Jeff Mellow John Jay College of Criminal Justice Department of Criminal Justice 445 West 59Th Street, Rm 2122N New York, NY 10019 212-237-8035 Jmellow@Jjay.Cuny.Edu

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Curriculum Vitae

Jeff Mellow John Jay College of Criminal Justice Department of Criminal Justice 445 West 59th Street, Rm 2122N New York, NY 10019 212-237-8035 [email protected]

Research Interests: Issues in correctional policy and practice, community corrections, reentry, evaluation of criminal justice programs, evidence based practices in prisons and jails ______

Professional Experience

2010-present Professor Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York (CUNY)

2006-present Faculty Member Program of Doctoral Studies in Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center, CUNY M.A. Program in Criminal Justice, John Jay College

2010-2013 Deputy Executive Officer Program of Doctoral Studies in Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center, CUNY

2011-2012 Faculty Research Fellow Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College, CUNY

2009-2010 Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College, CUNY

2007-2010 Senior Research Associate Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College, CUNY Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College, CUNY

2005-2009 Associate Professor Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College, CUNY

2004-2005 Associate Professor Department of Sociology, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ.

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1998-2004 Assistant Professor Department of Sociology, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ.

1998-1999 Teaching Associate The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, State University of New York, Albany, NY.

1991-1992 News Producer Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN), Dallas, TX.

Academic Degrees

2001 Ph.D., Criminal Justice University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany NY.

1994 M.A., Criminal Justice University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany NY.

1989 B.A., International Studies American University, Washington, DC.

Publications

‘*’ student author (designates research conducted while a student)

Refereed journal articles

Peterson, Bryce*, Adam Fera* and Jeff Mellow. (In press). Escapes from Correctional Custody: A New Examination of an Old Phenomenon. The Prison Journal.

Sung, Hung-En, Jeff Mellow, Robert Vaughan & Ernie Drucker. (In press). Building Infrastructure and Capacity for Correctional Health Research in a College of Criminal Justice: Lessons and Promises. The Prison Journal.

Cantora, Andrea, Jeff Mellow and Melinda Schlager. (In press). Social Relationships and Group Dynamics inside a Community Correction Facility for Women. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Chintakrindi, Sriram*, Hung-En Sung, Jeff Mellow and Jeremy Porter. (In press). Empirical Test of Low Self-Control Theory Using Post-Treatment Substance Use and Recidivism Outcomes of Parolees Participating in an Experimental Intervention. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society.

Yu, Violet, Hung-En Sung and Jeff Mellow. (2015). Self-perceived Health Improvements among Prison Inmates. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 21, 59-69.

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Cantora, Andrea*, Jeff Mellow and Melinda Schlager. (2014). What about Nonprogrammatic Factors? Women’s Perceptions of Staff and Resident Relationships in a Community Corrections Setting. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53, 35-56.

Sung-Suk Yu, Hung-En Sung, Jeff Mellow and Amy Shlosberg*. (2014). Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation among Parolees. Psychiatric Services, 65, 381-386.

Williams, Brie, Marc Stern, Jeff Mellow, Meredith Safer and Robert Greifinger. (2012). Aging in Correctional Custody: Setting a Policy Agenda for Older Prisoner Health Care. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 1475-1481.

White, Michael D., Jessica Saunders*, Christopher Fisher* and Jeff Mellow. (2012). Exploring Inmate Reentry in a Local Jail Setting: Implications for Outreach, Service Use, and Recidivism. Crime and Delinquency, 58, 124-146.

Sung, Hung-En and Jeff Mellow. (2011). Health and Justice in the 21st Century: Criminalization of Disease, Medicalization of Justice and Beyond. Corrections Compendium, 36, 11-16.

White, Michael D., Jeff Mellow, Kristin Englander*, and Marc Ruffinego*. (2011). Halfway Back: An Alternative to Revocation for Technical Parole Violators. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 22, 140-166.

