CURRICULUM VITAE

Gassan Abess: “PhD Doctoral Candidate (ABD) in Criminal Justice-Ongoing”; M.A. Criminal Justice; M.A. Sociology; B. Soc. Scs. (Honors); Diploma in Adult Education.

Contact Information Work Address in Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET), Goderich Campus, , Sierra Leone, West Africa. Home Address in Sierra Leone 4 Action Aid Drive, Goderich, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 011232-33-275-828/011232-77-929-107 Work Address in the United States Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Washington State University. Johnson Tower, Room 701 PO Box 644872 Pullman, WA 99164-4872. 509-335-4249. Fax: 509-335-4513 [email protected] Home Address in the United States 1535 NE Merman Dr. Apt. L1 Pullman WA 99163-4571. [email protected] 509-715-9810

Areas of Interests Advocacy; Social Research; Evaluation of Programs; Governance and Security Sector Reforms; Drug Policy; Comparative Criminal Justice; International Security; Police and Society; Gender and Crime; and Courts.

Education PhD (ABD-Doctoral Candidate) Student in Criminal Justice, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. USA (Ongoing 2011 to Date).

M.A. Criminal Justice. Washington State University, Pullman, WA USA: December 14, 2013

M.A. Sociology. University of Toledo, Ohio, USA: 2003-2004. December 18, 2004.

Diploma in Adult Education. , University of Sierra Leone: 1999-2000 Diploma in Adult Education. Pass with Credit. December 16, 2000.

B.Soc.Scs. Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone: 1992-1999. Majoring in Sociology December 18, 1999.

Honors and Awards Best Reporter and News Reader in English, Eastern Radio, , Sierra Leone. 2007.

Honor’s Student (B.Soc.Scs. (Honors.)) 1999.

Brain of Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone 1997.

Academic Employment/Teaching Experience (Courses Taught in Parenthesis)

2013-2014-Teaching Assistant (TA) Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Washington State University, WA, USA. (CRM-J 330 Crime Control Policies in the United States at both the On Campus level and the Online Program).

2009-2014-Senior Lecturer, Tenured Professor, and Head of Peace and Conflict Studies Unit: Department of Social Sciences (CDS, Peace and Conflict Studies) Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET)-Goderich Campus, Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Adult Education; Development Studies; Gender and Development; Advocacy; Research Methods; Peace and Conflict Studies; Conflict Resolution, Management and Prevention; Economic Development; Principles of Development; Family Relationships; Sociology; Rural Sociology; Communication Skills; Population Studies).

2010-Trainer: Lecturers/Staff of Polytechnics and Teacher Training Colleges in Sierra Leone for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) on Sexual Gender Based Violence, and Advocacy.

2001-2008-Senior-Lecturer/Acting Head of Department and Tenured Professor: Eastern Polytechnic – Kenema, Sierra Leone. September 1, 2001- December 31, 2008. (Senior Lecturer and Acting Head of Department in the Community Development Studies Department). (Adult Education; Economic Development; Principles of Development; Gender and Development; Advocacy; Sociology of Education; Technology Transfer to Developing Countries; Appropriate Technology; Social Research Methods; Environmental Studies; Citizenship and Civic Education; Population Studies; and Peace Education)

2006-2008-Sababu Education Project. Sierra Leone Government (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology-MEST)/UNICEF (Education; Peace and Conflict Studies; Community Development Studies).

2004-Teaching Assistant: Department of Sociology, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. (Criminology, and Legal Issues).

1999-Islamic Secondary School, Kenema – September, 1999-December, 1999. (Economics; Commerce; and Social Studies)

Other Employment Service 2005-2014 Press Officer (Electronic Media): Eastern Radio on FM 101.9, Freedom Mountain, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

2006-2011 Civil Society Activist/Program Manager: Humanist Watch Sierra Leone.

2007-Observer and Reporter: (Eastern Radio, Independent Radio Network (IRN) & the Civil Society Association) for the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

2003-2005 Chef and Dish Washer at AVI Food Systems, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.

2002-2007 Field Officer and Adviser: Movement for Resettlement and Rural Development Volunteers (MORRD–Volunteers). A local Non-Governmental Organization. 6 Humonya Avenue Kenema, Sierra Leone P.O. Box 41.

2002-Presiding Officer: Gbado, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, 2002.

2000-2001 Conductor and Supervisor: Tagsman Transport Company Freetown, July, 2000 – January, 2001.

