CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

(Updated November, 2004)

JAMES D. UNNEVER

PRESENT POSITION:	Professor of Sociology
	Radford University
PRESENT ADDRESS	Department of Sociology/Anthropology
	Radford University
	Radford, VA 24142
*Office:*	(540) 831-5130
*E-mail:* *Homepage*	junnever@radford.edu www.radford.edu/~junnever
*Home:*	(540) 953-0401

EDUCATION

1980, Ph.D.	Duke University, Sociology

1976, M.A.	University of Florida, Sociology

1974, B.A.	University of Florida, Anthropology

1972, A.A.	New Mexico State University, Anthropology

ACADEMIC HONORS

2003	Nominated for the Creative Scholarship Award
2001	Nominated for Faculty Foundation Teaching Award
2000	Nominated for the College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Teaching
1994	Nominated for the Donald N. Dedmon Professorial Award
1994,96	Nominated for the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award
1987,88,91	Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Awards
1977	Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Florida
1974	Bachelor of Arts with Honors, University of Florida

RESEARCH AND WRITINGS

BOOK

Unnever, James D.

1995	Understanding Crime: A Multidimensional Approach. Kendall/Hunt Publishers,
	Dubuque, Iowa.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Cullen, Francis T., John Paul Wright, and James D. Unnever
2005	“Is Poor Parenting Responsible for a Lack of Self-control?” In Out of Control? Evaluating the General Theory of Crime. Edited by Eric Goode., Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.

ARTICLES

Unnever, James D., Julian V. Roberts, and Francis T. Cullen
2005	“Not Everyone Strongly Supports the Death Penalty: Assessing Weakly-Held Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment.” American Journal of Criminal Justice, Forthcoming.

Unnever, James D., Francis T. Cullen, and Bonnie S. Fisher
2005	“Empathy and Support for Capital Punishment.” Journal of Crime and Justice, Forthcoming.

Unnever, James D. and Francis T. Cullen
2005	“Executing the Innocent and Support for Capital Punishment: Implications for Public Policy.” Criminology & Public Policy, February, Volume 4, Issue 1.

Unnever, James D.
2004	“Are Aggressive Victims a Distinct Group?” Aggressive Behavior, Forthcoming.

Unnever, James D. and Dewey G. Cornell
2004	“Reporting being Bullied: A Study of Six Middle Schools.” Aggressive Behavior Forthcoming.

Unnever, James D., Mark Colvin, and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“Crime and Coercion: A Test of Core Theoretical Propositions.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 41 (August):244-268.

Unnever, James D., Francis T. Cullen, and Travis C. Pratt
2003	“Parental Management, ADHD, and Delinquent Involvement: Reassessing Gottfredson and Hirschi’s General Theory.” Justice Quarterly 20 (September):471-500.

Unnever, James D. and Dewey G. Cornell
2003	“Culture of Bullying in Middle School.” Journal of School Violence 2 (2):5-27.

Unnever, James D. and Dewey G. Cornell

2003

“Bullying, Self-control, and ADHD.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 18 (2):

129-147.

Pratt, Travis C., Francis T. Cullen, Kristie R. Blevins, Leah E. Daigle, and James D. Unnever
2002	“The Relationship of ADHD to Crime and Delinquency: A Meta Analysis.” International Journal of Police Science and Management 4 (No. 4):344-360.

Unnever, James D., Allan Kerckhoff, and Timothy Robinson
2000	“District Variations in Educational Resources and Student Outcomes.” Economics of Education Review 20 (No. 3): 245-259.

Unnever, James D. and Paulette Higgins

1995	“The Legislative History of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.” Capitalism Nature Socialism 6 (No. 3): 77-90.

Unnever, James D. and Larry A. Hembroff

1988	“The Prediction of Racial/Ethnic Sentencing Disparities: An Expectation States Approach.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 25 (No. 2): 53-82.

Unnever, James D.

1982	“Direct and Organizational Discrimination in the Sentencing of Drug Offenders.” Social Problems 30 (No. 2): 212-225.

Unnever, James D.

1980	“Structural and Direct Discrimination Among Minorities in the Criminal Justice System.” Research Bulletin 3 (No. 4), Published by the Hispanic Research Center, Fordham University.

Unnever, James D., Charles Frazier and John C. Henretta

1980	“Race Differences in Criminal Sentencing.” Sociological Quarterly 21 (Spring): 197-205. Reprinted in Understanding Social Statistics (1983), Gene Lutz, Macmillan.

Articles Under Review

Unnever, James D. and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“Public Support for Attacking the ‘Root Causes’ of Crime: The Impact of Egalitarian and Racial Beliefs.” Submitted to the American Journal of Sociology.

