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Curriculum Vitae

Jeff Mellow John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Department of Criminal Justice

Haaren Hall, Rm. 636.10

524 West 59th Street

New York, NY 10019

212-237-8035

jmellow@jjay.cuny.edu

Research Interests: Issues in correctional policy, practice and organizational effectiveness,

community corrections, reentry, evaluation of criminal justice programs,

critical incidents in corrections.

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Professional Experience

2017 - Director, M.A. Program in Criminal Justice, John Jay College,

The City University of New York (CUNY)

2010 - Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College (Associate

Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, 2009-2010 and Department of Law,

Police Science & Criminal Justice Administration, 2005-2009)

Faculty Member

2006 - Ph.D. Program in Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center, CUNY

2006 - M.A. Program in Criminal Justice, John Jay College

2018 - M.A. Program in International Crime and Justice, John Jay College

2016 - 2017 Deputy Director, M.A. Program in Criminal Justice, John Jay College

2010 - 2013 Deputy Executive Officer, Program of Doctoral Studies in Criminal Justice, The

Graduate Center, CUNY

2011 - 2012 Faculty Research Fellow, Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College

2007 - 2010 Senior Research Associate, Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center,

and Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College

2004 - 2005 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield,

NJ (Assistant Professor, 1998-2004).

1998 - 1999 Teaching Associate, The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, State

University of New York, Albany, NY.

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1991 - 1992 News Producer, Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN), Dallas, TX.

Academic Degrees

2001 Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York,

Albany, NY.

1994 M.A., Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York,

Albany, NY.

1989 B.A., International Studies, American University, Washington, DC.

Publications

‘*’ student author (designates research conducted while a student)

Refereed journal articles

Jeff Mellow, Deborah Koetzle and Lidia Vasquez.* (2019). Evaluación de Equipos Técnico Criminológicos para Reducir el Hacinamiento en las Prisiones Salvadoreñas (Assessing Criminological Technical Teams to Reduce Overcrowding in Salvadoran

Prisons). Revista de la Maestría en Administración Pública: Administración Pública y

Políticas de Reinserción Social (special issue on public administration and reintegration

policies)

Deborah Koetzle and Jeff Mellow. (2019). Mejorando la Gestión Penitenciaria y la

Reintegración en la Comunidad a Través del Riesgo, la necesidad y la responsividad

(Improving Prison Management and Community Reintegration through Risk, Need, and

Responsivity). Revista de la Maestría en Administración Pública: Administración

Pública y Políticas de Reinserción Social. (special issue on public administration and

reintegration policies)

Limoncelli, Katherine*, Jeff Mellow and Chongmin Na. (2019). Determinants of Inter-Country

Prison Incarceration and Overcrowding in Latin America and the Caribbean.

International Criminal Justice Review. DOI: 10.1177/1057567719830530

Jacqueline Scott*, Gohar Petrossian, Jeff Mellow and Bryce Peterson. (2018). Understanding

Risky Facilities: Analysis of Factors Associated with Jails Escapes in Eight

States. Security Journal, 31: 805-820. DOI: 10.1057/s41284-018-0132-7

Thomas, Amanda L.*, Jacqueline Scott* and Jeff Mellow. (2018). The Validity of Open-Source

Data when Assessing Jail Suicides. Health & Justice, 6:11. DOI: 10.1186/s40352-018-

0069-2

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Cho, Younoh and Jeff Mellow. (2018). Exploring the Impact of an Automated Voiceprint

Recognition Supervision (AVRS) Curfew Program on Recidivism of Juvenile

Probationers in Korea. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative

Criminology, 62, 4425-4444. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X18790427

Kim, Mijin* and Jeff Mellow. (2018). Analysis of “Powder Keg Theory” in State Escape

Statutes. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 29, 3-23. DOI: 10.1177/0887403415619006

Mellow, Jeff and Kevin Barnes-Ceeney. (2017). Key Factors to Promote Successful

Comprehensive Reentry Initiatives. Federal Probation, 81, 22-31.

https://www.uscourts.gov/federal-probation-journal/2017/12/key-factors-promote-

successful-comprehensive-reentry-initiatives

Mellow, Jeff, Bryce Peterson and Mijin Kim*. (2017). An Analysis of CRIPA Findings Letters

Issued to Jails for Constitutional Violations by the Department of Justice. American

Journal of Criminal Justice, 42, 69-85. DOI: 10.1007/s12103-016-9347-5

Peterson, Bryce*, Adam Fera* and Jeff Mellow. (2016). Escapes from Correctional Custody: A

New Examination of an Old Phenomenon. The Prison Journal, 96, 511-533. DOI:

10.1177/0032885516650873

Sung, Hung-En, Jeff Mellow, Robert Vaughan & Ernie Drucker. (2016). Building Infrastructure

and Capacity for Correctional Health Research in a College of Criminal Justice: Lessons

and Promises. The Prison Journal, 96, 304-328. DOI: 10.1177/0032885515618469

Cantora, Andrea, Jeff Mellow and Melinda Schlager. (2016). Social Relationships and Group

Dynamics inside a Community Correction Facility for Women. International Journal of

Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 60, 1016-1035. DOI:

10.1177/0306624X15591805

Reprinted in Mallicoat, S. L.(Ed.) (2018). Women, gender, and crime: A text/reader,

Third edition. LA: Sage Publishing.

