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Curriculum Vitae
Theodore R. Curry, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas 79968
Phone: (915) 747-6527
Email: [email protected]
Web Page: http://utminers.utep.edu/trcurry
EDUCATION
2001 Ph.D., Sociology, Washington State University
Doctoral Dissertation: “Situational and Global Control Ratios: Testing
Control Balance Theory.” Dissertation Committee: Charles R. Tittle
(chair), Louis N. Gray, and Clayton Mosher
1994 M.A., Sociology, University of Oklahoma
Master’s Thesis: “Conservative Protestantism and the Perceived Moral
Wrongfulness of Crimes.” Thesis Committee: Harold G. Grasmick (chair),
Robert J. Bursik, Jr., and John K. Cochran
1991 B.A., Psychology, University of Tulsa
Senior Honors Thesis: “The War on Drugs: Social Costs and
Consequences.” Thesis Chair: Barry Kinsey
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Crime & Immigration
Theories of Social Control
Theories of Crime & Deviance
Criminology
Gender
Race/ethnicity
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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2013 – present Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Texas at El Paso
2006 – 2013 Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Texas
at El Paso
2000 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Texas at
El Paso
2001 – 2005 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
1994 – 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Washington State University
1998 – 1999 University Writing Portfolio Reader, Tier I, Washington State University
1992 – 1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma
REFERREED PUBLICATIONS
**Emerick, Nicholas A., Theodore R. Curry, Timothy W. Collins and S. Fernando Rodriguez.
2014. “Homicide and Social Disorganization on the Border: Implications for Latino and
Immigrant Populations.” Social Science Quarterly 95: 360-379. Article first published
online July 10, 2013. DOI: 10.111/ssqu.12051.
Curry, Theodore R. 2014. “The Benefits and Penalties of Gender in Criminal Justice Processing
Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research regarding Juveniles and Adults.” Pp. 551-
571 in Bill McCarthy and Rosemary Gartner (Eds.) Oxford Handbook on Crime, Gender, and
Sex. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lee, Gang, Kisun Yim, Theodore R. Curry and S. Fernando Rodriguez. 2012. “The relevance of
social and cultural contexts: Religiosity, acculturation and delinquency among Korean
Catholic adolescents in Southern California.” The Social Science Journal 49: 537-544.
Curry, Theodore R. 2012. “Control Balance Theory.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology.
New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195396607-0103
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396607/obo-
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Curry, Theodore R. 2010. “The Conditional Effects of Victim and Offender Ethnicity and Victim
Gender on Sentences for Non-Capital Cases.” Punishment & Society 12: 438-462. DOI:
10.1177/1462474510376585.
** Curry, Theodore R. and Guadalupe Corral. 2008. “Sentencing Young Minority Males for
Drug Offenses: Testing for Interactions between Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Age during
the US War on Drugs.” Punishment & Society 10: 253-276.
** Cuellar, Jeanette and Theodore R. Curry. 2007. “Prevalence and Co-Morbidity between
Delinquency, Drug Abuse, Suicide Attempts, Physical and Sexual Abuse and Self-
Mutilation among Delinquent Hispanic Females.” Journal of Hispanic Behavioral Sciences
29: 68-82.
S. Fernando Rodriguez, Theodore R. Curry, and Gang Lee. 2006. “Gender Differences in
Criminal Sentencing: Do Effects Vary across Violent, Property, and Drug Offenses?”
Social Science Quarterly 87:318-339.
Curry, Theodore R. 2005. “Integrating Motivating and Constraining Forces in Deviance
Causation: A Test of Causal Chain Hypotheses in Control Balance Theory.” Deviant
Behavior 26:571-599.
Curry, Theodore R., Gang Lee and S. Fernando Rodriguez. 2004. “Does Victim Gender Increase
Sentence Severity? Further Explorations of Gender Dynamics and Sentencing
Outcomes.” Crime & Delinquency 50: 319-343.
Curry, Theodore R. and Alex R. Piquero. 2003. “Control Ratios and Defiant acts of Deviance:
Assessing Additive and Conditional Effects with Constraints and Impulsivity.”
Sociological Perspectives 46: 397-415.
Grattet, Ryken, Valerie Jenness and Theodore R. Curry. 1998. “Innovation and Diffusion in U.S.
Hate Crime Law.” American Sociological Review 63:286-307.