Unnever, James D., Francis T. Cullen, and Robert Agnew

2004	“Why is “Bad” Parenting Criminogenic? A Test of Two Rival Theories.” Submitted to Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.

Unnever, James D., Francis T. Cullen, and Brandon Applegate
2004	“Turning the Other Cheek: Moving Beyond Fundamentalism in Explaining Punitive Ideology.” Submitted to Justice Quarterly.

Unnever, James D. and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“Are Christian Fundamentalists Radical Supporters of Capital Punishment?” Submitted to the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

Unnever, James D. and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“Reassessing the Racial Divide in Support for Capital Punishment.” Submitted to Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Unnever, James D., John D. Wooldredge, and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“Aggression and Juvenile Delinquency: Testing Dodge’s Theory of Proactive and Reactive Aggression.”

Unnever, James D. and Dewey G. Cornell
2004	“Validity Checks and School Surveys Related to School Bullying and School Violence.”

Unnever, James D., and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“The Racial Divide in Crime Ideology: The Impact of White Racism?”

Cullen, Francis T., James D. Unnever, Leah E. Daigle, Bonnie S. Fisher, and Pamela Wilcox

2004	“Gender, Self-Control, and Bullying: Revisiting Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Generality Thesis.”

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Unnever, James D. and Nancy Bodenhorn
2004	Evaluation of the Patrick Henry High School Youth Court. Submitted to the Office of Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia.

Unnever, James D. and Lt. Richard Arrington

2001	Roanoke City Project on Bullying: Roanoke School-Based Partnership Bullying Study. Funded by a grant from the Bureau of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (199-SB-WX-0056).

REVIEWS

Unnever, James D.

2004	Crime and Coercion An Integrated Theory of Chronic Criminality, Mark Colvin, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2000, 216 pp., Theoretical Criminology, Forthcoming.

Unnever, James D.

2001	The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research, Charles Teddlie and David Reynolds. Falmer Press, 2000, 411 pp., Economics of Education Review 20 (No. 5):515.

Unnever, James D.

1990	Race Relations in Prisons, Elaine Genders and Elaine Player. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1989, 180 pp., Contemporary Sociology 19 (No. 13):433-434.

Unnever, James D.

1988	Enforcement or Negotiation Constructing a Regulatory Bureaucracy, Neal Shover, Donald A. Clelland and John Lynxwiler. SUNY Press, Albany, 1986, 193 pp., Contemporary Sociology 17 (No. 1):53-54.

Unnever, James D.

1987	The Social Ecology of Crime, edited by J.M. Byrne and R.J. Sampson. Springer-Verlag: New York, 1986, 221 pp., Contemporary Sociology 16 (No. 6): 845-846.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Unnever, James D., and Francis T. Cullen
2004	“Reassessing the Racial Divide in Support for Capital Punishment.” To be presented at the American Society of Criminology meeting, Nashville, TN.

Unnever, James D.
2004	“Are Aggressive Victims a Distinct Group?” To be presented at the American Society of Criminology meeting, Nashville, TN.

Unnever, James D., Francis T. Cullen, and Brandon Applegate
2004	“Turning the Other Cheek: Moving Beyond Fundamentalism in Explaining Punitive Ideology.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ellison, Christopher and James D. Unnever

2003	“Two Faces of Faith: How Religion Promotes and Reduces Support for Punitive Crime Policies.” Presented at the Association for the Sociology of Religion meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Cullen, Francis T., James D. Unnever, Leah E. Daigle, Bonnie S. Fisher, and Pamela Wilcox

2003	“Gender, Self-Control, and Bullying: Revisiting Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Generality Thesis.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Unnever, James D., Mark Colvin, and Francis T. Cullen

2002	“Crime and Coercion: A Test of Core Theoretical Propositions.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Chicago, IL.

Unnever, James D.

2002

“Bullying in a Virginia Community: The Roanoke City Bullying Project.” Invited presentation sponsored by The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, The Virginia Department of Education, Office of Compensatory Programs, and The Virginia Department of Health, Center for Injury and Violence Prevention, Richmond, Norfolk, Northern VA, and Roanoke.

Unnever, James D.

2002	“Understanding Bullying: A Final Report.” Presented at the Virginia Crime Prevention Association, Roanoke, VA.

Unnever, James D.

2001	“Understanding Bullying.” Presented at the Virginia Crime Prevention Association, Virginia Beach, VA.

Unnever, James D. and Timothy Robinson

1999	“Modeling the Consequences of being Physically Assaulted as a Child.” Presented at the American Criminological Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada

Unnever, James D. and Mathew Zingraff

1998	“Testing Straus' Cultural Spillover Theory: Physical Abuse and Violent Crime.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Unnever, James D. and Donald Faggiani

1998	“Are High Violent and Property Crime Arrest Rates Associated with High Rates of Drug Activity?” Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Richmond, VA.

