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CURRICULUM VITAE
O. OKO ELECHI, Ph.D. MVSU 5053,
14000 Hwy. 82 West,
Itta Bena, MS 38941.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 662-254-3369 (office) and 262-994-0262 (Cell)
Education
1999: Doctor of Philosophy, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
B.C., Canada.
1992: CAND. POLIT. (University of Oslo, Norway).
1990: CAND. MAG. (University of Oslo, Norway).
Certificates
2016: Introduction to Child Sex Trafficking Certificate (Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention/Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical
Assistance Program)
2015: Implementing CAST in Your University Certificate (Gundersen National Child
Protection Training Center In Partnership with the Mississippi Attorney General,
Silent Tears and the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi).
2013: Grant Writing Certificate (PVAMU Panther-Institute Grant Writing Workshop).
2010: Professional Grant Development Certificate (Grant Training Center, Arlington,
Virginia).
1999: Victim Offender Mediation Certificate (B.C. Canada – Fraser Region Community
Justice Initiatives Association).
1996: Simon Fraser University INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS CERTIFICATE.
Honors and Awards
2016/2017 Outstanding Faculty Honoree, MVSU - Mississippi State - Higher Education
Appreciation Day, Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE).
Nominee 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s
Stella C. Gray Excellence in Teaching Award.
1992 – May – August - Fellowship Recipient of the Scandinavian Institute of African
Studies, Uppsala, Sweden.
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External/Mini Grants Awarded/Not funded
Cobbs, R.C., & Elechi, O.O. (2018, Grant Recipient) Summer Research Grant Proposal
prepared and awarded entitled, “Bullying in Middle and High Schools in Rural
Mississippi: An Exploratory Study.” Faculty Development, MVSU ($5000.00
awarded).
2009 (April) - $200,000 (Principal Investigator) from the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, D.C. under the DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority
Serving Institutions Program. Title of project is: Producing Homeland Security Leaders,
Scholars, and experts through education, research and professional development” with
Dr. Camille Gibson and Derek Wilson.
2009 (February) - $260,000 – “Protective and Resiliency Factors: Community Youth
Development (CYD) Programs Evaluation” from the Texas Department of Family and
Protective Services (DFPS) with Dean Rodney, J. Sorensen, P. Ikomi and A. Asby.
2011 (December) - “Policing of Juveniles in selected rural areas of Texas” Mini-grant
submitted to the Dr. Michael D. MicKinney Research and Creative Activities Mini-Grant
Program, Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Prairie View A
& M University (PI with Rochelle Cobbs (Doctoral Student).
2103 (April) – “Restorative Justice Peer Mediation Board at Schulz High School, Waller”
$1000.00 Mini-grant submitted to the Prairie View A & M University Volunteer Office
(VSO) in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs (PI with Sharmaine Tapper
(Doctoral Student).
2009 (March) - “Health Disparities among Children of Inmates (and of Non-Inmates)”
Mini-Grant application submitted on Mini-Grant Program on Health Disparities, the
Center for Study of Health Disparities, School of Rural Public Health and College of
Education and Human Development, Texas A & M University (Co-PI with Harry Adams
and Jon Sorensen) – Not funded.
2009 (April) – “Human Trafficking in Texas: Policy and Practice for Law Enforcement:”
A grant of $912,615.51 submitted to the Department of Homeland Security, Washington,
D.C. (Co-PI with Profs. Anita Kalunta-Crumpton, Ihekwoaba Onwudiwe, and Hons
Tachia (all of the Administration of Justice Department, Texas Southern University) –
Not funded.
August 2014 – Present: Principal Investigator – (with Dr. Sherill Morris-Francis)
Longitudinal Study with AVANCE – Houston, INC Families (Parents of Head Start
children transitioning into kindergarten at age 5 years)
September 2014 – Principal Investigator (with Dr. E. Amadi, Mrs. R. Cobbs, Dr. R.
Mushi, Dr. S. Osunde and Dr. B. Atakpu) – submitted grant application to the William T.
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Grant Foundation titled “Peer Mediation Program to Enhance Graduation Rates in Order
to Reduce Inequality in Youth Outcomes” (not funded).
