Curriculum Vita

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Education

August, 1993 - May, 1997 Ph.D. in Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University

Dissertation: Thinking About Crime: An Analysis of the Public's Perceptions of Crime Causation.
Committee: Dennis R. Longmire, Chair; Timothy J.
Flanagan; Margaret Farnworth; Robert Biles.

August, 1991 - May, 1993 M.A. in Criminal Justice
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

M.A. Thesis: "Unemployment and Property Crime in Little Rock: A Profile of U.S. Census Tracts."

May, 1991 B.A. Political Science/English Major
Criminal Justice Minor
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Honors and Awards

Spring, 2002 - Winner of the James A. Jordan, Jr. Teaching Award, Penn State Harrisburg

Fall, 2000 - Nominated for the Pennsylvania State University Undergraduate Student Government's Advising Award

Spring, 2001 - Nominated for the Penn State Harrisburg's Student Government Association's James A. Jordan Teaching Award

Fall, 1999 - Certificate of Appreciation, Penn State Harrisburg's Capital College Faculty Senate

1996 - Excellence in Writing Award, Dean's Nomination, Sam Houston State University

Research and Teaching Interests

The development and evaluation of criminological theory, public opinion research on crime and criminal justice, issues of punishment in the American criminal justice system, institutional- and community-based corrections, juvenile law and justice, and domestic violence.

Teaching Experience

August, 1997 - Present: Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State Harrisburg, School of Public Affairs.

August, 1995 - May, 1997: Instructor, Sam Houston State University, College of Criminal Justice.

August, 1992 - May, 1993: Instructor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Criminal Justice.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate courses include: Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminology, Corrections and Rehabilitation, Juvenile Law and Justice, Theories of Crime and Delinquency, Seminar on Juvenile Gangs, Sense and Nonsense About Crime and Drugs, and Research Methods.

Graduate courses include: The Criminal Justice System in America, Research Methods, Statistics, Advanced Theory, Juvenile Justice: Issues and Practice.

Other Professional Experience

Fall, 2001 - Present: Faculty Director, Center for Survey Research, Penn State Harrisuburg.

Spring, 2001 - Present: Consultant, Millersville University's Center for Opinion Research, "Use, Non-Use, and Efficacy of State Victim Service Programs," funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Fall, 2001 - Spring, 2002: Consultant, Greater Harrisburg's YWCA's Legal Clinic, Evaluation of Legal Services to Victims of Domestic Violence.

Spring, 2000 - Spring, 2002: Consultant, the Pennsylvania County Commissioners Association, "Evaluating Batterer Intervention Programs in Six Pennsylvania Counties," funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

May, 1998 - August, 1999: Consultant, City of Harrisburg, Bureau of Police.

October, 1998 - December, 2000: Program Evaluator, Dauphin County: STOP Violence
Against Women Rapid Response Team Program.

June, 1996: Consultant, Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, Sam
Houston State University.

August, 1993 - May, 1997: Coordinator, Survey Research Programs, Criminal Justice
Center, Sam Houston State University.

August, 1991 - May, 1992: Graduate Assistant in the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, Department of Criminal Justice.

Grants

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. James Ruiz, "Provision of Research Support Services to the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force of the Middle District of PA," Awarded Summer, 2003, $139,939.

Lebanon City Crime Commission, Principal Investigator, "Lebanon City Crime and Public Safety Study," Awarded Summer, 2003, $27,000.

Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Principal Investigator, "Survey of the Extent and Nature of Prescription Drug Coverage for Pennsylvania's Seniors," Awarded, Spring, 2003, $81,000.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Principal Investigator, "First Annual Weed and Seed Conference," Awarded Spring, 2002, $89,598.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. James Ruiz, "An Evaluation of the PCCD-Funded Police-Partnerships Projects," Awarded Spring, 2002, $147,775.

The Pennsylvania State University Research Council Grant, "Needs Assessment Related to the Development of a Community Corrections Institute in the Commonwealth," Awarded Spring, 2000, $2800.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Toni Dupont-Morales, Continuation (Project Modification) of Task III under "Provision of Evaluation/Research Support Services." Awarded Summer, 1999, $34,303.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Toni Dupont-Morales, "Provision of Evaluation/Research Support Services." Awarded Summer, 1997, $130,968.

City of York, Pennsylvania, Principal Investigator, "Risk Assessment for At-Risk Youth." Awarded Fall, 1998, $14,994.

Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Michael Young, "Attitudinal Survey of Rural Residents," Awarded Fall, 1998, $49,907.

National Institute of Jutice, Criminal Justice Investigator, "Unintended Consequences of Sentencing Policy: Key Issues in Developing Strategies to Address Long-Term Healthcare Needs of Prison Inmates," Dr. Chris McKenna and Dr. Cynthia Mara, Principle Investigators, Awarded Fall, 1998, $131,768.

Unfunded Research Proposals

"Rural Attitudinal Survey - 2003." Principal Investigator. Submitted to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, August, 2002. $50,000.

"Public Opinion About Sentencing: A National Study - 1998." Submitted Fall, 1997 to the National Institute of Justice.

"Public Opinion About Sentencing: A National Study - 1999." Submitted Fall, 1998 to the National Institute of Justice.

"Treating the Drug- and/or Alcohol-Addicted Juvenile Offender: An Evaluation of Pennsylvania's Juvenile Treatment Programs." Submitted Spring, 2001 to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Publications

Referreed Journal Articles

Sims, Barbara and Eric Johnson. 2003. "Examining Public Opinion About Crime and Justice: A Statewide Study." Criminal Justice Policy Review, 14(1): 1-22.

Sims, Barbara. "The Impact of Causal Attribution on Correctional Ideology: A National Study." Forthcoming in Criminal Justice Review.

Slabonik, Maria and Barbara Sims. "Controlling Discretion in Bureaucratic Agencies: A Survey of Dauphin County Adult Probation Officers." Corrections Compendium. 27(9):1-5, and 22-23, September, 2002.

Woessner, Matthew and Barbara Sims. "Technological Innovation and the Application of the Fourth Amendment," forthcoming in Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.

Sims, Barbara, Michael Hooper, and Steven Peterson. "Determinants of Citizens' Attitudes Toward Police: Results of the Harrisburg Citizen Survey - 1999," Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. 25(3):xx, (2002).

Sims, Barbara, Kathryn Scarborough, and Janice Ahmad. "The Relationship Between Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Women and Perceptions of Police Models," forthcoming in The Police Quarterly.

"Surveying the Correctional Environment: A Review of the Literature." Corrections Management Quarterly, 5 (2): 1-12, (2001).

"Victim Restitution: A Review of the Literature." The Justice Professional 13 (3) (Spring, 2000).

Baadsager, Pernille, Barbara Sims, Justin Baer, and William J. Chambliss. "Explanations for the Over-Representation of Minorities in Today's Imprisonment Binge," Corrections Management Quarterly, 4.1 (Winter, 2000).

Sims, Barbara and Wenbo Shi. "Assessment of Pennsylvania Intermediate Punishment Programs." Corrections Management Quarterly, 3.4 (Fall, 1999): 53-62.

"Stages of Strategic Management: Putting it All Together in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania." Corrections Management Quarterly, 1998. 2 (4): 56-65.

"Crime, Punishment, and the American Dream: Toward a Marxist Integration." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 1997, 3 (1): 5-24.

Sims, Barbara and Mark Jones. "Predicting Success or Failure on Probation: Factors Associated with Felony Probation Outcomes." Crime and Delinquency, 1997. 43 (3): 314-327.

Jones, Mark and Barbara Sims. "Recidivism of Offenders Released from Prison in North Carolina: A Gender Comparison." The Prison Journal, 1997. 77 (3): 335-348.

"Questions of Corrections: Public Attitudes Toward Prison and Community Based Programs." Corrections Management Review. 1997. 1 (1): 49-56.

Books

Treating the Substance-Addicted Offender, forthcoming, Haworth Press. An edited volume of eleven chapters, one of which is authored by the editor and one of which is co-authored by the editor. These chapters deal with the problems associated with treating the substance-addicted correctional client in both the institional- and community-based environment.

Parts of Books

"Criminal Justice Public Policy." Forthcoming in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, 2003.

"The Contribution of Thorsten Sellin to the Field of Criminology." (pp. 341-343) in Frank P. Williams III and Marilyn D. McShane (eds.) Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice, (2003) Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

"Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: The Role of the Program Evaluator." Pgs. 313-326 in Howard Rebach and John Bruhn (eds.) Handbook of Clinical Sociology (2001) New York, NY: Kluwer Academic Press.