Unnever, James D.

1997	“The Ecology of Child Maltreatment and Crime.” Presented at the World Congress on Violence, Dublin, Ireland.

Unnever, James D. and Alan C. Kerckhoff

1996	“Student Outcomes and District Variations in Educational Resources.” Presented at the America Sociological Association Meeting, New York City, NY.

Unnever, James D. and Donald J. Shoemaker

1995	“Crime, Anomie and Institutional Arrangements: An Aggregate Test of Strain Theory.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Unnever, James D.

1995	“Placing the Drugs/Crime Relationship in a Structural: Context: An Examination of Juvenile Arrests Rates” Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Unnever, James D.

1994	“Building Community and Extending the Classroom: What We're Learning.” National Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia, SC.

Unnever, James D.

1994	“The Causes of Conflict and the Solutions for Peace: A Sociological Perspective.” Presented at the Fourth World Conference of IPPNO, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Unnever, James D., Paulette Higgins and Thomas Shannon

1990	“Environmental Law in the 1970s and 80s: A Case Study of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Unnever, James D. with Robert Nash Parker

1989	“Black/White/Hispanic Differentials in Crime: A Multi-Level Analysis of New York City: An Empirical Assessment.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Unnever, James D., Paulette Higgins and Thomas Shannon

1988	“Political Economy of Capitalist Law: A Case Study of Strip Mining Legislation.” Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Meetings, Atlanta, GA.

Unnever, James D., Paulette Higgins and Thomas Shannon

1987	“Defusing the Consequences of State Crime: The Court's Role.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Unnever, James D., with Robert Nash Parker

1987	“Black/White/Hispanic Differentials in Crime: A Multi-Level Analysis of New York City.” Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Unnever, James D., Paulette Higgins, Thomas Shannon and Robert Kelley

1986	“Interpreting 'Success': A Grass-Roots Effort to Influence the Government in Appalachia.” Presented at the Appalachian Studies Conference, Boone, NC.

Unnever, James D. and Larry Hembroff

1985	“When Judges Discriminate.” An invited paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Unnever, James D.

1983	“The Judge's Propensity to Discriminate.” Presented at the Southern Sociological Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Unnever, James D.

1982	“Direct and Organizational Discrimination in the Sentencing of Drug Offenders.” Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Unnever, James D.

1981	“Institutional Racism: Direct and Structural Discrimination.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Unnever, James D.

1981	“Theoretical Perspectives on the Emergence of Laws.” Presented at the Southern Sociological Meeting, Louisville, KY.

Unnever, James D. and Madeline J. Haug

1980	“Structural Changes and Decreasing Job Satisfaction.” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, Boston, MA.

Unnever, James D.

1979	“Race Differences in Criminal Sentencing.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Boston, MA.

Unnever, James D.

1979	“Theories of Behavior of Social Control Agents.” Presented at the 1979 Southern Sociological Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Unnever, James D., Charles Frazier and John C. Henretta

1978	“The Influence of Three Court Officials on Post Conviction Sentencing.” Presented at the Southern Sociological Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

PARTICPATION AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

2004	Chair and Organizer, “Bullying and School Victimization.” American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.

2004	Michael J. Hindelang Award Committee. American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.

1995	Virginia Humanities Conference, Richmond, VA. Re-Visioning Our Teaching: Making Connections in the Humanities in Virginia. Panel discussant representing Radford University’s Freshman Connections Program.

1995	Fourteenth Annual Freshman Year Experience Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, Panel discussant representing Radford University’s Freshman Connections Program.

1993

Attended, “Thinking Through Differences: Teaching Practices and Student Diversity.” Sponsored by the University of Chicago's National Institute on Issues in Teaching and Learning, Chicago, IL.

1991

Chair and Organizer, “Critical Legal Theory: Crime, Law, and the Community.” Crime, Law, and Deviance Division, American Sociological Association Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1989

Attended, “Cultural Diversity and Liberal Education: Negotiating Difference in the Academy.” Sponsored by the University of Chicago's National Institute on Issues in Teaching and Learning, Chicago, IL.

1988

Chair and Organizer, “Critical Legal Studies: Contradictions and Conflicts in the Form and Content of Law.” Crime and Delinquency Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems Meetings, Atlanta, GA.

1987	Chair and Organizer, “Economic Correlates of Crime.” Crime and Delinquency Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting, Chicago, IL.