April 2015 – Principal Investigator (with Dr. Sherill Morris-Francis and Ms. Rochelle
Cobbs – as Co-Principal Investigators) A Historical Black University Campus
Assessment of the Investigation and Adjudication Practices and Protocols of Sexual
Assault: A Mixed-Method Approach. Proposal submitted to the National Institute of
Justice – NIJ-2015-4028. – The grant value is $255,702 and is in process.
Professional Experience
2016 Fall 2016 to Present, Professor, Criminal Justice Department, Mississippi Valley
State University.
August 2013 to June 2015: Chair, Criminal Justice Department, Mississippi Valley State
University.
August 2007 to 2013: Associate Professor, (Juvenile Justice Doctoral Program), Prairie
View A & M University.
August 2001 to 2007: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
August 2000 to May 2001: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-
Parkside.
May 1998 – 2000: Instructor, Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C., Canada.
Teaching and Research Interests
Restorative Justice; African Indigenous Justice Systems; Human Trafficking; Community
Policing; Community-based Corrections; White-Collar Crime; State, Human Rights and
Crime; Race, Crime and Law; Comparative Criminal Justice Systems and International
Law and Criminological theories and Criminal Justice Agency/Program Evaluation.
Teaching Experience
COURSES TAUGHT – MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
I. Graduate Course
CJ 560 – Seminar in Criminological Theories – (Online)
CJ 563 – Law Enforcement System
CJ 601 – Law and Social Order – (Online)
CJ 567 – Administration and Management in Criminal Justice
CJ 615 – Advanced Research Methods
CJ 596 – Seminar in Organized Crime
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CJ 606 – Seminar in Community Corrections – (Online)
CJ 602 – Seminar in Police Administration & Management
CJ 597 – Seminar in Terrorism & Homeland Security – (Online)
II. Undergraduate Courses
CJ 382 – Criminology
CJ 493 – Criminal Justice Internship
CJ 480 – Administration and Management of CJ Organizations
CJ 386 – Corrections Systems & Practice – (Online)
CJ 387 – Juvenile Justice Systems & Practice – (Online)
COURSES TAUGHT – PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY
I. Graduate Courses:
JJUS 7773 – Theories of Crime and Delinquency
JJUS 7713 – Restorative Justice/Alternatives to Juvenile Justice
JJUS 7113 – Juvenile Justice Issues and Practice
JJUS 7643 – Management and Administration
JJUS/JPSY 5423 – Conflict Mediation/Resolution – (Online)
JJUS 5413 – Economic Life and Juvenile Crime – (Online)
JJUS 5433 – Counseling – (Online)
JJUS 5913 - Juvenile/Community/Restorative Justice (Face to Face/Online)
II. Undergraduate Courses:
CRJS 1123 – Crime in America
CRJS 2413 – Police Systems
CRJS 1133 – Principles of Criminal Justice
CRJS 2453 – Intro. To Terrorism
COURSES TAUGHT – UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
CRMJ 101 – Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRMJ 200 – Criminal Justice Research Methods
CRMJ/SOCA 233 – Criminology
CRMJ/SOCA 235 – Police and Society
CRMJ 325 – Restorative Justice
CRMJ/INTL 388 – Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems
CRMJ 345 – White Collar Crime
CRMJ 499 - Organized Crime
COURSES TAUGHT – OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Advanced Seminar in Administration of Justice Policy, Evaluation and Planning
(AJ 910) (Both Face-to-Face and Online) – Texas Southern University
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Administrative Law for Justice Agencies (AJ 612) – Online – Texas Southern
University
Evaluation Research for Justice Agencies (AJ 613) – Online – Texas Southern
University
Police and Community Relations (AJ 333) – Online – Texas Southern University
Issues in Corrections Administration (AJ 609) – Online – Texas Southern
University
Introduction to the Canadian Criminal Justice System – Kwantlen Univ. College
Introduction to Criminology – Kwantlen University College, Canada
Sociological Explanations of Crime – Kwantlen University College, Canada
Administration of Justice in Canada – Kwantlen University College, Canada
