Education
Ph.D., Criminology (2004)
Florida State University
Dissertation: Gender and Sentencing: An Examination of Florida’s Determinate
Sentencing Policies
Dr. Theodore Chiricos, advisor
M.S., Sociology (1996)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thesis: The Three Musketeers: Social Process Theories, Feminism, and Violence in the Mass Media
B.A., Sociology (1993)
University of Texas at Austin
Minor in Radio, Television, and Film
Employment
Tarleton State University
Associate Professor 2023-present
Associate Professor & Department Head 2016-2023
Associate Professor & Interim Department Head 2014-2016
The University of Texas at Arlington
Senior Lecturer 2010-2014
Assistant Professor 2004-2010
Visiting Assistant Professor 2003-2004
Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida
Research Associate 2001-2003
Florida State University
Internship Supervisor 2002-2003
Graduate Teaching Assistant 1998-2002
Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Theodore Chiricos 1997-1998
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Instructor Summer 1996
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Dr. Carol Bailey, Dr. William Snizek, & Dr. Ellsworth Fuhrman, Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Donald Shoemaker 1993-1996