DR. PAUL R. SCHUPP
Associate Professor and Dept. Chair, Dept. of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY 14109, pschupp@niagara.edu,
(716)286-8335
EDUCATION
University at Albany-SUNY, School of Criminal Justice; Albany, NY
Ph.D. in Criminology & Criminal Justice
2004
Dissertation: “Legitimation Crisis and Penal Severity: Constructing a Radical Theoretical Explanation of Legitimation Crisis and Mass Incarceration
in the Post World War II United States”
Honors: Comprehensive examination with “High Pass”
University at Albany-SUNY, School of Criminal Justice; Albany, NY
M.A. Criminology & Criminal Justice
Cornell University; Ithaca, NY
B.S. in Biological Sciences
Area of concentration: Neurobiology & Behavior
1994
1993
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Department Chair, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY
Associate Professor, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY
Assistant Professor, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY
January 2014 – Present
January 2010 – Present
January 2003 – January 2010
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Niagara University, Dept. of Criminology & CRJ; Lewiston, NY
Graduate Courses: System-wide Issues in Criminal Justice; Seminar in Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice;
Seminar in Organizational and White-collar Crime
2003-Present
Niagara University, Dept. of Criminology & CRJ; Lewiston, NY
Undergraduate Courses: Principles of Justice; Corrections and Imprisonment
2003-Present
GUEST LECTURES
Visiting Scholar, University of Maribor, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2012
An International Perspective on American Mass Incarceration, Prison as Crime Control: American Lessons, Improving Prisoner Rehabilitation and
Reentry, Supermax Prisons: Managing Dangerous Prisoners”
COMMITTEES
Niagara University
Department Chair, Dept. of Criminology and Criminal Justice
January 2014 – Present
Niagara University
Committee Member: Institutional Review Board
January 2003 – Present
Niagara University
Committee Member: Ad-hoc Online Course Task Force
Niagara University
Alternate Committee Member: Investigation and Advice Committee
Niagara University
Alternate Committee Member: Hearing Committee
Niagara University
Committee Member: Senate Curriculum Committee
SERVICE
2015
2015-2016
2014-2015
January 2013 – January 2014
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Critical Issues in Justice and Politics
Journal Manuscript Reviewer
January 2012 – Present
Niagara University
Summer Research Grant Peer Reviewer
2014 – Present
Faculty Learning Community
Great College Teaching: Niagara University Faculty Survey Lessons (with Peter C. Butera)
2015
New Day Films
Professor’s Review: A Sentence Apart documentary
2013
PUBLICATIONS
Schupp, Paul
Tea Party as State-corporate Crime and Deviance
Manuscript in preparation
2016
Schupp, Paul R. and Peter C. Butera
The Latent Theory of What Great College Teachers Do
Manuscript in preparation
2016
Schupp, Paul R. and Peter C. Butera
What Niagara University College Teachers Think: Findings from the 2014 Survey
http://www.niagara.edu/assets/linkpage/Bain-Survey-What-niagara-Teachers-Think.pdf
2015
Goacher, Robyn, Danyelle Moore, Paul R. Schupp, Luis Sanchez, and Yonghong Tong. (2015)
“Using Clickers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,” Clickers in the Classroom:
Using Classroom Response Systems to Increase Student Learning. (New Pedagogies and Practices for
Teaching in Higher Education) Eds. David S. Goldstein and Peter D. Wallis.
2015
“Abu Ghraib” Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. SAGE.
2015
“Corporate Personhood (legal debate, case law)” Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. SAGE .
2015
“Tea Party (USA)” Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. SAGE.
2015
“The Palmer Raids (1919)”, Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and
Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
2015
“Alien and Sedition Acts”, Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and
Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
2015
“Haymarket Square Riot/Bombing”, Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and
Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
2015
“Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse”, Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and
Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
2015
“Attica Prison Riot”, Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and
Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
2015
“Corporate Violence (e.g. health and pharmaceutical industries)” Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics. SAGE.
2014
Book Review: Vincenzo Ruggiero: Power and Crime
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (2015).
2015
Book Review: Charles H. Ferguson: Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the
Hijacking of America.
Critical Criminology, 21: 529-531. (2013).
2013
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Book Review: Gregg Barak, Theft of a Nation: Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding.
Punishment & Society, 15: 426-429. (2013).
2013
Schupp, Paul and Craig Rivera (2010) “Identifying Imprisonment Patterns and Their Relation to Crime among
New York Counties 1990-2000”, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 21 (1): 50-75.
2010
Schupp, Paul, Timothy Ireland, and Craig Rivera, (2010) “Examining Environmental Inequality and
Social Disorganization in Upstate New York Cities,” Critical Issues in Justice Policy, Vol. 3 (1): 31-50.
2010
Paul Schupp and Rivera, Craig, “Trajectory Analysis of U.S. County Prison Admission Patterns 1990-2003:
A Methodological Demonstration,” Journal of Criminal Justice Research.
2010
“Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” in (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World,
Vol. 2. Europe. Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
2010
“Jordan” in Mahesh Nalla (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World, Vol. 1. Africa and Middle East.
Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2010.
“Kyrgyzstan” in Doris Chu (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World, Vol. 3. Asia Pacific.
Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
2010
“Myanmar” in Doris Chu (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World, Vol. 3. Asia Pacific.
Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
2010
“Syrian Arab Republic” in Mahesh Nalla (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World,
Vol. 1. Africa and Middle East. Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
2010
“Swaziland” in Mahesh Nalla (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World,
Vol. 1. Africa and Middle East. Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
2010
“Tajikistan” in Doris Chu (Ed.) Crime and Punishment around the World, Vol. 3. Asia Pacific.
Gen. Ed. Graeme R. Newman. 4 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
2010
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“What Wardens Think”
American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
2015
“Ken Bain’s Best College Teachers: A Survey of N.U. Teachers
NU Teaching Conference something
2015
“Tea Party as State-corporate Crime”
American Society of Criminology, San Francisco
2014
“County-level Imprisonment Patterns and Their Macro-level Crime-control Effects”
American Society of Criminology, Chicago
2012
“County-level Probation and Parole Patterns and Their Macro-level Crime-control Effects”
American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
2011
“Trajectory Analysis of U.S. County-level Prison Admission Patterns, 1990-2003”
American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia
2010
GRANTS
Proposal: Bureau of Justice Assistance Smart Supervision
Harmon, Talia, Paul R. Schupp, and David Taylor ($750,000)
2015
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Award: Research Support Grant
What Wardens Think: A Survey of Post-Great Recession Perspectives ($1,000)
2015-16
Award: Undergraduate Student Summer Grant
Tea Party as State-corporate Crime and Deviance ($500)
2014-15
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Criminology, Division of Critical Criminology
American Criminal Justice Sciences
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Faithful America
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