Sung, Hung-En, Annette M. Mahoney, and Jeff Mellow. (2011). Substance Abuse Treatment Gap among Parolees: Prevalence, Correlates, and Barriers. Criminal Justice Review, 36, 40-57.

Stern, Marc F., Robert B. Greifinger, and Jeff Mellow. (2010). Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in Prison Health Care Standards. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 2103-2110. Online version available at: www.patientsafetyincorrectionalsettings.com

Sung, Hung-En, Mellow, Jeff, & Mahoney, Annette M. (2010). Jail Inmates with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Problems: Correlates and Service Needs. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 49, 126-145.

Hoge, Steven K., Robert B. Greifinger, Thomas Lundquist and Jeff Mellow. (2009). Mental Health Performance Measurement in Corrections. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 53, 634-647.

Baillargeon, Jacques, Brie A. Williams, Jeff Mellow, Amy Jo Harzke, Steven K. Hoge, and Robert Greifinger. (2009). Parole Revocation among Prison Inmates with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders. Psychiatric Services. 60, 1516-1521.

Williams, Brie, Karla Lindquist, Terry Hill, Jacques Baillargeon, Jeff Mellow, Robert Greifinger, and Louise C. Walter. (2009). Caregiving Behind Bars: Correctional Officer Reports of Disability among Geriatric Prisoners. Journal of the American Geriatrics

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Society. 57, 1286-1292.

Mellow, Jeff, Melinda Schlager and Joel Caplan*. (2008). Using GIS to Evaluate Post-Release Prisoner Services in Newark, NJ. Journal of Criminal Justice. 36, 416-425.

Mellow, Jeff and Johnna Christian. Transitioning Offenders to the Community: A Content Analysis of Reentry Guides. (2008). Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 47, 4, 339-355.

Naday, Alexandra*, Josh Freilich and Jeff Mellow. (2008). The Elusive Data on Supermax Confinement. The Prison Journal. 88, 1, 69-93.

Mellow, Jeff and Robert Greifinger. The Evolving Standard of Decency: Post-Release Planning? (2008). Journal of Correctional Health Care. 14, 1, 21-30.

Mellow, Jeff and Robert Greifinger. (2007). Successful Reentry: The Perspective of Private Correction Health Care Providers, Journal of Urban Health. 84, 85-98.

Abridge version reprinted in CorrDocs (2008), the newsletter of the Society of Correctional Physicians, 11, 1, 10.

Christian, Johnna, Jeff Mellow and Shenique Thomas*. (2006). Social and Economic Implications of Family Connections to Prisoners. Journal of Criminal Justice. 34, 443-452.

Mellow, Jeff and James N. Dickinson. (2006).The Role of Prerelease Handbooks for Prisoner Reentry. Federal Probation, 70, 1, 70-76.

Mellow, Jeff and Lenny Ward. (2003). Community Strategies for Successful Reentry. Perspectives, 27, 4: 26-28.

Book Chapter

Mellow, Jeff. (2007).Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry. In Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities. Edited by Robert Greifinger, NY: Springer Press.

Monographs

Mellow, Jeff, Gary Christensen, Kevin Warwick and Janeen Buck Willison. (2010). Transition from Jail to Community Online Learning Toolkit. Washington: National Institute of Corrections. 238 pages. Revised 2014. Available at: http://nicic.gov/tjctoolkit2

Mellow, Jeff, Debbie Mukamal, Stefan LoBuglio, Amy Solomon and Jenny Osborne. (2008). The Jail Administrator’s Toolkit for Reentry. Washington: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Solomon, Amy, Jenny Osborne, Stefan LoBuglio, Jeff Mellow and Debbie Mukamal. (2008).