Introduction to the Canadian Criminal Justice System – Simon Fraser University
Graduate Student Committees
Ph.D. Dissertations:
Jennifer Renee Trombley - Chair, Dissertation Committee (2012)
Ayodeji Daramola - Chair, Dissertation Committee (2013)
Doshie Piper - Member, Dissertation Committee (2013)
Vivian Dorsett - Member, Dissertation Committee (2012)
Martha Gallien - Chair, Dissertation Committee (2013)
Louise Henry - Chair, Dissertation Committee (incomplete)
Rochelle Cobbs - Chair, Dissertation Committee (up to prospective defense
in 2013)
Samuel Arungwa - Member, Dissertation Committee (up to 2013)
Julian L. Scott, III - Member, Dissertation Committee (2011)
Glenda Shepherd - Chair, Dissertation Committee (2010)
Fay Williams - Member, Dissertation Committee (2010)
Arthur Morghalu - Member, Dissertation Committee (2009)
Franklin Emeka - Member, Dissertation Committee (2009)
Eric Azubuike - Chair, Dissertation Committee (2008)
Dorathy Sule - Member, Dissertation Committee (2008)
Masters’ Thesis:
Marika Dawkins - Member, Thesis Committee (2010)
Cassandra Coleman - Member, Thesis Committee (2009)
Yvonne Clarke - Chair, Thesis Committee (2008)
Louise Henry - Chair, Thesis Committee (2008)
Hilda Hibbert - Chair, Thesis Committee (2008)
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Publications
Books
O. O. Elechi (2006). Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria
Model. New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group Publishers).
O. O. Elechi (1991). Alternative Conflict Resolution in Afikpo (Ehugbo). Institute of
Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Oslo, Stencilseries, No. 67
(ISBN – 82-7100-089-6).
J.S.E. Opolot and O. O. Elechi (2018). An introduction to Private Security: A
comparative introduction to an international phenomenon: Langham, MD: Roman &
Littlefield (in process).
O. O. Elechi (2018). Coming to America - Afikpo Immigrants in North America – (In
process)
Piper, D., Trombley, J. & O. O. Elechi (eds.). (2018). Juvenile Justice and Schools:
Policing, Processing & Programming. San Diego, CA.: Cognella Publishing, Inc. (In
process).
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
O. O. Elechi, E.G. Lambert & S. Otu (2018). Exploring the Effects of Work
Environment Variables on the Job Satisfaction of Nigerian Correctional Staff” in the
Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, Pages 1 – 18,
February 09, 2018, published by Taylor Francis Online.
E. G. Lambert, O. Oko Elechi & S. Otu (2018). “Living the Good Life: The Effects of
Job Variables on Nigerian Prison Staff Life Satisfaction” in International Criminal Justice
Review, Pages 1 – 17 (Sagepub.com/JopurnalsPermissions.nav). DOI:
10.1177/1057567718763252.
S. Otu, E. G. Lambert & O. O. Elechi (2018). “Testing the Job Demands-Resources
Model for Nigerian Prison Staff Job Stress” in the Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
(Http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.111 (ISSN 2059-1101); Vol. 57, Issue 1,
Pages 1- 134 – March 2018).
O. O. Elechi, E.G. Lambert & M. Jenkins (2016). A Study on Nigeria and U.S. College
Students’ Views on Justice Issues - In African Journal of Criminology and Justice
Studies, Vol. 9, Nos. 1 & 2, March 2016.
E. G. Lambert, S. Jiang, L. C. Williamson, O. O. Elechi, M. I. Khondaker, D. Baker & T.
Saito: Gender and Capital Punishment Views Among Japanese and U.S. College
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Students: In International Criminal Justice Review, 2016 Vol. 26(4) pp. 337 – 358, Sage
Publications.
S. E. Otu & O.O. Elechi (2015). Pathways & Trajectories to Life-Course persistent
Armed Robbery Offending Behavior in Contemporary Nigeria: Examining the Predictors
and Risk Factors. In Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences - IJCJS VOLUME: 10 ISSUE
1 – JANUARY TO JUNE 2015.
E. G. Lambert, S. Jiang, O. O. Elechi, M. I. Khondaker, D.N. Baker & W. Jin (2014). A
Preliminary Study of Gender Differences in Death Penalty Views of College Students
from Bangladesh, China, Nigeria and the United States – In Journal of Ethnicity in
Criminal Justice, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Jan. 2014, Pages 44 – 68.
