through the University of Maryland. ($10,000)

2008-2010 Principal Investigator: “Deterrence or Brutalization: The Effect of Governmental Interference on Domestic Terrorism. Using Tamil Tigers as an Example.” National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland. ($33,000)

Other Grant Activities

2018-2023 Principal Investigator: “Examining the Association between Race, Disorder Perception, and Implicit Bias.” Submitted to the National Science Foundation 2017 CAREER Program. (#1752680) (Unfunded)

2019-2011 Principal Investigator: “Examining the Relationship between Racial Appearance and Implicit Bias on Police Decision-Making in the Context of Disorder Policing” Submitted to the National Science Foundation 2018. (#1823866) (Unfunded).

Courses Taught

George Mason University (2015-present) Graduate Level: Statistics I, Statistics II, Urban Disorder and Crime, Professionalization Seminar (co-taught with entire faculty) Undergraduate Level: Research Methods, Undergraduate Honors Seminar I, Honors Seminar II

National Chung Cheng University (2010-2014) Graduate Level: Advanced Statistics and Methods, Criminology of Place, Crime Typology and Preventative Strategies, Innovations in Policing, Research Methodology for Social Science, Seminar on Criminal Justice Undergraduate: Introduction to Criminology, Crime Prevention, The Statistical Imagination, Career Development, Reading Classics of Criminology

University of Maryland (2011) Terrorism Certificate: Research Methods in Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Georgia State University (2007-2010) Undergraduate: Research Methods, Statistics, Introduction to Criminology

University of Maryland (2006) Undergraduate Level: Introduction to Criminological Theory, Introduction to Criminal Justice

Professional Presentations *denotes mentored student co-author

Yang, Sue-Ming and Megan Stoltz* (2019). Police Decision-Making in Encounters with Mentally-Disordered Suspects. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.

Lu, Yi-Fang*, Sue-Ming Yang, Charlotte Gill, Muneeba Azam*, Cait Kanewske*, and James Chapman. (2019). Evaluation of the effects of police-mental health service partnership in an experimental context. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Charlotte Gill, James Chapman, L. Cait Kanewske*, and Yi-Fang Lu*. (2020). Evaluation of the effects of police-mental health service partnership in Randomized Control Trial. American Society of Evidence-Based Policing. Washington, DC.*

*Event was canceled due to the pandemic.

Chapman, James, Sue-Ming Yang, Charlotte Gill, Yi-Fang Lu* and Muneeba Azam* (2019). Lessons Learned from a Partnership Between Mental Health Service Providers and the Police: The Roanoke County Experience. Center of Evidence- Based Crime Policy Annual Symposium. Arlington, VA.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Charlotte Gill, Yi-Fang Lu, and Muneeba Azam (2019). Introducing a Partnership Between Mental Health Service Providers and the Police: The Roanoke Experience. Chief Retreat for Prince William Police Department. (Invited Talk).

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2019). Exploring the Geographic Distributions of Mental Health Calls in a Rural Area. University at Albany. (Invited Talk).

Chapman, James, Dale Hamann, Sue-Ming Yang (2019). Introducing a Partnership Between Mental Health Service Providers and the Police. Grand Rounds: Clarion Hospital. (Invited Talk).

Chapman, James, Dale Hamann, Sue-Ming Yang (2019). Introducing a Partnership

Between Mental Health Service Providers and the Police. Grand Rounds: Catawba Hospital. (Invited Talk).

Yang, Sue-Ming, Sang Jun Park, Charlotte Gill, Yi-Fang Lu, & Paige Thompson. (2018). Exploring the Geographic Distributions of Mental Health Calls in a Rural Area. American Society of Criminology. Atlanta, GA.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Laura Dugan, and Jennifer V. Carson. (2017). Extending A Rational Choice Framework to the Radical Eco-Movement. American Society of Criminology. Philadelphia, PA.

Thompson, Paige, Sue-Ming Yang, and Charlotte Gill. (2017). Police Perceptions of On- Site Mental Health Treatment Referral System in a Rural Area. American Society of Criminology. Philadelphia, PA.