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Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community. Washington: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Mellow, Jeff, Steven K. Hoge, Josh Lee, Mangai Natarajan, Sung-suk Violet Yu*, Robert Greifinger, and Gary Belkin. (2008). Mapping the Innovation in Correctional Health Care Service Delivery in New York City. NY: John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Technical Reports

Cory Feldman*, Mellow, Jeff, and Robert E. Worden. (2011). Borough of Manhattan Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) II Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 2, NY: John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Mellow, Jeff, Cory Feldman* and Robert E. Worden. (2010). Borough of Manhattan Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) II Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 1, NY: John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Mellow, Jeff, Mike White, Nancy Jacobs, and Gipsy Escobar*. (2009). The Community Oriented Correctional Health Service Model: Implementation in the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. NY: Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College.

Other Publications

Peterson, Bryce* and Jeff Mellow. (In press). Escapes from Prison. In The Encyclopedia of Corrections, edited by Kent Kerley, Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford.

Mellow, Jeff. (2008). Guest Editorial: The Trend is Your Friend: Why We Must Embrace Discharge Planning, CorrectCare. 22, 1, 3.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Fourteenth Amendment. In Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, edited by Mary Bosworth, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.

Fishman, Nancy and Jeff Mellow. (2005). The Essex County Smart Book: A Resource Guide for Going Home. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Corrections. Reprinted 2008.

Mellow, Jeff and Paul Shane. (2002). The Prisoners and their Families Newark Agency Directory. Rutgers-Newark.

Mellow, Jeff. (1996). Measuring Race: Historical and Contemporary Issues. The Criminologist. 21, 2, 6-7.

In Progress

Kim, Mijin* and Jeff Mellow. Content Analysis of State Escape Penal Codes.

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Mellow, Jeff, Bryce Peterson and Mijin Kim*. Learning from Failure: An Analysis of Finding Letters in Jail Cases.

Honors and Awards

2015 Honoree, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Recognition of Faculty and Staff who have Received Major and External Grants and Awards Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2011-2013 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Scholarly Achievements The City University of New York

2010-2012 Certificate of Appreciate for Guidance and Encouragement of Dean’s List Students Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2010 Certificate of Recognition, Recipients of Major Institutional Grants for Education and Public Service. The Graduate School and University Center New York City

2008 Certificate of Appreciate for Guidance and Encouragement of Dean’s List Students Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2007-2010 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Scholarly Achievements The City University of New York

2008-2009 Faculty Scholarly Excellence Award. Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research Grant Activities

External

2012-2015 The Transition from Jail to Community Project, Phase 2 Role: Consulting Investigator (PI, Jesse Jannetta, Urban Institute) Funding: U.S. Department of Justice, $499,000

2012-2014 Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) Evaluation. Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Kevin Barnes-Ceeney) Funding: The City of New York Department of Probation, $264,184

2010-2013 Institutional Development Program for Correctional Health & Healthcare Research Role: Co-principal Investigator and Project Coordinator (with Jeremy Travis and Hung-En Sung)

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Funding: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute of Health, $1,208,517. More information at www.johnjayhealth.org

2010-2012 Correctional Incident Database of Collective Violence, Homicides, Hate Crimes and Escapes Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Joshua Freilich & Steven Chermak) Funding: Academy of Critical Incident Analysis, $30,000

2008-2011 Seizing Public Health Opportunities through Correctional Health Care Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Robert Greifinger) Funding: Langeloth Foundation, $155,666

2008-2009 Medical Home Pilot and Health System Literacy Training Project for Correctional Populations Role: Consultant Funding: New York Academy of Medicine, $10,000

2007-2011 The Transition from Jail to Community Project Role: Consulting Investigator (PI, Amy Solomon, Urban Institute) Funding: U.S. Department of Justice, $1,900,000

2007-2008 Evaluation of the Community Education Centers’ (CEC) Halfway Back Parolee Program Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Mike White) Funding: Community Education Center, $24,336

2006-2009 Evaluation of the Community-Oriented Corrections Health Model in the Washington, DC Jail System Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Mike White) Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $150,000

