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Kevin F. Steinmetz
Curriculum Vitae
OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Kansas State University
202-C Waters Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
(785)532-4974
kfsteinmetz@ksu.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Criminal Justice, May 2014
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
Dissertation Title: “A Badge of Honor and a Scarlet Letter”: An Ethnographic Study
of Hacker Culture (Chair: Jurg Gerber, Ph.D.)
Defended February 7th, 2014
Received College of Criminal Justice 2014 Outstanding Dissertation Award
Master of Science (M.S.), Criminal Justice, May 2010
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Thesis: The Pixelated Jolly Roger: An Ethnographic Study of Online Pirates (Chair:
Kenneth D. Tunnell, Ph.D.)
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Police Studies, May 2008
Magna cum laude
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, August 2014 – Present.
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Kansas State University
Doctoral Teaching Fellow, August 2012 – May 2014.
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Taught Crime, Justice and Social Diversity (Fall 2012 – Present).
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Doctoral Teaching Assistant, August 2011 – Present
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Undergraduate courses assisted: Crime, Justice and Social Diversity
Graduate courses assisted: Seminar in Criminology and Corrections
Doctoral Research Assistant, August 2010 – Present
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Conducted research under the Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT)
(Fall 2010 – Spring 2011)
Conducted research under Howard Henderson, Ph.D. (Fall 2011 – Present)
Graduate Assistant, August 2008 – May 2010
Department of Criminal Justice and Police Studies
College of Justice and Safety
Eastern Kentucky University
Assisted in research under Kenneth Tunnell, Ph.D. and Victor Kappeler, Ph.D.
Co-taught under Robin Haarr, Ph.D. (Spring 2010).
SCHOLARLY BOOKS
Steinmetz, K. F. (forthcoming). Hacked: A radical approach to hacker culture and crime.
New York, NY: New York University Press.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (forthcoming). Hip-hop’s criminological thought: A
content analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture. (Accepted January
16, 2013).
Steinmetz, K. F., Schaefer, B. P., & Green, E. W. (forthcoming). Anything but boring: A
cultural criminological exploration of boredom. Theoretical Criminology. (Accepted
April 19, 2016).
Steinmetz, K. F. & Anderson, J. O. (2015, Online First). A probation profanation: Race,
ethnicity, and probation in a Midwestern sample. Race & Justice. (Accepted October
28, 2015).
Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (2015, Online First). Inequality on probation: An
examination of differential probation outcomes. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal
Justice. (Accepted February 1, 2015).
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Nolasco, C., del Carmen, R. V., Steinmetz, K. F., Vaughn, M. S., & Spaic, A. (2015). Building
legal competency: Foundations for a more effective criminology and criminal justice
discipline. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 26(3), 233-252.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2015). Craft(y)ness: An ethnographic study of hacking. British Journal of
Criminology, 55(1), 125-145.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2015). Becoming a hacker: Background characteristics and developmental
factors. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, 3(1), 31-60.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Gerber, J. (2015). “It doesn’t have to be this way”: Hacker perspectives
on privacy. Social Justice, 41(3), 29-51.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (2015). On the precipice of intersectionality: Race,
gender, and offense level interactions on probation failure. Criminal Justice Review,
40(3), 361-377.
Schaefer, B. P. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2014). Cop-watching and McLuhan’s tetrad: The limits of
video-activism in the Internet age. Surveillance & Society, 12(4), 502 – 515.
Steinmetz, K. F., Schaefer, B. P., del Carmen, R. V., & Hemmens, C. (2014). Assessing the
boundaries between criminal justice and criminology. Criminal Justice Review, 39(4),
357-376.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Gerber, J. (2014). “The greatest crime syndicate since the Gambinos”: A
hacker critique of government, law, and law enforcement. Deviant Behavior, 35(3),
243-261.
Armstrong, G. S., Longmire, D. R., Dretke, D. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2014). Impediments of
labor contracts on prison administrators’ response to staff-inmate sexual
misconduct. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 25(3), 325-346.
