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Marin K. Kurti, Ph.D.

School of Public Health Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Institute for Health, Health Policy, and Aging Research 112 Paterson Street New Brunswick, NJ 08852 [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT ______

Rutgers University, School of Public Health Piscataway, NJ Center for Studies/Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy Instructor, Spring 2017 - Present

EDUCATION______

Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice January 2019 Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice

John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2011 Master of Arts in Criminal Justice

Fordham University 2009 Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, cum laude

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES______(* Denotes student at the time of publication)

1. Kurti, Marin, Kevin Schroth and Cristine Delnevo. (2019). “A Discarded Cigar Package Survey: Indicators of Non-Compliance with Local Restrictions”.

2. Schroth, Kevin, Andrea Villanti, Marin Kurti and Cristine Delnevo (2019) “Why an FDA Ban on Menthol is Likely to Survive a Lawsuit”. Public Health Reports.

3. Delnevo, Cristine, Daniel Giovenco, Marin Kurti and Abdulrahman Al-Shujairi. (2019) “Co- marketing of marijuana and cigars in US Convenience Stores” Tobacco Control

4. Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, Yi He, Hiba Khanzada*, Konstantin Kostara*, Qin Da and Kevin Schroth. (2019). “Characteristics of Counterfeit Marlboro : Systematic Review of Tobacco Industry Documents” Tobacco Control

5. von Lampe Klaus, Marin Kurti and Jacqueline Johnson. (2018).“Let me get two”: Single purchases in the South Bronx. Preventive Medicine Reports

6. Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, Yi He, Cristine Delnevo, and Da Qin. (2018). “Innovations in

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Counterfeiting Tax Stamps: A study of Ultraviolet Watermarks in a Sample of Discarded New York City Packs” Tobacco Control

7. Kurti, Marin, Yi He, Diana Silver, Margaret Giorgio, Klaus von Lampe, James Macinko, Fidelis Tan, Ye Hua, and Victoria Mei. (2018). “Presence of Counterfeit Cigarettes in Licensed Retail Stores in New York City: Evidence from Test Purchases”. Nicotine and Tobacco Research

8. Kurti, Marin, Yi He, Klaus von Lampe, & Yanlei Li. (2017). “Identifying Counterfeit Cigarette Packs Using Ultraviolet Irradiation and Light Microscopy”. Tobacco Control, 26(1), 29-33.

9. von Lampe, Klaus, & Marin Kurti. (2016). “The Illegal Cigarette Trade in New York City”. Trends in Organized Crime, 19(3-4), 329-350.

10. von Lampe, Klaus, Marin Kurti, Jacqueline Johnson and Andres F. Rengifo. (2016). “ ‘I Wouldn’t Take My Chances on the Street’: Navigating Illegal Cigarette Purchases in the South Bronx” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 53(5) 654-680.

11. Consore, Kimberly, Marin Kurti, David Merriman, and Klaus von Lampe. (2016). “Spring Breaks and Cigarette Tax Non-Compliance: Evidence from a New York City College Sample” Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 18(8): 1773-1779.

12. He, Yi, Klaus von Lampe, Laura Wood and Marin Kurti. (2015) “Investigation of Lead and Cadmium in Counterfeit Cigarettes Seized in the United States” Food and Chemical Toxicology, 81, 40-45.

13. Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, and Jacqueline Johnson. (2015). “The Intended and Unintended Consequences of a Legal Measure to Cut the Flow of Illegal Cigarettes into New York City: The Case of the South Bronx” American Journal of Public Health, 105(4) 750-756.

14. Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, and Douglas E. Thompkins. (2013). “The Illegal Cigarette Market in a Socioeconomically Deprived Inner-City Area: The Case of the South Bronx” Tobacco Control, 22(2) 138-40.

15. von Lampe, Klaus, Marin Kurti, Anqi Shen, and Georgios Antonopoulos. (2012). “China's Changing Role in the Global Illegal Cigarette Trade.” International Criminal Justice Review, 22, 43-67.

16. Andersen, Robin and Marin Kurti. (2009). “From America's Army to Call of Duty: Doing Battle with the Military Entertainment Complex.” Democratic Communique, 23 (1) 45-65.

BOOK CHAPTERS ______

1. von Lampe, Klaus, Marin Kurti and Jacqueline Johnson. (2015). “The Link Between Crime and Poverty: Views from Consumers in the Cigarette Black Market in the South Bronx” In: Petrus C. van Duyne, Almir Maljevic, Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Jackie Harvey, Klaus von Lampe (eds.), The Relativity of Wrongdoing: Corruption, Organized Crime, Fraud, and Money Laundering in Perspective.