2006-2008 New York City Jail Reentry Planning Project Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Sinead Keegan) Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $98,597

2006 Jail Reentry Roundtable Initiative A collaborative grant between Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College and the Urban Institute Role: Consulting Investigator Funding: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Program, $242,040

2004 Meeting the Information Needs of Parolees: Internet Database Training for NJ State Parole Officer In collaboration with the New Jersey Association on Corrections Role: Principal Investigator Funding: New Jersey State Parole Board, $3,000

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2004 Essex County Discharge Planning and Resource Guide for Counselors and Inmates In collaboration with the New Jersey Institute of Social Justice Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Nancy Fishman) Funding: New Jersey Department of Corrections, $20,000

2002-2003 Resources for People Leaving Prison In collaboration with the New Jersey Association on Correction Role: Co-principal Investigator (with James Hemm and Margaret Smith). Funding: The Fund for New Jersey, $15,000

2001-2002 Coordinating Social and other Service Agencies in the Newark Area In collaboration with the Prisoners and their Families Project Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Paul Shane) Funding: Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, $9,000

Internal

2013 (fall) Recipient. Sabbatical, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY

2012-13 Escapes from Custody and Violence: Do the Courts Have it Wrong? Role: Principal Investigator Funding: PSC-CUNY 43 Research Award, $11,998

2007-2008 Assessing the Expectations, Realities, and Outcomes of Women Leaving Prison to a Gender-Specific Halfway House Environment Role: Principal Investigator Funding: PSC-CUNY University Committee on Research, $4,744

2006-2007 Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Post-Release Prison Reentry Needs in the Greater Newark, NJ Region Role: Principal Investigator Funding: PSC-CUNY University Committee on Research, $3,990

2005 Assessing The Essex County Smart Book: A Resource Guide for Going Home Role: Principal Investigator Funding: Bloomfield College’s Faculty Development Committee, $1,220

2003-2004 Advocating, Marketing, and Enhancing NewarkSuccess.org Role: Principal investigator Funding: Bloomfield College’s Faculty Development Committee, $1,729

2002 Recipient. Study Leave, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ. Fall 2002

Consulting Activities

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2006-2013 Site Director in Manhattan. Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM II), Abt. Associates and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

2005 Research Consultant. Drafted the text on the needs, issues, and procedures to implement post-secondary education in a correctional facility for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, September 2005.

2005 Research Consultant. Evaluated Youth Challenge’s residential drug treatment facility, as an alternative to incarceration, for men in Newport News, VA. For J.C. Kellogg Foundation, Summit, NJ.

2004 Training Consultant. Conducted a training session titled “Meeting the Health and Human Service Needs for Probationers: Internet Database Training for Probation Officers” for New Jersey Office of the Public Defender’s Life Skill Advocates, Trenton, NJ.

2004 Training Consultant. Conducted two training sessions titled “Meeting the Health and Human Service Needs for Parolees: Internet Database Training for Parole Officers” for New Jersey State Parole Board training officers, Newark & Bloomfield, NJ.

2004 Research Consultant. Drafted the text on the needs, issues, and procedures to implement HIV/AIDS outreach to parolees for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Prevention Projects’ Community-Based Organization Grant #04064, Isaiah House, East Orange, NJ, 2004. 1

Panel Memberships (selected)

2014-present Advisory Board Member, The Reset Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

2007-present Advisory Group Member, Transition from Jail to Community project. National Institute of Corrections & The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2015 Participant, Probation Revocation in the Era of Mass Incarceration, John Jay College and the University of Minnesota’s Robin Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

2012-2013 Advisory Group Member, Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

2011-2013 Advisory Committee Member, Justice and Health Data Exchange Initiative, Bureau of Justice Assistance & Vera Institute of Justice, NY.

2012 Search Committee Member, Director of Research position at the Vera Institute of Justice, NY.

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2011-2012 Evaluation Advisory Board Member, The Choice is Yours (TCY) Alternative to Incarceration Program, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia.

