Sociology and Criminology
Volume XIII, Issue 1
July 2013
&
Sociology and Criminology Student Club
By Carrie L. Buist, Criminology Faculty
Kimberly J. Cook
CHAIR’S COLUMN
Dear readers,
I hope this finds you all doing very well! This
was my final year as your department chair
and it’s an opportunity to reflect on the past
eight years. When I started this job in 2005,
the CIS building did not exist, the department was in transition and opted to go in the
direction of developing our public sociology
option; we later discussed and opted to revise
our criminal justice curriculum to a criminology curriculum because both changes more
accurately represents the skills and expertise
of our faculty. It’s been a terrific term in so
many ways. There are many joys to this job:
getting to know our students and working
with our faculty colleagues are the top two
on that list. I’m very grateful.
As I return to full-time faculty status, I look
forward to returning to the classroom. I will
resume teaching criminology courses and
graduate seminars and will return to my
research agenda with renewed enthusiasm.
Thank you all for your participation in the life
of the department and for being part of this
experience for me. Leslie Hossfeld is our next
department chair and she’ll do a wonderful
job advocating for us in the years ahead.
This past year the Sociology and Criminology Student Club hosted several guest
speakers that included, but were not limited
to, UNCW Alumni and current North
Carolina Highway Patrol Officer Vic Wade,
local private investigators and members of
the CUE center for missing persons. We
once again visited the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh,
volunteered with the New Hanover County
Sheriff ’s “Make a Child Smile” holiday
event and saw our membership numbers
increase. However, our greatest accomplishment was our sole sponsorship of our
first all-campus event, “An Evening with
Therese Bartholomew.” This event brought
in student and faculty from across campus
as well as local law enforcement agents
including police officers, members of the
District Attorney and Public Defender’s
offices, and the local media. Bartholomew
screened her documentary film The Final
Gift which chronicles her experiences following her brother’s murder in North Carolina. The film follows Bartholomew on her
journey of forgiveness and culminates with
Bartholomew meeting with her brother’s
killer. After the film, Bartholomew and Kim
Cook, chair of the Department of Sociology
and Criminology, held a discussion about
the utility of restorative justice within the
criminal justice system. Bartholomew held
a meet and greet with the audience where
many of the attendees discussed their personal experiences that mirrored her own.
Bartholomew has traveled across the country
for film screenings and discussions about her
film and her book Coffee Shop God.
Therese Bartholomew discusses her film,
The Final Gift with the UNCW campus
and community
Incoming Sociology and Criminology Club
(L to R) President, Tyler McCarty, Club
faculty advisor, Dr. Buist, author and
filmmaker, Therese Bartholomew, outgoing
Club President, Aaron Baker, and former
Club Secretary, Ariel Fowle.
The Sociology and Criminology Student
Club is open to all students and, in the
coming year, we look forward to dedicating
our time to new volunteer opportunities,
including a potential fundraiser for the
M.A.T.C.H (Mothers and Their Children)
program at the North Carolina Correctional
Institution in Raleigh.
Please feel free to contact us for further
information
Tyler McCarty – President
Kourtney Smalls Van-Slyke – Vice President
Kristin Henderson – Treasurer and
SGA Liaison
Mark Gundle – Secretary
Faculty advisor – Dr. Carrie L. Buist
buistc@uncw.edu
In gratitude,
Kim
INSIDE THIS ISSUE . . .
Student Awards.............................11
Alumni News................................12
Faculty Highlights.........................14
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Volume XIII, Issue 1
Faculty and Students Present and Win Awards
at the 2013 NCCJA Meeting in Raleigh
By Mike Maume, Criminology Faculty
I n Fe b r u a r y, s e ve ral students and
faculty from the department attended and
presented papers at the North Carolina
Criminal Justice Association’s annual
meeting in Raleigh. Graduate student
Collin McColskey-Leary presented a paper
titled, “Racial Threat and Disproportionate
Minority Contact (DMC) in North
Carolina.” Collin also joined fellow M.A.
students Hillary Geen, Keely Geyer,
Laura Harrison and Lacey Hancock in
a presentation titled, “Rape on College
Campuses: Using Research to Inform
Students,” which featured research findings on two public service announcements
that they filmed to (1) encourage friends
of rape victims to listen and respond
appropriately and (2) dispel common rape
myths by explaining what constitutes rape.
Graduate students Christina Foster and
Regina Cline also presented papers at the
meeting. Foster presented a paper titled,
“Feminist Theory and Female Delinquency:
A Synthetic Theory Explaining Female
Crime,” and Cline presented, “Forced to
Work and Live in Hell: Identifying and
Evaluating Labor Trafficking Hotspots in
the United States.” Carrie Buist chaired a
session on policing featuring presentations
by criminology part-time faculty member
and Wilmington Police Department
employee Kate Chamberlain on assessing
the impact of the WPD’s Police Athletic
League, and undergraduate criminology
student Tyler McCarty on the use of K9
dogs in law enforcement agencies. Senior
criminology major Brian Rodrigues (faculty
supervisor: Lynne Snowden) won the John
C. McCollister Student Paper Award for
his paper titled, “The Strategic Culture of
Pakistan and the Haqqani Terror Network.”
Congratulations to Brian! Finally, Mike
Maume presented a paper co-authored
with Kristen DeVall and Christina Lanier
titled, “Up to the TASC? An Assessment
of Recidivism amongst Drug Treatment
Clients in North Carolina.” Maume was
also installed this year as president of the
NCCJA, and invites all faculty, students and
alumni to next year’s meeting in Raleigh.
For more information, see www.nccja.org.
Public Sociology
Graduate Student
Travels to Nicaragua
By Amanda Smith,
Public Sociology Graduate Student
Last year I was awarded the Ralph W.
Brauer Fellowship, a competitive research
fellowship awarded by the UNCW Graduate
School to fund my thesis research in Central
America. I used these funds to travel to
Nicaragua in January to conduct interviews
with small-scale coffee farmers about
their experiences participating in fair trade
markets. My thesis examines if alternative
market models (i.e., local food systems
and fair trade) are able to provide sufficient
and sustainable income alternatives for
small farmers impacted by the processes of
globalization and large-scale agribusiness.
In addition to the farmers in Nicaragua, I
interviewed small farmers in southeastern
North Carolina participating in local
food systems. I will be defending my
thesis “Ethical Consumption: Fair Trade,
Local Food Systems and Small Farmer
Livelihoods,” in July.
Welcome Jill Waity
In August 2013, the Department
Sociology and Criminology welcomes
new faulty member Jill Waity. She
received her Ph.D. in sociology from
Indiana University in Bloomington,
Ind. Her dissertation “Is There a
Persistent Rural-Urban Divide? Spatial
Inequalities in Food Insecurity and
the Impact of the Great Recession”
explored differences in food availability
between rural and urban populations
with a particular focus on the impact of
the most recent economic recession.