"A Review of Criminological Theory." Pgs. 31-50 in Michael Hooper and Toni
Dupont-Morales (eds.) Handbook in Criminal Justice Administration (2000).

"The National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice - 1995: Development and Methods." (1996) Timothy J. Flanagan and Dennis R. Longmire editors, Americans View Crime and Justice: A National Survey of Public Opinion. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Book Reviews and other Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

August, 2001 - "The American Public and Attitudes About Crime Causation." The Critical Criminologist (11) (3): 3-9.

(2001) Joel Dyer's (2000) The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime. In Public Integrity (Winter): 101-105.

(1999) Gregg Barak's (1996) Representing O.J.: Murder, Criminal Justice, and Mass Culture. In Journalof Criminal Justice Education 10 (1): 185-191.

(1996) John Hagan and Ruth D. Peterson's (1995) Crime and Inequality. In Justice Quarterly 13 (3): 535-542.

September/October 1995, ACJS Today of Goldstein and Glick's The Prosocial Gang: Implementing Aggression Replacement Training.

Research Reports

"Statewide Survey of Older Pennsylvanians - 2001: A Profile of Prescription Drug Coverage" and "Statewide Survey of Older Pennsylvanians - 2001: A Profile of Health Insurance Coverage." Reports presented to the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, May, 2002. Single authored.

"Assessment of Restrictive Intermediate Punishment Programs." Report presented to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, March, 2001. Co-authored with Toni Dupont-Morales.

"Attitudinal Survey of Rural Residents - 1999: Summary of Findings." Report presented to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, February, 2000. Co-authored with Michael Young.

"Pennsylvania Crime Victimization Survey: Overview of Findings," Report presented to Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, August, 2000. Co-authored with Michael Young and Berwood Yost.

"Restrictive Intermediate Punishment in Pennsylvania." Report presented to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, October, 1999. Co-authored with Toni Dupont-Morales.

"Victim Restitution: A Review of the Literature." Report presented to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, April, 1999.

"Victim Services: A Review of the Literature." Report presented to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, August, 1999.

"Harrisburg Citizen Survey: Citizens' Perceptions of Police and Their Local Environments." Report presented to the City of Harrisburg, Bureau of Police, August, 1999.

"Assessment of Intermediate Punishment Programs." Co-authored with Wenbo Shi. As part of a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. July, 1999.

"York City Communities That Care: Risk and Resource Assessment, Prioritization of Risk Factors, Strategies to Reduce Adolescent Problem Behaviors, and Outcome Evaluation." Report presented to the City of York. Fall, 1998.

1995 Crime Poll: Texas and the Nation, a comparison of the citizens of Texas with the rest of the nation on issues of crime and criminal justice. Uses data from the National Opinion Survey of Crime and Criminal Justice - 1995 conducted by Sam Houston
State University's Criminal Justice Center -- Survey Research Program.

1994 Texas Crime Poll, co-authored with Dr. Dennis Longmire, Sam Houston State University, and Vincent West, Sam Houston State University. A statewide mail survey of 1000 Texas residents with regard to their attitudes toward crime and criminal justice.

Academic Presentations

"Results of the 2001 Penn State Poll: Pennsylvanians' View Crime and Justice." Paper presented as part of the PA State Data Center's Spring Lecture Series, Penn State's Downtown Center, May, 2002.

"Batterer Intervention Programming in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Findings From a Self-Administered Survey of Batterers." Paper presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, co-authored with Carissa Herwig.

"Surveying the Victims of Domestic Violence: Satisfaction With Victim Services, Victims' Perceptions of Self-Esteem, Coping Skills, and Social Support Systems." Paper presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, co-authored with Jessica Swanson.

"A Community Approach to Domestic Violence: Lessons Learned From Duluth and Beyond." Paper presented at the Penn State Downtown Center, April, 2001.

"Assessment of Restrictive Intermediate Punishment Programs." Paper Presented at the 2001 Criminal Justice Research Symposium, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, co-authored with Toni Dupont-Morales.

"The Relationship Between Marxist and Symbolic Interactionism Theories of Crime: A Macro/Micro Perspective." Paper presented at the 2000 Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, co-authored with Ruth Triplett.

"Perceptions of the Competency of Women in Policing." Co-authored with Kathryn Scarborough and Jan Ahmad, Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

"Drug and Alcohol Treatment: Evaluation, Research, and Community Safety." Co-authored with M.A. (Toni) Dupont-Morales and Henry Sontheimer, Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences."

"Victim Restitution: A Review of the Literature." Paper presented at the 1999 Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency's Criminal Justice Research Symposium. Co-authored with Berwood Yost.

"Crime Victimization in Pennsylvania: Results of a Statewide Telephone Survey." Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Co-authored with Berwood Yost.

"Crime Victimization in Pennsylvania: Results of a Statewide Telephone Survey." Paper presented at the Penn State Downtown Center, October, 1999.

"Citizens' Attitudes Toward Police and Perceptions of Community: Results Of a City-wide Survey in a Northern State." Paper presented at the First International Conference on Crime and Public Policy in the Pacific Rim, Summer, 1999.

"The Criminal Justice Undergraduate Major: From the Student's Perspective." Roundtable discussion with students at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

"Intermediate Punishment Programs: An Assessment of Client Outcomes." Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

"Why Human Subjects Review: Overview of the Instutional Review Board." Paper presented at the 1998 Criminal Justice Research Symposium of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

"The Effects of Demographic Characteristics on Attitudes Toward Crime Causation." Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology.

"Who's Leading Who? The Relationship Between Public Opinion and Criminal Justice Policy." Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences.

"Public Opinion About Crime Causation and Implications for Criminal Justice Policy: Results of the National Opinion Survey on Crime and Justice - 1996." Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, California.

"Recidivism of Offenders Assigned to Community Corrections or Released From Prison in North Carolina: A Gender Comparison." Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky.

"The Relationship Between Neighborhood Disorder and Fear of Crime: A National Public Opinion Survey from a Social Disorganization Perspective." Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois.

"Factors Associated With Felony Probation Outcomes in North Carolina." Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Religious Fundamentalism and Retribution: Exploring Public Attitudes Toward Offenders." Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Asset Forfeitures in Drug-Related Offenses: An Examination of Case Law in a Southwestern State." Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.

"An Examination of Officers' Perceptions of Competency of Women in Policing" (with Helen Eigenberg, Janice Hilson, and Kathryn Scarborough). Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Citizens Attitudes Regarding the Purpose of Prisons and Solutions to Prison Overcrowding." Paper presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of Criminal Justice Educators, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

"Unemployment and Crime in 1990: The Little Rock Connection." Paper
presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, Illinois.

"An Integrated Approach to Delinquency Production: A Blending of Differential Opportunity with Critical Theory." Paper presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Phoenix, Arizona.

"Radical Criminology in Post-Modern America." Paper presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri.

"Unemployment and Crime: Is There a Relationship?" Paper presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Unemployment and Property Crime: Moving Beyond the Debate." Paper presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Educators, Grand Junction, Colorado. Winner of the student paper competition award.

Works in Progress

Book contract with the Civic Research Institute: A Community Approach to Domestic Violence; This work draws on the author's role of program evaluator for various domestic violence intervention strategies (police, prosecution, victims' services, legal aid services to victims, and batterer intervention programs) in which she has been engaged for over four years. Data for the manuscript come from that collected by the author in her role as program evaluator and as a member of both the Dauphin County Domestic ViolenceTask Force and the Advisory Board of the Greater Harrisburg YWCA's Violence and Intervention Programs.

Book contract with Marcel Dekker: Handbook of Juvenile Justice: Theory and Practice; Co-edited with Pamela Preston, author is lead editor; This work will be chapters by invited authors with expertise in a variety of issues in the area of juvenile law and justice. The editors will contribute single chapters themselves, but will also write introductions (to the text itself and to the various sections of the volume), a concluding section, and will construct a series of "critical-thinking-type" questions at the end of each section.

University Service

February, 2003 - May, 2003: Member of the Planning Committee for the Teaching and Learning Spring Colloquy - 2003, University Park Campus.

May, 2003 - Present: President-Elect, Capital College Faculty Senate.

Fall, 2002 - Present: Member of the Penn State Harrisburg's Climate Assessment Committee (a Sub-Committee of the Committee for Diversity and Educational Equity).

Fall, 2002 - Present: Co-Chair of the Capital College's Teaching and Learning Consortium Faculty Team.

August, 2002 - Spring, 2003: Member, School of Public Affairs, Public Policy Search Committee.

May, 2001 - Present: Member of the Penn State Capital College's Teaching and Learning Consortium Faculty Team.

May, 2001 - Present: Campus Representative to the Penn State University's Teaching and Learning Consortium.

April, 2001 - Present: School of Public Affairs Representative to the Faculty Senate.

September, 2001 - May, 2003: Secretary of Faculty Senate.

September, 2001 - May, 2003: Member, Human Resources and Diversity Committee.

September, 2001 - Present: Faculty Director, Center for Survey Research, Penn State Harrisburg.

October, 2001 - Spring, 2002: Member, School of Public Affairs, Public Policy Search Committee.

September, 2000 - May, 2001: Member, Inter-Campus Policies and Procedures Committee.

September, 2000 - March, 2001: Member, Library Search Committee.

September, 2000 - May, 2001: Member, Criminal Justice Search Committee.

September, 1999: Member, Campus Police Search Committee.

July 1998 - March, 1999: Member, Criminal Justice Search Committee.

September 1998: Member, Campus Police Search Committee.

August 1998 - Spring 2000: Chairperson, Faculty Affairs Committee.

May 1998 - Present: Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Upsilon, Penn State Harrisburg's chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association.

January 1998 - August, 1998: Chairperson, Program Sub-committee of the Pre-Law Advisory Committee, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg.

Service to Professional Associations

Summer and Fall, 2003: Elections Committee, Critical Criminology Division of the American Society of Criminology.

March, 2003 - Present: Chair, Publications Committee of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Spring, 2002 - Present: Manuscript reviewer for Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management.

Spring, 2002 - Present: Manuscript reviewer for Criminology and Public Policy.

Fall, 2002 - Present: Deputy Editor, Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

Fall, 2002 - March, 2003: Deputy Chair, Publications Committee of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Fall, 2001 - Spring, 2002: Member of the Search Committee for new Editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

Spring, 2001 - Fall, 2001: Member of the Program Committee for the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology.

March, 2001 - March, 2002: Member of the Membership Committee for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

March, 2001: Chaired two student panels at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Fall, 2001 - Present: Manuscript reviewer for Crime and Delinquency.

Spring, 2001 - Present: Manuscript reviewer for Crime and Justice Review.

Fall, 2000 - Fall, 2002: Co-Editor, The Critical Criminologist, newsletter for the Critical Division of the American Society of Criminology.

Summer and Fall, 1999: Editor, Special Edition of Corrections Management Quarterly, Minorities in Corrections, 4.1 (January, 2000).

Fall, 1999: Manuscript reviewer for the second edition of Correctional Contexts: Contemporary and Classical Readings (2001), by Edward J. Latessa, Alexander Holsinger, James W. Marquart, and Jonathon Sorensen. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing.

October, 1999 - March, 2000: Member of the Affirmative Action Committee for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

February, 1999 - Fall, 2002: Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

February, 1999 - Present: Manuscript reveiwer for the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

June, 1999 - June, 2000 Member of the Constitution and By-laws Committee for the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences.

December, 1998 - Present: Manuscript reviewer for Criminology.

March, 1996 - Fall, 2001: Manuscript reviewer for Corrections Management Quarterly.

March 1995 - March 1996: Book Review Editor, ACJS Today - newsletter of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Professional Associations

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

American Society of Criminology

Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences

Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Educators Association

American Association of University Women

Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Sciences

Community Service

March 1, 2003: Panel Moderator and Speaker, Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth's Family Academic Conference (2003 Career Symposia).

Fall, 2000 - Fall, 2002: Member of the Advisory Board for the Violence Intervention and Prevention Programs of the Greater Harrisburg YWCA.

Fall, 2001: Development of a tracking system through which to evaluate clients' perceptions of service (questionnaire design, construction of data file, data entry) for the Greater Harrisburg YWCA's Violence Intervention and Prevention Services.

Fall, 1998 - Fall, 2000: Exploratory Committee for the Devleopment of the Community Corrections Institute, to be housed at Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA.

Fall, 1998 - Spring, 2001: Member of the Dauphin County Domestic Violence Task Force.

July, 1993 - September, 1994: Wrote a weekly column for The Huntsville Item

October, 1989 - October, 1991: President - Arkansas National Organization for Women.

October, 1989 - October, 1991: Arkansas Fairness Council

May, 1989: Established and Chaired "Arkansans for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse" task force.

June, 1989 - July, 1990: Vietnam Veterans of America - Arkansas State Council Member

References

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