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Jill K. Doerner   jkdoern@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Jill Doerner recently accepted a position at the University of Rhode Island

As a criminologist and family sociologist, my research focuses on the sentencing decision process, and more specifically the effects of legal (prior record, offense severity) and extralegal characteristics (race, ethnicity, gender) on the likelihood of incarceration and sentence length outcomes. I also have an interest in the process of reentry into the community following incarceration and the consequences it has on the family and children of the offenders. My dissertation examines the existence of a gender gap in the sentencing process, determining what factors and characteristics contribute to the differential sentencing of defendants in U.S. federal courts.

In addition to my dissertation, I am presently co-authoring an article with my advisor, Steve Demuth, on the effects of race/ethnicity, gender, and age on sentencing outcomes, as well as a paper with fellow graduate students examining the consequences of incarceration on the aging prison population, paying particular attention to the inmate's safety and well-being, as well as their overall health outcomes.

I have taught two sections of Principles of Sociology. I have also tutored student athletes and freshman students, and lead several discussion sections on various topics. I have served as a teaching assistant for various courses including Principles of Sociology, Sociology of Sport, Corrections, and Research Methods. I am most enthusiastic about teaching courses on sentencing/corrections, family violence, criminal justice processes and procedures, research methods, and juvenile delinquency/juvenile justice. I have served on many departmental and University committees, including the Sociology Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Senate, the University Budget Committee, and the Academic Honesty Committee.

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Wendi E. Goodlin  wendig@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Wendi Goodlin recently accepted a position at the University of Southern Mississippi

As a criminologist, my research interests focus on domestic violence, prostitution, and juvenile delinquency.  I also have a strong interest in gender and racial differences in deviant and antisocial behavior.  My dissertation examines the precursors of entry into prostitution and the resulting outcomes of being a prostitute, such as job status, involvement in abusive relationships, participation in other delinquent behaviors, substance use, and poverty status.  In addition to my dissertation, I am also working on an article with Dr. Christopher Dunn analyzing three different family violence patterns that occur in households, an article with Dr. Stephen Cernkovich examining adolescent conformity, and an article with three fellow graduate students exploring the physical, emotional, and psychological well being of aging prisoners. 

I have experience working with large datasets, including the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), as well as various statistical packages (e.g. SAS, SPSS, and Stata).  Currently, I am working as a research associate for the Legacies of Crime Project, a research monograph on the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior from parents to their children.  In addition, I am coding data and creating variables for the Ohio Longitudinal Study. 

I have been a teaching assistant for Sociology 101 and Sociology of the Family.  I have also taught my own discussion section of Sociology 101.  In addition, I have been a tutor for Introductory to Statistics and Sociology of the Family as well as a mentor for freshmen in Sociology 101.  I will be teaching Deviant Behavior and Social Control in Spring 2008, which will require full grade book responsibility.  I have had the opportunity to work with classes as large as 30 students as well as the experience of working with smaller groups (e.g., 8).  I also have worked with students one-on-one.  Thus, I have the experience and ability to work in a group setting or in a more personalized environment with students.  I will be teaching Deviant Behavior and Social Control in the Spring of 2008 but I am most anxious to teach courses in juvenile delinquency, deviant behavior, intimate partner violence, prostitution, and criminology.