Waity will be teaching courses such as
Modern Social Problems, Methods of
Public Sociology Students Lacey Hancock and Hillary Geen present their research
Social Research and Public Sociology
and Community.
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Study Abroad Program Spring 2013
Swansea Wales
By Leslie Hossfeld, Resident Faculty Director
The Swansea Study Abroad program is
one of the oldest study abroad programs
at UNCW. Started by Gary Faulkner
(UNCW Department of Sociology) and
Phil Melling (Swansea University) the
partnership has been growing since its
inception in 1988. This year had one of
the largest cohorts with 27 students
representing many disciplines from across
UNCW campus, including five from
sociology and criminology. The Department
of Sociology and Criminology has been
well represented by Steve McNamee and
Diane Levy serving as resident faculty
directors in past years.
Swansea University is beautifully situated
overlooking Swansea Bay on the Gower
Peninsula in South West Wales. The rugged
coastline is part of an 870-mile Wales
Coastal Path that winds its way along
the precipitous cliffs of the perimeter of
Wales. When the sun shines and the sky is
brilliant blue, it is one of the most breathtaking views in the world.
This year students enjoyed the natural
beauty of the area and took part in much
of what the Gower Peninsula has to offer.
We took field trips to see nature and castles
(there are over 400 castles in Wales), visited
St. Fagan’s the cultural heritage open air
museum and took a fascinating tour of a
once productive coal mine, conducted by
former miners, that captured the economic
history of Wales and the importance
mining had for almost every Welsh family.
Swansea University has about 15,000
students and has a very international
student body. One of the most attractive
features of the Swansea University system
is a 3-week spring break. (We unanimously
agree this was something we should seriously consider at UNCW.) Students took
advantage of this lengthy break and traveled
extensively throughout Europe. Some of
the itineraries included 10-15 countries in
a 3-week time frame, with many students
returning ready for another break in order
to recuperate before exams began May 1st!
The university system is, of course, very
different from ours in the US Swansea
professors loved the way American students
were eager to engage in lectures and
contribute during class discussions. I had the
opportunity to teach a course to Swansea
students called “Poverty in America.” I
also taught a course to UNCW students
called “Understanding Wales” in which
we examined Welsh nationalism, language
and identity through field trips, participant
observations and face-to-face interviews.
Students examined the economic history
of Wales and its role in shaping national
identity. Their research findings have been
submitted to a peer-reviewed undergraduate
research journal for publication. One of
the unusual findings from the research is
the way in which Welsh nationalism is
manifested in sport, particularly rugby.
Speaking of which, if you are a sports
fan, this was the year for Wales! Not only
did Wales win the coveted rugby Six
Nations Tournament, Swansea City won
the Football League Cup. The euphoria
and nationalism was magical as the Welsh
celebrated and flew their flag and enjoyed
their well-deserved glory.
It has been a transformative experience
for so many of the students who made
the study abroad journey! If nothing else,
we all survived the brutal January and
February cold and wind to be rewarded
with the most spectacular April and May
imagined. As we begin to pack our bags
for our journey home, we are reminded of
the national word of Wales (yes, there is a
“national word” much like a “national bird”
or “national flower”!). It is cwtch (no, that
is not a typo!) The word cwtch has no true
English equivalent, but means, as best can
be described, a “heartfelt hug.”
To be sure, Wales will always hold a special
place in our hearts! Cymru am byth! Wales
forever!
Stephanie Laughter
I started working in sociology and
criminology at UNCW on Sept. 10, 2012.
I made a career path change. Before coming
to UNCW, I worked in human resources
in a healthcare setting for 25 years. I am
married to a wonderful husband of
18 years, and we have one son who is
10 years old and two dogs. Outside of work,
I enjoy family time and sports. My son plays
baseball, basketball and is in Cub Scouts
Pack 226. I am in my second and final year
on the chair committee as pack secretary
as my son is a Webelos II, the last rank
before he crosses over to the Boy Scouts.
I enjoy being with my family and making
lots of memories. I am blessed that Kim
Cook and Leslie Hossfeld chose me as one
of the administrative associates. I am an
ECU Pirate by marriage, but I am starting to
bleed teal. UNCW Sociology and Criminology
Department is a wonderful place to work. All
the faculty and staff are great to work with.
Kathy Parish
I joined the sociology and criminology
department in November 2012, and I am so
thrilled and honored to be working at UNCW.
The atmosphere is absolutely gorgeous–
full of inspiring youth, energy and brilliant
minds. The professors are awe-inspiring. I
look forward to working with everyone at
UNCW, and I hope to challenge myself and
take some courses in the near future. In my
spare time I enjoy photography, gardening,
walking and lots of family time. I am a
Wilmingtonian and love the coast.
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My Adventures as a Faculty-Leader in China
By Darrell Irwin, Criminology Faculty
Planning to take university students to China and how to best describe
the new experiences they might encounter is a challenge. Popular website
BuzzFeed has a post that reflects on “things you’ll only see in China”
(www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/things-youll-see-only-in-china). How do you
best describe a Kentucky Fried Chicken as a classy restaurant with white
linen tablecloths? That’s true of most of the KFCs in Beijing.
My interest in China began back in my graduate student days in the late
1980s when I completed a comparative paper on motivations for studying
in the US among graduate students from the People’s Republic of China
and the Republic of Korea. While those Chinese students I interviewed at
Northwestern University might likely stay in the US to work, today’s Chinese
student armed with an American college degree is likely to return to enter the
professional workforce in China. I first visited China in 2005, finding my way
to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. In fall that year, I proposed the first
China Summer Abroad program, which drew 10 students in its inaugural 2006
program. Every year since, except 2008 when Beijing hosted the Olympics
and was overrun with foreigners, I’ve returned with a student group. The
costs of the summer program in China have remained the same since 2006
at $2,300 plus airfare.
What does a proven track record with China encompass? The China
Summer Abroad has had a couple of “firsts.” I taught the first UNCW course
in China (SOC 415 – “Globalization and Development”), which was also the
first taught by a foreign professor for their own students at Beijing Language
and Culture University, and mine was the first (and only?) Summer program at
UNCW to enroll the numbers needed to go to China. I also was the test case
for Summer Abroad leaders carrying a Purchasing Card abroad. Because of
my pilot test, all study abroad program leaders were issued a Purchasing Card.