Chintakrindi, Sriram*, Hung-En Sung, Jeff Mellow and Jeremy Porter. (2015). Empirical Test of

Low Self-Control Theory Using Post-Treatment Substance Use and Recidivism

Outcomes of Parolees Participating in an Experimental Intervention. Criminology,

Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 16, 41-42.

Yu, Violet, Hung-En Sung and Jeff Mellow. (2015). Self-perceived Health Improvements

among Prison Inmates. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 21, 59-69. DOI:

10.1177/1078345814558048

Cantora, Andrea*, Jeff Mellow and Melinda Schlager. (2014). What about Nonprogrammatic

Factors? Women’s Perceptions of Staff and Resident Relationships in a Community

Corrections Setting. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53, 35-56. DOI:

10.1080/10509674.2013.861315

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Sung-Suk Yu, Hung-En Sung, Jeff Mellow and Amy Shlosberg*. (2014). Prevalence and

Correlates of Suicidal Ideation among Parolees. Psychiatric Services, 65, 381-386. DOI:

10.1176/appi.ps.201300062

Williams, Brie, Marc Stern, Jeff Mellow, Meredith Safer and Robert Greifinger. (2012). Aging

in Correctional Custody: Setting a Policy Agenda for Older Prisoner Health Care.

American Journal of Public Health, 102, 1475-1481. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300704

White, Michael D., Jessica Saunders*, Christopher Fisher* and Jeff Mellow. (2012). Exploring

Inmate Reentry in a Local Jail Setting: Implications for Outreach, Service Use, and

Recidivism. Crime and Delinquency, 58, 124-146. DOI: 10.1177/0011128708327033

Sung, Hung-En and Jeff Mellow. (2011). Health and Justice in the 21st Century:

Criminalization of Disease, Medicalization of Justice and Beyond. Corrections

Compendium, 36, 11-16.

White, Michael D., Jeff Mellow, Kristin Englander*, and Marc Ruffinego*. (2011). Halfway

Back: An Alternative to Revocation for Technical Parole Violators. Criminal Justice

Policy Review, 22, 140-166. DOI: /10.1177/0887403410375109

Sung, Hung-En, Annette M. Mahoney, and Jeff Mellow. (2011). Substance Abuse Treatment

Gap among Parolees: Prevalence, Correlates, and Barriers. Criminal Justice Review, 36,

40-57. DOI: 10.1177/0734016810389808

Stern, Marc F., Robert B. Greifinger, and Jeff Mellow. (2010). Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in

Prison Health Care Standards. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 2103-2110.

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.184242

Sung, Hung-En, Mellow, Jeff, & Mahoney, Annette M. (2010). Jail Inmates with Co-Occurring

Mental Health and Substance Use Problems: Correlates and Service Needs. Journal of

Offender Rehabilitation. 49, 126-145. DOI: 10.1080/10509670903534811

Hoge, Steven K., Robert B. Greifinger, Thomas Lundquist and Jeff Mellow. (2009). Mental

Health Performance Measurement in Corrections. International Journal of Offender

Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 53, 634-647. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08322692

Baillargeon, Jacques, Brie A. Williams, Jeff Mellow, Amy Jo Harzke, Steven K. Hoge, and

Robert Greifinger. (2009). Parole Revocation among Prison Inmates with Psychiatric and

Substance Use Disorders. Psychiatric Services. 60, 1516-1521. DOI:

10.1176/ps.2009.60.11.1516

Williams, Brie, Karla Lindquist, Terry Hill, Jacques Baillargeon, Jeff Mellow, Robert

Greifinger, and Louise C. Walter. (2009). Caregiving Behind Bars: Correctional Officer

Reports of Disability among Geriatric Prisoners. Journal of the American Geriatrics

Society. 57, 1286-1292. DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02286.x

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Mellow, Jeff, Melinda Schlager and Joel Caplan*. (2008). Using GIS to Evaluate Post-Release

Prisoner Services in Newark, NJ. Journal of Criminal Justice. 36, 416-425. DOI:

10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2008.07.010

Mellow, Jeff and Johnna Christian. Transitioning Offenders to the Community: A Content

Analysis of Reentry Guides. (2008). Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 47, 4, 339-355.

DOI: 10.1080/10509670801992111

Naday, Alexandra*, Josh Freilich and Jeff Mellow. (2008). The Elusive Data on Supermax

Confinement. The Prison Journal. 88, 1, 69-93. DOI: 10.1177/0032885507310978

Mellow, Jeff and Robert Greifinger. The Evolving Standard of Decency: Post-Release Planning?