2009-2012 Research Associate, Rutgers Center on Public Security.

2007-2011 Member, Health Reentry Work Group, New York Academy of Medicine.

2009-2010 Member, Bergen County, NJ Health Services Advisory Committee.

2010 Participant, Equal Justice, Unequal Results: Security Classification of Incarcerated Women Conference, Corrections Committee of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, New York, NY.

2007-2009 Participant, Connecting Health Care in Jails to the Health of Communities: A Collaboration of Stakeholders, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, Washington, DC.

2002-2008 Director, NewarkSuccess.org, an interactive database of community resources for people leaving prison and their families in the Newark, NJ metropolitan area.

2006-2007 Member, National Advisory Group, Jail Reentry Roundtable Initiative, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2006 Member, The Public Health Association of New York City: Public Safety, Criminal Justice, and Health Work Group, Bellevue Hospital, NYC.

2006 Participant, Jail Reentry Roundtable, June 26-28, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2005-2006 Affiliate, The Reentry Mapping Network, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2005-2006 Participant, “Incarceration, Reentry and the Family Roundtable Series.” Rutgers- Newark School of Criminal Justice and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Newark, NJ.

2002-2005 Co-director, Prisoners and their Families Project. A project designed to develop a coordinated, collaborative approach to services for people leaving prison and their families in the Newark, New Jersey area. The project is shared with the Department of Social Work at Rutgers University - Newark.

2002-2004 Advisory Committee Member, Seth Boyden Community Resource Center, Seth Boyden Housing Project, Newark, NJ.

2002-2003 Participant, “New Jersey Reentry Roundtable.” New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Trenton, NJ.

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2002 Co-organizer, Prisoners and their Families conference, Rutgers-Newark, (June).

Invited Presentations, Panel Discussions and Interviews (selected)

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2013). Examination of NeON’s and Their Impact on Youth on Probation. Testimony to the Committee on Juvenile Justice, The Council of the City of New York, December 6.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2013). Advancing Motivational Interviewing. The New York City Department of Probation Professional Development Day, NY, January 17.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2012). From Partnership to Participation: Developing Trust through Action Research of the NeONs. The New York City Department of Probation Professional Development Day, NY, June 21.

Mellow, Jeff, Gary Christensen and Kevin Warwick. (2011). Transition from Jail to Community Part I: Resources for Building Systems Approach to Jail Transition. American Jail Association’s Annual Training Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May.

Stageman, Dan, Jeff Mellow, Andrea Colan and Adam Fera. (2010). United States Correctional Incident Database (CID) 2006 - Present: Preliminary Results. The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis (ACIA): Critical Incident Education and Training Conference. John Jay College, October 21, NY.

Mellow, Jeff. (2010). What Goes on Behind the Walls. Back to the Community: Making Systems Work for Reentry. Rutgers-Camden, NJ. April.

Mellow, Jeff. (2010). Prisoner Reentry. American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, New York Law School.

Mellow, Jeff. (2009). Why Innovation Works: Best Practices in Reentry. Keynote address at the Re-Entry Summit, Bergen County, NJ. June.

Mellow, Jeff. (2009). Correctional Health Webinar: MPA Capstone Project. New York University - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. March.

Mellow, Jeff. (2008). Interview: Research Expert Jeff Mellow on the Elements of Inmate Re-entry, COCHS Connection, 3, 4-5.

Reprinted in Corrections.com. The elements of inmate re-entry, 12/22/2008. www.corrections.com/articles/20296

Mellow, Jeff. (2007). Quoted in Family Matters’ article, Using maps to tell a story. A publication of Family Justice, Fall 2007.

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Mellow, Jeff. (2006). The Evolving Standard of Decency: Is Post-Release Planning Next? Committee on Corrections, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June.