Combining the sociology class with Beijing Language and Culture University’s
intensive Mandarin language courses allows students to receive nine credit
hours during their immersion in China. Studying globalization from the
Chinese perspective makes sense as their explosive economic reforms that
Forbes Magazine calls “China Inc.,” allows students to experience what they
study: the impact on Chinese society of the expansive growth of this economic
giant of Asia. In the future, Chinese influence, Chinese language and Chinese
culture will play increasingly important roles in foreign exchanges and in
collaborative endeavors with the United States. The primary reason for
choosing Beijing is the prominence of the capital city in the culture and
development of China.
The People’s Republic of China is open for business – whether it is
supplying retail markets through its supply chain in Guangzhou or providing
educational opportunities at excellent institutions of higher learning in Beijing
or Shanghai. I would recommend that UNCW expand our student exchange
opportunities with Chinese universities and work to facilitate student and
faculty exchanges throughout this incredibly diverse country. Issues of language
can be overcome with a minimum of language study as our students over the
past seven years have found and faculty research can open up by finding the
right academic institution as a partner.
Volume XIII, Issue 1
Students Travel to Washington
D.C. to Examine Criminal
Justice System
By Babette Boyd, Criminology Faculty
On April 23 and 24, 2013, just as the semester and
school year were coming to a close, twenty-four UNCW
students, many sociology and criminology majors,
traveled to Washington, D.C., for a two-day field trip to
observe, study, and learn more about how the federal courts
of the United States work. It turned out that our timing
was fortuitous as the District Court was exceptionally busy.
We arrived just in time to observe the initial appearance
of Eric Justin Toth, an ex-teacher at an exclusive private
grade school in Maryland, who absconded when he learned
that authorities intended to arrest him in connection with
pornographic images of a child found on his computer. He
remained at-large for almost five years and replaced Osama
bin Laden’s place on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list.Toth
had been picked up in Nicaragua in the 24 hours just prior
to our arrival in D.C.
In addition, a jury trial of three individuals charged with
drug trafficking was also taking place in the courthouse.
Students were able to sit in on the examination of one of
co-conspirators of the defendants on trial and hear that he
and the others had been lifelong friends. But in order to
obtain a deal that would allow him not to spend the rest
of his life in jail he had agreed to testify against his childhood friends.
The following day we got up early and traveled to
the U.S. Supreme Court, which was hearing the last
arguments for this term. While the students didn’t get
a chance to sit through the arguments, they did have an
opportunity to tour the courthouse and see the action in
the most influential and powerful court in our country.
They then enjoyed some free time afterward to see some
of the many interesting sights in the Capital. It was a
great trip, which I would like to repeat in spring 2014.
Experiences like this one bring the books to life and gives
students a real-life perspective of one important aspect
of the criminal justice system.
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Papa Doc and Baby Doc: Like Father, Like Daughter
(Sort Of)
By Steve McNamee, Sociology Faculty
Catherine McNamee, my daughter, completed a Ph.D. in sociology/demography
at the University of Texas at Austin last
summer. Cate’s interest is in family and
Latino demography, especially marriage
and fertility. Her dissertation title was
“The Latino Remarriage Conundrum:
Explaining the Divergence in Latino and
White Marital Transitions at Remarriage.”
Cate is currently a postdoctoral research
fellow at the Population Research Institute
at Penn State. I was very pleased and proud
to go out to Austin for her dissertation
defense. After she successfully defended,
her graduate student friends held a
celebration at a nearby restaurant and I was
invited to tag along. Knowing that I was
also a sociologist, one of Cate’s graduate
student friends immediately dubbed us
“Papa Doc and Baby Doc.” I was not sure
I liked the comparison to a couple of brutal
Haitian dictators, but I did appreciate the
sentiment. When asked, Cate seems to go
to great lengths to point out that she is a
different kind of sociologist than her father
as in “I don’t drive my father’s Buick.” I don’t
drive a Buick to begin with and neither
does Cate, although to be honest, we both
drive Honda Fits. Like many sociologists,
she entered sociology as an academic
refugee from another discipline. Initially,
she was an environmental science major
as an undergraduate at UNC-Chapel Hill.
This made sense since even as a young
child she was very “green.” Since middle
school, she has been a strict vegetarian,
animal rights activist and, in general, a
save the earth person. Her main interest in
environmental studies was how growing
populations put ecological pressure on
sustainability. However, she soon discovered
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editorial
committee
that the environmental science program
at Chapel Hill did not focus much on
population so she decided to switch to
sociology while keeping environmental
science as a minor (so like many, she
considers herself a somewhat “accidental
sociologist”). She managed to get involved
with the UNC-CH Population Center
and ended up doing an honor thesis in
sociology on fertility among indigenous
Ecuadorian women having collected data
on this topic while completing a semester
study abroad in Ecuador. With her interest
in Latino demography, the University of
Daniel Buffington
Carrie Buist
Kathy Parish
Texas seemed to be the obvious place to
go to graduate school (following a one year
“gap” experience working as an AmeriCorps
volunteer in a Latino Community Center
in Fresno, Calif.). There is yet another
connection to the UNCW’s Sociology and
Criminology department for Cate besides
her father. Professor LaGrange’s wife,
Sealy, was Cate’s first pre-school teacher in
Wilmington. That makes Sealy Cate’s first
mentor. What this means in practical terms
is that I have to give them regular updates
on Cate’s progress.
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Interview with An Alumna:
Jenn Reingle
By Mike Maume, Criminology Faculty
What year did you graduate from UNCW,
and what degree(s) did you earn?
I graduated from UNCW in December 2005
with degrees in both criminal justice and
sociology.
What led you to choose UNCW, and
this department in particular?
I selected UNCW because I had
Jenn Reingle
friends who attended there and had
a positive experience. I also grew up on the beach and I loved the
atmosphere, so I wanted to leave New Jersey (where I grew up), but
stay by the beach. UNCW was the best decision I ever made — I got all
the personalized attention that I needed to steer my career trajectory
towards research.
In my first year at UNCW, I was entirely undecided as to my major and intimidated
by the need to decide where my life was going within a period of one or two
months. So, I focused on taking what was required of me by the university and I
said that I would just follow my interests and good things would come. So, I took
an honors “Introduction to Criminal Justice” course with Professor Adams and
I was hooked. I decided to double-major in sociology because the coursework
overlapped significantly, and the professors were excellent. Even since then, I
have never met such dedicated educators.
What did you enjoy most about your experiences at UNCW?
I can’t think of many things that I did not enjoy about UNCW! The faculty were
generous with their time, the teaching was excellent and I got many experiences
that were not characteristic of many undergraduate programs (e.g., research
opportunities). After working on a grant with Professor Maume, I found my
interest in research and decided to pursue a master’s degree in criminal justice.