(2008). Journal of Correctional Health Care. 14, 1, 21-30.

DOI: 10.1177/1078345807309617

Mellow, Jeff and Robert Greifinger. (2007). Successful Reentry: The Perspective of Private

Correction Health Care Providers. Journal of Urban Health, 84, 85-98. DOI:

10.1007/s11524-006-9131-9

Abridge version reprinted in CorrDocs (2008), The Newsletter of the Society of

Correctional Physicians, 11, 1, 10.

Christian, Johnna, Jeff Mellow and Shenique Thomas*. (2006). Social and Economic

Implications of Family Connections to Prisoners. Journal of Criminal Justice,

34, 443-452. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.05.010

Mellow, Jeff and James N. Dickinson. (2006).The Role of Prerelease Handbooks for

Prisoner Reentry. Federal Probation, 70, 1, 70-76.

Mellow, Jeff and Lenny Ward. (2003). Community Strategies for Successful Reentry.

Perspectives, 27, 4: 26-28.

Book Chapter

Mellow, Jeff. (2007).Written Health Informational Needs for Reentry. In Public Health

Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities. Edited by Robert Greifinger, NY:

Springer Press.

Monographs

Mellow, Jeff, Gary Christensen, Kevin Warwick and Janeen Buck Willison. (2010). Transition

from Jail to Community Online Learning Toolkit. Washington: National Institute of

Corrections. 238 pages. Revised 2014 & 2015. Available at: https://info.nicic.gov/tjc/

Mellow, Jeff, Debbie Mukamal, Stefan LoBuglio, Amy Solomon and Jenny Osborne. (2008).

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The Jail Administrator’s Toolkit for Reentry. Washington: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bja/222041.pdf

Solomon, Amy, Jenny Osborne, Stefan LoBuglio, Jeff Mellow and Debbie Mukamal. (2008).

Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community. Washington: Bureau

of Justice Assistance. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bja/220095.pdf

Mellow, Jeff, Steven K. Hoge, Josh Lee, Mangai Natarajan, Sung-suk Violet Yu*, Robert

Greifinger, and Gary Belkin. (2008). Mapping the Innovation in Correctional Health

Care Service Delivery in New York City. NY: John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/files/NYCMappingHeathCare.pdf

Mellow, Jeff. (2001). The development and validation of a questionnaire to measure ethnicity:

Targeted for legal, security, programming, and reporting purposes with prison

populations (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

(Accession Order No. 3012368)

Technical Reports

Mellow, Jeff, Deborah Koetzle, Hung-En Sung, Lidia Vasquez* and Mayra Nieves. (2019).

Reducing Overcrowding in Salvadoran Prisons – Final Report. NY: John Jay College of

Criminal Justice.

Buck Willison, Janeen, Jeff Mellow and Travis Reginal. (2018). Sustaining Systems Change:

Findings from a Transition from Jail Community (TJC) Initiative Stakeholder Survey.

DC. Urban Institute. https://nicic.gov/sustaining-systems-change-findings-transition-jail-

community-initiative-stakeholder-survey

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2015). The NeON Initiative: An Evaluation of a

Community-Oriented Probation Model in New York City. NY: John Jay College of

Criminal Justice.

Cory Feldman*, Mellow, Jeff, and Robert E. Worden. (2011). Borough of Manhattan Arrestee

Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) II Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 2, NY: John Jay College

of Criminal Justice.

Mellow, Jeff, Cory Feldman* and Robert E. Worden. (2010). Borough of Manhattan Arrestee

Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) II Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 1, NY: John Jay College

of Criminal Justice.

Mellow, Jeff, Mike White, Nancy Jacobs, and Gipsy Escobar*. (2009). The Community Oriented

Correctional Health Service Model: Implementation in the District of Columbia

Department of Corrections. NY: Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center, John

Jay College.

Other Publications

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Peterson, Bryce* and Jeff Mellow. (2017). Escapes from Prison. In The Encyclopedia of

Corrections, edited by Kent Kerley, Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford.

Mellow, Jeff. (2008). Guest Editorial: The Trend is Your Friend: Why We Must Embrace

Discharge Planning, CorrectCare. 22, 1, 3.

Reprinted in Sheehan, Paul (2008, Dec. 22). The elements of inmate re-entry,

Corrections.com

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Fourteenth Amendment. In Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional

Facilities, edited by Mary Bosworth, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.

Fishman, Nancy and Jeff Mellow. (2005). The Essex County Smart Book: A Resource

Guide for Going Home. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Corrections.

Reprinted 2008.

Mellow, Jeff and Paul Shane. (2002). The Prisoners and their Families Newark Agency

Directory. Rutgers-Newark.

Mellow, Jeff. (1996). Measuring Race: Historical and Contemporary Issues. The Criminologist.

21, 2, 6-7.