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Nijmegen, NL: Wolf Legal Publishers.

2. von Lampe, Klaus, Marin Kurti and John Bae. (2014). “Land of Opportunities: The Illegal trade in Cigarettes in the United States” In Petrus C. van Duyne, Jackie Harvey, Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Klaus von Lampe, Almir Maljevic, Anna Markovska (eds.), Corruption, Greed and Crime Money: Sleaze and Shady Economy in Europe and Beyond, Nijmegen, NL: Wolf Legal Publishers.

3. Shen, Anqi, Georgios Antonopoulos, Marin Kurti, and Klaus von Lampe. (2012). “The Neoliberal Wings of the ‘Smoke-Breathing Dragon’ The Cigarette Counterfeiting Business and Economic Development in the People’s Republic of China” In Whitehead, P. & Crawshaw, P. (eds). Organising Neoliberalism: Markets, Privatisation and Justice. London: Anthem Press.

RESEARCH REPORTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS ______

1. Ackerman, Christopher, Marin Kurti, Maria Hrywna, Daniel Giovenco, and Miriam Casseus. 2018 New Jersey Tobacco Point-of-Sale Project. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers School of Public Health; August 2018.

2. Ackerman, Christopher, Marin Kurti, Maria Hrywna, Daniel Giovenco, and Miriam Casseus. 2017 New Jersey Tobacco Point-of-Sale Project. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers School of Public Health; August 2017.

3. Chaloupka, Frank, Megan Diaz, Sarah Mathews Edwards, Marin Kurti, David F. Merriman, Michael Pesko, Xin Xu, Hana Ross and Hillary DeLong. (2015). “Preventing and Reducing Illegal Tobacco Trade in the United States.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on and Health.

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS______

2019 Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Travel Award ($1,000) 2017 Faculty Teaching Award, Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies 2016-2017 Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, Rutgers University ($20,000) 2015 Assoc. of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice Award ($185) 2013-2015 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Rutgers University ($25,000) 2012 Graduate Research Assistantship, Rutgers University ($25,000) 2010 Young Scholar Award, John Jay College of Criminal Justice ($1,000) 2009 Higher Educational Opportunities Program Award, Fordham University 2009 Rev. Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. Memorial Award in Sociology, Fordham University 2006-2008 Matteo Ricci Fellowship, Fordham University ($3,000)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE______

Rutgers University, School of Public Health Piscataway, NJ Instructor

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HEBS 0592: Guns, Drugs and Violence: Impacts on Public Health, Spring 2018, Summer 2019 (Graduate)

Fordham University Bronx, NY Department of Sociology and Anthropology Adjunct Instructor SOCI 1100: Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2011 SSCI 2500: Basic Research Methods, Spring 2012, Spring 2016 SOCI 2850: Methods of Social Research I, Spring 2014- Spring 2015, Fall 2017 SOCI 3701: Introduction to Criminal Justice, Spring 2012, Fall 2015 SOCI 2800: Sociological Theory, Fall 2014 SOCI 3711: American Criminal Justice Systems, Fall 2015, Spring 2017 SOCI 3017: Inequality in America, Fall 2016 SOCI 3703: Crime in Time and Space (GIS course), Spring 2015

Online/Hybrid Courses SSCI 2500: Research Methods in the Social Sciences I, Fall 2012- Fall 2013 SOCI 2705: Criminal Justice Policy, Summer 2013, Spring 2016 SOCI 3713: Criminology, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016 SOCI 3703: Crime in Time and Space (GIS course), Spring 2015

Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice Newark, NJ Part-time Lecturer 47:202:301 Criminal Justice Research Methods, Fall 2013-Fall 2015 47:202:424 Mass Incarceration & Collateral Consequences, Spring 2016 47:202:331 Delinquency and Juvenile Justice, Fall 2013 47:202:331 Organized Crime, Winter 2014

Teaching Assistant 47:202:333 Race and Crime, Spring 2013

John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY Teaching Assistant CRJ 715: Research Design and Methodology, Fall 2010; Spring 2011 (Graduate) CRJ 716: Using Computers in Social Research (Statistics), Fall 2011 (Graduate)

CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT______

2018-2023 R01, National Cancer Institute “Adoption, diffusion, and implementation of Tobacco 21 policies to address health disparities” Role: Co-Investigator

2018-2019 Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Pilot Award (P30CA072720)