This led me to where I am today. Living at the beach didn’t hurt, either. I met
several people at UNCW who are still close friends today, and the opportunities
for students were endless.
Where did your academic interests lead you after graduation?
After graduation, I decided to pursue a master’s degree at the University of
Cincinnati. I found that I was interested in crime and violence, but I always
thought about it in a different way than what was taught in class. I was also very
interested in innovative methods and statistics (in fact, stats was my favorite
course—something is clearly wrong with me!). This made me choose a doctoral
program that evaluated crime and violence from a public health approach.
Because I followed my interests and did not force myself into a mold, I was able
to develop a unique research program that differentiates me from most other
criminologists. That is what leads to success in the academic world.
What are you doing now?
I am a first-year assistant professor in epidemiology at the University of Texas
Health Science Center. I have several research grants to study health disparities in
crime, sexual risk behavior and drug use. I have also conducted meta-analyses to
examine how race, gender, and age influence violent recidivism. I have more than
40 publications in peer-reviewed journals in epidemiology and criminal justice.
Volume XIII, Issue 1
Experts Discuss Regional Poverty
at UNCW 2nd Annual Poverty
Conference March 25th
By Leslie Hossfeld, Sociology Faculty
Over 150 people gathered at UNCW on March 25 to discuss
issues related to poverty in southeastern North Carolina at the
second annual Taking the Pulse on Poverty in Our Region. The
event was co-sponsored by UNCW Departments of Public and
International Affairs, Sociology and Criminology and the Watson
College of Education.
Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo made a proclamation of March
as Poverty Awareness Month in Wilmington followed by a
short film clip on national poverty entitled, “Ain’t I a Person?” A
panel of local and state experts led a discussion examining our
region’s rural and urban areas and individuals who are struggling
to survive economically. Panelists discussed how to close the
gaps between economic disparities in our state and how North
Carolina can benefit as a whole by redressing high poverty. The
panel included Yolanda Burwell, senior fellow with North
Carolina Rural Economic Development Center; Rajni ShankarBrown, UNCW Watson College of Education; Jeff Brudney, Betty
and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in
the Nonprofit Sector in the Department of Public and International
Affairs; Katrina Knight, Good Shepherd Center; Stephen
McNamee, Department of Sociology and Criminology; and Erin
Payne, Cape Fear Literacy Council. Earl Sheridan, chair of the
Department of Public and International Affairs, said, “This
conference is an attempt to shine a light on the issue of poverty in
our area and how it has been affected by the recession. Too often
issues of poverty are not a part of public discourse.” The conference was coordinated by
Sheridan, Leslie Hossfeld
(Sociology) and Rajni
Brown (Education).
The conference is important for our region says
Hossfeld because “southeastern North Carolina
has a longstanding tradition of high, persistent
poverty. Finding solutions to poverty in our
region is of critical importance as we try to grow
and build healthy, vibrant
communities that benefit
all North Carolinians.”
Sociology & Criminology
Holds 3rd Annual Regional Conference
Feast Down East (FDE) and its partners held its third annual
Regional Local Food Conference on March 1, at the Burney Center
with over 280 people in attendance. The theme of the conference
was “Connecting Local Food & Local Folks.”
The focus of the conference was two-fold: to empower small farmers
with knowledge and skills to grow and sustain their farm businesses
and to help consumers learn to advocate for and use local food in
their communities. “We are trying to build and support systems
that will make it easier for people to purchase food from our
local farmers and instil in them an appreciation of where their food
comes from,” said Jane Steigerwald, Feast Down East director and
conference organizer.
Roland McReynolds, the executive director of Carolina Farm
Stewardship Association (CFSA) was the keynote speaker. The
conference included workshops on biodynamic farming practices,
irrigation, aquaponics, natural pest management, farm business
planning and marketing, local food advocacy, navigating the local
food landscape and seasonal menu planning.
Feast Down East, headed by UNCW sociology professor Leslie
Hossfeld, in partnership with many local grassroots organizations,
agencies and community leaders, has worked to build a sustainable
local economy by supporting and marketing local farms. Its goal
is to bring more local, fresher food choices directly to consumers,
area restaurants, grocers, schools, college campuses, hospitals and
other institutions. The two primary goals of FDE are to increase
the capacity of limited resource farmers in southeastern North
Carolina and support low-income communities in advancing their
own food security.
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Meg Shelton, a beloved long-time resident and farmer, has been
the driving force behind many local agricultural, environmental,
business and community efforts. She began as researcher at
UNCW and eventually was drawn to the family farm and its
heritage. Beginning with a small-scale garden for her family,
she expanded in 1986 to include a variety of herbs, salad greens,
cut flowers, vegetables and perennials to supply to local markets.
She was the first to sell local foods to restaurants and was the leader
in establishing the Riverfront Farmers’ Market. She is an inspiration
and resource for farmers, young and old.
For the past 8 years Tripp Engle has been pleasing local
palates as the executive chef of Brasserie du Soleil Restaurant.
After studying, internships and practicing for years outside the
Wilmington area, family brought him back home to stay. Tripp
understands the true meaning of seasonal cooking, and he goes
to great lengths to accommodate our local farmers and fishermen.
His passion has inspired others to support our local farmers
and fishermen with appreciation for their craft and value to
our community.
Agriculture, in its truest form, is about relationships between the
people who grow the food and the people who consume it. The Feast
Down East Agrarian Stewardship Award winners are examples of
how the enriching bonds we build with each other — help us all
GROW!
Feast Down East, also known as the southeastern North
Carolina Food Systems Program (SENCFS), was established in
early 2006 in order to join public and private agencies together
to create a local and regional food system that supports local
farmers; increase the sales of local farm products; educate
consumers and the public on the importance of ‘buying local’;
and sustain and expand farm employment, profit and ownership,
particularly among limited-resource farmers. UNCW public
sociology is the lead agent for SENCFS. Feast Down East is a
USDA designated Food Hub. For more information on how to
get involved, visit their website www.feastdowneast.org.
“The conference is a major Feast Down East initiative, centered
on helping our small farmers build capacity and strengthening
our local food system,” said Hossfeld, executive director and
co-founder.
For the first time, FDE bestowed the “Feast Down East
Agrarian Stewardship Award” on two local individuals, Meg
Shelton of Shelton Herb Farm and Tripp Engel, executive chef of
Brasserie du Soleil Restaurant. Both have supported the work of
FDE and local farm communities in exceptional ways. The award
recognizes those who actively participate in strengthening our local
food system by supporting local farms.