In Progress

Irina Fanarraga-Robles*, Caroline Vargas*, Deborah Koetzle, and Jeff Mellow. Exploring

Assessment and Classification Approaches in Latin American Prisons (in progress)

Honors and Awards

2015, 2018, Honoree, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Recognition of Faculty and Staff

2019 who have Received Major and External Grants and Awards

Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2011 - 2013 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Scholarly Achievements

The City University of New York

2010 - 2012 Certificate of Appreciate for Guidance and Encouragement of Dean’s List

Students

Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2010 Certificate of Recognition, Recipients of Major Institutional Grants for

Education and Public Service.

The Graduate School and University Center New York City

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2008 Certificate of Appreciate for Guidance and Encouragement of Dean’s List

Students

Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2007 - 2010 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Scholarly Achievements

The City University of New York

2008 - 2009 Faculty Scholarly Excellence Award.

Provost’s Office, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research Grant Activities

External

2019 Reducing Barriers to Employment for Formerly-Incarcerated People in El

Salvador A colaborativa grant with Fundacion Transparencia, El Salvador

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Jennifer Peirce)

Funding: Fundación Transparencia, $12,000

2017 - 2019 Reducing Overcrowding in Salvadoran Prisons

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Mayra Nieves)

Funding: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,

United States Department of State, $499,974

2012 - 2018 The Transition from Jail to Community Project, Phases 2 & 3

Role: Consulting Investigator (PI, Jesse Jannetta, Urban Institute)

Funding: U.S. Department of Justice, $499,000

2012 - 2014 Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) Evaluation.

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Kevin Barnes-Ceeney)

Funding: The City of New York Department of Probation, $264,184

2010 - 2013 Institutional Development Program for Correctional Health & Healthcare

Research

Role: Co-principal Investigator and Project Coordinator (with Jeremy Travis and

Hung-En Sung)

Funding: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National

Institute of Health, $1,208,517.

2010 - 2012 Correctional Incident Database of Collective Violence, Homicides, Hate

Crimes and Escapes

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Joshua Freilich & Steven Chermak)

Funding: Academy of Critical Incident Analysis, $30,000

2008 - 2011 Seizing Public Health Opportunities through Correctional Health Care

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Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Robert Greifinger)

Funding: Langeloth Foundation, $155,666

2008 - 2009 Medical Home Pilot and Health System Literacy Training Project for

Correctional Populations Role: Consultant

Funding: New York Academy of Medicine, $10,000

2007 - 2011 The Transition from Jail to Community Project

Role: Consulting Investigator (PI, Amy Solomon, Urban Institute) Funding: U.S. Department of Justice, $1,900,000

2007 - 2008 Evaluation of the Community Education Centers’ (CEC) Halfway Back

Parolee Program

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Mike White)

Funding: Community Education Center, $24,336

2006 - 2009 Evaluation of the Community-Oriented Corrections Health Model in the

Washington, DC Jail System Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Mike White)

Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $150,000

2006 - 2008 New York City Jail Reentry Planning Project

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Sinead Keegan)

Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $98,597

2006 Jail Reentry Roundtable Initiative

A collaborative grant between Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College and

the Urban Institute

Role: Consulting Investigator

Funding: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Program, $242,040

2004 Meeting the Information Needs of Parolees: Internet Database Training for

NJ State Parole Officer In collaboration with the New Jersey Association on Corrections

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: New Jersey State Parole Board, $3,000

2004 Essex County Discharge Planning and Resource Guide for Counselors and

Inmates In collaboration with the New Jersey Institute of Social Justice

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Nancy Fishman)

Funding: New Jersey Department of Corrections, $20,000

2002 - 2003 Resources for People Leaving Prison

In collaboration with the New Jersey Association on Correction

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with James Hemm and Margaret Smith).

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Funding: The Fund for New Jersey, $15,000

2001 - 2002 Coordinating Social and other Service Agencies in the Newark Area

In collaboration with the Prisoners and their Families Project

Role: Co-principal Investigator (with Paul Shane)

Funding: Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, $9,000

Internal

2016 - 2017 Facility-, Incident-, and Inmate-Level Factors Associated with Jail Suicides.

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: PSC-CUNY 47 Research Award, $5,931.36

2013 (fall) Recipient. Sabbatical, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY

2012 - 2013 Escapes from Custody and Violence: Do the Courts Have it Wrong?

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: PSC-CUNY 43 Research Award, $11,998

2007 - 2008 Assessing the Expectations, Realities, and Outcomes of Women Leaving

Prison to a Gender-Specific Halfway House Environment Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: PSC-CUNY University Committee on Research, $4,744

2006 - 2007 Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Post-Release Prison

Reentry Needs in the Greater Newark, NJ Region Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: PSC-CUNY University Committee on Research, $3,990

2005 Assessing the Essex County Smart Book: A Resource Guide for Going Home

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: Bloomfield College’s Faculty Development Committee, $1,220

2003 - 2004 Advocating, Marketing, and Enhancing NewarkSuccess.org

Role: Principal investigator

Funding: Bloomfield College’s Faculty Development Committee, $1,729

2002 Recipient. Study Leave, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ. Fall 2002

Consulting Activities

2018-2019 Consultant, Criminal Justice MA Program Development in El Salvador,

Regional Training / Academy Program: Promoting Quantitative Analysis

Capabilities and Applied Research on Citizen Security in Central America, US

Agency for International Development.

