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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.
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