E. G. Lambert, S. Jiang, L. D. Williamson, O. O. Elechi, D. N. Baker, M. I. Khondaker,
& T. Saito (2016). A Preliminary Study of Gender and Capital Punishment Views among
Japanese and U.S. College Students – In International Criminal Justice Review Journal
(in process).
E. G. Lambert, M. I. Khondaker, O. O. Elechi, S. Jiang & D. N. Baker (2012). Formal
and Informal Crime Control Views in Bangladesh and the United States. Journal of
Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Vol.10, No. 3 (July – September 2012), Pp.199 – 222.
E. Lambert, Y. Wu, O. O. Elechi & S. Jiang (2012). Correlates of Support for
Community-Police Partnerships in Policing among Nigerian and US College Students:
An Exploratory Study. International Criminal Justice review 22(3) 276-296.
Sagepub.com/Journals.Permissions.nav
J. O. Ngwe & O. O. Elechi (2012) “Human Trafficking: the Modern Day Slavery of the
21st Century” in African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies (AJCJS November
2012).
O. O. Elechi, S. Morris & E.J. Schauer (2010). “Restoring Justice (Ubuntu) – An
African Perspective.” International Criminal Justice Review Journal (ICJR) 20 (1) 73-85
- (March 2010).
E. Lambert, O. O. Elechi, & Y. Wu (2011). “An Exploratory Comparison of the Policing
Views Of Nigerian and U.S. College Students.” Submitted to Policing and Society on
12/9/11.
E. Lambert, S. Jiang, M. Khondaker, O. O. Elechi, D. N. Baker, K.A. Tucker (2010).
“Policing Views From Around the Globe: An Exploratory Study of the Views of College
Students From Bangladesh, Canada, Nigeria and the United States. “ In International
Criminal Justice Review (ICJR) 2010 20:229.
E. Lambert, N. Hogan, S. Jiang, O. Elechi, B. Benjamin, A. Morris, J. Laux and P.
Dupuy (2010). “The Relationship Among Distributive and Procedural Justice and
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Correctional Life Satisfaction, Burnout, and Turnover Intent: An Exploratory Study.” In
the Journal of Criminal Justice (2010), doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.11.002.
E. Lambert, N. Hogan, S. Jiang, O. Elechi, B. Benjamin, A. Morris, J. Laux, & P. Dupuy
(2010). “The Relationship Among Distributive and Procedural Justice and Correctional
Life Satisfaction, Burnout, and Turnover Intent: An Exploratory Study.” Journal of
Criminal Justice 38, (1), pp.7-16.
E. Lambert, O. Oko Elechi & S. Jiang (2010). “Formal and Informal Crime Views in
Nigeria and the United States: An Exploratory Study Among College Students” Journal
of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. (Paper accepted for publication, February 4, 2010).
O. O. Elechi, Eric G. Lambert, Morris Jenkins, and David N. Baker (2009). “Crime
Views on Two Continents: An Exploratory Study of Views Toward Crime, Criminals,
Treatment, and Punishment of Nigerian and U.S. College Students” in International
Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. Spring 2009, Vol.33, No.1, pp. 17
– 36.
E. Lambert, N. Hogan, O. Oko Elechi, S. Jiang, J. Laux, P. Dupuy, & A. Morris (2009).
“A Further Examination of Antecedents of Correctional Staff Life Satisfaction.” Social
Science Journal, 44 (4), pp.689 – 706.
E. Lambert, N. Hogan, S. Barton, and O. Oko Elechi. (2009). “The Impact of Job Stress,
Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment on Correctional Staff
Support for Rehabilitation and Punishment.” In A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and
Society by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, Vol.22, #2, Spring 2009, pp. 109 - 122.
E. Lambert, S. Jiang, O. Oko Elechi, M. I. Khondaker & W. Jin (2009). “A Preliminary
Study of Gender Differences on Death Penalty Views of College Students from
Bangladesh, China, Nigeria, and the United States.” (Paper submitted to Sex Roles: A
Research Journal – and under consideration).
Helen Rosenberg, Robert T. Sigler, Scott Lewis & O. Oko Elechi, “What do Police
Think about Community Policing” In Policing: An International Journal of Police
Strategies & Management (submitted).
