Revised: August, 2015
John Andrew Hansen
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Western Carolina University
Belk 410-G
Cullowhee, NC 28723
jahansen@wcu.edu
Education:
2015
Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
2008
M.A., Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
2004
B.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Political Science minor
Cum laude
University of South Carolina
University Employment:
2015 – Present
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Western Carolina University
2011 – 2015
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Risk Behavior Management
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, USC
2009 - 2011
Research Assistant
Office of Program Evaluation, College of Education, USC
2006 – 2008
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, USC
2006 – 2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, USC
Refereed Journal Articles:
Wolfe, S. E., Chrusciel, M. M., Rojek, J., Hansen, J. A., & Kaminski, R. (Forthcoming).
Procedural justice, legitimacy, and school principals’ evaluations of school resource
officers: Support, perceived effectiveness, trust, & satisfaction. Criminal Justice
Policy Review.
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Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J. J., Wolfe, S. E., & Alpert, G. P. (2015). The influence of department
policy and accountability on officer-involved vehicle collisions. Policing: An
International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 38(3), 458-477.
Chrusciel, M. M., Wolfe, S., Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J., & Kaminski, R. J. (2015) Law enforcement
executive and principal perspectives on school safety measures: School resource
officers and armed school employees. Policing: An International Journal of Police
Strategies and Management, 38(1), 24-39.
Hansen, J. A., Alpert, G., & Rojek, J. (2014). The benefits of police practitioner-researcher
partnerships to participating agencies. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice,
8(4), 307-320.
Alpert, G. , Rojek, J., Decker, S. H., Hansen, J. A., Shannon, R., Radakovich, D., & Alpert, R. G.
(2013). Perceptions of criminal and gang involvement among college studentathletes. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 5(2), 1-31.
Rojek, J. J., Decker, S. H., Alpert, G. P., & Hansen, J. A. (2013). Is the quarterback a ‘Crip’? The
presence of gangs in collegiate athletics programs. Criminal Justice Review, 38, 452472.
Miller, J. M., Kurlychek, M. C., Hansen, J. A., & Wilson, K. (2008). Examining child abduction
by offender type patterns. Justice Quarterly, 25(3), 523-543.
Works in Progress:
Hansen, J. A., Chrusciel, M. M., Rojek, J., Wolfe, S., Kaminski, R. J., & Dickenson, T. Explaining
principals’ perceptions of school safety strategies.
Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J., & Alpert, G. Barriers and facilitators to police practitionerresearcher partnerships.
Technical Reports:
Alpert, G., Rojek, J., & Hansen, J. A. (2013). Building bridges between police researchers
and practitioners: Agents of change in a complex world. Final Report to the National
Institute of Justice, Washington, DC.
Alpert, G., Rojek, J., Hansen, J. A., Shannon, R. L., & Decker, S. H. (2011) Examining the
prevalence and impact of gangs in college athletics programs using multiple sources.
Final Report to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, DC.
Petrulis, R., Tison, J., Hansen, J. A., Gustani, J., & Chubaryan, S. (2011). Final evaluation
report for Richland 1 Teaching American History Project (2008-2011). Final Report
to the United States Department of Education, Washington, DC.
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Other Publications:
Hansen, J. A. (2012). Wildlife crime. In J. M. Miller (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Theoretical
Criminology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley – Blackwell.