Curry, Theodore R. 1996. “Conservative Protestantism and the Moral Wrongfulness of Crimes:
A Research Note.” Criminology 34: 453-464.
** Denotes a publication co-authored with one or more graduate students I mentored.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Curry, Theodore (2006) “Deviance and Social Control: Behaving Well and Not So Well.” Pp. 48-
70 in Frank Taylor, Lawrence Mencotti and Ivan Chompalov (Eds.) Sociology: Not for
Dummies. Boston MA: Pearson.
Curry, Theodore R. (1995) “Conservative Protestants: Views of Crime and Punishment and
Their Implications for Corrections.” IARCA Journal 6(6): 32-37.
PROGRAM EVALUATIONS
2011-2012 Program Evaluator, City of El Paso Chamizal neighborhood Weed & Seed,
U.S. Department of Justice (WS-QX-0030). Provided technical assistance in
program design and development and served as program evaluator for the
duration of the program.
2008-2012 Program Evaluator, El Paso Community College Learn and Serve America
POWER Program, Corporation for National and Community Service
(10LHWTX001). Served as program evaluator for the duration of the
program.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
**Curry, Theodore R., Maria Cristina Morales, Harmon H. Hosch and Jorge Hernandez. 2014.
Conceptualizing Immigrant Neighborhoods in a Study of Crime. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX.
** Maes-Nevarez, Angelique and Theodore R. Curry. 2013. The Strength of Kinship: A Look into
the Lives of a Family that has Overcome Adversity and Marginality. Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, New Orleans, LA.
** Emerick, Nicholas A. and Theodore R. Curry (2010) “Social Disorganization and Geographic
Distribution of Homicides in El Paso.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Southwest Social Science Association, Houston, Texas.
** Cuellar, Jeanette and Theodore R. Curry (2005) “Examining Associations between Substance
Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency among Female Hispanic Youth in a Metropolitan
Border Community.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Social
Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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** Corral, Guadalupe and Theodore R. Curry (2005) “The Effect of Offender Race and Ethnicity
on Sentencing Outcomes for Cocaine and Crack Offenses in Texas.” Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Lee, Gang, Theodore R. Curry, and S. Fernando Rodriguez (2003) “Gender Differences as
Sentencing: From Arrest to Disposition.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Denver, Colorado.
Lee, Gang, Theodore R. Curry, and S. Fernando Rodriguez (2002) “The Role of Gender in
Criminal Justice Processing.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois.
Rodriguez, S. Fernando, Theodore R. Curry, and Gang Lee (2002) “Gender Differences in the
Sentencing of Adult Defendants.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Anaheim, California.
Curry, Theodore R. (2000) “Integrating the Effects of Deviant Motivation and Constraints: A
Test of Control Balance Theory Using Situational Control Ratios.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California.
Curry, Theodore R. and Robert Griffin (2000) “How "General" is Self-Control Theory? A Test of
Interactions Between Self-Control and Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status,
Age, and Size of Place.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society
of Criminology, San Francisco, California.
Curry, Theodore R. (1999) “Framing Control Balance Theory: Causal Processes with Situational
Control Ratios.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Curry, Theodore R. and Dennis K. Bowker (1998) “Interactional Theory and Social Bonds: Do
Reciprocal Relationships Exist and can they be tested?” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
Curry, Theodore R. and Dennis K. Bowker (1997) “Attachment to Parents, Peers and School:
Comments on the Social Bond.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, San Diego, California.
Grattet, Ryken, Valerie Jenness and Theodore R. Curry (1996) “The Institutionalization of ‘Hate
Crime’ Law in the U.S.: Innovation and Diffusion in the Criminalization of Bigotry.”
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Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New
York, New York.
Curry, Theodore R (1996) “Self-Control and Crime: A Test with Behavioral Measures.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago,
Illinois.
Curry, Theodore R. and Bryan E. Burke (1996) “Global Environmental Change: Claims and
Claims-Making Activities in the Rise and Fall of Global Warming and Ozone Depletion
as Social Problems.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological
Association, Seattle, Washington.
Cochran, John K., Mitchell B. Chamlin, Theodore Curry, and Linda Robinson (1994) “The
Influence of Extra-Legal Factors in Executive Pardon Decisions: Oklahoma, 1990-1992.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Miami,
Florida.
Curry, Theodore R. (1994) “Conservative Protestantism and the Perceived Moral Wrongfulness
of Crimes.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Sociological
Association, San Antonio, Texas.
