EDUCATION: Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008

NAME: Erin C. Heil

M.A., Sociology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 2002

B.S., Psychology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 1999

ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Studies, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2014-present

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Studies, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2008-2014

Instructor of Criminal Justice Studies, City Colleges of Chicago, Harold Washington, 2006-2007

Part-time Instructor, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2002-2004

Part-time Instructor, Department of Sociology, Lewis and Clark Community College, 2002-2004

PUBLICATIONS: Oberweis, Trish and Erin Heil “What Are We Assessing? Program Goals Assessment and Senior Assignment Projects in Criminal Justice” ACJS Assessment Forum, 2010 pp. 1-18

Heil, Erin “The Brazilian Landless Movement, Resistance, and Violence” Critical Criminology Vol. 18 (2), 2010 pp. 77-93

Pettrocelli, Matt, Erin Heil, and Trish Oberweis “Power, Politics and Pedagogy: Teaching about Law as a Structure of Inequality” The Journal of the Illinois Council for the Social Studies Vol. 70 (2), 2009 pp. 24-38

Chapter: Revolution and Reaction: An Analysis of Economic Inequality, Land Distribution, and Violence in the Brazilian Countryside in Advances in Sociology Research, Volume 12 Nova Science Publishers, 2011 Book: Sex Slaves and Serfs: The Dynamics of Human Trafficking in a Small Florida Town First Forum Press, Boulder, CO, 2012

Nichols, Andrea and Erin Heil “Challenges to Identifying and Prosecuting Sex Trafficking Cases in the Midwest United States” Feminist Criminology 2014 (Online before in-print: http://fcx.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/13/155708511351 94 90.full.pdf+html)

Heil, Erin and Andrea Nichols “Hot Spot Trafficking: A Theoretical Discussion of the Potential Problems Associated with Targeted Policing and the Eradication of Sex Trafficking in the United States” in Contemporary Justice Review, 17:4 2014

Heil, Erin and Andrea Nichols “Human Trafficking in the Midwest: A case study of St. Louis and the bi-state area” Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC. 2015

Heil, Erin Faith Based International Anti-Trafficking Organizations in “Sex Trafficking in the US” (Ed. Andrea Nichols) Columbia University Press, New York, NY, 2015

Heil, Erin and Andrea Nichols (Eds.) “Broadening the Scope of Human Trafficking: An Edited Reader” Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC Forthcoming 2016

COURSES TAUGHT: Introduction to Criminal Justice Principles of Criminal Law Race and Class in Criminal Justice Criminology Theories of a Just Society Perspectives in Terrorism Research Methods in Criminal Justice Topics in Criminal Justice: Human Rights War and Peace

CONFERENCES ATTENDED: Paper Presentation: “Powerless Resistance: A Discussion of Power, Violence, Resistance, and the Brazilian Landless Movement” American Society of Criminology Conference- St. Louis, MO, 2008

Paper Presentation: “Healing Broken Backs: Reducing the Victimization of Migrant Workers in Southwestern Florida” American Society of Criminology Conference- Philadelphia, PA, 2009 Paper Presentation: “Policing the Fields: Negotiating Immigration Law in Immokalee, Florida” American Society of Criminology Conference- San Francisco, CA, 2010

Paper Presentation: “Sex Trafficking in the Midwest: An Evaluation of Demand Reduction in St. Louis, MO” American Society of Criminology Conference- Washington DC, 2011

Paper Presentation: “Targeted Policing and the Eradication of Sex Trafficking in the United States” American Society of Criminology Conference- Atlanta, GA, 2013

Research Presentation: “Challenges to Identifying and Prosecuting Trafficking Cases: Community Based Responses” Invited speaker to Roblee Foundation Board of Directors- St. Louis, MO 2013

Research Presentation: “Identifying and Protecting Victims of Trafficking: From Immokalee, Florida to the Midwest” Invited Speaker, 2nd Annual Regional Conference to Combat Human Trafficking – Look Beneath, Look Forward- St. Louis, MO 2013

Research Presentation: Challenges in Identifying and Prosecuting Trafficking Cases in Midwest United States” Invited Speaker, 3rd Annual Regional Conference to Combat Human Trafficking - St. Louis, MO 2014

Research Presentation: “Labor Trafficking in the United States” Invited Speaker, St. Louis Community College, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, 2014

Paper Presentation: “Policing Human Trafficking in St. Louis and the Metro-East” American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA 2014

Research Presentation: “Human Trafficking in the Midwest: Selected Findings” Invited Speaker, 4th Annual Regional Conference to Combat Human Trafficking, St. Louis, MO 2015

GRANTS: “Policing the Fields: Negotiating Immigration Law in Migrant Farm Laboring Communities” NSF Proposal submitted in January, 2010. External Grant Not Funded