Publications/Research Experience Non-Peer-Reviewed 2011- The assessment of HIV/AIDS prevention and life skills in schools in Sierra Leone (Ministry of Education/UNICEF Sierra Leone).

2011- Market survey in six slum communities in Freetown (Save the Children Sierra Leone).

2010-2011-Curriculum Development for the Higher Teachers Certificate Distance Education (International Rescue Committee/Ministry of Education Sierra Leone)

2009- Education and the job market: Status and impact of the 6-3-3-4 curriculum on the developmental needs of Sierra Leonean Youths (Milton Margai College of Education and Technology-Sierra Leone).

2009- Enterprising youths in the diamond fields of Kono and Tongo in SierraLeone (StreetKids International Canada/Network Movement for Justice and Development Sierra Leone).

2009- One day I will do something else: Realizing the potential of Sierra Leonean youth (StreetKids International Canada).

2008- National revenue authority taxpayers’ perception survey (National Revenue Authority Sierra Leone).

2006- Informal Sector Survey (Ministry of Finance Sierra Leone).

2006- Evaluating the Youth Training Programs by the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) in Kenema, , and in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.

2004-“Experiences of African students at the University of Toledo”. Africana Studies Department, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Works in Progress Legitimating the Sierra Leone Police: Politics, Corruption, and Public Trust. Analyzing Citizen’s Levels of Confidence in the Police: A Study of America and South Korea. The effects of corruption and politics on police performance, public trust and legitimacy in Sierra Leone.

The effects of low motivation and the technology gap on police investigations and response time to calls for help in Sierra Leone.

Determining the causes and effects of delay in criminal trial courts: Implications for the criminal justice system in Sierra Leone.

Differences and similarities between the criminal justice systems in the United States and Sierra Leone: A focus on the law, the police and punishment.

Training 2013- Washington State University Graduate Teaching Workshop.

2012-2013-Professionalization Seminars. Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University.

2011-2012-Washington State University/CITI Training on Human Subjects in Social Research.

Grants and Fellowships 2011-2013- Fulbright/Institute of International Education (IIE) (90,000 United States Dollars) Washington State University.

2003-2004- University of Toledo Awards (40,000 United States Dollars) University of Toledo.

1999-2000-Institute of International Development and the German Adult Education Association (IIZ/DVV) German Scholarship (One Million Leones: Sierra Leone) Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

1996-1999- Sierra Leone Government Grant-In-Aid (Two Million Leones: Sierra Leone) Fourah bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

Conference Participation 2013- The American Society of Criminology (ASC). Atlanta 20th November-23rd November.

2012-Fulbright Enrichment Seminar Atlanta 9TH February-12TH February, 2012-U.S. Politics and Elections: Democracy in Action. (Sponsored by the Department of State, and Administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE)).

2010-Sexual Reproductive Health Life Skills Education Project Tertiary Training Workshop Freetown, Sierra Leone (United Nations Fund for Population Activities-UNFPA June 2010).

2008- Capacity Building Training in Police-Media Relations. Freetown, Sierra Leone December, 2008 (Police, Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, and the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)).

2007-National Communications Strategy Project (NCSP). Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) Development and Media Training Workshop. 25TH June-29TH June, 2007 at the National Pastoral and Social Development Centre, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

2007-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Media Training Workshop in Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction, and Peace & Development. 3RD April, 2007 Kenema, Sierra Leone.

2006-Bradford University, United Kingdom in partnership with Milton Margai College of Education and Technology Freetown, Sierra Leone. Curriculum development for Peace and Conflict Studies, capacity building and strategy of implementation workshop (Funded by the Africa Centre-Allen & Nesta Fergusson Project University of Bradford-UK). 10TH May-13TH May, 2006 in Sierra Leone.

Department and University Service Curriculum Development for Community Development Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Distance Education. Eastern Polytechnic (EP) College Kenema, and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) Freetown in Sierra Leone.

Acting Head of Department: Community Development Studies Department, Eastern Polytechnic College, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Head of Unit: Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Sciences Department, Milton Margai College of Education and Technology, Goderich Campus, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Public Lectures: Eastern Polytechnic, and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.

Deputy Marshal: For the Conferment of Degrees at the Eastern Polytechnic College, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Organizer: organize and work with students on all Community Days in which students volunteer their services to the Eastern Polytechnic College and the Kenema community.

Tutor/Advisor/Counselor to Students: Eastern Polytechnic, and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence Officer: Sexual Reproductive Health/Population and Family Life Education-UNFPA/Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET).