Jane Steigerwald, conference organizer and director of Feast
Down East; Molly Rousey, program director at the Feast Down East
Processing and Distribution Center, Burgaw; Amanda Smith, M.A.
candidate for public sociology, Feast Down East coordinator
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UNCW VISTA Grows a
Feast in Wilmington
Food Deserts
By Chad Fogelman,
NC Campus Compact
Erin O’Donnell, an N.C. Campus Compact VISTA at UNCW, loves building
relationships with people in the community.
But at the moment, she is very excited
about a machine. After months of work
navigating USDA and FIS regulations,
permitting, and paperwork, Erin acquired
an EBT machine for use at Feast Down
East’s mobile fresh market. “When it finally
came (in March), I had to take a picture!”
she confessed. EBT, or “electronic benefits
transfer,” enables an approved vendor to
accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program) benefits, also known
as food stamps.
Feast Down East, an organization that
supports the growth of a local food system
in the Wilmington area by connecting lowresource farmers with new markets, holds
a fresh market every Friday in the public
housing neighborhood Rankin Terrace. As
a VISTA, Erin manages and publicizes the
market, recruits and trains local residents
to staff it, and develops nutrition education and other programs that supplement
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the Feast Down East mission of bringing
healthy eating to food deserts. She also
wrangles with federal bureaucracies when
she has to. “When I was going through the
process (of applying for an EBT machine)
I joked that I could write a novel,” Erin
quips. “But really I could write a trilogy.”
The machine was first used at the April
5 market, and Erin expects more EBT
transactions in the coming weeks as the
weather warms and local produce is harvested. Erin has publicized the new payment option in the neighborhood with
door hangers, and she planned an “EBT
celebration” on April 26 with music, games,
and food samples to draw attention to the
market and healthy eating.
Erin draws on her relationships with local residents and her training in public
sociology to accomplish her work. Prior
to becoming a VISTA, she studied with
Feast Down East founder Leslie Hossfeld
in UNCW’s public sociology area, working
with local residents to create a leadership
development program. Erin also served as
coordinator of the WHA-UNCW community campus, a joint project of the university
and the Wilmington Housing Authority. “I was involved in this community for
one-and-a-half years before I started as a
VISTA,” Erin explains, “so VISTA was a
chance for me to continue my work with
WHA.” Since her VISTA service began
in November, Erin says she has grown “in
ways I didn’t expect. At first, I guess I wasn’t
really ‘sold’ on the idea of food deserts as a
problem that could really exist.” But, after
living and working with people in an area
“where it is really difficult to get food on
their plates,” what had been “an invisible
problem” became very apparent. Her time
working with Feast Down East has also
raised her awareness of the intricacies of
developing a local food system. Her work
with the mobile market, she says, makes
her “feel like I’m a pioneer,” by helping to
provide a new opportunity to residents.
She’s met many people who are experts in
food systems and sustainable agriculture,
including at Feast Down East’s regional
conference on March 1, which brought
together farmers, institutional buyers and
consumers (such as folks from Rankin Terrace) for a day of workshops on such topics
that ranged from consumer spending habits
to mushroom cultivation.
A native of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., Erin
plans to stay in the Wilmington area once
her VISTA service ends and she finishes
her master’s thesis — on using leadership
development to build community capacity
— in December. “It’s nerve-racking, what’s
going on with budgets,” she says of public
service employment prospects. But she is
confident she’ll find new ways to serve.
Public Sociology
and Criminology
in the Media
This past year, the work of our faculty
and graduate students often made
the news. Check out the “News and
Events” section on our department
Web page for a complete list.
www.uncw.edu/soccrm/news.html
(Front row L to R) Ra’Nell Dudley, Allison Waldsmith, Kristen VanDuesen (graduate
assistant), Kelsi Teegardin, Handley Phelan, Tyler Connor. (Back row L to R) Andrew
Losee, Jean-Anne Sutherland, Jan Brewington (graduate assistant) and Kevin Currey
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Food Corps Service Member Leads Friends,
Food and Fun 2012–13 Program at WHA-UNCW
Hillcrest Community Campus
By Casey Hancock, Food Corps Service Member and
Leslie Hossfeld, Sociology Faculty
Food Corps is a national service organization that seeks to reverse childhood
obesity by increasing vulnerable children’s
knowledge of, engagement with and
access to healthy food. Service members
build and tend school gardens, conduct
nutrition education, and facilitate Farm to
School programming that brings healthy,
affordable local food into public schools.
The program also trains a cadre of leaders
for careers in food and agriculture.
Through a partnership with Feast Down
East and the WHA/UNCW Hillcrest
Community Campus, Food Corps service
member Casey Hancock has led the
Friends, Food and Fun Program over the
past academic year. Friends, Food and
Fun was established by public sociology
undergraduate students in 2008 and focuses
on gardening and nutrition, interactive
activities with special guests and exploring
natural areas on field trips.
This year, Casey has focused on teaching
students about gardening and
incorporating cooking into their weekly
activities.
Local volunteer June Tilden made
delicious hearty pancakes with ground
flaxseed and wheat berries for the children.
She also cooked local eggs, showed the
children the difference between farm fresh
eggs and eggs from the grocery store and
talked about the role of chickens on the
farm.
Top Chef Keith Rhodes from Catch
restaurant made a special visit to Hillcrest
this spring. He arrived in his food truck
ready to harvest greens from the garden
and prepare a strawberry salad with grilled
chicken. The children toured the truck to
see where Chef Rhodes prepares all of
the food, and then enjoyed a delicious
snack, fresh from the garden. The children
loved being inside the food truck, and
a few remarked that they would like to be
a chef when they grow up!
Local Farmer Lewis Dozier
teaches how to garden
Casey finishes her Food Corps Service in
August this year. She will head back to her
native New England to continue her work
in local foods movement there.
Local Brunswick farmer Lewis Dozier
worked with the kids to plant beans and
cucumbers in the community garden. The
kids were thrilled to meet a farmer in real
life, and asked many interesting questions
about farming.
Cooking has been a favorite activity at
Friends, Food and Fun and kids learn
about eating healthily and choosing
different colored fruits and vegetables to
eat the rainbow! This year children
harvested kale from our garden to make kale
chips, collard leaves to fill with hummus,
grated carrots, and sprouts and fresh greens
to make green smoothies. They also learned
about MyPlate and how to make a healthy
meal with protein, grains, dairy, fruits and
vegetables.
Local Chef Keith Rhodes serves
from his food truck
Casey Hancock teaches cooking
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Urban Harvest: Urban Farming
for Food Security
By Leslie Hossfeld, Sociology Faculty,
Amanda Smith, graduate student and UNC-GA
On Sept. 27, 2012, five hundred people from across North Carolina
including students, faculty and staff plus community members,
gathered at NC A&T State University for the first University of
North Carolina System Social Business Conference. The keynote
speaker was Professor Mohammad Yunus, the winner of the
2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to the conference he sent out a call
throughout the UNC system to ask students to identify community
problems and take a business-oriented approach to solving them.