Mellow, Jeff. (2006). Discharge Planning. Doctoral Colloquium Series, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, February.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Scholarly Commentator for Movies in Time, The History Channel (discussed Cool Hand Luke), September.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Two Keys to Success: Education & Employment. Presented at Pathways Home: Parole – Community Conference in Offender Reentry, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, September.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Two Keys to Success: Education and Employment. Presented at Making Connections: Parole Community Strategies in Offender Re-Entry, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ, May.

Mellow, Jeff. (2004). Collective community corrections: Seth Boyden Project. Presented to the New Jersey Chapter American Correctional Association, 22nd Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October.

Mellow, Jeff. (2004). Understanding the Needs of Parolees. Presented to the Rutgers-Newark Social Work Advisory Council, September.

Mellow, Jeff. (2004). The Digital Divide in Discharge Planning: Problems and Solutions. Presented to social worker managers at the New Jersey Department of Corrections, Trenton, NJ, September.

Conference Presentations

Presentations for professional meetings (including American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and other professional organizations) available upon request

Quoted in the Following Media on Correctional Related Issues

Asbury Park Press (NJ), Campus Progress, Capital (Annapolis , MD), Chicago Tribune, Columbia News Service (NY), History Channel, Modest Bee (CA), New Jersey Star- Ledger, Record (Bergen County, NJ), New Jersey Pubic Television (NJN), New York Times, Orlando Sentinel (FL), Sun-Sentinel (FL), The Daily, Uptown1Radio, Yale Daily News.

Professional Service (selected)

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Journal reviewer Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminal Justice Review, Health & Justice, Journal of Correctional Health Care, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Public Administration Review

Proposal reviewer National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Proposal, 2015 The Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation, 2013 Faculty grant applications at St. Joseph’s College, New York, 2009

Technical reviewer Urban Institute: Transition from Prison to Community Initiative Process Evaluation Report, 2012 RAND Corporation: Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California: State of the State Report, 2011 RAND Corporation: Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California. 2009 (acknowledged in report) The New York City Department of Justice report: The Collaborative Family Initiative. April 2008 (acknowledged in report) Peeples, Carole & Christie Donner. (2007). Getting on after getting out: A re-entry guide for Colorado. Denver: Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (acknowledged in book). Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer’s report: Breaking Parole: An Analysis of the New York State Division of Parole’s Caseload Management Guidelines. December 2006. (acknowledged in report)

Other Service Member, American Society of Criminology Vollmer Committee, 2011-2012 Chair, Outreach Committee of ASC’s Division on Corrections and Sentencing, 2009- 2012 Outside Advisor, MA Student Colin Asher at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Topic: Prison based higher education, 2009-2010 Program committee member, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA. November 2009. Advisor, Provided assistance to the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs on prison issues, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2002.

Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center (selected) AY=Academic Year Member, Ph.D. Executive Committee, AY 10, 11, 12, 14 Member, Ph.D. Core Faculty, AY 14, 15 Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Award Committee, AY 13, 14 Grader, Criminal Justice, Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination, AY 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 14 Deputy Executive Officer, Program of Doctoral Studies in Criminal Justice, AY 10, 11,

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12 Member, Ph.D. Membership Committee, AY 10, 11, 12 Member, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, AY 10, 11, 12 Member, Ph.D. Admission & Financial Aid Committee, AY 06, 10, 11, 12 Member, Ph.D. Election Committee, AY 10, 11, 12

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (selected) Presenter, Grants 101 Workshop, John Jay College Faculty Development Day, 2013 Member, John Jay College IRB Committee, AY 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 Chair, AA Degree Educational Partnerships Committee, AY 07, 08, 09 Reviewer, PSC-CUNY Research Award Program, 2008 Member, AA Degree Educational Partnerships Committee, AY 06