Research Funding:
2014 – 2015
Research Mentorship Grant
$2,500 awarded to J. A. Hansen and Jeff Rojek
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, USC
Research Experience:
2013 – 2014
South Carolina Law Enforcement Census
Funding: State of South Carolina
Position: Consultant
Director: Jeff Rojek
2012 – 2014
Evidence-Based Solutions to Reduce Law Enforcement Officer Vehicle
Crashes
Funding: Bureau of Justice Assistance ($342,226)
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Geoff Alpert, Co-PI: Jeff Rojek
2011 – 2014
Evidence-Based Solutions to Reduce Law Enforcement Officer Vehicle
Crashes
Funding: National Institute of Justice ($79,415)
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Jeff Rojek, Co-PI: Geoff Alpert
2011 – 2013
Building Bridges Between Police Researchers and Practitioners: Agents
of Change in a Complex World
Funding: National Institute of Justice ($248,000)
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Geoff Alpert, Co-PI: Jeff Rojek
2010 – 2011
Examining the Prevalence and Impact of Gangs in College Athletics
Programs Using Multiple Sources
Funding: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Geoff Alpert
2010 – 2011
Environments for Fostering Effective Critical Thinking Skills
Funding: National Science Foundation
Position: Research Assistant (External Evaluator)
Client: University of South Carolina
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2010 – 2011
University of South Carolina Science and Mathematics Teachers
Initiative
Funding: National Science Foundation
Position: Research Assistant (External Evaluator)
Client: University of South Carolina
2009 – 2011
Reading, Writing, and Reasoning in American History
Funding: U. S. Department of Education
Position: Research Assistant (External Evaluator)
Client: Lexington – Richland School District Five
2009 – 2011
Reading, Writing, and Speaking about American History
Funding: U. S. Department of Education
Position: Research Assistant (External Evaluator)
Client: Florence County School District One
2009 – 2011
Teaching American History
Funding: U. S. Department of Education
Position: Research Assistant (External Evaluator)
Client: Richland County School District One
2009 – 2011
A Story to Tell: Teaching America’s Past for America’s Future
Funding: U. S. Department of Education
Position: Research Assistant (External Evaluator)
Client: Williamsburg County School District
2007 – 2008
Case Processing in the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office
Funding: University of South Carolina
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Supervisor: Michael R. Smith
2007 - 2008
Assessment of Youth and Gang Violence in the Columbia-Richland
County Area
Funding: City of Columbia, South Carolina ($119,900)
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Jeff Rojek
Teaching Experience:
2015, Fall
2015, Fall
2015, Fall
2015, Summer
2015, Spring
2014, Summer
2009, Summer
Statistical Analysis for Criminology & Criminal Justice
Theories of Crime
Police in Society
Juvenile Delinquency
Policing
Violence in America
Criminology
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Honors and Awards:
2008, March
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, USC
2007, April
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, USC
Conference Presentations:
2014, November
Hansen, J. A. The human and financial costs of officer-involved
vehicle collisions in a large, mid-Atlantic police department. Presented
at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
San Francisco, CA.
2013, November
Chrusciel, M., Hansen, J. A., Wolfe, S. E., Rojek, J., & Kaminski, R. J. Law
enforcement and educator perspectives on school resource officers.
Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
2013, November
Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J., Alpert, G. A., Wolfe, S. E., & Tiesman, H. Officer
and citizen injury and fatality outcomes from law enforcement vehicle
collisions. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
2013, May
Hansen, J. A., Alpert, G. P., & Rojek, J. Evidence-based solutions to
reduce law enforcement officer vehicular crashes. Presented at the
California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training SAFE
Driving Campaign Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2013, March
Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J., & Alpert. G. Law enforcement traffic collisions:
Incident- and officer-level influences on agency rates in two states.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Dallas, TX.
2012, November
Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J., Alpert, G. P., & Rojek, A. Characteristics of
officer-involved vehicle crashes. Presented at the 68th Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.
2012, October
Alpert, G. A., Hansen, J. A., & Rojek, J. Evidence-based solutions to
reduce law enforcement officer vehicular crashes. Presented at the
California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training SAFE
Driving Symposium, San Diego, CA.
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2012, October
Alpert, G. A., Rojek, J., & Hansen, J. A. Police safety culture: Managing
the drive. Presented at the 119th Annual Conference of the
International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, San Diego,
CA.
2012, March
Hansen, J. A. School resource officers discuss the uniqueness of
policing educational communities. Presented at the 49th
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New York, NY.
2012, March
Hansen, J. A., Rojek, J., & Alpert, G. A. An assessment of barriers and
facilitators to developing and sustaining police practitioner researcher partnerships. Presented at the 49th Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, New York, NY.
2011, February
Hansen, J. A., & Tison, J. Lessons learned from combining teachers of
different grades levels in professional development offerings.
Presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the South Carolina
Educators for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, SC.
2007, March
Hansen, J. A., Kurlychek, M., & Miller, J. M. Leading characteristics and
context of child abduction. Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, WA.
Service:
2013, June
Judge: Trio – Ronald E. McNair Research Symposium, USC
2013, March
Panel Chair: Exploring law enforcement traffic collisions.
50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Dallas, TX
2011 – 2013
Research Advisory Committee Member: California Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training, SAFE Driving Campaign
2011 – 2012
Treasurer: Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Student
Association, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, USC
2007 – 2008
President: Alpha Phi Sigma, Xi Chapter
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, USC
Manuscript Reviewer:
Criminology
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Journal of Crime and Justice
Journal of Criminal Justice
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Professional Memberships:
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Society of Criminology
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