Charlotte Gill, Rachel Jensen, Breanne Cave, Sue-Ming Yang, and Caitlin Kanewske. (2017). Behavioral health and police use of force in a suburban agency. American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia , PA.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Charlotte Gill, L. Caitlin Kanewske*, and Paige Thompson*. (2017). Officer Perceptions of Police Response to Mental Illness in Rural Communities. Center of Evidence-Based Crime Policy Annual Symposium. Arlington, VA.

Yang, Sue-Ming, L. Caitlin Kanewske,* Charlotte Gill, L. and Paige St. Clair.* (2017). Officer Perceptions of Police Response to Mental Illness in Rural Communities. Academy of Criminal Justice Science. Kansas City, MO.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Joshua C. Hinkle. (2016). Examine and Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Social Disorder. American Society of Criminology. New Orleans.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Yi-Yuan Su. (2016). Deterrent Effects of Legal Sanctions on Eco- Terrorist Attacks. Researches on the Countermeasures of Cross-Strait Anti- Terrorism and Countermeasures of Control of Public Security. Wuhan, China.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Elizabeth Groff, and David Weisburd. (2016). Does Concentrated Disadvantage Affect Educational Attainment for Public School Students? An international Symposium on Weisburd, Groff and Yang’s the Criminology of Place: Street Segments and Our Understanding of the Crime Problem. May 31st, 2016. Jerusalem, Israel.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Mei-Chin Juan.* (2015). Who Sees More Disorder? An experiment Comparing Perception of Disorder between Police, Students and Parolees. American Society of Criminology. Washington DC.

Chu, Doris, Sue-Ming Yang, Juan, Mei Chin,* and Tzu-Hao Wu.* (2015). Effects of

Social Control and Collective Efficacy on Victimization, Fear, and Disorder Perceptions in a Relational Society. American Society of Criminology. Washington DC.

Audrey C. Clubb,* Joshua Hinkle, Sue-Ming Yang and Antonio Esparza. (2015). Assessing Methodological Impacts of Findings in Fear of Crime Survey Research. American Society of Criminology. Washington DC.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Mei-Chin Juan.* (2015). Perception of Disorder, Individual Experiences and Place Characteristics. Eurocrim 2015. Porto, Portugal.

Juan, Mei-Chin,* Doris Chu, Sue-Ming Yang, and Tzu-Hao Wu.* (2015). Mechanisms of Social Control in a Relational Society: An Examination of the Effects of Social Ties and Collective Efficacy on Fear of Crime and Perceptions of Disorders in Taiwan. Asian Society of Criminology. Hong Kong.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Mei-Chin Juan.* (2014). Perception of Disorder, Individual Experiences and Place Characteristics. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.

Hinkle, Joshua C., Sue-Ming Yang, and Laura Wyckoff. (2014). The Disorder-Fear Nexus: Implications of Using Broad Scale Measures of Disorder. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.

Clubb, Audrey,* Joshua C. Hinkle, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2014). An examination of survey design issues in fear of crime research. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Chih-Chao Pao.* (2013). Examining Perception of Disorder: A Laboratory Experiment Reimagining Broken Windows: From Theory to Policy NSCR International Workshop, Amsterdam, October 24-25, 2013.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2013). What Produces Change in Terrorist Activities? Introducing Two Innovative Methods to Systematically Examining Terrorism over Time. Turning A New Leaf: Developments in Research and Policy on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism. Ottawa, Canada. May 2-3.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2012). Examining Disorder Perception: A Look at What’s Inside of the Black Box. American Society of Criminology. Chicago.

Yang, Sue-Ming and Mei-Chin Juan.* (2012). Comparing the Explanatory Effects of Social Ties And Collective Efficacy in Predicting Neighborhood Crime Rates. Political Theories in East Asian Context Joint Workshop

Yang, Sue-Ming and Laura Dugan. (2011). Introducing Group-Based Trajectory

Analysis and Series Hazard Modeling: Two Innovative Methods to Systematically Examine Terrorism over Time. Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology at Washington, D.C.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2011). Understanding Crime Trajectories at Street Segments: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study. Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology at Washington, D.C.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Elizabeth Groff, and David Weisburd. (2010). Does Concentrated Disadvantage Affect School Outcomes for Public School Students? Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology at San Francisco.

Hinkle, Joshua, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2010). Surveying Fear of Crime and Victimization Experiences: An Exploratory Study of Question Wording and Question-Order Effects. Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology at San Francisco.