Student teams from across the UNC system competed and presented their social business plans and had an opportunity to hear
Professor Yunus speak about his Nobel Prize winning microlending
project The Grameen Bank.
Amanda Smith (M.A. candidate in public sociology), Cassius
Hossfeld (B.A. economics), and Olivia Dorsey (M.P.A. candidate
in public administration) were selected to represent UNCW in the
competition. The three students worked throughout the summer
and spring to prepare a social business plan that addressed the
critical social problem of food insecurity in Wilmington. Their
proposed social business seeks to address food insecurity utilizing
an LLC whereby food desert residents work to grow and sell food
through an urban farm and on-site market called Urban Harvest:
Urban Farming for Food Security. The UNCW team presented their
social business plan to judges who represented public and private
sector leaders in the state, as well as Professor Mohammad Yunus.
In total, 31 student teams from all 17 UNC campuses developed
proposals that they hoped would solve community problems and be
self-sustaining. Students worked with faculty and staff, then with
mentors from the SBTDC to develop plans that built off their
knowledge of a wide variety of disciplines to address community
problems related to food and agriculture, energy, job training and
retraining.
(L to R): Cassius Hossfeld (BA Economics),
Amanda Smith (MA Public Sociology) and
Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Mohammad Yunus.
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Wilmington Housing AuthorityUNCW Campus Community
Receives Grant
By Jan Brewington, Public Sociology Graduate Student
CAPS graduate assistants Kristen Van Deusen and Jan
Brewington are happy to report on another successful year
at the UNCW-WHA Community Campus at Hillcrest.
The Public Sociology undergraduates, under the direction of Jean-Anne Sutherland, have carried out projects
that involve all Hillcrest community residents. With two
graduate students on staff at the Community Campus
this year, emphasis was placed on developing community
partnerships and encouraging participation of other UNCW
departments. This year, the Reading Program returned to
the campus under the direction of John Rice and Marty
Kozlov of the Watson College of Education. Collaborations
with other UNCW departments are in the works, including
a developing partnership with the School of Social Work
and upcoming research with the Department of Psychology. Community partnerships have been formed with the
New Hanover County Public Library for book loans and
book giveaways, the Cameron Art Museum for outreach
projects and no-cost field trips and New Hanover County
Partnership for Children. A grant from the Friends of UNCW has
been awarded for an outdoor classroom, including portable picnic
tables, science exploration materials and a parachute for outdoor
games. This grant was one of only 17 awarded out of a pool of
37 applicants. Jan is writing a grant application to the North
Carolina Arts Council to fund visiting artists next year.
Public Sociology News
Jean Anne Sutherland
On April 29, the department held its annual Public
Sociology Breakfast. Faculty and members of the
community were invited to hear and see the work of public
sociology students. The students complete a year of course
work (fall and spring semesters) working at Hillcrest
Community Campus. Besides their internships, students
conduct their own research and present their findings in
this format as well as to members of the Residents Council
at Hillcrest and the Wilmington Housing Authority. To
name just a few, the projects completed this year included
an analysis of barriers to employment for low-income
individuals, and a computer class for seniors that gauged
their abilities and utilization of technology.
Sociology & Criminology
Student
Awards
Fall
2013
John H. Scalf Jr. Outstanding
Sociology Graduate Award
Nathanial J. Martin
Sociology Academic
Excellence Award
Michaela M.C. Gerula
Criminology Student of the
Year Award
Kelly M. Harris
Criminology Academic
Excellence Award
Christine M. Baer
Student Awards
Spring 2013
John H. Scalf Jr. Outstanding
Sociology Graduate Award
Kelsi Teegardin
Sociology Academic
Excellence Award
Kristin Godwin
Criminology Student of the
Year Award
Joseph Ezzell
Criminology Academic
Excellence Award
Alexandra Nihoa
Scholarships
Troy Carr Memorial Scholarship
Spring 2013
Tyler McCarty
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ALPHA PHI SIGMA
National Criminal Justice Honor Society
ALPHA PHI SIGMA, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, invites
applications from criminal justice majors. Established in 1942, Alpha Phi Sigma
is the nationally recognized honor society for students in criminal justice. Today,
Alpha Phi Sigma has more than 280 chapters in colleges nationwide. APS is
affiliated with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and holds its annual
meeting in conjunction with the ACJS meeting.
To become a member, undergraduate students must have completed 42 hours
toward graduation and be recommended by the chapter advisor. Undergraduate
students must maintain a minimum of 3.2 overall GPA and 3.2 in the criminal
justice major. Graduate students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.4 and
complete at least four courses within the criminal justice curriculum. Members
of APS are considered life members. There is a $50 fee to join. APS members
receive a pin and certificate suitable for framing. Members also receive the
society’s newsletter The Docket, published twice yearly.
For more information, contact Carrie Buist. 910.962.2422 or buistc@uncw.edu.
Alpha Kappa Delta –
the honor society for sociology majors
The department has a chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), a non-secret,
democratic, international society of scholars dedicated to the ideal of Anthropon Katamanthanein Diakonesein – “to investigate humanity for the purpose
of service.”
AKD seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the
study of sociology, the research of social problems and social and intellectual
activities that will lead to the improvement of the human condition. AKD
was founded in 1920 at the University of Southern California by Emory S.
Borgardus, professor of sociology.
There are active chapters of AKD at more than 500 colleges and universities, and
AKD has more than 50,000 lifetime members. The UNCW chapter inducted
its charter members in spring semester of 1980. Since then, more than 140
sociology majors have become members. To be eligible for membership in the
UNCW chapter, students must meet or exceed the following requirements:
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Be an official declared sociology major
Have junior or senior standing (62 or more credit hours
passed, including transfer credits)
Have an overall grade point average of 3.00 or better
Have completed four or more sociology courses with a
grade point average of 3.00 or better in sociology courses
The initiation fee for life membership is $40. Membership in Alpha Kappa
Delta is considered an honor and is appropriate for inclusion on one’s resume.
Each initiate receives a certificate of membership, as well as one-year subscription to Sociological Inquiry, the official journal of AKD. Rob Miller, who
founded the chapter, and Stephen McNamee, are faculty co-sponsors.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Phillip Falco ’11
B.A. criminology
Phillip Falco was hired as an officer in the
Raleigh Police Department last summer.
Jessica MacDonald ’10
M.A. public sociology
Jessica was hired as an adjunct instructor
of sociology at Wake Tech Community
College last summer.