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“Measuring Compliance with Cigarette Menthol Ban in Oakland, CA” Role: Co-PI (with Kevin Schroth), $25,000

2017— New Jersey Department of Health (Contract #402314) “Evaluation of New Jersey’s Tobacco Control Initiatives” Role: Co-Investigator

PAST GRANT SUPPORT______

2015 Dean’s Research Grant, Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice “Tracing Shadows: Measuring the Underground Economy in New York City Using Systematic Social Observation” Role: Principal Investigator, $1,500

2013 Dean’s Research Grant, Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice “Legal Smarts and Police Stops: Measuring Miranda Knowledge and Action in the Context of Aggressive Policing in East New York, Brooklyn” Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Sarah Trocchio), $2,000

2011 Graduate Research Scholarship, John Jay College of Criminal Justice “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: The Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx” Role: Principal Investigator, $2,000

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS______

1. Kurti, Marin, Kevin Schroth and Cristine Delnevo. “A Discarded Cigar Wrapper Survey: Indicators of Non-Compliance with Local Flavored Tobacco Restrictions.” Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, San Francisco, CA, February 2019.

2. Jeong, Michelle, Marin Kurti, Mary Hrywna, Chris Ackerman, Cristine Delnevo. “Longitudinal Changes in Tobacco Product Point-of-Sale Advertisements near New Jersey High Schools.” Poster presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, San Francisco, CA, February 2019.

3. Hrywna, M. Marin Kurti, Binu Singh, Shawna V. Hudson, Cristine D. Delnevo. “Content analysis of Tobacco 21 news coverage, 2012-2018.” Poster presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, San Francisco, CA, February 2019.

4. Ackerman, Christopher, Marin Kurti, Mary Hrywna, Cristine D. Delnevo, and Daniel D. Giovenco. “Presence and placement of toys in the tobacco retail environment.” Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Baltimore, MD, February 2018.

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5. Delnevo, Cristine, Mary Hrywna, Christopher Ackerman, Marin Kurti, and Abdul Al- Shujairi. “Retailer Compliance with Tobacco Age of Sale Laws in New Jersey Before and After Raising the Minimum Legal Sale Age to 21.” Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Baltimore, MD, February 2018.

6. Kurti, Marin, Sarah Trocchio and Joel Miller. “Potential Pathways: Police Stops, Theoretical Drivers of Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency in a Scottish Sample” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2016.

7. He, Yi, Carrie Green, Rufus Chaney, Fidelis Tan, Ye Hua, Victoria Mei, Marin Kurti and Klaus von Lampe. “Elemental Profile of Tobacco Used in Counterfeit Cigarettes.” The Annual Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Atlanta, GA, March 2016.

8. Chaloupka, Frank, Megan Diaz, Marin K. Kurti, David F. Merriman, Michael Pesko and Hana Ross. “State and Federal Options for Curbing Illicit Tobacco in the U.S.” Association for Public Policy and Analysis and Management Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November 2015.

9. Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe, Jacqueline Johnson, and Yi He. “Counterfeit Cigarettes in the South Bronx: Evidence from a Five Year Litter Pack Survey” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2015.

10. Barberet, Rosemary, John Picarelli, Ernesto Ugo Savona, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, Marin Kurti, Mark Shaw. “Author Meets Critics: Decoding Albanian Organized Crime: Culture, Politics, and Globalization” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2015.

11. Consroe, Kimberly, Rebecca Ferguson and Marin Kurti. “Ethnoarchaeological Approaches to Illicit Antiquities Markets” Annual Meeting of the Chacmool Archaeological Association, Alberta, CA, November 2014.

12. Kurti, Marin and Sarah Trocchio. “Legal Smarts and Police Stops: Measuring Miranda Knowledge in the Context of Aggressive Policing in East New York, Brooklyn.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.

13. von Lampe, Klaus, Marin Kurti, and John Bae. “The Illegal Cigarette Trade in the United States”. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.

14. Johnson, Jacqueline, Klaus von Lampe and Marin Kurti. “You Drop Your Dollar and Keep it Pushing: Perceptions and Behaviors Regarding the Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.

15. He, Yi, Klaus von Lampe and Marin Kurti. “Lead and Cadmium in Counterfeit Cigarettes:

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Implications for Public Health and Research on the Illegal Cigarette Trade” Eastern Analytical Symposium. Somerset, NJ, November 2014.

