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HONORS

MAY, 2006 - Rachel Magennis (left) won the UMKC Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award for her thesis in Sociology, “Factors Associated with Burnout Among Social Service Workers.” Her thesis then was nominated by UMKC for the 2006 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award which she won. She is pictured here with her chair, Deborah Smith.

MAY, 2006 - Elyse Max (left) won the Superior Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (one of 3 winners in the College of Arts & Sciences). She is shown with Julie Russell who nominated her along with Dana Collins.

Dana Collins was recognized for her excellence in teaching by the Dept. of Sociology / Criminal Justice & Criminology.

RESEARCH

Professor Peter Singelmann recevied a UMRB grant to examine the contradictory implications of political democratization and economic liberalization under the NAFTA for Mexico's former ruling party (PRI), with a focus on its two sugarcane growers unions. Its significance rests in its intent to resolve theoretical disagreements over the relations between these political and economic processes. UMRB grants are highly competitive, and Professor Singelmann was among only 9 UMKC professors to receive funding.

Publications
Presentations
Grants

Recent Faculty Publications

Jackson, S. Forthcoming. “The City From Thirty-Thousand Feet: Space, Embodiment and the Use of GIS as an Urban Planning Tool.” Forthcoming, Technology and Culture.

Alarid, L. F. & K. J. Novak. . “Citizens’ Views on Using Alternative Reporting Methods in Policing.” Criminal Justice Policy Review. Forthcoming.

Jackson, S. 2006. “The Slippage Between Ground and Sky.” Review: Urban Planning and Architecture, 8: 7.

Torres, T. 2006. “La Quinceñera: Traditioning and the Social Construction of the Mexican American Female,” in Futuring Our Past, ed. Orlando Espín and Gary Macy, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.

Belknap, Joanne and Kristi Holsinger, 2006. “The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency: A Pathways Approach, Feminist Criminology, Vol. 1: 48-71.

Novak, K. J. & R. S. Engel. 2005 “Disentangling the Influence of Suspects’ Demeanor and Mental Disorder on Arrest.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. 28(3): 493-512.

Holsinger, Kristi and Alexander Holsinger, 2005. “Differential Pathways to Violence and Self-Injurious Behavior: African-American and White Girls in the Juvenile Justice System.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 42(2): 211-242.

Holsinger, Kristi and Andrew Crowther, 2005. “College Course Participation for Incarcerated Youth: Bringing Restorative Justice to Life.” Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Vol. 16, pp. 328-339.

Holsinger, Kristi and Patricia Van Voorhis, 2005. “Examining Gender Inequities in Classification Systems: Missouri’s Development of a Gender-Responsive Assessment Instrument.” Women, Girls and Criminal Justice, Vol. 6(3): 33-48.

Jackson, S. 2005. “Critical Evaluations: Seven Projects, Seven Perspectives” with Bruce Burstert, Sheila
Kemper Dietrick, Scott Fishman, Kevin Klinkenberg, Cydney Millstein, and Whitney Terrell. Review: Urban Planning and Architecture Annual 6: 9.

Roberg, R., K. Novak & G. Cordner. 2005. Police & Society, 3rd Ed. Roxbury Publishing.

Smith, B. W., K. J. Novak, J. Frank, & C. Lowenkamp 2005. “Explaining Police Officer Discretionary Activity.” Criminal Justice Review 30: 325-346.

Faculty Presentations

Novak, K. J. & Alarid, L. “Citizens Views on Using Alternate Reporting Methods in Policing.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, 2007.

Jackson, S. “GIS as an Urban Planning Tool: Some Thoughts on Embodiment and the Digital Public Sphere.” Paper presented at The Technology and Citizenship Symposium, Montreal, Canada. June 9, 2006.

Alarid, L., & K. J. Novak. “Community Input to Enhance Police Priorities in Residential Neighborhoods.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, 2006.

Jackson, S. “Digitizing the Public Sphere: GIS and the Problem of the Body.” Paper presented at the Society for American City and Regional Planning History Annual Conference, Miami, Florida. October 22, 2005.

Kendall, L., and Breytspraak, L. M. "Student Retention: An Exploratory Study." Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Conference. Oklahoma City, OK., 2005.

Holsinger, A. M., K. J. Novak, & K. Kras. "Deterrence Media Messages: Penetration & Salience Among Felons" Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; Chicago, 2005.

Novak, K. J. “Applying Theory to Examine Racial Profiling”. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, 2005.

FACULTY GRANTS

Alex Holsinger & Ken Novak, "Project Safe Neighborhoods", $150,000. Funded by the Office of Justice Programs.

Deborah Smith, Head Start Innovation and Improvement Planning Grant. $99,344. Missouri/Kansas Family Development Credential (FDC) Program.

Deborah Smith, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. $90,000. Family Development Credential (FDC) Program.

Deborah Smith, Missouri Children’s Trust Fund. $29,122. Administrative, Missouri Scholarships for Family Development Credential (FDC) Program.

Jackson, S. National Park Service, Feasibility Study Grant, Mutual Musicians Foundation, 2005-6.

Jackson, S. Honors Program Faculty Fellow, UMKC. 2005-7.

Jackson, S. Curriculum Development Grant, Center for Creative Studies, UMKC. 2005.

Jackson, S. Students in the City Faculty Fellow. 2005.

Ken Novak, Community Input to Enhance Police Priorities. $50,000.00, Co-Principal Investigator (with Leanne Alarid). Funded by the City of Kansas City.

Ken Novak, Police-Public Contacts in Traffic Enforcement (Continued funding, $52,900). Funded by the City of Kansas City.

Jackson, S. Social Science Research Council, Digital Cultural Institutions Project Grant. 2004.