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2016 - 2017 Consultant, Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ): Design and Testing.

Consulted on revisions to Section 10: Jail Program and Activates section. Abt

Associates and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

2016 Consultant, Prison reform. Coordinating Body for the Justice Sector

Modernization of the Government of Guatemala.

2006 - 2013 Site Director in Manhattan, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program

(ADAM II), Abt Associates and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

2005 Research Consultant, Drafted the text on the needs, issues, and procedures to

implement post-secondary education in a correctional facility for the New Jersey

Institute for Social Justice.

2005 Research Consultant, Evaluated Youth Challenge’s residential drug treatment

facility, as an alternative to incarceration, for men in Newport News, VA. For J.C.

Kellogg Foundation, Summit, NJ.

2004 Training Consultant, Conducted a training session titled “Meeting the Health

and Human Service Needs for Probationers: Internet Database Training for

Probation Officers” for New Jersey Office of the Public Defender’s Life Skill

Advocates, Trenton, NJ.

2004 Training Consultant, Conducted two training sessions titled “Meeting the Health

and Human Service Needs for Parolees: Internet Database Training for Parole

Officers” for New Jersey State Parole Board training officers, Newark &

Bloomfield, NJ.

2004 Research Consultant, Drafted the text on the needs, issues, and procedures to

implement HIV/AIDS outreach to parolees for the Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention HIV Prevention Projects’ Community-Based Organization Grant

#04064, Isaiah House, East Orange, NJ.

Panel Memberships (selected)

2016 - Member, The Crime and Justice Alliance, American Society of Criminology &

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

2018 Founding Member, American Prison Research Network / Red de Investigacion

Penitenciaria de las Americas, http://redpenitenciaria.org

2014 - 2017 Advisory Board Member, The Reset Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

2017 Participant, Second Annual Jail Research Network Meeting, Bureau of Justice

Statistics, Aurora, CO. (April)

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2017 Evaluator, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Innovation in American

Government Awards Program, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and

Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School.

2016 Discussant, Thematic Session: Engaging Former Prisoners in Health Care to

Improve Reentry, American Society of Criminology, New Orleans (November)

2016 Participant, First Annual Jail Research Network Meeting, Bureau of Justice

Statistics, Aurora, CO. (June)

2016 Participant, Reentry Convening, New York Governor’s Council of Community

Re-Entry and Reintegration, John Jay College, New York, NY. (May)

2007 - 2017 Advisory Group Member, Transition from Jail to Community project.

National Institute of Corrections & The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2015 Participant, Topical Working Group on the Use of Administrative Segregation in

the United State, National Institute of Justice, Arlington, VA. (October)

2015 Observer, Approaches to Reforming Long-Term Isolation: A Colloquium to

Further a National Consensus on Ending the Over-Use of Extreme Isolation, John

Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. (September)

2015 Participant, Probation Revocation in the Era of Mass Incarceration, John Jay

College and the University of Minnesota’s Robin Institute of Criminal Law and

Criminal Justice, New York, NY. (March)

2012 - 2013 Advisory Group Member, Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of

Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

2011 - 2013 Advisory Committee Member, Justice and Health Data Exchange Initiative,

Bureau of Justice Assistance & Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY.

2012 Search Committee Member, Director of Research position at the Vera Institute

of Justice, New York, NY.

2011 - 2012 Evaluation Advisory Board Member, The Choice is Yours (TCY) Alternative

to Incarceration Program, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia.

2009 - 2012 Research Associate, Rutgers Center on Public Security.

2007 - 2011 Member, Health Reentry Work Group, New York Academy of Medicine.

2009 - 2010 Member, Bergen County, NJ Health Services Advisory Committee.

2010 Participant, Equal Justice, Unequal Results: Security Classification of

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Incarcerated Women Conference, Corrections Committee of the Criminal Justice

Section of the American Bar Association, New York, NY.

2007 - 2009 Participant, Connecting Health Care in Jails to the Health of Communities: A

Collaboration of Stakeholders, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The

Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, Washington, DC.

2002 - 2008 Director, NewarkSuccess.org, an interactive database of community resources for

people leaving prison and their families in the Newark, NJ metropolitan area.

2006 - 2007 Member, National Advisory Group, Jail Reentry Roundtable Initiative, The

Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2006 Member, The Public Health Association of New York City: Public Safety,

Criminal Justice, and Health Work Group, Bellevue Hospital, NYC.

2006 Participant, Jail Reentry Roundtable, June 26-28, The Urban Institute,

Washington, DC.