Rothe, D. L. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2013). The case of Bradley Manning: State victimization,
realpolitik and WikiLeaks. Contemporary Justice Review, 16(2), 280-292.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Chism, K. A. (2013). Police officer expectations of privacy against
electronic monitoring in the workplace: An introductory legal analysis. Journal of
Criminal Justice and Law Review, 3(1/2), 67-87.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Tunnell, K. D. (2013). Under the pixilated jolly roger: A study of online
pirates. Deviant Behavior, 34(1), 53-67.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (2012). Hip-hop and procedural justice: Hip-hop artists’
perceptions of criminal justice. Race & Justice, 2(3), 155-178.
* Reprinted in F. T. Wilson (ed). (2015). Crime and media studies: Diversity of
method, medium, and communication. San Diego, CA: Cognella.
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Steinmetz, K. F. (2012). Message received: Virtual ethnography in online message boards.
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 11(1), 26-39.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2012). WikiLeaks and realpolitik. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical
Criminology, 4(1), 14-52.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Chism, K. A. & Steinmetz, K. F. (forthcoming). Strain theory and technocrime. In K. F.
Steinmetz & M. R. Nobles (eds.) Technocrime and criminological theory. Boca Raton,
FL: CRC Press.
Green, E. W. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2016). Up in smoke: Marijuana, abstract empiricism, and
the criminological imagination. In J. Hill & N. Marion (eds.) Legalizing a crime:
Marijuana policies across America (pp. 19-41). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic
Press.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Gerber, J. (2015). Hacking the state: Hackers, technological liberalism,
and state crime. In G. Barak (ed.) Routledge International Handbook of the Crimes of
the Powerful (pp. 503-514). New York, NY: Routledge.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Fahrny, A. R. & Steinmetz, K. F. (forthcoming). Technology. In B. A. Arrigo (ed.) The SAGE
Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
BOOK REVIEWS
Steinmetz, K. F. (2015). James Banks: Online gambling and crime: Causes, controls and
controversies. British Journal of Criminology, 55(4), 842-844.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2014). Bradley Garrett: Explore everything: Place-hacking the city. Journal
of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2(2), 299 - 301.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Steinmetz, K. F. & Kurtz, D. L. (2015). Initial evaluation of Riley County’s Probation 180
program. Final report submitted to Riley County Community Corrections.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (2013). Evaluation of Jefferson County’s Inspire,
Encourage, and Achieve Youth Program. Final report submitted to the Jefferson
County Juvenile Probation Department.
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RESEARCH SUBMITTED OR UNDER REVIEW
Steinmetz, K. F. & Koeppel, M. D. H. (under review). Under the skin of probation: An
analysis of skin tone and probation outcomes.
Steinmetz, K. F., Schaefer, B. P., & Henderson, H. (under review). Criminal justice as
colonialism.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Cano, M., Terry, A., & Steinmetz, K. F. (in progress). A multi-level model examining race
and probation in a Midwestern state.
Steinmetz, K. F. (in progress). Perilous penology: Prison, punishment, and control in Silent
Hill.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Nobles, M. R. (in progress). Technocrime and criminological theory.
Edited volume under contract with CRC Press.
Veitch, S. A. & Steinmetz, K. F. (in progress). The defamed deranged of Gotham: The social
construction of mental illness as criminality in Batman comics. (Book chapter).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Hackers
Critical criminology
Disciplinary disputes
Crimes of the elite
Social justice
Popular culture
Surveillance
Technology and social control
EXTERNAL FUNDING ACTIVITY
Steinmetz, K. F. (PI) & Goe, R. W. (Co-PI). Technological con-artistry: An analysis of social
engineering. Grant application pending with the National Science Foundation.
Program area: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace. $350,385 requested.
NON-REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
Steinmetz, K. F. (2016, March). Coding control: A radical criminological analysis of hackers,
ideology, and social control. Presentation at the 2016 meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences. Denver, CO.
Anderson, J. O. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2015, November). Race and probation in a Midwestern
state. Presentation at the 2015 meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Washington, DC.
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Nolasco, C. R. I., del Carmen, R. V., Steinmetz, K. F., Vaughn, M. S., & Spaic, A. (2015,
March). Building legal competency: Foundations for a more effective criminology
and criminal justice discipline. Presentation at the 2015 meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences. Orlando, FL.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2014, November). Hacking as craft(y): An ethnographic exploration of
high-tech transgression. Presentation at the 2014 meeting of the American Society
of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2014, September). Technological tedium: Boredom, hacking, and popular
culture. Presentation at the 2014 International Crime, Media, & Popular Culture
Studies Conference. Terra Haute, IN.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Kappeler, V. E. (2013, November). Ideology through the looking glass:
An examination of the use of ideology in criminal justice and criminology.
Presentation at the 2013 meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Atlanta,
GA.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Gerber, J. (2013, September). “It doesn’t have to be this way”: Hacker
perspectives on privacy. Presentation at the 2013 International Crime, Media, &
Popular Culture Studies Conference. Terra Haute, IN.
Steinmetz, K. F., Schaefer, B. P., del Carmen, R. V. (2013, March). Assessing the
boundaries between criminal justice and criminology. Presentation at the 2013
meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Dallas, TX.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (2013, March). Hip-hop explanations of crime.
Presentation at the 2013 meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Dallas, TX.
Rothe, D. L. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2012, November). WikiLeaks vs. goliath: Social harm and
the maintenance of state legitimacy, power, and control. Presentation at the 2012
meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Gerber, J. (2012, September). Hacker perspectives on government, law,
and law enforcement. Presentation at the 2012 International Crime, Media, &
Popular Culture Studies Conference. Terra Haute, IN.
Schaefer, B. P. & Steinmetz, K. F. (2012, September). Watching the watchers: The limits of
video-activism in the Internet age. Presentation at the 2012 International Crime,
Media, & Popular Culture Studies Conference. Terra Haute, IN.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2011, November). WikiLeaks and realpolitik. Presentation at the 2011
meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Washington, D.C.
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Steinmetz, K. F. & Henderson, H. (2011, September).“All they wanna do is cuff us”: Hip-hop
artist’s perceptions of criminal justice. Presentation at the 2011 International Crime,
Media, & Popular Culture Studies Conference. Terra Haute, IN.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2011, March). Message received: Virtual ethnography of online
message boards in criminal justice and criminology. Presentation at the 2011 meeting
of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2010, November). Surrender ye booty! A virtual ethnographic study of
online piracy. Presentation at the 2010 meeting of the American Society of
Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Schaefer, B., Steinmetz, K. F., Subjack, J., & Hill, J.B. (2010, November). Criminological and
criminal justice theorizing: A preliminary and content analysis. Presentation at the
2010 meeting of the American Society Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2010, November). Muzzling the masses: The silencing of digital dissent.
Presentation at the 2010 meeting of the American Society of Criminology. San
Francisco, CA.
Steinmetz, K. F. & Schaefer, B. (2010, September). The deification of the search engine: A
Foucauldian perspective. Presentation at the 2010 International Crime, Media,&
Popular Culture Conference. Terra Haute, IN.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2010, February) The Internet and human rights. Presentation at the 2010
meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. San Diego, CA.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2010, February). Under the pixelated jolly roger: An ethnographic study of
online pirates. Presentation at 2010 meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences. San Diego, CA.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2009, November). Corporate and government reactions to piracy: Threats
to net neutrality. Poster session presented at the 2009 meeting of the American
Society of Criminology. Philadelphia, PA.
ROUNDTABLES AND OPEN SEMINARS
Entrée and attunement: Emotional response in the field as data. (2015, November).
Moderated by E. L. W. Green. Roundtable at the 2015 meeting of the American
Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
Legalizing marijuana. (2015, November). Moderated by N. E. Marion. Roundtable at the
2015 meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
Establishing a Qualitative Methods Section at ACJS. (2015, March). Facilitated by K. F.
Steinmetz. Open Seminar at the 2015 meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences. Orlando, FL.
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Marijuana laws: Legalizing a crime. (2014, November). Moderated by N. E. Marion.
Roundtable at the 2014 meeting of the American Society of Criminology. San
Francisco, CA.
The need for crime, media and popular culture research in a mediated global society.
(2013, March). Moderated by F. T. Wilson. Roundtable at the 2013 meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Dallas, TX.
GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
Kansas State University
SOCIO 862 – Criminological Theory, Fall 2014, Fall 2015.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
Kansas State University
SOCIO 500 – Technocrime, Security, and Society, Spring 2016.
SOCIO 561 – Criminology, Spring 2016.
SOCIO 361 – Sociology of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2015 - Fall 2015.
SOCIO 500 – Crime, Criminal Justice, and Inequality, Fall 2014.
Sam Houston State University
CRIJ 4385 – Crime, Justice, and Social Diversity, Fall 2012 – Spring 2014.
Eastern Kentucky University
CRJ 331 - Perspectives on Crime and Delinquency, Co-Taught under Robin Haarr,
Ph.D., Spring 2010.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Criminological theory
Social diversity
Ethics
Research methods
Qualitative methods
Technocrime
INVITED LECTURES
Hip-hop and procedural justice: Hip-hop artists’ perceptions of criminal justice.
(2015, July 6). Lecture given in Kishonna Grey’s Hip-Hop and Criminal Justice course,
Eastern Kentucky University.
Hip-hop and procedural justice: Hip-hop artists’ perceptions of criminal justice.
(2013, October 30). Lecture given in Danielle Boisvert’s CRIJ 5392 01 Survey of
Research Methods class, Sam Houston State Univeristy.
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Hip-hop and procedural justice: Hip-hop artists’ perceptions of criminal justice.
(2013, February 8). Lecture given in Olena Leipnik’s SOCI 1301 01 and 02 Principles
of Sociology classes, Sam Houston State University.
The “open” internet and democracy. (2012, March 13). Lecture given in Deborah
Landry’s CRM 3317 B Crime and the Media class, University of Ottawa.
Internet as built environment. (2010, April). Lecture given in Edward Green’s class—CRJ
423: Crime as Built Environment, Eastern Kentucky University.
BROWN BAG LECTURES
Longmire, D., Schaefer, B., & Steinmetz, K. (2010, November). Reflections on the justice of
‘social sensors’: Toward a post-modern critique of surveillance criminology. Presented
to the faculty and students of the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State
University.
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
Steinmetz, K. F. (2016, January 11). Against cyber. Uprooting Criminology. Retrieved from
http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/cyber/.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2015, March 10). “How do journals evaluate book reviews: Perspectives
from a book review editor.” Interview given to Editage Insights conducted by Alagi
Patel. Retrieved from http://www.editage.com/insights/how-do-journals-evaluatebook-reviews-perspectives-from-a-book-review-editor.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2015, February 26). “Book reviews perform an important function for
authors, readers, and the discipline as a whole.” Interview given to Editage Insights
conducted by Alagi Patel. Retrieved from http://www.editage.com/insights/bookreviews-perform-an-important-function-for-authors-readers-and-the-discipline-asa-whole.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2014, December 15). On colonialism and prison reform: A reflection on
political economy and race. Uprooting Criminology. Retrieved from
http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/colonialism-prison-reform-reflectionpolitical-economy-race/.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2013, December 23). The dark specter of hegemony: Politics, morality,
and the Dark Knight Rises. Uprooting Criminology. Retrieved from
http://uprootingcriminology.org/blogs/dark-specter-hegemony-politics-moralitydark-knight-rises/.
Steinmetz, K. F. (2013, November 25). A critical criminology and criminal justice graduate
student survival guide. Uprooting Criminology. Retrieved from
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http://uprootingcriminology.org/essays/critical-criminology-criminal-justicegraduate-student-survival-guide-kevin-f-steinmetz/.
SERVICE
Editorships:
Guest editor, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology, special issue:
“Technocrime at the Margins,” expected publication date: Fall 2017.
Book review editor, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology, November
2011 – April 2016.
Discipline:
Qualitative Section Program Coordinator, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
April 2016 – March 2017.
Contributor, Uprooting Criminology: A Reasoned Plot. 2013 – Present.
Election Committee, American Society of Criminology Division of Critical
Criminology. January 2015 – Present.
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University:
Member of Graduate Faculty, approved September 10th, 2014. Certified May 12th,
2015.
Member, Library Committee, Fall 2014 – Spring 2015.
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Fall 2014 – Spring 2016.
Member, Undergraduate Graduation Committee, Fall 2014 – Spring 2015.
Chair, Undergraduate Awards Committee, Fall 2015 – Spring 2016.
Discussant, Graduate Teaching Workshop, April 24th, 2015.
Facilitator, Graduate Publication Process Workshop, December 5th, 2014.
College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University:
Service committee chair, College of Criminal Justice Graduate Student Organization,
May 2013 – October 2013.
Facilitator and organizer, Summer 2012 Writing Workshop, July 26th, 2012.
Co-Founder and facilitator, Critical Criminology on Tap. Graduate student group,
January 2011 – August 2012.
College of Justice and Safety, Eastern Kentucky University:
Member, Dept. of Criminal Justice and Police Studies Graduate Curriculum
Subcommittee, Eastern Kentucky University, October 2009 – May 2010.
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Member, College of Justice and Safety Curriculum Committee, Eastern Kentucky
University, September 2009 – May 2010.
Secretary, Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, Dept. of Criminal Justice
and Police Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, August 2009 – May 2010.
President, Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, Dept. of Criminal Justice
and Police Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, May 2009 – August 2009.
Treasurer, Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, Dept. of Criminal Justice
and Police Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, January 2009 – August
2009.
REVIEWER
Criminal Justice Review
Crime, Media, Culture
Current Issues in Criminal Justice
European Journal of Criminology
Journal of Criminal Justice
Journal of Criminal Justice Education
Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology
Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal
Victims & Offenders
GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES
Chair, Laura Murphy (T).
Chair, Stanley (Adam) Veitch (D).
Committee Member, Jamilya Anderson (T).
Committee Member, Ralph DeZago (D).
Committee Member, Alayna Fahrny (T).
Committee Member, Alexandra Pimentel (T).
Committee Member, April Terry (D).
Committee Member, Scott Valesquez (D).
PANELS CHAIRED
Panel Session 5. (2013, September). International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies
Conference, Terra Haute, IN.
Panel Session 4. (2012, September). International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies
Conference, Terra Haute, IN.
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Panel Session 17 (2011, September). International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies
Conference, Terra Haute, IN.
Critical Criminological Perspectives on Technology, Biology and Crime, Session 258
(2010, November). American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.
Panel Session 5 (2010, September). International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies
Conference, Terra Haute, IN.
Current Research on Digital Piracy, Event #354 (2010, February). Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Active offender research: History, practice & prospects. Richard Wright, Ph.D., Volkan
Topalli, Ph.D., & Scott Jacques, Ph.D. Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, 2011.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Outstanding Dissertation Award, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State
University, presented April 23rd, 2015.
Doctoral Summer Research Fellowship, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State
University, May 2013 – October 2013. $6000.
Doctoral Summer Research Fellowship, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State
University, May 2012 – October 2012. $6000.
Doctoral Summer Research Fellowship, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State
University, May 2011 – October 2011. $6000.
Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Criminal Justice and Police Studies, Eastern
Kentucky University, presented April 2010.
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REFERENCES
Jurg Gerber, Ph.D.
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
P.O. Box 2296; 816 17th St.
Huntsville, TX 77341-2296
Work: (936) 294-3172
E-mail: icc_jxg@shsu.edu
Howard Henderson, Ph.D.
Administration of Justice Department
Texas Southern University
2100 Cleburne Street
Houston, TX 77004
Work: extension 6843
E-mail: hendersonhm@tsu.edu
Dennis Longmire, Ph.D.
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
P.O. Box 2296
Huntsville, TX 77341-2296
Work: (936)294-1651
E-mail: icc_drl@shsu.edu
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