Megan Keels ’08
B.A. sociology
Megan is working with a non-profit
organization called Apne Aap Women
Worldwide that fights sex trafficking
in India.
Melissa Rogan ’12
M.A. public sociology
Melissa has been hired as Project
Coordinator with East Main
Educational Consulting (EMEC)
evaluating K-12 STEM programs in
the county schools for Brunswick,
Lee, Beaufort, and Onslow Counties.
Vic Ward ’90
B.A. criminal justice
Vic serves as the director of internal
affairs for the North Carolina State
Highway Patrol.
Melissa Smith ’10
B.A. sociology
Melissa began the instructional technology
master’s program at UNCW last fall.
Jennifer Reingle ’05
B.A. sociology and criminology
Jennifer was hired as an assistant
professor in University of Texas School
of Public Health last fall.
Alumni! We Welcome news
from you! Contact Us!
www.uncw.edu.soccrm.contact.html
Volume XIII, Issue 1
Congratulations to our New Alumni
Master of Arts in
Criminology and
Public Sociology
Samuel Haycraft
Robert Hicks Collin
McColskey-Leary
Amy Mills
Thomas Speicher
Joshua Welker
Sociology
Jackson
Samuel Bean
Melanie Bertotto
Karen Brown
Kevin Currey
Glynn Dugan
Michaela Gerula
Kristin Godwin
Byron Hicks
Jennifer Ivey
Megan Johnson
Angelique Karditzas
Andrew Losee
Kara Marcussen
Nathaniel Martin
Max Mayo
Rebecca McIlvaine
Georgia Morgan
Gabriella Nastasi
Bailey Parker
Brittany Pernell
Handley Phelan
Elizabeth Reim
Kristin Schwader
Brittany Slack
Megan Wisey
Criminology
Angela Austin
Christine Baer
Samantha Barringer
Brandon Bell
Ryan Bennett
Adam Bergstrom
Hannah Bethune
Ashley Blackwell
Jordan Bodde
Rachel Bondurant
Jeremy Carter
Kirby Castor
Justin Cavenaugh
Patrick Coble
Krista Deitz
Dominique Di Fiore
Katie Discianno
Matthew Dunn
Vaughn Eason
Tabitha Engel
Joseph Ezzell
Christopher Felmet
Kendal Fincher
Catherine Fletcher
Aerial Fowle
Ingrid Garro-Barreto
Garrett Gibson
John Gillott
Jessica Goforth
Jeremy Gonzalez
Sandy Graham
Alyxis Graves
Michael Hammerstein
Toni Hardin
Kelley Harts
Wesley Hartsell
Tiffany Hiester
Samuel Herring
Dustin Hewett
Christina Higgins
Aaron Hopkins
Chrishonda Jefferson
Monique Johnson
Alice Kirby
Robert Kirkpatrick
Ashley Koellhoffer
Zachary Lechette
William Lee
Miranda Lewis
Sarah Littlefield
Shawn Lyon
Lael Martin
Tyler Martin
Isaac McDaniel
Lee McDowell
Felicia Moore
Alexis Mott
Cicely Neal
David Newkirk
Alexandra Nihoa
Alexandria Norman
Robin Pascoe
Joseph Perry
Mallory Phillips
Ronald Phillips
Adam Pike
Tony Potter
Kurt Poythress
Paige Price
Lindsay Puritz
Ayesha Qahash
Lauren Ramsey
Zanante Razmilic
Jennifer Richardson
Christina Rood
Lauren Ross
Alec Russell
Christopher Schatzle
Alissa Seliquini
Taylor Shellhaas
Michele Skoufatos-Rust
Dallas Spence
Kyle Starnes
Deirdre Stephenson
Shakira Stover
Ezekiel Talmon
Carley Tate
Kelsi Teegardin
Steven Thornton
Raquel Trejos
Ashley Tyner
Amirabbas Vaziri
Casey Walker
Zachary Wallen
Joshua White
Monica White
Michael Whitfield
John Winesette
Taylor Wright
Sociology & Criminology
Diane Levy presents her poster at the 2013 SSS meeting
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Sociology alumna and incoming graduate student Kristin Godwin
presents her research at the 8th annual UNCW CSURF Showcase
of Undergraduate Research and Creativity.
CAPS program members Regina Cline (left) and Christina Foster (right) presenting their research at the graduate symposium.
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Volume XIII, Issue 1
Faculty Highlights
Daniel Buffington
PUBLICATIONS:
“The four sources of evidence.” Class Activity published in TRAILS: Teaching
Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington, DC: American
Sociological Association.
“Recent Trends in US Inequality.” Class Activity published in TRAILS:
Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington, DC:
American Sociological Association.
Carrie L. Buist
PUBLICATIONS:
(with Lenning, Emily). “Social, Psychological, and Economic Challenges
Faced by Transgender Individuals and Their Significant Others: Gaining
Insight Through Personal Narratives.” Journal of Culture, Health, and
Sexuality.
(with Carlson, Susan M. and Elizabeth A. Bradshaw). “Bringing ‘the Poor’
Back In: Regulation and Control of Surplus Populations in Finland and the
Netherlands.” Journal of Crime and Justice.
PRESENTATIONS:
“A Target of Friendly Fire: The Lived Experiences of Lesbian Police Officers.”
American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL (November 2012).
Kristin DeVall
GRANTS:
“Developing Research-Practitioner Partnerships” UNCW Provost’s Office
Grant-writing Incentive Program (Spring 2013).
“e-Teal Applied Learning Initiative” (Fall 2012).
PUBLICATIONS:
(with Gregory, P.D., & Hartmann, D.J.) “The Potential of Social Science
Theory for the Evaluation and Improvement of Drug Courts: Do We Need
a Theory of Drug Court Effectiveness?” Journal of Drug Issues, 42(4):
320–336.
PRESENTATIONS:
“Where Do They Go From Here?” presentation at the North Carolina
Sociological Association annual meeting in Wilmington, NC (February 2013).
(with Lanier, C. & Maume, M.O.) “Evaluation of Outcomes in a Statewide
Sample of TASC Clients” paper presented at the American Society of
Criminology annual meeting in Chicago, IL (November 2012).
SERVICE:
Selected to be a UNCW Applied Learning & Teaching Community (ALTC)
Fellow for the fall 2013 semester.
Leslie Hossfeld
AWARDS:
Recipient of the University of North Carolina College of Arts and Sciences
2013 Faculty Research Award.
GRANTS:
(with Steigerwald, J.). “Atkinson Food Desert Project”, North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services, $1800. May 2013.
“Food Insecurity and Economic Development in Southeastern North
Carolina,” North Carolina Community Development Initiative. $50,000,
October 2012.
“Twin Pines Community Fund” Tidal Creek Food Cooperative,
June 2012. $700.