** Denotes co-authorship with one or more graduate students I mentored.
RESEARCH GRANTS FUNDED
REU Supplement: Why are Immigrant Neighborhoods Low Crime Neighborhoods? Testing Immigrant
Revitalization Theory and Cultural Explanations
Funding Organization: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: Dr. Theodore R. Curry
Amount: $9,600
Funding Period: September 2014 – September 2015
Why are Immigrant Neighborhoods Low Crime Neighborhoods? Testing Immigrant Revitalization
Theory and Cultural Explanations
Funding Organization: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: Dr. Theodore R. Curry
Co-PIs: Dr. Maria Cristina Morales and Dr. Harmon Hosch
Amount: $125,000
Funding Period: June 2013 – September 2015
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Chamizal Neighborhood Weed & Seed.
Funding Organization: Department of Justice
Principal Investigator: City of El Paso Community & Human Development Department
Amount: $158,000
Funding Period: January 2008 – December 2012
I assisted in the development of this proposal and served as a paid evaluator.
Mental Health Research Development – Assessing Risk Factors among Latina Adolescents: Research on
the Context of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Delinquency on the West Texas Border.
Funding Organization: National Institutes of Mental Health/Minority Research
Infrastructure and Support Program (M-RISP)
Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Amount $19,425
Funding Period: June 2004 – August 2004.
Inequities in the War on Drugs: The Impact of Drug-Related Offenses on the Courts along the U.S. -
Mexico Border.
Funding Organization: Center for Law and Border Studies (CLBS) at UTEP
Principal Investigator: Martha Smithey
Co-Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Amount: $1,650
Funding Period: June 2003 – November 2003.
RESEARCH GRANTS NOT FUNDED
The Effect of Social Support and Coercion on Antisocial Personality in Interpersonal and Political
Situations
Funding Organization: Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Texas at
El Paso
Principal Investigator: Daniel N. Jones
Co-Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Curry, Hiroi, T., and Harmon Hosch
Amount: $17,000
Proposed Funding Period: June 1, 2015- December 31, 2015
Decision-Making among Offenders in the Paso del Norte Region
Funding Organization: National Institute on Justice
Principal Investigator: Daniel N. Jones
Co-Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Curry and Harmon Hosch
Amount: $480,000
Proposed Funding Period: January 1, 2015- December 31, 2017
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Intergroup Competition and Resource Scarcity as Sources of Terrorism
Funding Organization: Department of Defense
Principal Investigators: Steven L. Crites and Gaspare M. Genna
Co-Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Curry and D. Sobek
Amount: $1,215,000
Proposed Funding Period: June 1, 2012- December 31, 2014
Gender Differences in Drug Abuse and Linkages to Delinquency and Mental Health
Funding Organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Co-Principal Investigator: Gang Lee
Amount: $148,000
Proposed Funding Period: January 1, 2006- December 31, 2007
Latinos, Immigration and Violent Crime: Unraveling the Latino Paradox.
Funding Organization: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Zarate, Osvaldo Morera, Callie Rennison, and
Richard Rosenfeld
Amount: $320,884.
Proposed Funding Period: September 2007-August 2009
Assessing Risk Factors: Research on the Context of Mental Health, Drug Use, and Violence on the West
Texas Border
Funding Organization: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Minority Health
Research and Education Grant Program
Principal Investigator: S. Fernando Rodriguez
Co-Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Amount: $169,951
Proposed Funding Period: September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2005
The Association between Capital Punishment and Homicide in Post-Furman Texas: Testing the
Deterrence and Brutalization Theses
Funding Organization: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Amount: $136,961
Proposed Funding Period: September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2005
Wholesale Executions and Mental Health Outcomes: The Case of Texas
Funding Organization: Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP)
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Principal Investigator: Theodore R. Curry
Proposed Funding Period: September 1, 2002 – August 31, 2004
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
2013 Outstanding Performance Award, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects,
University of Texas at El Paso
2001 Faculty Development Grant, University of Texas at El Paso
2000 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Washington State University
1999 Joseph DeMartini Excellence in Teaching Award, Washington State University
1999 Graduate Student Travel Award, Washington State University
1998 American Sociological Association Honor’s Program (nominated), Washington
State University
1996 Gene Carté Graduate Student Paper Competition Award (3rd place), American
Society of Criminology
1996 Ann Madsen DePew Memorial Scholarship, Washington State University
1994 Travel Grant, University of Oklahoma
1987 – 1991 Merit Scholarship, University of Tulsa
1987 – 1991 Presidential Scholarship, University of Tulsa
COURSES TAUGHT
The University of Texas at El Paso
CRIJ 2306, Intro to Corrections, 3 courses.
