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CHERIE DAWSON-EDWARDS PH.D. 216 Brigman Hall University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Phone: (502) 852-0800 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION 2007 PhD Virginia Commonwealth University - Public Policy & Administration Dissertation: Determinants of College Students’ Felon Voting Opinions: A Political Socialization Approach 2001 MS University of Louisville - Administration of Justice Professional Paper: Racial Profiling: Historical Origins, Current Issues & Future Implications 2000 BA Western Kentucky University - Journalism and Sociology ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2011-Present Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 2010 to 2011 Associate Professor of Public Administration School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2009 to 2010 Assistant Professor of Public Administration School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2007 to 2009 Assistant Professor Department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky 2005 to 2007 Assistant Professor (Criminal Justice) School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2004 to 2005 Instructor (Criminal Justice) Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky 2002 to 2004 Assistant Professor (Visiting – Criminal Justice) 1 Department of Social Work, Sociology and Criminal Justice Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 2018-Present Chair Department of Criminal Justice, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville 2017-2018 Acting Director Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville 2017-Present Director Social Change Minor, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville 2009 to 2011 Department Chair School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 2004-2005 Criminal Justice Program Coordinator Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 1999-2001 Victim Services Coordinator, Exploited Children’s Help Organization, Louisville, Kentucky. Responsibilities included: coordinating and facilitating the kids in court program for child witnesses in criminal trials; fostering a close relations hip with the Louisville Division of Police Crimes Against Children’s Unit; establishing working relationships with other community agencies; developing and implementing the Family Court Children’s Waiting Room Program; maintaining computer records for victim services programs; recruiting, training and coordinating volunteers; and obtaining and developing annual evaluation data on victim services programs. 1998-1999 Probation Aide, Georgia Corrections Corporation, Gray, Georgia Responsibilities included: attending court and performing initial intake proceedings; scheduling community service work, reporting sessions, and jail time; tracking delinquent accounts, receiving payments and making large deposits; and preparing necessary paperwork such as warrants, hearing notices and delinquent letters. AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS 2017 Unapologetic Supporter for Diversity, Equity & Poverty Programs, Educators' of Color Celebration, Louisville, Kentucky 2016 Faculty Research Fellow, Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research 2 2016 Distinguished Service Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville 2015 Jefferson County Public Schools Golden Oar Award 2015 Honoree, ACLU 60th Anniversary – Sixty Faces of Liberty 2011 Commissioned by Governor Beshear as a Kentucky Colonel 2003-2004 Doctoral Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University (declined) 2002-2003 Doctoral Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University 1994-1998 “Regents and Room” Full Scholarship Recipient, Western Kentucky University PUBLICATIONS PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES Mathies, L., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Carpenter, B. (under review). The New Jane Crow: Black Girls’ Perceptions of Urban Middle School Disciplinary Interactions. International Journal of Student Voice. Fisher, B., Dawson-Edwards, C., Higgins, E., & Swartz, K. (under review). Who Belongs in School? Examining the Link between Racial Disparities in Perceived School Belonging and Suspension. American Journal of Community Psychology. Dawson-Edwards, C., Tewksbury, R., & Nelson, N. (2017). The causes and pervasiveness of DMC: Stakeholder perceptions of Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System. Race and Justice: An International Journal. Nicholson, J., Higgins, G., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Walton, I. (2016). The Non-Medical Use of Pain Relievers among African-Americans: A Test of Primary Socialization Theory. Journal of Substance Use. DOI:10.3109/14659891.2015.1122101 Swartz, K., Osborne, D., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, G. (2015). Policing Schools: Examining the Impact of Place Management Activities on School Violence. American Journal of Criminal Justice. DOI:10.1007/s12103-015-9306-6 Walton, I.N., Dawson-Edwards, C. & Higgins, G.E. (2014). General Strain Theory and collegiate drinking patterns among African American female students. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 40(1), 169-182. Dawson-Edwards, C., & Higgins, G.E. (2013). Knowledge & attitudes towards felon voting rights: An ` examination of the untapped perspectives of HBCU college students. Criminal Justice Studies, 26(4), 393-407. Dawson-Edwards, C. & Higgins, G.E. (2013). It depends on the crime: Restoring voting rights for violent and nonviolent felons. Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, 3(1), 41-57. Higgins, G.E., Khey, D., Dawson-Edwards, C., & Marcum, C.D. (2012). Examining the link between being a victim of bullying and delinquency trajectories. International Criminal Justice Review, 22(2), 110- 122. Minor, K.I., Dawson-Edwards, C., Wells, J.B., & Griffith, C. (2009). Understanding staff turnover in corrections. Professional Issues in Criminal Justice 4 (2), 43-57. 3 Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). Enfranchising convicted felons: Current research on opinions towards felon voting rights. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46 (3/4). [Reprinted in D. Phillips, Ed., Probation and parole: Current issues. New York: Routledge, 2008]. Lowe, N. C., Dawson-Edwards, C., Minor, K. I., & Wells, J. B. (2008). Understanding the decision to pursue revocation of intensive supervision: A descriptive survey of juvenile probation and aftercare officers. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46, 137-170. [Reprinted as pp. 129-161 in D. Phillips, Ed., Probation and parole: Current issues. New York: Routledge, 2008]. BOOK CHAPTERS Dawson-Edwards, C., Nelson, N., & Nuss, K. (2017). What’s fueling DMC? The role of school discipline decisions on disproportionality in the Juvenile Justice System. In N. Parsons-Pollard (Ed). Disproportionate Minority Contact. (2nd ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2012). Disenfranchisement. In McDonald, Danielle & Miller, Alexis (Eds.). Race, Gender and Criminal Justice: Equality and Justice for All? San Diego, California: Cognella Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-60927-180-0. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2011; 2017). Politics, Policy and DMC Communities: The Cyclical Impact of Community Political Disempowerment on DMC. In N. Parsons-Pollard (Ed). Disproportionate Minority Contact. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Wilderness Programs. In R. Ruddell and M. Thomas (Eds). Juvenile Corrections. Richmond, KY: Newgate Press. BOOK REVIEWS Dawson-Edwards, C. (2008). [Review of Criminological Perspectives of Race and Crime (2007) by Shaun Gabbidon]. In the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 19(2). ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES Dawson-Edwards, C. (2016). Restorative Justice. In W.G. Jennings (Ed). The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). Jails. In J. Albanese (Ed). Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). Felony Disenfranchisement. In J. Albanese (Ed). Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Walton, I. & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Brown v. Mississippi. In H. Taylor Green and S. Gabbidon (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Walton, I. & Dawson-Edwards, C. (2009). Ethno racial Prison Ghetto. In H. Taylor Green and S. Gabbidon (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. TECHNICAL REPORTS Dawson-Edwards, C., Tewksbury, R., Higgins, G.E., & Rausch, C. (2014). Disproportionate Minority Contact in Kentucky: Statewide Assessment Report. 4 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Dawson-Edwards, C. (2017). Disrupting Louisville’s School to Prison Pipeline through Restorative Justice. Louisville Urban League’s State of Black Louisville Report. Dawson-Edwards, C. (2015). Disrupting Democracy: Felony Disenfranchisement Laws and the Smart on Crime Era. Uprooting Criminology Blog. http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/disrupting-democracy- felony-disenfranchisement-laws-smart-crime-era/ Dawson-Edwards, C. (2014). The Community as a Criminal Justice Laboratory. Uprooting Criminology Blog. http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/community-criminal-justice-laboratory/ GRANTS & CONTRACTS Funded Principal Investigator (January 2011-June 2011), Pay It Forward mini-grant. Grant to support the development of