LaFree, Gary, Erin Miller, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2010). Analysis of Terrorist Attacks in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Presentation for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, Australia, August 4, 2010

LaFree, Gary, Erin Miller, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2010). Analysis of Terrorist Attacks in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Presentation for the Department of Homeland Security, November 22, 2010. Yang, Sue-Ming, Elizabeth Groff, and David Weisburd. (2010). The Effect of Exposure to Concentrated Disadvantaged Environments on Children’s Academic Achievement and Truancy. Stockholm Criminology Symposium/Stockholm Prize, Stockholm, Sweden.

LaFree, Gary and Sue-Ming Yang. (2009). POLICY PROPOSAL: International Cooperation, Not Unilateral Policies May be the Best Counterterrorist Strategy. American Society of Criminology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Yang, Sue-Ming, David Weisburd, and Elizabeth Groff. (2009). What Matters in Predicting Crime? Analyzing Risk Factors Related to Crime at Micro Places Over Time. American Society of Criminology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Groff, Elizabeth, David Weisburd, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2009). Is it Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local "Micro" Level?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Block to Block Variability in Crime Trajectories. American Society of Criminology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2009). Causal or Merely Co-Existing: A Longitudinal Study of Violence and Disorder at Places. Crime and Place Working Group Special Session on the Empirical Evidence on the Relevance of Place in Criminology. The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2009). Causal or Merely Co-Existing: A Longitudinal Study of Violence and Disorder at Places. Congressional Briefing “Reducing Violent Crime at Places: The Research Evidence” held by the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Gary LaFree and Martha Crenshaw. (2008). A Group-Based Analysis of Anti-American Terrorist Attacks from 1970 to 2004. American Society of Criminology Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Hinkle, Joshua C. and Sue-Ming Yang. (2008). What Shapes Peoples’ Perception of Disorder? An Exploratory Study of Fear, Victimization and Demographics. American Society of Criminology Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Martha Crenshaw, Laura Dugan, and Gary LaFree. (2008). A Group- Based Analysis of Anti-American Terrorist Attacks. AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston.

Yang, Sue-Ming, David Weisburd, and Elizabeth Groff. (2007). Developmental Trajectories of Crime at Place: Descriptive Patterns and Correlates. American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta.

Weisburd, David, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2007). The Distribution of Routine Activities, Crime Opportunities, and Social Disorganization Across Micro Units of Place. American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta.

Groff, Elizabeth, David Weisburd, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2007). Explaining Variation in Micro Level Crime Trends at Places: Contrasting Opportunity and Social Structure. American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta.

Yang, Sue-Ming. (2006). The relationship between disorder and violent crime: causal or spurious? A longitudinal study of violent crime and disorder. American Society of Criminology Conference, Los Angeles.

Yang, Sue-Ming, Martha Crenshaw, Laura Dugan, and Gary LaFree. (2006). Who Targets Were Targeting the United States? A Group-Based Analysis on Anti- American Terrorist Attacks from 1970 to 1997. Poster at American Society of Criminology Conference, Los Angeles.

Lum, Cynthia, Sue-Ming Yang, and David Weisburd. (2005). Explaining Longitudinal Crime Trends at Places: Bursik’s Challenge to Social Disorganization. American Society of Criminology Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Lum, Cynthia, David Weisburd, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2004). Why Do Evaluation Researchers in Criminal Justice Choose Non-experimental Methods? 4th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention Symposium. University of Maryland at College Park. Also presented at 1st Annual World Societies Conference (Paris, France).

Yang, Sue-Ming and Doris Layton MacKenzie. (2003). Criminal Activities and Other Life Consequences: A Test of the General Theory of Crime With High-Risk Juveniles. American Society of Criminology Conference, Denver, CO.

Weisburd, David, Shawn Bushway, Cynthia Lum and Sue-Ming Yang. (2003). The Criminal Careers of Places: Some Preliminary Findings from a Longitudinal Study. American Society of Criminology Conference, Denver, CO.

Weisburd, David, Cynthia Lum, and Sue-Ming Yang. (2002). When Can We Conclude that Treatments or Programs Don’t Work? 3rd Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention Symposium. University of Maryland at College Park.

Wyckoff, Laura, Sue-Ming Yang, Qianwei Fu, Dawn-Marie Campos, and Shaoli Lu. (2002). Does the Order of Victimization Questions Affect Survey Responses?: A Randomized Experimental Study. American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL.

