CURRICULUM VITAE
MILTON C. HILL
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Savoy, TX 75479
(903) 965-8007
Mobile: (936) 355-1643
Email: mhill@sfasu.edu
Work
Department of Government
Stephen F. Austin State University
Box 13045, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3045
(936) 468-2295
EDUCATION
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Doctor of Philosophy, Criminal Justice/Criminology, May 2013
Dissertation title: “Examining the influence of religious attendance and religiosity on
adolescent and adult substance use: A longitudinal study utilizing a national sample.”
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Master of Science, Criminal Justice Management and Leadership, August 2006
Directed Management Project: “Treating the Symptom or the Source? The Efficacy
of Anger Management as a Treatment Component for Domestic Violence Offenders.”
Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences, Criminal Justice, May 1991
LANGUAGES
Fluent in conversational Spanish
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor – Criminal Justice
Department of Government, Stephen F. Austin State University
August 2013 – Present
Responsibilities include sole responsibility for the preparation and presentation of
undergraduate courses, grading, and tutoring. (Classes taught are listed below.)
Instructor – Criminal Justice
Department of Government, Stephen F. Austin State University
August 2012 – August 2013
Responsibilities included sole responsibility for the preparation and presentation of
undergraduate courses, grading, and tutoring. (Classes taught are listed below.)
Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
January 2008 – August 2009
Responsibilities included sole responsibility for the preparation and presentation of
undergraduate courses, grading, and tutoring. (Classes taught are listed below.)
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate Courses
CJ 436W – This course examined the dynamics of “normal” behavior and “criminal”
behavior based upon biological, cultural, sociological and psychological factors. This
course was writing-intensive. (Taught at SHSU)
CJ 264 – This was a course in substantive criminal law which includes definition of law,
definition of crime, general principles of criminal responsibility, elements of major crimes,
punishments, and conditions or circumstances which may excuse from criminal
responsibility or mitigate punishment. Particular emphasis is on the penal laws of the
State of Texas. (Taught at SHSU)
CJS 101 – This course examines the history, development, and philosophy of law
enforcement; and provides an introduction to criminal justice agencies. (Taught at
SFASU)
CJS 201 – This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of criminal
investigation, including collection and preservation of evidence. (Taught at SFASU)
CJS 231 – This course provides a comprehensive survey of measures used, with and
without confinement, under provision s of penal law. (Taught at SFASU)
CJS 307 – This course cover sources of, manifestations of, and possible solutions for,
stress in criminal justice practitioners. Specifically, the stresses of police officers,
attorneys, judges, and correctional officers are examined. (Taught at SFASU)
CJS 308 – This course provides an assessment of terrorist threats to both the
government and the residents of the United States from foreign and domestic sources.
(Taught at SFASU)
CJS 350 – This course compares the United States criminal justice system with that of
selected other countries, beginning with a review of the foundations of the criminal
justice system and extending to the various components of these systems. (Taught at
SFASU)
CJS 351 – This course provides an examination of the economic, social and spatial
aspects of selected criminal offenses, and it presents theories and constructions of
deviant behavior. Particular emphasis is placed upon societal reactions to individual and
group behavior which violates expectations that are shared (and therefore accepted) as
“normal.” (Taught at SFASU)
CJS 371 – This course provides an introductory survey of forensic sciences: fingerprints;
firearms; tool marks; documents; hairs; fibers; glass; soil; biological materials, such as
blood and semen; crime scene procedures; and methods of laboratory analysis. (Taught
at SFASU)
Graduate Courses
None taught to date
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Principal Investigator, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
August 2009 – March 2013
Utilized secondary data to examine the longitudinal relationship between religiosity
and substance use in individuals in late adolescence and middle adulthood.
Research Assistant to Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., J.D., Ph.D.
Department of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
January 2007 – May 2007.
Research activities included collecting information on court cases and court briefs
that examined the American Psychological Association’s role as amicus curiae in the
state and federal courts.
Research Assistant to Willard M. Oliver, Ph.D.
Department of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
June 2007 – December 2008.
Research activities included research into the lives of August Vollmer, a pioneer in
the development of improved and more professionalized law enforcement methods, and
Orlando Wilson, another pioneer in the professionalization of law enforcement for
biographies being developed by Dr. Oliver.
Assisted Dr. Oliver and his collaborator, Dr. Nancy Marion, in the coordination of
their efforts on several works-in-progress that included articles and books that examined
the relationships between the role of the U.S. president’s office, symbolic politics and
political rhetoric, and criminal justice policy.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Hill, M. C., & Pollock, W. (2014). Was Hirschi right?: A national-level longitudinal
examination of religion as a social bond. Delinquent Behavior, forthcoming.
Abstract: The current research re-examines Hirschi's (1969) omission of religion as a
social bond by examining the impact of religious commitment and religious salience on
substance use in National Youth Survey Family Study (NYSFS) respondents, both in
adolescence/early adulthood, and again in middle adulthood. This approach allows for a
longitudinal examination of a large, nationally representative sample of respondents.