1987	Discussant for a Session, “Explaining Deviance and Social Control: Recent Developments in Theory.” Southern Sociological Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

1986	Chair and Organizer, “Research on Sentencing Disparities: What's New.” American Society of Criminology Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

GRANTS

2004-05	Received grant money to evaluate the first Youth Court in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
1997	Radford University Foundation Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant
	Title: Grant Proposal to Fund a Prototype Radford University Cyberschool. ($4,700)
1979	National Institute of Justice, U.S. Dept. of Justice Grant No.:79-NI-AX-0049
	Title: Social Stratification and Racial Bias in the Administration of Criminal Justice. ($10,000)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2000-2001	Senior Methodologist for the Roanoke City Project on Bullying.
1998	Attended a workshop on Structural Equation Modeling (AMOS) in Arlington, VA
1981	Research Associate, Hispanic Research Center, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
1979	Participant in Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Workshop on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice Problems, sponsored by the Law Enforcement Assistant Administration, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July-August.
1978-79	Research Assistant for Dr. Will E. Rice, Dept. of Sociology, Duke University.
1977-78	Research Assistant for Dr. James House, Dept. of Sociology, Duke University, Data Management and Data Analysis (analysis of covariance, multiple regression, logit analysis).
1977-78	Research Assistant for Sharon Poss, Computer Programmer for the Department of Sociology, Duke University, Data Management.
1974	National Geographic Society - Florida State Museum, Archaeological Expedition, Guittherez Zomora, Veracruz, Mexico.

REVIEWER

Justice Quarterly

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Bulletin of Economic Research

Social Science Quarterly

Social Forces

Social Problems

Sociological Quarterly

National Science Foundation

Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency

McGraw-Hill Inc.

Policy Studies Journal

Security Journal

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Sociological Association

American Society for Criminology

TEACHING

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1995-present	Professor, Radford University
1987-1995	Associate Professor, Radford University
1984-87	Assistant Professor, Radford University
1980-84	Assistant Professor, Fordham University
1979	Teaching Assistant, Duke University, Graduate Level Statistics
1975-77	Instructor, University of Florida
1974-75	Teaching Assistant, University of Florida

TEACHING INTERESTS

Criminology/Criminal Justice

Introduction to Criminology

Juvenile Delinquency

School Bullying/School Violence

Criminal Justice Systems

Sociology of Law

Social Inequality, Crime, and Race

Methods

Introduction to Statistics

Introduction to Methods

Advanced Quantitative Methods

Sociology

Introduction to Sociology

Classical Social Theory

Causes of Human Suffering

COURSES TAUGHT

Criminology/Criminal Justice:
	Criminology Sociology of Law
	American Criminal Justice Systems
	Crime, Poverty, and Race
	Contemporary Criminological Issues
	The Political Economy of Law
	Issues in Criminal Justice
	Penology
Methods:	Research Methods II
	Statistics I
	Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Sociology:
	Introductory Sociology Classical Sociological Theory
	The Causes and Solutions to Human Suffering
Course Load:	4 undergraduate courses per semester

SERVICE

2004	University Student Evaluation Committee
2002-04	Member of the Institutional Review Board
2001	Created, organized, and implemented Radford University’s First Website Contest
2001-	Vice-Chair of the Personnel Committee
2000	Presented a workshop “Excel for Grades” for the Faculty Development Center
1999-00	University Parking Committee
1999-00	Member of the CyberUniversity Instructional Design Committee
1999	Guest presenter for Peace and World Order Studies
1999	Guest presenter for “Technology as a Creative and Scholarly Activity”
1998	Member of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
1998	Co-Chair of the CyberUniversity Instructional Design Committee
1998--	Created and maintain the Department of Sociology and Anthropology's Home Page.
1997	Presented at Radford University's Monthly Faculty Colloquium
	Presented at a Teaching Table Talk “Using the WWW to Enhance Learning” Sponsored by the Faculty Development Center.
1996-97	Co-Chair Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
1994-95	Library Liaison, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
1994	Discussant for Session: “Utilizing Student Diversity in the Classroom.” General Education Council Brown Bag Seminar
	Discussant for Session: “Utilizing Student Diversity in the Classroom.” Freshman Connection Workshop.
1993-94	Member of the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology's Curriculum Committee
1992-93	Ad Hoc Committee to institutionalize a Peace and Justice Minor
	Member of the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology's Curriculum Committee
1992	Did two interviews on the Radford University's radio program, “Talk of the Town.” The topics were the Progressive Student Alliance's “Hunger Project” and “The Legacy of Martin Luther King.”
	Gave two guest lectures—A lecture on “Surplus Value” and on volunteering for Hospice.
1989	Invited lecture on the effectiveness of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Virginia Tech.
1988	Discussant for Dept. of English Colloquy, “Critical Theory and the Heritage of Marxism: An Informal Discussion.”
1987	Campus-wide lecture on the Marxian concept of “Surplus Value” for the Honor's Program
1986-87	Department Representative to the School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee.
1984-85	Secretary and Treasurer of the Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology.
1984-8	Counter for Elections
1984-95	Faculty Advisor for the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA).

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