CRIJ 2313, Correctional Systems & Practices, 1 course.
CRIJ 3313, Criminology, 25 courses.
CRIJ 3322, Research Methods in Criminal Just, 1 course.
CRIJ 4300, Selected Topics - Criminal Justice, 9 courses.
CRIJ 4301, Readings in Criminal Justice, 15 courses.
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CRIJ 4390, Advanced Concepts in Criminal Justice, 32 courses.
CRIJ 4399, Research Practicum Criminal Justice, 5 courses.
MAIS 5350, The History of An Idea, 1 course.
RSRC 4033, Undergraduate Research, 1 course.
SOCI 1301, Introduction to Sociology, 3 courses.
SOCI 3311, Methods of Research, 3 courses.
SOCI 3341, Special Undergraduate Topics, 2 courses.
SOCI 3348, Criminology, 8 courses.
SOCI 4390, Independent Study, 29 courses.
SOCI 5190, Individual Studies, 1 course.
SOCI 5312, Seminar-Advanced Measure/Inference, 1 course.
SOCI 5320, Seminar- Quant. Methodology, 8 courses.
SOCI 5341, Special Graduate Topics, 1 course.
SOCI 5348, Seminar-Criminology, 2 courses.
SOCI 5390, Individual Studies, 30 courses.
SOCI 5398, Thesis, 29 courses.
SOCI 5399, Thesis, 30 courses.
Washington State University
SOC 102, Social Problems
SOC 317, Social Research Methods
SOC 361, Criminology
SOC 461, Corrections
University of Oklahoma
SOCI 3900, The Death Penalty in America
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
2013 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly
2012 Reviewer, National Science Foundation (two manuscripts)
Reviewer, Criminology
Reviewer, Crime & Delinquency (two manuscripts)
Reviewer, Punishment & Society
2011 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly
Reviewer, Criminology
Reviewer, National Science Foundation
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2010 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice
2009 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice
Reviewer, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
2008 Reviewer, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
2008 Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice Education
2007 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly
2006 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly (four manuscripts)
Reviewer, Social Problems (two manuscripts)
2005 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly
Reviewer, Sociological Focus
2004 Reviewer, Justice Quarterly
Reviewer, Sociological Focus
2002 Reviewer, Criminology
Reviewer, Social Problems
Reviewer, Sociological Inquiry
2001 Reviewer, Criminology
1997 Reviewer, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
SERVICE WITHIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2011 Session Chair and Discussant, Annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2000 Chair, “Testing Social Control Theory” (session 174). Annual meeting
of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California.
1997 Chair, “New Directions in Social Bonding Theory” (session 426). Annual
meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, California.
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Textbook Reviewer: Oxford, Sage, Academic Press, Prentice Hall
COLLEGE & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2013 Member of Faculty Search Committees, Criminal Justice Program,
University of Texas at El Paso
2010-2013 Chair, Steering Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Texas at El Paso
2010-2013 Website liaison, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Texas at El Paso
2004-2013 Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Texas at El Paso
2011-2012 Member of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
2010 Chaired post-tenure review committee, Criminal Justice Program,
University of Texas at El Paso
2006-2011 Graduate Executive Committee member, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
2004-2010 Undergraduate Advisor, Criminal Justice Program, University of Texas at El
Paso
2008-2009 Member of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
2008-2009 Member of Faculty Search Committee, Criminal Justice Program, University
of Texas at El Paso
2001 – 2005 Graduate Advisor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University
of Texas at El Paso
2001-2005 Steering Committee Member, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
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University of Texas at El Paso
2004 Sociology and Anthropology representative for the Council of Graduate
Schools/Ford Foundation PMA initiative to develop professional Master of
Arts degrees at UTEP
1997-1999 Sociology Graduate Student Organization, Washington State University
1997-1999 Colloquium Committee, Sociology Graduate Student Organization,
Washington State University
1998-1999 Faculty Meeting Representative, Sociology Graduate Student Organization,
Washington State University
1997-1998 Graduate Student Teaching Mentor, Washington State University
1996-1998 Graduate Student Mentor, Washington State University
1993-1994 Treasurer, Association of Graduate Sociologists, University of Oklahoma
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2002-present Annual contributor the State Employee’s Charitable Campaign (SECC),
University of Texas at El Paso
2008-2011 Faculty Senator, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Texas at El Paso
2003 Reviewer for annual “Outstanding Master’s Thesis” award, University of
Texas at El Paso
2003 Reviewer for annual undergraduate “University Thesis” award, University of
Texas at El Paso
INVITED LECTURES
Presentation to TRIOTA “Gender & Criminal Justice Processing.” February 27, 2013.