O. O. Elechi, T.Y. Okosun, Job E. Ngwe (2007): “Factors Vitiating Against the
Effectiveness of the Nigerian Police in Combating the Criminal Exploitation of Children
and Women” in African Criminology and Justice Studies Journal, (AJCJS); Vol.3, No.1,
July 2007.
O. O. Elechi, Eric. G. Lambert, and Lois Ventura “An examination of Death Penalty
Views of Nigerian and U.S. College Students: An Exploratory Study” in African
Criminology and Justice Studies Journal , (ACJSJ), Vol.2, No.2, Fall 2006.
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O. O. Elechi, (2005): “Repairing harm and Transforming African American
Communities through Restorative Justice” in Community Safety Journal, Volume 4,
Issue 2, pp. 29 - 36 (published by Pavilion Publishing, London).
Eric G. Lambert, Daniel Hall, Lois A. Ventura & Oko Elechi (2005): “The War on
Terrorism: The Views of Criminal Justice and Non-Criminal Justice Majors on
Terrorism and the Punishment of Terrorists” in Electronic Journal of Sociology
http://www.sociology.org/inque.html
O. O. Elechi (2004): “Community Oriented Policing in Nigeria” in Law Enforcement
Executive Forum Vol.4, No.7, pp. 161 - 171 (published by the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training and Standards Board Executive Institute.
Alan W. Clarke, Laurie Anne Whitt, Eric Lambert & Oko Elechi (2004): “Does the Rest
of the World Matter? Sovereignty, International Human Rights Law and the American
Death Penalty” in Volume 30, No.1, pp. 260 - 310 Queen’s Law Journal, Canada
(Queen’s University, Canada).
Eric G. Lambert, Lois A. Ventura, Daniel E. Hall, Alan Clarke, O. Oko Elechi, David N.
Baker, and Morris Jenkins (2003): “United We Stand? Differences Between White and
Nonwhite College Students in Their Views on Terrorism and Punishment of Terrorist”
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Volume 1, Numbers 3/4, pp. 91 – 108, The
Haworth Press, Inc.
Lee Ross and O. Oko Elechi (2002): “Student Attitudes Towards Internship Experiences:
From Theory to Practice” Journal of Criminal Justice Education (JCJE) – Vol. 13, 2, Fall
2002, pp. 297 -312.
Eric G. Lambert, Alan Clarke, Daniel E. Hall and O. Oko Elechi (2002): “Views of
College Students on Terrorism, the Death Penalty, and Civil Rights and Why Some
Foreign Governments Are Concerned With the U.S. War Against Terrorism.” In the
Social Science Paper Publisher Vol.5,(2), 2002: pp.50-75.
O. O. Elechi (1999): “Victims Under Restorative Justice Systems: The Afikpo (Ehugbo)
Nigeria Model” in International Review of Victimology, Vol.6, No. 4, pp.359-375.
O. O. Elechi (1996): “Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria
Model of Conflict Resolution.” In International Journal of Comparative and Applied
Criminal Justice, Fall 1996, Vol. 20, No.2, pp. 337 – 355
Book Chapters
O. O. Elechi (2017). Social Control Theory in The Use and Abuse of Police Power in
America by G. Robertiello (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.
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S. Morris-Francis & O. O. Elechi (2017). Racial Profiling in The Use and Abuse of
Police Power in America by G. Robertiello (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-
CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.
R. E. Cobbs & O. O. Elechi (2017). Understanding Probable Cause in The Use and
Abuse of Police Power in America by G. Robertiello (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-
CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger (in process).
I.Okoye & O. O. Elechi (2017). Police Corruption in The Use and Abuse of Police
Power in America by G. Robertiello (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-
CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.
D. Sule & O. O. Elechi (2017). Recidivism in The Use and Abuse of Police Power in
America by G. Robertiello (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.
O. O. Elechi (2017). Timothy Thomas in The Use and Abuse of Police Power in
America by G. Robertiello (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood/Praeger.
O. O. Elechi & Otu, S. (2015) “The Legal System of Ebonyi State, Nigeria” in Trends in
the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Vol. II. by D. Lowe and D. Das
(eds.) CRC Press: Taylor & Francis Group
O. O. Elechi: (2012) “The Role of Indigenous Institutions of Social Control and
Processes in Curbing Corruption in Nigeria” in Grounded Law: Comparative Research on
State and non-State Justice in Multiple Societies by Chukwunonso Okafo (ed.). Wildfire
Publishing House.
