Internationally Oriented Research
International Research Areas and Publications:
Dr. Abu Bah’s research focuses on issues of democracy, nation building, ethnicity, and the peace-making and peacebuilding role of the international community.
Recent publications: Bah, Abu Bakarr. “State Decay and Civil War: A Discourse on Power in Sierra Leone.” Critical
Sociology 37, no. 2 (2011):199-216.
Bah, Abu Bakarr. (2010). "Democracy and Civil war: A Discourse on Citizenship and Peacemaking in Cote d'Ivoire."
African Affairs. (109) 437:597-615.
Students from Rutgers-Newark interviewed Dr. Bah on the crisis in Cote d’Ivoire. Watch the YouTube video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJQtS0jElW8
Dr. Kristopher K. Robison’s research interests include globalization and development, internationalization of
telecommunications technology and usage, political violence, international terrorism, and macro-social theory.
Recent publications: Robison, Kristopher K. (2010). "Terror's True Nightmare? Reevaluating the Consequences of
Terrorism on Democratic Governance." Terrorism and Political Violence. 22(1):62-86.
Robison, Kristopher K. (2010). "Unpacking the Social Origins of Terrorism: the Role of Women's Empowerment in
Reducing Terrorism." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 33(8):735-756.
Robison, Kristopher K. and Edward M. Crenshaw. (2010). "Reevaluating the Global Digital Divide: SocioDemographic and Conflict Barriers to the Internet Revolution." Sociological Inquiry. 80(1):34-62.
 Other faculty publications with an international focus:
Campbell, Michael. (Forthcoming). "Homicide and Punishment in Europe." Sourcebook of European Homicide
Research. 1.
Cappell, Charles. (2008). "Influence Structures in a Tongan Village: 'Every Villager is not the Same!'" with Giovanni
Bennardo. Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences 3 (1).
Ng, Kwai Hang and Jeffrey L. Kidder. (2010). "Towards a Theory of Emotive Performance: With Lessons from How
Politicians Do Anger." Sociological Theory. (28)2:193-214.
Moremen, Robin D. (2010). "One Starfish at a Time: Using Fundamentals in Sociology to Rethink Impressions about
People Living with HIV/AIDS." Teaching Sociology. 38(2):144-155.
International Journal:
NIU Sociology Department is the home for the journal African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review. Dr. Abu Bah is the
Editor and one of the founders of the journal.
Click on the link and take a look! http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=africonfpeacrevi
International Conference Presentations by Faculty
Kris Robinson with co-presenters J. Craig Jenkins and Edward Crenshaw.
"A Fourth Wave of Terror? International Terrorism in the Middle East, 1968-2008"
International Sociological Association meeting,
July 2010.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Keri Burchfield
“Assessing Registered Sex Offenders’ Experiences with Local Social Capital and Social Control.” and “Assessing
Community Residents’ Perceptions of Local Registered Sex Offenders.”
International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders,
September 2010
Oslo, Norway
Kerry Ferris Invited Keynote speaker
“The Moral Order of Celebrity Sightings”
Conference on Celebrity News: An Oxymoron?
September 2010
Geneva, Switzerland
Abu Bah “International and Local Peace Initiatives: Lessons from the Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire.”
WARA/WARC Peace Initiative in West Africa—First Regional Conference
December 2009
Dakar, Senegal
Diane Rodgers “The Varying Visions of Early Twentieth-Century Human Ecology: Robert E. Park and Radhakamal
Mukerjee.” International Sociological Association—First ISA Research Forum
September 2008
Barcelona, Spain
Check out the International Sociological Association:
http://www.isa-sociology.org