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Organized and served on discussion panel for The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death
Penalty. March, 2009
Lecture for the State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education programs for El Paso County
Public Defenders, “Sentencing in Texas: The effects of victim gender and victim
race/ethnicity.” April 8, 2004.
Criminal Justice Program colloquy, “Sentencing in Texas: The effects of victim gender and
victim race/ethnicity.” March 26, 2004.
“Criminal Justice Forum,” sponsored by the Criminal Justice Society at UTEP, the UTEP
Campus Greens, and the UTEP College Democrats, “Capital Punishment and Homicide:
Exploring the Deterrence and Brutalization Theses.” Spring 2002.
DISSERTATION AND MASTERS THESIS COMMITTEES
Student Year Discipline Role Degree
Spraberry, Chelsea 2014 Psychology Member M.A.
Hernandez, Jorge 2015 (projected) Sociology Chair M.A.
Naevarez Maes, Angelique 2013 Sociology Chair M.A.
Abigail Moore 2013 Psychology Member Ph.D.
Griselda Melendez 2013 Biology Member M.A.
Clinton Prall 2012 Psychology Member M.A.
Woestehoff, Skye A. 2012 Psychology Member M.A.
Abigail Moore 2011 Psychology Member M.A.
Nicholas Emerick* 2010 Sociology Chair M.A.
Kyle Susa 2010 Psychology Member Ph.D.
Guadalupe Corral 2009 Psychology Member Ph.D.
Allyson Horgan 2009 Psychology Member M.A.
Ashley Murray 2009 Psychology Member M.A.
Jessica Marcon 2009 Psychology Member Ph.D.
Larissa Schmersal 2009 Psychology Member M.A.
Elizabeth Uhl 2008 Psychology Member M.A.
Lisa A. Topp 2008 Psychology Member Ph.D.
Claudia Rocha 2008 Sociology Chair M.A.
Matthew Super 2008 Sociology Chair M.A.
Maria Uribe 2009 Sociology Chair M.A.
Jessica Wildermuth 2008 Psychology Member Ph.D.
Jessica Marcon 2007 Psychology Member M.A.
Tanya Taylor 2006 Psychology Member Ph. D.
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Lisa A. Topp 2006 Psychology Member M.A.
Jeanette Cuellar 2005 Sociology Chair M.A.
Guadalupe Corral* 2005 Sociology Chair M.A.
Jennifer M. Reitz 2004 Sociology Member M.A.
Allaa I. Salama 2003 Sociology Member M.A.
Bianca Moehlmann 2003 Psychology Member M.A.
* Served as Marshall for Graduate College
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
1996-present American Society of Criminology
2005-2006 Southwest Social Science Association
1994 Southwest Social Science Association
PUBLIC SERVICE
2010-present Block Captain, Madeline Drive Neighborhood Watch
2002-present Kern Place Association, Inc., member
2009-2014 Citizen’s Training Advisory Board, El Paso Police Department, member
2012-2013 Isaiah House Board, member
2007-2011 Liturgical Minister, St. Patrick Cathedral
2002-2008 Area Captain, Kern Place Association, Inc.
2002 Domestic Violence Prevention Commission, member
REFERENCES
Mary Cuadrado
Chair and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University
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El Paso, TX 79968
Phone: 915-747-7943
Email: [email protected]
M. Cristina Morales
Associate Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University
El Paso, TX 79968
Phone: 915-747-5740
Email: [email protected]
Harmon M. Hosch
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University
El Paso, TX 79968
Phone: 915-747-5740
Email: [email protected]
Charles R. Tittle, Ph. D.
Professor
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University
Box 8107 Raleigh, NC 27695-2610
Phone: 919-515-3180
Email: [email protected]