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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
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,
12
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)