Results challenge Hirschi's decision, and suggest that, particularly in adolescence, a
person's religious service attendance, and belief in religion, do affect their likelihood of
substance use. Further research is suggested.
Hill, M. C., & Pollock, W. (2014). Quantifying religiosity: A test of unidimensional vs.
multidimensional measures. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, under review.
Abstract: Studies have shown general support for the negative impact of religion upon
deviance; however, those studies have been beleaguered by the inconsistency with
which religion has been operationalized and measured. Religiosity, or one’s own
personal sense of “religiousness,” is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and it is argued that
religiosity is better quantified through a multidimensional measure as opposed to a
unidimensional measure. The current study compares the use of an 8-item religiosity
variable with the use of a unidimensional measure of religiosity in a social control model.
Results indicate that both measures predict substance use and delinquency equally.
Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS / CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS
Hill, M. C., Pollock, W., & Antwi-Boasiako, K. B. (2012). Ready to protect the national
security?: How much college students really know about terrorism.
Examining line-of-duty police deaths and police deaths by suicide: An annotated
bibliography. (2011). Currently being updated for publication.
Line-of-duty death protocol: A resource guide for police administrators. (2011). Proposal.
The “Texas Model” of psychological services delivery and its influence on the avoidance
of mental health services in Texas: A survey of Texas police chiefs. (2011). Proposal.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Hill, M. C., & Pollock, W. K.
Was Hirschi right?: A national-level longitudinal examination of religion as a social
bond. 2013 Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice
(SWACJ), San Antonio, Texas, 27 September 2013.
Hill, M. C., Pollock, W. K., & Antwi-Boasiako, K.
Ready to protect the national security? How much college students really know
about terrorism. 2012 Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Association of Criminal
Justice (SWACJ), Houston, Texas, 05 October 2012.
Hill, M. C.
Police line-of-duty deaths and police officer suicide: Research history and statistics.
Special Meeting of Police Administrators and Managers, Bill Blackwood Law
Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT), 20 September, 2011.
SCHOLARLY WORKS IN PROGRESS
Hill, M. C., & Pollock, W. K. (in progress). Revisiting the Hellfire Hypothesis from a
“Gracious-God” perspective: Another angle on social control?
Abstract: This project revisits Hirschi and Stark's (1969) Hellfire hypothesis from the
perspective the "Gracious-God" hypothesis. Using original data and a modified version
of Hirschi's original survey instrument, results indicate that the original authors' findings
might have been different if the reason for the effect (or non-effect) of religion had been
reconceptualized. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Abel, C. F., Pollock, W., & Hill, M. C. (in progress). Examining the correlates of police
contact—from the police officer’s point of view.
Abstract: From first author
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests include examining the role of religion in delinquency and criminality;
police officer safety (particularly line-of-duty deaths); police officer suicide; domestic
terrorism and the risks presented to local officers; death notification training; and
studying the effects of the ‘Blue Culture’ on police officers.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Faculty Achievement Teaching Award Nominee, September 2013
Stephen F. Austin Foundation, Inc.
Service Award, 2009
College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Service to the Department, College, University
Advisor, Alpha Phi Sigma, 2013 – present
Advisor, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, 2013 – present
Co-Advisor, Criminal Justice Association, 2012 – present
Criminal Justice Program Recruiter Coordinator, 2012 – present
Criminal Justice Faculty Search Committee Member, 2014
Attended each department convocation and university commencement, 2012 – present
Service to the Profession
Invited Reviewer, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology
The calm before the storm and the corruption thereafter: An examination of the media’s
portrayal of new Orleans’ police officers. (In review).
Provided 4-page review of proposed article with suggestions for revision and
resubmission. Conditionally recommended article for publication.
Invited Reviewer, Sage Publications
Stohr, M., & Walsh, A. (2014). Corrections: From the past, through the present, to the
future. (Forthcoming).
Provided 8-page review of proposed text. Example: I would absolutely adopt this book for an
upper level or graduate course. The information proposed for this text is very important, but I
feel that it would be lost upon lower-level students; therefore, I would be hesitant to use it for
an introductory course. I do not believe that introductory students would benefit from the
chapters with which I am most interested (other than the death penalty) because introductory
students tend to be lower-level students, and they have not developed the analytical and
critical thinking skills necessary to synthesize the material. I fear that the chapters on
restorative justice, needs assessment, and comparative corrections would prove too much for
lower-level students who historically struggle enough with the basics of corrections
philosophy, theory, history, trends, etc.
Member, Fiscal Committee, Southwest Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ)
Serve on committee responsible for reviewing the financial records and transactions for the
preceding fiscal year as an oversight service for the association treasurer. 2013 – present.
Service to the Community
Faculty Representative, State Employees Charitable Campaign
October, 2012
Represented Department of Government as faculty coordinator and solicited
charitable donations within the department.
Actively involved in local events such as The Big Event and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
of Service, 2012 – present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice
American Criminal Justice Society
American Society of Criminology
Alpha Phi Sigma (Advisor)
Stephen F. Austin State University Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (Advisor)
Stephen F. Austin State University Criminal Justice Association (Co-Advisor)
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Police Suicide Foundation