2005 - 2006 Affiliate, The Reentry Mapping Network, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

2005 - 2006 Participant, “Incarceration, Reentry and the Family Roundtable Series.” Rutgers-

Newark School of Criminal Justice and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice,

Newark, NJ.

2002 - 2005 Co-director, Prisoners and their Families Project. A project designed to develop

a coordinated, collaborative approach to services for people leaving prison and

their families in the Newark, New Jersey area. The project is shared with the

Department of Social Work at Rutgers University - Newark.

2002 - 2004 Advisory Committee Member, Seth Boyden Community Resource Center, Seth

Boyden Housing Project, Newark, NJ.

2002 - 2003 Participant, “New Jersey Reentry Roundtable.” New Jersey Institute for Social

Justice, Trenton, NJ.

2002 Co-organizer, Prisoners and their Families conference, Rutgers-Newark, (June).

Invited Presentations (selected)

Mellow, Jeff (2020). Comparative Criminal Justice System and Practices, Dongguk University,

Seoul, Korea, July 13 -18.

Mellow, Jeff (2019). Teaching Prison Studies. Americas Prisons Research Network – Mini-

Conference, Open Society Foundations, Washington, DC, May 29.

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Mellow, Jeff (2019). Lockdown Post-Show Conversation Speaker. Rattlestick Playwrights

Theater, New York. May 1.

Mellow, Jeff and Deborah Koetzle. (2019). Reforma Penitenciaria: Prision Preventiva (Prison

Reform: Pre-trial Detention). Oral Adversarial Skill-Building Immersion Seminar’s

(OASIS) Oral Litigation Training at Universidad de Guadalajara, Justice in Mexico

program, University of San Diego, January 11.

Mellow, Jeff. (2018). Key Factors to Promote Successful Criminal Justice Initiatives. Leaders in

Citizen Security and Justice Management, Institute de Asuntos Públicos, Universidad de

Chile & John Jay College, John Jay College, NY. December 12.

Mellow, Jeff. (2018). Las Cárceles Prácticas Penitencias Basadas en Evidencia (Evidence-

based Practices in Penitentiary Practices). Centro de Orientación Profesional (The

Center for Professional Careers), Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, San

Salvador, El Salvador, June 22.

Mellow, Jeff and Deborah Koetzle. (2018). Reduciendo el Hacinamiento en las Cárceles

Salvadoreñas (Reducing Overcrowding in Salvadoran Prisons). La Reduccion del

Hacinamiento y Generacion de Segundas Oportunidades con el Sector Priavdo, Bureau of

International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State, San

Salvador, El Salvador, April 19.

Mellow, Jeff and Deborah Koetzle. (2017). Logros y Desafíos para la Investigación en EEUU

(Achievements and Challenges for Research in the USA). II Encuentro de la Red de

Trabajo sobre Sistemas Penitenciaros de las Americas, Lima, Peru, April 28.

Mellow, Jeff. (2016). High-Level Implementation: Key Factors to Promote Successful

Comprehensive Reentry Initiatives. National Science Foundation funded Prisoner Reentry

and Reintegration Workshop, Rutgers University, Newark School of Criminal Justice,

April 14.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2013). Examination of NeON’s and Their Impact on

Youth on Probation. Testimony to the Committee on Juvenile Justice, The Council of the

City of New York, December 6.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2013). Advancing Motivational Interviewing. The New

York City Department of Probation Professional Development Day, NY, January 17.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin and Jeff Mellow. (2012). From Partnership to Participation: Developing

Trust through Action Research of the NeONs. The New York City Department of

Probation Professional Development Day, NY, June 21.

Mellow, Jeff, Gary Christensen and Kevin Warwick. (2011). Transition from Jail to Community

Part I: Resources for Building Systems Approach to Jail Transition. American Jail

Association’s Annual Training Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May.

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Stageman, Dan, Jeff Mellow, Andrea Colan and Adam Fera. (2010). United States Correctional

Incident Database (CID) 2006 - Present: Preliminary Results. The Academy for Critical

Incident Analysis (ACIA): Critical Incident Education and Training Conference. John Jay

College, October 21, NY.

Mellow, Jeff. (2010). What Goes on Behind the Walls. Back to the Community: Making Systems

Work for Reentry. Rutgers-Camden, NJ. April.

Mellow, Jeff. (2010). Prisoner Reentry. American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, New

York Law School.

Mellow, Jeff. (2009). Why Innovation Works: Best Practices in Reentry. Keynote address at the

Re-Entry Summit, Bergen County, NJ. June.

Mellow, Jeff. (2009). Correctional Health Webinar: MPA Capstone Project. New York

University - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. March.

Mellow, Jeff. (2008). Interview: Research Expert Jeff Mellow on the Elements of Inmate

Re-entry, COCHS Connection, 3, 4-5.