O. O. Elechi, E. Onyeozili: “The Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in
Contemporary Africa” in Contemporary Issues in Africa by R. Olaniyan (ed.). Ife,
Nigeria: University of Ife Press. (accepted).
O. O. Elechi: “Re-encountering the Slave Trade? The Dimensions of Human
Trafficking” in Contemporary Issues in Africa” by R. Olaniyan (ed.). Ife, Nigeria:
University of Ife Press. (accepted).
O. O. Elechi, C.B.A. Ubah (2010): Nigeria in Crime and Punishment Around the World
by M. K. Nalla & G. R. Newman (eds.) Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 162-
167.
O. O. Elechi, A. R. Morris (2010): Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-
Kinshasa) in Crime and Punishment Around the World by M. K. Nalla & G. R. Newman
(eds.) Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 53-56.
A.R. Morris, O. O. Elechi, (2010): Benin in Crime and Punishment Around the World by
M. K. Nalla & G. R. Newman (eds.) Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp.7-10.
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A.R. Morris, O. O. Elechi, (2010): Mali in Crime and Punishment Around the World by
M. K. Nalla & G. R. Newman (eds.) Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp.133-136.
O. O. Elechi (2008): “The Igbo (Nigeria) Indigenous Justice System,” in Colonial
Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria by V. Saleh-Hanna (ed.). Ottawa:
University of Ottawa Press.
O. O. Elechi (2004): “Women and the African Indigenous Justice System,” in Pan
African Issues in Criminology by Biko Agozino and Anita Kalunta-Crumpton (eds.) –
London: Ashgate publishers, pp. 157 – 179.
Encyclopedia Chapters
O. O. Elechi (2018). “Cuba” in the Sage Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and
Privacy by Bruce A. Arrigo (ed.). http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922.n106. Print
ISBN: 9781483359946.Online ISBN: 9781483359922
A.Oludare & O. O. Elechi (2018). "Offender Reentry Programs". in The SAGE
Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy by Bruce A. Arrigo (ed.). SAGE
Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA: 707-709
Print ISBN: 9781483359946.Online ISBN: 9781483359922
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922.n313.
O. O. Elechi & Noel Otu (2018). “Libya” in the Sage Encyclopedia of Surveillance,
Security and Privacy by Bruce A. Arrigo (ed.).
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978148335992.n260. Print ISBN: 9781483359946.Online
ISBN: 9781483359922
Noel Otu & O. O. Elechi (2018). “Police Body Cameras and Liability Insurance: The
Deterrent to Police Misconduct” in the Aggression and Violent Behavior Journal (In
Process).
Cobbs, R.E.M., & Elechi, O.O. (2018). Private Law Enforcement (History,
Purposes, Uses/Abuses, Example of). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., Weathers, A., & Elechi, O.O. (2018). Municipal Surveillance (Cities
and Towns Generally). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage
Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., Elechi, O.O., & Morris-Francis, S. (2018). Community. In
Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage Publication.
doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Elechi, O.O., & Cobbs, R.E.M. (2018) Punishment. In Encyclopedia of Surveillance,
Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
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Cobbs, R.E.M., Weathers, A., & Elechi, O.O. (2018). Municipal Surveillance (Cities
and Towns Generally). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage
Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., Henry, A., & Elechi, O.O. (2018). School Surveillance (Colleges and
Universities). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage
Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., & Elechi, O.O., Carter, A. (2018). Search and Seizure (Recent Fourth
Amendment Challeges/Changes). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance,
Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Elechi, O.O., Cobbs, R.E.M., & Greer, A. (2018). Global Village. In Encyclopedia of
Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., Henry, A., & Elechi, O.O. (2018). School Surveillance (Colleges and
Universities). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage
Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., & Elechi, O.O., Carter, A. (2018). Search and Seizure (Recent Fourth
Amendment Challeges/Changes). In Encyclopedia of Surveillance,
Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R.E.M., & Elechi, O.O. (2018). Social Contract. In Encyclopedia of
Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Elechi, O.O., Cobbs, R.E.M., & Greer, A. (2018). Global Village. In Encyclopedia of
Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Elechi, O.O., & Cobbs, R.E.M. (2018). Nigeria. In Encyclopedia of
Surveillance, Security and Privacy. Sage Publication. doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2014). Pariah Underground Economy. In Encyclopedia of
Criminal Justice Ethics. Sage Publication.
