XIAOGANG DENG
EMPLOYMENT
9/1/2000-2011
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts at Boston
9/1-1994-2000
Assistant Professor at UMB
EDUCATION
1989-1994
1988-1989
1986-1988
TEACHING AREAS:
1994-2011
Ph.D. in Sociology -SUNY at Buffalo
PhD Program in Sociology at University of Oklahoma
MA in Interdisciplinary Program at Baylor University
Graduate Statistics & Graduate Research Methods
Cyber Crime, Graduate Master Paper, Research Methods, Criminology,
Deviance and Social Control.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Research Methods, Recidivism Study, Comparative Criminology
and Official Corruption in China.
PUBLICATIONS
Stephanie Hartwell, Xiaogang Deng, William Fisher, Carl Fulwiler, Debra Pinals, and Usha
Sambamoorthi (in press) . 2011. “Harmonizing Databases”:Research Note on an Evaluation of a Public
Mental Health Re-enttry Program in Massachusetts.” Corrections and Mental Health: An Update of the
National Institute of Corrections.
Deng, Xiaogang, and Lening Zhang and Andrea Leverentz. 2010. “Official Corruption During
China’s Economic Transition: Historical Patterns, Characteristics, and Government Reactions.” Journal
of Contemporary Criminal Justice vol. 26 (# 1): 72-88.
Deng, Xiaogang. 2009. “Using Network Analysis to Explore Patterns of Corruption.”
Sociological Focus. Vol. 42 (3):276-84.
Deng, Xiaogang and Lening Zhang. 2009. "China's Cultural Export and Its Surging Cultural
Power in the World." Pp 106-121, in Mingjiang Li (Edit). China's Soft Power in the Contemporary World.
Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield.
Hartwell, Stephanie and William Fisher and Xiaogang Deng. 2009. "The Impact of
Regionalization on Reentry Service Outcomes for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness" Psychiatric
Services. Vol. 60 (3):394-397.
Deng, Xiaogang, and Lening Zhang and Andrea Leverentz. 2009. “The Dual System of Land
Use Policy and Its Related Problems in Contemporary China.” Pp 79-102 In Jennifer Hsu and Reza
Hasmath (Edit). China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and Society Actors.
Palgrave Macmillan Press.
Deng, Xiaogang and Lening Zhang. 2008. “The Historical Patterns of Occupational Attainment
of Racial Minorities in Massachusetts: An Analysis of the 1974-2002 Current Population Survey
Data.” Social Science Journal. Vol. 45 (3):476-96.
Deng, Xiaogang, and Susyan Jou. 2000. “Shame and Its Moral Educative Effects on Deviant
Behavior in Cross-Cultural Context,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Criminological Theory and Its
Application in 2000, p115-131. Taipei University, Taiwan.
Cao, Liqun, and Xiaogang Deng. 2000. "Impact of Citizen Review Board on Complaints Against
Police Brutality," Policing 23: 356-373.
Zhang, Sheldon X., Theodore Benson, and Xiaogang Deng (2000) A Test and Re-test of the
International Self-Report Delinquency Instrument. Journal of Criminal Justice, 28: 283-295.
Deng, Xiaogang, and Ann Cordilia. 1999. "To Get Rich Is Glorious: Rising Expectations,
Declining Control and Escalating Crime in Contemporary China." International Journal of Offender
Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Vol. 43:211-229.
Deng, Xiaogang, and Lening Zhang. 1998. "Correlates of Self-control: An Empirical Test of
Self-Control Theory." Journal of Crime and Justice vol. 21: 89-110.
Deng, Xiaogang, Lening Zhang, and Ann Cordilia. 1998. "Social Control and Recidivism in
China." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. Vol. 24:281-295.
Deng, Xiaogang, and Joe Bebo. 1998. "Theoretical Integration and Drug/Alcohol Use." The
Discourse of Sociological Practice. Vol.1:2-8.
Cao, Liqun, and Xiaogang Deng. 1998. "Shoplifting: A Test of An Integrated Model of Strain,
Differential Association, and Seduction Theories." Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance. Vol.1: 6584.
Zhang, Lening,and Xiaogang Deng. 1998. "The Effects of Structural Changes in Community and
Work Unit on Crime in China." In Li Xiaobing and Zhang Jie, ed. The Social Transition in China, p133154. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Deng, Xiaogang. 1997. "The Deterrent Effects of Initial Sanction on First-time Apprehended
Shoplifters." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 41:284-97.