Reprinted in Corrections.com. The elements of inmate re-entry, 12/22/2008.

www.corrections.com/articles/20296

Mellow, Jeff. (2007). Quoted in Family Matters’ article, Using maps to tell a story. A

publication of Family Justice, Fall 2007.

Mellow, Jeff. (2006). The Evolving Standard of Decency: Is Post-Release Planning Next?

Committee on Corrections, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York,

June.

Mellow, Jeff. (2006). Discharge Planning. Doctoral Colloquium Series, John Jay College of

Criminal Justice, February.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Scholarly Commentator for Movies in Time, The History Channel

(discussed Cool Hand Luke), September.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Two Keys to Success: Education & Employment. Presented at Pathways

Home: Parole – Community Conference in Offender Reentry, Woodrow Wilson School,

Princeton University, September.

Mellow, Jeff. (2005). Two Keys to Success: Education and Employment. Presented at Making

Connections: Parole Community Strategies in Offender Re-Entry, Passaic County

Community College, Paterson, NJ, May.

Mellow, Jeff. (2004). Collective community corrections: Seth Boyden Project. Presented

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to the New Jersey Chapter American Correctional Association, 22nd Annual Conference,

Atlantic City, NJ, October.

Mellow, Jeff. (2004). Understanding the Needs of Parolees. Presented to the Rutgers-Newark

Social Work Advisory Council, September.

Mellow, Jeff. (2004). The Digital Divide in Discharge Planning: Problems and Solutions.

Presented to social worker managers at the New Jersey Department of Corrections,

Trenton, NJ, September.

Conference Presentations

Presentations for professional meetings (including American Society of Criminology, Academy

of Criminal Justice Sciences, and other professional organizations) available upon request

Quoted in the Following Media on Correctional Related Issues

Asbury Park Press (NJ), Campus Progress, Capital (Annapolis, MD), Chicago Tribune,

Columbia News Service (NY), History Channel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Modest

Bee (CA), New Jersey Star-Ledger, Record (Bergen County, NJ), New Jersey Pubic

Television (NJN), New York Times, Orlando Sentinel (FL), San Quentin News (CA),

Sun-Sentinel (FL), The Columbus Dispatch, The Daily, The Long Islander (NY),

Uptown1Radio, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Yale Daily News.

Supervision of Ph.D. Dissertations and M.A. Theses

Chair of Ph.D. dissertations

Chaitoo, Navena. (In progress). Disability and criminal justice involvement.

Silletti, Angela. (In progress). Does a change in statute change anything? An analysis of

geriatric parole decisions.

Peirce, Jennifer. (In progress, ABD). International standards in practice: Prisoners’

perceptions of humane treatment in the Dominican Republic’s prison reform process.

Kim, Mijin. 2019. Behavioral effects of restrictive housing on prisoners.

Rogers, Erin. 2018. An examination of organizational, operational, and traumatic stressors in

relation to job burnout among correctional employees in order to address staff retention

and job satisfaction.

Peterson, Bryce. 2014. Inmate-, incident-, and facility-level factors associated with escapes

from custody and violent outcomes.

Received 2015 John Jay College Ph.D. program Outstanding Dissertation Award

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Goodman, Marna. 2014. Obtaining their GED: The Pennsylvania Academic Career/Technical

Training Alliance Initiative: Engaging youth in school and work.

Barnes-Ceeney, Kevin. 2013. Negotiating labyrinths of risk: The impact and implementation of

a structured violence risk assessment instrument in juvenile parole.

Received 2013 John Jay College Ph.D. program Best Dissertation Award

Neusteter, S. Rebecca. 2012. Exploring change in local criminal justice systems: An

examination of the implementation of the Justice Reinvestment at the Local Level model

in three U.S. counties.

Crayton, Anna Lee. 2012. Long-term incarceration and public safety: Predicting the

recidivism risk of long-term prisoners.

Cantora, Andrea. 2011. Perceptions of correctional treatment: Understanding how women

offenders respond to a female halfway house.

Member of Ph.D. dissertations

(1) Kim M. Marino (2) Younoh Cho (3) Amy Shlosberg (4) Yvonne Neiman (5) Sriram

Chintakrindi (6) Megan Welsh (7) Michelle Cubellis (8) Cassandra Ramdath (9) Celia

Sporer (10) Janet Wiersema (Graduate Center – Public Health) (11) Laura Lutgen (12)

Ronald Day (13) Susruta Sudula (14) Victor St.John

External reader for Ph.D. dissertation proposals

(1) Tonya Desa (2) Christopher R. Hermann (3) Matasha Harris (4) LaNina N. Cooke (5)

Kevin Barrett (6) Ahmet Kule (7) Phillip Kopp (8) Jisun Choi

Chair of M.A. Theses

(1) Jean Lem (2) Catherine Salzinger (3) Mijin Kim (4) Kathy Mora

Member of M.A. Theses

(1) Shari Bath (New York University) (2) Rosanna Cruz (3) Natalie Loveland (4) Colin

Asher (Columbia University) (5) Ben Schwerin

Professional Service (selected)

Journal reviewer Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice and

Behavior, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminal Justice Review, Health & Justice,

Journal of Correctional Health Care, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Offender

Rehabilitation, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and

Public Administration Review

Proposal reviewer

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National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

Proposal, 2015

The Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation, 2013

Faculty grant applications at St. Joseph’s College, New York, 2009

Technical reviewer National Institute of Justice: Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Project. June 2015.