“Sexual Exploitation in Midwest America: An Evaluation of Trafficking Demand Reduction Programs and Victim Support Programs” NIJ Proposal submitted in May, 2010. External Grant Not Funded “Sexual Exploitation in Midwest America: An Evaluation of Trafficking Demand Reduction Programs and Victim Support Programs” STEP Grant Application- Internal SIUE Grant 2010. Status. Not Funded

“Proposal to Determine Support for the Development of Plans for Prior Learning Assessments or Competency-Based Education Programming for Criminal Justice Studies” (Co-authored with Dr. Ann Dirks-Linhorst) Internal SIUE Grant, 2013. Status. Funded

“Developing a New Online Master’s Program in Criminal Justice” (Co-authored with Dr. Kevin Cannon and Dr. Ann Dirks-Linhorst) Internal SIUE Grant, 2014. Status: Funded

UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Spring 2015 University Faculty Senate Welfare Council (Chair)

Departmental Criminal Justice Club

Fall 2014 University Faculty Senate Welfare Council (Chair)

Spring 2014 University Faculty Senate Welfare Council Faculty Benefits and Facilities Subcommittee Honorary Degree and Distinguished Service Committee.

Departmental Criminal Justice Club Library Liaison

Fall 2013 University STEP Grant Review Panel Faculty Senate Welfare Council Faculty Benefits and Facilities Subcommittee Campus Activities Board’s multicultural program panel

Spring 2013 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Criminal Justice Library Liaison

College CAS Author’s Panel- CAS Colloquium

University Faculty Senate Welfare Council Faculty Benefits and Facilities Subcommittee Sexual Assault Awareness Taskforce

Fall 2012 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Criminal Justice Library Liaison

University Faculty Senate Welfare Council Faculty Benefits and Facilities Subcommittee Sexual Assault Awareness Taskforce Sexual Assault Awareness Training for Faculty and Staff

Spring 2012 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Advisor Criminal Justice Library Liaison ARC

College Brazil’s Science Without Borders Scholarship Program- Discussant Segue Interview with Dean Romero Keynote Speaker: Pi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony

University Sexual Assault Awareness Taskforce Prairie Hall “The Girl Behind the Glass” Human Trafficking Training

Fall 2011 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Advisor Criminal Justice Library Liaison

University Civil Rights Summit Panel Member Sexual Assault Awareness Task Force Sexual Assault Awareness Training for Faculty and Staff

Spring 2011 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Advisor Criminal Justice Library Liaison Women’s Studies Speaker: Human Trafficking in the United States

University Sexual Assault Awareness Task Force Sexual Assault Awareness Training for Faculty and Staff

Fall 2010 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Advisor Criminal Justice Library Liaison

College CAS Pre-Law Minor Roundtable Anti-Bullying and Intimidation Task Force

University Call for Help Sexual Assault Crisis Trainer through Kimmel Leadership Sexual Assault Awareness Task Force

Spring 2010 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Advisor Women’s History Month Presentation Bodies for Sale: Gender Victimization and Human Trafficking in the United States Promotion and Tenure Ad-Hoc Committee Free-Cycle Event Sponsored by Women’s Studies

University Sexual Assault Awareness Task Force

Fall 2009 Departmental Criminal Justice Club Advisor Promotion and Tenure Ad-Hoc Committee

University Faculty Senate Substitute Call for Help Sexual Assault Crisis Trainer through Kimmel Leadership Summer 2009 University/Departmental Criminal Justice Senior Assignment Assessment

Spring 2009 Departmental Graduate Assistantship and Admission Committee Women’s History Month Presentation Do Women Ejaculate: FAQ About Women’s Sexuality

University Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Fall 2008 University Crisis training through Kimmel Leadership as faculty advisor for sexual assault student advocates

HONORS/AWARDS: Honorary Member of the Gold Key Honor’s Society (2011)

CONFERENCE INVITE: International Police Executive Symposium Annual Meeting at the United Nations in New York on August 5-10, 2012

PUBLIC SERVICE: Academic Advisory Board for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism- McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series

Interviewed by Bill Cornell for the Fort Meyers Florida Weekly (2010)

Radio Interview La Ley Spanish Speaking Radio Station (2012)

Radio Interview KMOX St. Louis (2013)

Speaker: White Out the Night- Sex Trafficking Panel Discussion

Speaker: Congressional Human Trafficking Summit, Champaign, IL, May 2014

Speaker: Congressional Human Trafficking Summit, Edwardsville, IL, July 2014

Speaker: Human Trafficking Panel, Hosted by the Rescue and Restore Coalition St. Louis, MO 2015

Human Trafficking Expert Testifying on Behalf of the FBI August 2015 Human Trafficking Awareness Trainer, Hosted by The Goldfarb School of Nursing and the International Institute, St. Louis, MO October 2015

Assist the East St. Louis Human Trafficking Task Force