Planning and Program Manager: Sexual Reproductive Health and Family Life Education- UNFPA/Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.

Member: Exams Committee. Eastern Polytechnic, and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.

Member: Convocation Committee. Eastern Polytechnic, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Field Trips Coordinator for Students: Eastern Polytechnic. Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Secretary General, Social Secretary, and Public Relations Officer: Senior Staff Association, Eastern Polytechnic, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Dissertation Committee: Eastern Polytechnic and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.

Conducting research and writing project proposals for the Eastern Polytechnic, and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.

Running Radio Programs for the Eastern Polytechnic College “Polytechnic Hour” to market the academic programs and for the public to comment and ask questions on the operations of the Eastern Polytechnic College.

Public Relations Officer: Eastern Polytechnic College, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Professional Service Editor, Reporter and Presenter of Programs in English at Eastern Radio on FM 101.9 Kenema, Sierra Leone 2005-2011.

Supervisor and Chief Examiner (for Peace and Conflict Studies; International Relations; Development Studies; Electoral Administration, Civic Education, Sociology, Gender, Social Research Methods) for the National Council for Technical, Vocational and Other Academic Awards, Freetown, Sierra Leone 2005-2011.

Peer Reviews of Colleges for the National Council for Technical, Vocational and Other Academic Awards (NCTVA) Freetown, Sierra Leone 2011.

Curriculum Development for Research Methods, Economic Development, Peace and Conflict Studies, Community Development Studies, International Relations and Distance Education for the International Rescue Committee and the National Council for Technical, Vocational, and Other Academic Awards (NCTVA) 2005-2011.

Consultant on Needs and Resources Assessment Surveys, Market Surveys and Evaluation of Projects and Programs 2005-2011.

Curriculum development for the Higher Teachers Certificate Long Distance Education for the International Rescue Committee (IRC, a Non-Profit Organization) in Sierra Leone 2010-2011.

Community of Other Service Volunteer-Back Yard Gardening. Pullman, WA, USA. 2013

Volunteer-Back Yard Harvest. Pullman, WA, USA. 2013

Secretary General: Limba Development Association, Kenema, Sierra Leone. 2007-2008.

Volunteer and Public Relations Officer: Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL), Kenema Branch 2005-2008.

Member: Community-Police Partnership Board, Kenema. Sierra Leone 2005-2008.

Volunteer: Movement for Resettlement and Rural Development, Kenema, Sierra Leone 2002- 2007.

Volunteer: “Say Yes to Math” Murchison Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA 2003-2004.

Volunteer: Radio Talk Show with the police and the public on crime prevention and control 2006-2008.

Facilitator: Sababu Education Project. and , Sierra Leone Government/UNICEF2006-2008.

Civil Society Activist: Humanist Watch Sierra Leone, MORRD-Sierra Leone, and the Kenema District Civil Society Association 2002-2007.

Member/Volunteer: Sierra Leone Red Cross Society, Western Area Branch 1999-2011.

Relevant Technical Skills Foreign Languages: Mende, Loko, Temne, Limba, and Kriol.

Teaching Areas Research Methods; Adult Education, Community Development Studies; Sociology; Gender Studies; Comparative Criminal Justice Systems; Evaluation Research; Courts; Police and Society, Crime Control Policies in the United States, Criminology, Legal Issues, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Relations, Economic Development, Advocacy, and Development in the Third World.

Professional Memberships Member: The American Society of Criminology (ASC), USA. 2013-2014.

Member: Senior Staff Association of Polytechnics and Teacher Training Colleges Sierra Leone 2001-2013.

Member: Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) 2010- 2011.

Member: Community Policing/Police-Community Partnership Board, Kenema, Sierra Leone 2006-2008.

Member: Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) 2007.

Member: Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU) 1999-2000.

President: Sierra Leone Association of Sociologists and Anthropologists (SLASA) 1996-2000.

References Dr. Sahr Aruna: Head of Physics Department, Fourah Bay College, USL Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mobile phone number: 076-617763.

Dr. Sandi A. Bockarie: Principal, Eastern Polytechnic College, Kenema, Sierra Leone. Mobile phone number: 076-639717.

Dr. Otwin Marenin: Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. ([email protected]).

Dr. Beresford .M. Davies: Principal lecturer and Director of Sexual Reproductive Health/Population and Family Life Education– UNFPA/Milton Margai College of Education and Technology, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mobile phone numbers: 033-842058/030-846710. ([email protected]).