Urban Institute: Transition from Prison to Community Initiative Process Evaluation

Report, 2012

RAND Corporation: Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry

in California: State of the State Report, 2011

RAND Corporation: Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry

in California. 2009 (acknowledged in report)

The New York City Department of Justice report: The Collaborative Family Initiative.

April 2008 (acknowledged in report)

Peeples, Carole & Christie Donner. (2007). Getting on after getting out: A re-entry guide

for Colorado. Denver: Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

(acknowledged in book).

Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer’s report: Breaking Parole: An Analysis

of the New York State Division of Parole’s Caseload Management Guidelines.

December 2006. (acknowledged in report)

Tenure and/or promotion reviewer

Florida Atlantic University, North Dakota State University, and University of North

Texas at Dallas.

Other Service

Member, Student Awards Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2018

Chair, Student Affairs Committee, American Society of Criminology’s Division on

Corrections and Sentencing, 2016 - 2017

Member, Membership Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2016 - 2017

Member, Vollmer Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2011-2012

Chair, Outreach Committee of American Society of Criminology’s Division on

Corrections and Sentencing, 2009-2012

Outside Advisor, MA Student Colin Asher at the Columbia University Graduate School

of Journalism. Topic: Prison based higher education, 2009-2010

Program committee member, Annual Meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, 2009.

Advisor, Provided assistance to the National Democratic Institute for International

Affairs on prison issues, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2002.

Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center (selected)

AY=Academic Year

Member, Ph.D. Executive Committee, AY 10, 11, 12, 14, 15

Member, Ph.D. Core Faculty, AY 14, 15, 16, 17

Member, Ph.D. Curriculum & Exam Committee, AY 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17

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Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Award Committee, AY 13, 14, 15,

Grader, Criminal Justice, Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination, AY 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 14,

15, 16, 17, 18

Deputy Executive Officer, Program of Doctoral Studies in Criminal Justice, AY 10, 11,

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Member, Ph.D. Membership Committee, AY 10, 11, 12, 16, 17

Member, Ph.D. Admission & Financial Aid Committee, AY 06, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19

Member, Ph.D. Election Committee, AY 10, 11, 12

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (selected)

Presenter, Grants 101 Workshop, John Jay College Faculty Development Day, 2013

Member, John Jay College IRB Committee, AY 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10

Chair, AA Degree Educational Partnerships Committee, AY 07, 08, 09

Reviewer, PSC-CUNY Research Award Program, 2008

Member, AA Degree Educational Partnerships Committee, AY 06

John Jay College’s M.A. in Criminal Justice Program (selected)

Grader, Comprehensive Examination, AY 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17

Member, Master of Public Health in Criminal Justice Graduate Program Development,

AY 14, 15

Member, Admissions Committee, AY 10

Chair, GRE Subcommittee, AY 09

John Jay College’s Criminal Justice Department (selected)

Member, Outstanding Criminal Justice Thesis, AY 15

Member, Personnel & Budget Committee, AY 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18

Member, Grade Appeal Committee, AY 09, 10, 11, 12

Member, Curriculum Committee, AY 09

Member, Search Committee, Lecturer Position, AY 09

Bloomfield College (selected)

Member, Students Affairs Committee, AY 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04

Member, Enrollment Management Committee, AY 03, 04

Member, Admission & Financial Aid Committee, AY 03, 04

Member, Honors Council, AY 02, 03, 04

Member, Faculty Council, AY 00, 01, 02

Member, Presidential Search Committee, 2002

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, AY 01

Member, All College Planning Committee, AY 00, 01

Bloomfield College’s Sociology Department (selected)

Advisor, Criminal Justice Concentration Majors, AY 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04

Coordinator, Criminal Justice Concentration, AY 00, 01, 02

Teaching

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Ph.D. courses

Community Corrections

Punishment & Special Population in Corrections

M.A. courses

Field Work in Public Administration

Issues of Criminal Justice

Probation and Parole

Problems in Contemporary Corrections

Readings in Criminal Justice

Undergraduate courses

Adolescent Psychosocial Problems

Criminal Justice and Gender

Criminology

Correctional Management

Corrections

Drugs, Crime and Social Policy

Freshman Seminar

Institutional Treatment of the Offender

Juvenile Delinquency

Prisoner Reentry

Race and Crime

The Law and Institutional Treatment

Professional Memberships

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)

American Society of Criminology (ASC)

International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA)