Conference Presentations and Participation:
Southern Criminal Justice Association September 2006. Charleston, SC Event 3, Chair & Presenter: Outrageous Discussion about Women and Incarceration—In or Out, It’s Always Something. Roundtable.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) March 2006. Baltimore, MD, Event 148, Chair: Women, Crime, Survival- What’s New? Presenter: Is Family a Gender Thing? Irene Baird, Ph.D. Co-Presenter.
Event 85,Presenter: Advocacy, Homeless, and Employment Issues Title: Lessons Learned and Lessons Noted: Advocacy in Process.
MidAtlantic Popular Culture Association 2002, Chair of Domestic Violence Committee
ACJS, 2002. Anaheim, CA Domestic Violence Illusions: Performance Accountability and Legislation, (Chair)
Battering Pregnant Victims: New Policy and Legislation Needed? Anaheim, CA 2002
ACJS,2002. Anaheim, CA 2002 Everybody Does Time: The Prison Experience for Offenders and Families, Chair and Discussant.
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), January 21-25, 2002
ACJS, 2001. Washington, D.C. Criminal Justice Policy, Law Policy and Domestic Violence Presenter and Discussant
ACJS, 2000. New Orleans, LA Controversies in Victimology: Reconciling Issues. 2000
ACJS, March 1999. Orlando, Florida
I. Female Violence in the New Millennium Topic Area: Violence and Women
II. Restrictive Intermediate Punishment:
Policy, Progress and Efficiency Topic Area: Substance Abuse
Mid-Atlantic Culture/Popular Culture Association. November 1999. Philadelphia, PA. A Transitional Housing: An Avenue for Accountability in Domestic Violence
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Criminal Justice Research Symposium. November 1999. Harrisburg, PA RIP Evaluation Status: One-Year Completed
ACJS, March 1998. Albuquerque, NM "Community Policing: Just Whose Community Is It? "Topic Area: Contemporary Trends in Policing
American Society of Criminology
I. "The Independent Police Auditor: Boon or Bane?"
II. Round Table Sessions: "The Pennsylvania Crime Victimization Survey"
Co-presenter: Henry Sontheimer, PHD Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, November 1997. San Diego, CA
ACJS, March 1997. Louisville, KY "Stalking Victims and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"
ACJS,1996. Las Vegas, NV Panel 1: Probation and Parole: Issues in Prediction and Recidivism. March 15, 1996
"Dealing With School Violence." School Health Institute, Penn State Harrisburg. July 28, 1995.
Pennsylvania School Boards Association Conference. "Crisis in the Schools: A Systems Approach to Collaboration." July 21, 1995. Bucknell University, PA.
ACJS, March 1995. Boston, MA
I. "Reconsidering the History and Benefit of Prison Labor."
II. "Preliminary Results of the LASER Project."
"The Winter Commission Report: Hard Truths/ Little Choice for Women and Minorities." Institute for Women's Policy Research. 1994. Co-author: Dr. Willa Bruce
ACJS, 1993. Kansas City, MO The Correctional Policy of Increased Incarceration for Criminal Activity: A Study In Political Construction."
"Corrections: Reactive or Proactive Policy, Uncontrollable or Controllable Costs." Third Annual Critical Perspective on Accounting Symposium. Public Interest Section, American Accounting Association. New York, NY, 1993. Co-author: Dr. J. Harris
"Corrections: Accounting and Holding Corrections Accountable." National Center for Public Productivity of Rutgers University. Scottsdale, AZ, 1993. Co-author: Dr. J. Harris
Participation In Seminars/Workshops:
"FOCUS ON TERRORISM" American Society for Industrial Security Central PA Chapter, ASIS October 29, 1998 Hershey, PA
Family Services Society Professional Training Institute Robert K. Ressler, MS Special Agent, FBI Retired Director, Forensic Behavioral Sciences "Serial Killers, Sexual Violence and the Criminal Mind" June 5, 1998, Holiday Inn Painted Post, NY
AT&T Leadership Series 1997 Sponsors: AT&T and Penn State "Leadership Through Service Learning" February 3, 1997 Scanticon Conference Center, University Park, PA
Campus Compact's Mid-Atlantic Sponsor: Ford Foundation Corporation for National Service "Investing With The Community" September 8-10, 1996 Harrisburg, PA
Threat Management Conference Sponsors: Association of Threat Assessment Professionals and Los Angeles Police Department August 26-31, 1996 Anaheim, CA
National Domestic Violence Teleconference For Law Enforcement and Victim Service Providers Office for Victims of Crime U.S. Department of Justice "WHEN THE CRY COMES....." May 13, 1996, Penn State Harrisburg
Threat Management Conference Sponsors: Association of Threat Assessment Professionals and Los Angeles Police Department. August 23-26, 1995 Anaheim, CA
The Governor's Advisory Committee on Latino Affairs, 4th Annual Latinos in Pennsylvania Conference. October 26-27, 1994
Capital Region Internship/Co-op Fair, Penn State Harrisburg, October 20, 1993. Faculty advisor for Criminal Justice internship placements.
The Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, "Encounter Of The Cultures", 3rd Annual Latinos in Pennsylvania Conference, October 14-15, 1993.
Pennsylvania Conference on International Education (PaCIE), October 6-7, 1994 State College, PA
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Annual Meeting 1993, Kansas City, MO. Sexual Harassment Workshop. New laws and legal issues for academia.