John Jay College’s M.A. in Criminal Justice Program (selected) Grader, Comprehensive Examination, AY 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14 Member, Master of Public Health in Criminal Justice Graduate Program Development, AY 14, 15 Member, Admissions Committee, AY 10 Chair, GRE Subcommittee, 2009

John Jay College’s Criminal Justice Department (selected) Member, Personnel & Budget Committee, AY 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 Member, Grade Appeal Committee, AY 09, 10, 11, 12 Member, Curriculum Committee, AY 09 Member, Search Committee, Lecturer Position, AY 09

Bloomfield College (selected) Member, Students Affairs Committee, AY 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04 Member, Enrollment Management Committee, AY 03, 04 Member, Admission & Financial Aid Committee, AY 03, 04 Member, Honors Council, AY 02, 03, 04 Member, Faculty Council, AY 00, 01, 02 Member, Presidential Search Committee, 2002 Member, Strategic Planning Committee, AY 01 Member, All College Planning Committee, AY 00, 01

Bloomfield College’s Sociology Department (selected) Advisor, Criminal Justice Concentration Majors, AY 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04 Coordinator, Criminal Justice Concentration, AY 00, 01, 02

Teaching and Mentoring

Chair of Ph.D. dissertations - Successful defended

Peterson, Bryce. 2014. Inmate-, Incident-, and Facility-Level Factors Associated with Escapes From Custody and Violent Outcomes.

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Received 2015 John Jay College Ph.D. program Outstanding Dissertation Award Goodman, Marna. 2014. Obtaining their GED: The Pennsylvania Academic Career/Technical Training Alliance Initiative: Engaging Youth in School and Work.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin. 2013. Negotiating labyrinths of risk: The impact and implementation of a structured violence risk assessment instrument in juvenile parole.

Received 2013 John Jay College Ph.D. program Best Dissertation Award

Neusteter, S. Rebecca. 2012. Exploring Change in Local Criminal Justice Systems: An Examination of the Implementation of the Justice Reinvestment at the Local Level Model in Three U.S. Counties.

Crayton, Anna Lee. 2012. Long-Term Incarceration and Public Safety: Predicting the Recidivism Risk of Long-Term Prisoners.

Cantora, Andrea. 2011. Perceptions of Correctional Treatment: Understanding how Women Offenders Respond to a Female Halfway House.

Member of Ph.D. dissertations (1) Kim M. Marino (2) Younoh Cho (3) Amy Shlosberg (4) Yvonne Neiman (5) Sriram Chintakrindi (6) Megan Welsh (7) Cassandra Ramdath (8) Michelle Cubellis (9) Janet Wiersema (Graduate Center – Public Health) (10) Lauren Paradis (11) Ronald Day

External reader for Ph.D. dissertation proposals (1) Tonya Desa (2) Christopher R. Hermann (3) Matasha Harris (4) LaNina N. Cooke (5) Kevin Barrett (6) Ahmet Kule (7) Phillip Kopp (8) Jisun Choi

Chair of M.A. Theses (1) Jean Lem (2) Catherine Salzinger (3) Mijin Kim (4) Kathy Mora

Member of M.A. Theses (1) Shari Bath (New York University) (2) Rosanna Cruz (3) Natalie Loveland (4) Colin Asher (Columbia University) (5) Ben Schwerin

Teaching

Ph.D. courses Community Corrections Punishment & Special Population in Corrections

M.A. courses Field Work in Public Administration Issues of Criminal Justice Probation and Parole

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Problems in Contemporary Corrections Readings in Criminal Justice

Undergraduate courses Adolescent Psychosocial Problems Criminal Justice and Gender Criminology Corrections Drugs, Crime and Social Policy Freshman Seminar Institutional Treatment of the Offender Juvenile Delinquency Prisoner Reentry Race and Crime The Law and Institutional Treatment

Professional Memberships

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) American Correctional Association (ACA) American Jail Association (AJA) American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) American Society of Criminology (ASC)