Zhang, Lening, Steven Messner, Zhou Lu, and Xiaogang Deng.
Punishment in China." Journal of Criminal Justice 25: 289-302.
1997. "Gang Crime and Its
GRANTS & Fellowships
2011
Received partial travel funding to present a paper entitled, “Effects of Inequality
and Corruption on Social Unrest in China’s Transitional Economy,” at the 23rd
the Association of Chinese Political Studies Annual Meeting & the International
Symposium on China at King’s College in London, United Kingdom.
2011
Xiaogang Deng and Stephanie Hartwell. $7,500 – Healey Research Grant at the
University of Massachusetts -Boston
Xiaogang Deng and Stephanie Hartwell. “Evaluating Parolees’ Needs and
Identifying Risk Factors of Recidivism in Massachusetts.”
2011
Collaborator
“Collaborative Data Mining Research Center (DMRC) On Cyber-Enabled
Discovery and Innovation”. Funded by the University of Massachusetts
President’s Office. $100,000.
2010
Stephanie Hartwell, Bill Fisher, Xiaogang Deng, and Carl Fulwiler and Usha
Sambamoorthi
NIH Challenge Grant $817,000
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Statewide Public Mental Health Re-entry
Program
2009
Boston Police Department and Melissa Morabito (PI)
the National Institute of Justice Grant, $200,000 “Reliably Predicting the
Location, Time, and Likelihood of Future Criminal Activity in Boston.”
Grant Writing Involvement --Contributed to five pages for the funded proposal.
2009
Received travel funding to present a paper entitled, “What Lessons Can China
Learn from Taiwan Experiences? Exploring Land Policies in Taiwan and China,”
at the International Conference on on Peaceful Development and Deepening
Integration in the Greater China Region at National Chengchi University, Taipei
on June 11-12, 2009. The conference was sponsored by National Chengchi
University and the Association of Chinese Political Studies.
2007
Received $1500 research travel funding from S. Rajaratnam School of
International Studies of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore to present
a paper on China’s soft power.
2006
Involvement in National Science Foundation’s Grant entitled, "Computer
Forensics Advanced Technology Education Project." It is a joint project of five
community colleges, the Boston Area Advanced Technological Education
Connections and the University of Massachusetts –Boston to develop a computer
forensic program at UMB. The proposal was awarded in 2006. The amount was
$699,422.
2004
$5,000- Xiaogang Deng and Lening Zhang
Research Grant from the Massachusetts State Legislature to study “the Future
Work of Massachusetts” Project
“Historical Patterns of Racial Occupational Attainment and Policy Implications.”
2001
$30,000- Post-doctoral Research Grant from
CCK Foundation (U.S.A.)
“Comparing Deviance and Shame in Cross-cultural Context.”
2000
$2400 - Travel Funds to attend conferences in Taiwan and China sponsored by
the National Science Foundation of Taiwan and the University of Hong Kong
2000
$1000 - Research Fellow for Data Resource Seminar on Integrating Qualitative
Data with Quantitative Studies sponsored by the National Institute of Justice at the
University of Michigan
1999
$2000 - National Institute of Justice’s Local Initiative Grant
Evaluation of a Stop Shoplifting Program in Westborough, Massachusetts
1998
$1,500 - Research Fellowship for the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston
1998
$5,000 - Recipient of Junior Faculty Development Fund at the University of
Massachusetts - Boston
1997
Sylvia Mignon, Gerald Garrett, Russell Schutt, Xiaogang Deng, and William
Holmes
$3,500 for a pilot project which assesses the impact of Competency and Course
Based Teaching Environments in Criminal Justice Education (funded by the AceKellogg Leadership and Institutional Transformation Project)
At the University of Massachusetts - Boston
1996
Ford Teaching Fellowship
the University of Massachusetts – Boston
1993
Recipient of the Law and Society Annual Meeting Travel Fund
SUNY Buffalo
EDITORIAL BOARDS OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2010-2012
Board of the Directors of the Association of Chinese Criminology and
Criminal Justice in the United States (ACCCJ)
2010-
Editorial Board of Journal of Criminal Psychology (a journal in England)
2009-2011
Editorial Board for Crime and Criminal Justice International (a Chinese Journal
in Taiwan
External Reviewers American Sociological Review, Criminology, Journal of Contemporary
Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
Sociological Inquiry, Social Science Journal, and Security Journal.