Professional Affiliations . American Sociological Association (Since 2013) . The Canadian Research Network on Terrorism, Security, and Society (Since 2012). . National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland (since 2006) . Crime and Place Working Group, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Prevention Administration of Justice Department, George Mason University (since 2008) . American Society of Criminology (since 2000) . Drug Abuse Prevention Center, National Chung Cheng University (since 2011) . Chinese Criminology Association (since 1996) . European Society of Criminology (Since 2015)

Professional Activities and Service Positions held in the American Society of Criminology Executive Counselor, Division of Communities and Place (2018-2020) Executive Counselor, Division of Terrorism and Bias Crimes (2018-2020) Secretary/Treasurer, Division of Terrorism and Bias Crimes (2015-2018) Member of Membership Committee, Division of Terrorism and Bias Crime (2015-2017) Member of Outreach Committee, Division of Experimental Criminology (2009-2011) Member of Program Committee for the 2009 Annual Meeting (2009)

Journal Service Professional Service Panel Reviewer for the Department of Homeland Security (2017) Panel Reviewer for the Office of Justice Programs (2010) Committee for Evaluation of Effectiveness of Probation Service, Ministry of Justice, Taiwan (2012-2014) Parole Advisory Board, Kaohsiung Prison, Taiwan (2014) Member of Parole and Probation Annual Evaluation Committee, Taiwan (2012-2014)

Member of External Review Committee for Association of Victims Support (2013-2014)

Editorial Service Area Editor for section on “Criminal Career of Places.” Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Springer, NY. (2010-2012)

Ad Hoc Reviewer Service Social Problems Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Criminology Journal of Experimental Criminology Journal of Quantitative Criminology Justice Quarterly Journal of Criminal Justice International Journal of Criminal Justice Review Crime and Criminal Justice International Criminal Justice Review Global Crime Asian Journal of Criminology Crime, Law and Social Change Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology Journal of Juvenile Delinquency (Taiwan) Studies in the Humanities and Social Science (Taiwan) Cities Victims and Offenders

University and College Level Se rvice

Referee for Undergraduate Research Symposium (2015-2016) Commencement Marshal (2018) CHSS Curriculum Committee (2018-present)

Departmental Service (George Mason University Only)

Academic Advisor/ Program Coordinator Search Committee (August 2017) Faculty Search Committee (2016) Staff (Undergraduate Advisor/Coordinator) Search Committee (2017) Undergraduate Award Committee (2015; Chair, 2016-2018) Graduate Award Committee (2015) Justice Organization, Administration and Leadership Comprehensive Exam Committee (2016-present) Library liaison (2015-present) Peer Teaching Evaluation (2015-present)

Ph.D. Dissertation Involvement

Megan Stoltz, George Mason University (Chair, in Progress) 15

Jennifer Lerch, George Mason University (Member, in Progress) Marrissa Mandala, John Jay University (Member, in Progress) Eray Karlidag, Virginia Commonwealth University (Member, in Progress) Matt Nelson, George Mason University (Member, in Progress) Maor Shay, Hebrew University (External Member, in Progress) Heather Vovak, George Mason University (Member, Degree Received 2016) External reviewer for a Ph.D. Dissertation at Criminology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy (External Reviewer, 2015)

Master Thesis Involvement

Ambrozine Ayers, George Mason University (Chair, in Progress) Paige Thompson, George Mason University (Degree Received 2018) Zachary Drake, George Mason University (Member, in Progress) Heather Toronjo, George Mason University (Member, in Progress) Emily Cahill, George Mason University (Member, Degree Received 2016) Xiaoyun Wu, George Mason University (Member, Degree Received 2015) Yi-Chun Chen, National Chun Hsing University (Member, Degree Received 2013) Yi-Wei Wang, National Taipei University (Member, Degree Received 2014) I-Chin Jen, National Chung Cheng University (Chair, Degree Received 2014) Chi-Chao Pao, National Chung Cheng University (Chair, Degree Received 2013) Mei-Chin Juan, National Chung Cheng University (Chair, Degree Received 2013) Kwei-Ying Huang, National Chung Chen University (Member, Degree Received 2012) Chin-Bai Wu, National Chung Cheng University (Member, Degree Received 2011)