(with Steigerwald, J.). “Community Transformation Project,” North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services, $35,000. June 2012.
PRESENTATIONS:
(with O’Donnell, E. and Johnson, J.) “Food Insecurity in southeastern North
Carolina”. Panel presentation presented at Citizenship, Service, Networking
and Partnerships, Campus Compact Annual Conference, Wilmington, NC.
(November 2012).
Keynote Speaker: “Community Engagement in Community Colleges:
Understanding Social Solutions Making North Carolina Stronger” Annual
Conference of the North Carolina Community College Sociology and
Psychology Association. Wilmington, North Carolina. (November 2012).
(with O’Donnell, E. and Johnson, J.) “Food Insecurity and Food Access
in Wilmington North Carolina”. Panel Presentation, Annual Food Day
Conference, University of North Carolina Wilmington. (October, 2012).
“The Art of Activism: Sociologists in Action.” Conference paper panel
presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems, Denver, Colorado. (August 2012).
“What do Sociologists Do? The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching Public
Sociology.” Panel Presentation Annual Conference American Sociological
Association, Denver, Colorado. (August 2012).
Darrell Irwin
PUBLICATIONS:
(with C. Willis). “Success or Sorrow: The Paradoxical View of Crime Control
Campaigns in China.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied
Criminal Justice “How the Dragon of Prosperity uses State Power and
Resources in Africa to Displace Western Influence” National Strategy
Forum Review, 22(1): 1–8.
Sociology & Criminology
Donna King
PUBLICATIONS AND FILMS:
(with C.L. Smith, editors) Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their
Asses: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective.
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
“Toward a Feminist Theory of Letting Go.” Frontiers: A Journal of
Women’s Studies 33(3): 53–70. It’s a Girl Thing: Tween Queens and the
Commodification of Girlhood. 2012. (Digital, 60-minute documentary film).
Shannon Silva, writer, producer, director. Donna King, writer, producer.
(with Nicholas Chagnon). “Challenges in Minimizing Teacher Authority while
Facilitating a Student-owned Public Activism Project.”Special Issue on Social
Justice Action, Teaching, and Research, Humboldt Journal of Social Relations.
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(with Chamberlain, K.) “Assessing the Impact of a Local Police Athletic
League on Youths and the Community.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Chicago, IL.
OFFICES HELD:
President, North Carolina Criminal Justice Association
Steve McNamee
PUBLICATIONS:
(with R.K. Miller, Jr.) In Press. The Meritocracy Myth. 3rd Edition.
Lanham, Maryland: Roman & Littlefield Publishers.
SERVICE:
Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, UNCW
PRESENTATIONS:
“Can One Be A Feminist and Just Good Enough? Towards a Feminist Theory
of Letting Go.” Feminist Seminar. University of Gothenburg. Gothenburg,
Sweden. May 15, 2012
Ken Mentor
“Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective.” Department of
Sociology and Work Studies, University of Gothenburg. Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 9, 2012.
(2012). “Computer Crime.” The Social History of Crime & Punishment
in America: An Encyclopedia, Wilbur Miller (Ed.), Sage Publications:
Thousand Oaks.
SERVICE:
Dr. Donna King collaborated with Dr. Michelle Scatton-Tessier of the
Women’s Studies and Resource Center, Shannon Silva of film studies, and
Donyell Roseboro of the Watson School of Education to create a two-day
UNCW Girlhood event free and open to the public that included a free
screening of Silva and King’s film It’s A Girl Thing: Tween Queens and the
Commodification of Girlhoodfollowed by a panel discussion and Q&A, and a
public lecture by girlhood scholar Sharon Lamb the following day (January
31-Feb 1, 2013.)
Shannon Santana
PUBLICATIONS:
(Ed.) (2012). Introduction to Criminal Justice. Kendall Hunt: Dubuque.
PUBLICATIONS:
(with Bonnie S. Fisher, Heather M. Karjane, Francis T. Cullen, Kristie R.
Blevins, and Leah E. Daigle. “Reporting Sexual Assault and the Clery Act:
Situating Findings from the National Campus Sexual Assault Policy Study
within College Women’s Experiences.” In Bonnie S. Fisher and John J. Sloan
III (eds), Campus Crime: Legal, Social and Policy Perspectives, Third Edition.
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, pp. 63–89.
Diane Levy
Jean-Anne Sutherland
Mike Maume
“Women’s Place: Teaching Gender Inequality through Film.” North Central
Sociological Association meetings. Indianapolis, IN, April 2013.
(with Watkins, A.). “Rethinking the Study of Juveniles’ Attitudes Toward the
Police.” Criminal Justice Studies, 25(3), 279–300.
Panel Session: “I Have no Life: Work-Family Balance for Graduate Students.”
Southern Sociological Society meetings. Sponsored by the Committee on the
Status of Women and SWS South. Atlanta, GA, April 2013.
PRESENTATIONS:
(with C. Lanier). “Gender and Community College Faculty: A Comparison
of STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines” poster at the Southern Sociological
Society, April 2013.
PUBLICATIONS:
(with Reingle, J.) “The Substance-Related Etiology of Teen Dating Violence
Victimization: Does Gender Matter?” Women and Criminal Justice, 23(3),
185–208.
PRESENTATIONS
(with Reingle, J., Jennings, W., & Komro, K.) “The Substance-Related
Etiology of Teen Dating Violence Victimization: Does Gender Matter?”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences in Dallas, TX.
(with DeVall, K., & Lanier, C.) “Up to the TASC? An Assessment of Recidivism
amongst Drug Treatment Clients in North Carolina.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association in
Raleigh, NC.
PRESENTATIONS:
“Making Use of Everyone’s Least Favorite Committee: Department
Assessment Findings and Improved Department Curriculum.” North Central
Sociological Association meetings. Indianapolis, IN, April 2013.
“Kick Ass or Activist Social Change?: An Intersectional Approach to
Identifying Feminist Films.” Southern Sociological Society meetings. Atlanta,
GA, April 2013.
Angela Wadsworth
PUBLICATIONS:
(with Hossfeld, L., E.B. Kelly, & T. McTague). “Gender and Job Loss in Rural
North Carolina: The Costs of Carework.” Sociation Today. Vol.10:1.
SERVICE:
Faculty Panelist-Health Expo Fair. Pre-Health Professional Program
University College. UNC Wilmington. Burney Center. Wilmington, N.C.
April 8, 2013.
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Ann Rotchford-Perez
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Lynne L. Snowden, Ph.D.
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Angela Wadsworth, Ph.D.
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UNC Wilmington is committed to and will provide equality of educational and employment opportunity. Questions regarding program
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