16. von Lampe, Klaus, Jacqueline Johnson and Marin Kurti. “The Social Embeddedness of Illegal Markets in an Economically Deprived Community: The Case of Illegal Cigarettes in the South Bronx” 15th Cross-Border Crime Colloquium. Sarajevo, BA, May 2014.

17. Johnson, Jacqueline, Klaus von Lampe and Marin Kurti. “A Tax By Any Other Name Would Be As Difficult: What Can The Illegal Cigarette Trade Tell Us About Future Drug Legalization?” Challenging Punishment Conference, Columbia University, NY, October 2013.

18. von Lampe, Klaus and Marin Kurti. “Are Illegal Markets Supply or Demand Driven? Two Case Studies” European Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Budapest, HU, September 2013.

19. von Lampe, Klaus, Marin Kurti and John Bae. “Blue Smoke Over New York City: A Look at the Illegal Cigarette Trade on the Other Side of the Atlantic” 14th Cross-Border Crime Colloquium. Cambridge, UK, May 2013.

20. Johnson, Jacqueline, Klaus von Lampe and Marin Kurti. “The Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx: After a Tax Amendment.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2012.

21. von Lampe, Klaus and Marin Kurti. “Measuring the Illegal Cigarette Trade: A Review of Quantitati`+ve and Qualitative Methods.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, New York, NY, March 2012.

22. Kurti, Marin and von Lampe, Klaus. “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: The Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 2011.

23. von Lampe, Klaus, Georgios Antonopoulos, Anqi Shen and Marin Kurti. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: China’s Changing Role in the Global Illegal Cigarette Trade.” European Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Vilnius, LT, September 2011.

24. Kurti, Marin and Douglas E. Thompkins. “Facebook Stalking: A Pilot Study Measuring Stalking in an Undergraduate Sample.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2010.

25. von Lampe, Klaus, Georgios Antonopoulos, Anqi Shen and Marin Kurti. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: China’s Changing Role in the Global Illegal Cigarette Trade.” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2010.

26. von Lampe, Klaus, Georgios Antonopoulos, Anqi Shen and Marin Kurti. “The Cigarette Counterfeiting Business and Economic Development in the People’s Republic of China.”

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European Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Liège, BE, September 2010.

27. von Lampe, Klaus, Georgios Antonopoulos, Anqi Shen and Marin Kurti. “Cigarette Counterfeiting in the People’s Republic of China in the Context of the Global .” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 2010.

28. Kurti, Marin. “Criminal Opportunists: The Birth and the Evolution of the Albanian Criminal Organization in the United States.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY, November 2008.

INVITED TALKS ______

1. Kurti, Marin. “The Illegal Cigarette Market in New York City” St. John’s University, March 16, 2016/ February 22, 2017

2. Kurti, Marin. “Author Meets Critic, Decoding Albanian Organized Crime by Jana Arsovska” John Jay College of Criminal Justice, February 25, 2015.

3. Johnson, Jacqueline, Klaus von Lampe and Marin Kurti. “Perceptions and Behaviors Regarding the Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx” New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, June 27, 2014.

4. Kurti, Marin. “Illegal Cigarette Markets in the U.S. and Abroad” Yale University, April 18, 2013.

5. Kurti, Marin, Klaus von Lampe and Jacqueline Johnson. “Controlling the Supply: The Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx After a Tax Amendment” New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, April 9, 2013.

6. Kurti, Marin. “The Illegal Cigarette Market in the South Bronx.” Adelphi University, November 9, 2012.

MEDIA ______

1. Gamiz, M (2017, September 24) “In the Lehigh Valley, I-78 is ‘Tobacco Road” Allentown Morning Call. Available at http://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-interstate-78-cigarette- smugglers-tobacco-road-20170917-story.html

2. Sen, J. (2017, September 13) “Collidoscope: Of Paying and (Not) Paying Taxes” The Wire. Available at https://thewire.in/society/collidoscope-social-science-20

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP______

2011— American Society of Criminology 2018— Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

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2018— Cancer Institute of New Jersey 2019— American Sociological Association

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ______

Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer: Tobacco Control Police Practice and Research: An International Journal Trends in Organized Crime Preventive Medicine Reports

ADDITIONAL TRAINING ______

Missing Data and Multiple Imputation, Dr. Gina Lovasi Summer 2016 Columbia University’s Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute

Assessing Neighborhoods in Epidemiology, Dr. Dustin Duncan Summer 2015 Columbia University’s Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute

Social Network Analysis, Dr. jimi adams Summer 2015 Columbia University’s Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute

LANGUAGES ______

Albanian (Reading, Speaking and Writing Competence)

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