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2013). National Incident Based Reporting System. In
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Wiley-Blackwell.
Elechi, O.O., & Cobbs, R. (2012). Charles Rangel. In Encyclopedia of White-Collar
and Corporate Crime. (2nd
ed.). Sage Publication.
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2012). United American Bank. In Encyclopedia of White-
Collar and Corporate Crime. (2nd
ed.). Sage Publication.
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2011). International Association of Chiefs of Police. In
Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice. Sage Publications.
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Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2011). Risk Assessment. In Encyclopedia of
Transnational Crime and Justice. Sage Publication.
Tapper, S. & Elechi, O. O. (2013). Hoarding. In L. Salinger (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
White Collar Crime and Corporate Crime. (2nd
ed., Vol.8, pp. 434-435). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications, (Inc.doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978145226175.n218).
Elechi, O.O., & Cobbs, R. (2012). Charles Rangel. In Encyclopedia of White-Collar
and Corporate Crime. (2nd
ed.). Sage Publication. (In press)
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2012). United American Bank. In Encyclopedia of White-
Collar and Corporate Crime. (2nd
ed.). Sage Publication. (In press)
Elechi, O. O. & Cobbs, R. (2012). Linkages Between the Legal and Illegal
Economies. In Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice .by M. E. Beare (ed.).
Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Elechi, O. O. & Cobbs, R. (2011). Internal Migration. In The Twenties in America.
Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2012). International Association of Chiefs of Police. In
Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice. By M. E. Beare (ed.) Thousand Oaks,
California: Sage Publications.
Cobbs, R., & Elechi, O.O. (2012). Risk Assessment. In Encyclopedia of
Transnational Crime and Justice by M. E. Beare (ed.) Thousand Oaks, California: Sage
Publication.
O. O. Elechi, D. Piper, S.V. Morris (2012). “Case Studies” in Encyclopedia of
Criminology and Criminal Justice by Albanese, J. (ed.). New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell
Publishers.
E. J. Schauer, and O. O. Elechi (2012). “Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking” in
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by Albanese, J. (ed.). New Jersey:
Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
D. Piper and O. O. Elechi (2012). “International Crimes” in Encyclopedia of
Criminology and Criminal Justice by Albanese, J. (ed.). New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell
Publishers.
S. V. Morris, J. L. Rockett and O. O. Elechi (2012). “Qualitative Research” in
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by Albanese, J. (ed.). New Jersey:
Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
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S. V. Morris, J. L. Rockett and O. O. Elechi (2012). “Victimization Patterns” in
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by Albanese, J. (ed.). New Jersey:
Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
O. O. Elechi, and E.J. Schauer (2011):“W. E. B. DuBois” in African-Americans and the
Criminal Justice System: An Encyclopedia by Jones-Brown, D., Frazier, B.D. & Brooks,
M. (eds.) Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO Greenwood Press.
S. Otu and O. O. Elechi (2011). “Anti-corruption Strategies, Prevention and Control
Efforts” In Encyclopedia of International Criminology by (I. Onwudiwe, ed.)
O. O. Elechi (2011). “Conflict Management” in Encyclopedia of International
Criminology by (I. Onwudiwe, ed.)
E. J. Schauer and O. O. Elechi, (2011):“Punishment” in African-Americans and the
Criminal Justice System: An Encyclopedia by Jones-Brown, D., Frazier, B.D. & Brooks,
M. (eds.) Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO Greenwood Press.
R. E. Cobbs and O. O. Elechi, (2011): “James Brown” in African-Americans and the
Criminal Justice System: An Encyclopedia by Jones-Brown, D., Frazier, B.D. & Brooks,
M. (eds.) Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO Greenwood Press.
R. E. Cobbs and O. O. Elechi, (2011): “Criminal Deportation” in African-Americans and
the Criminal Justice System: An Encyclopedia by Jones-Brown, D., Frazier, B.D. &
Brooks, M. (eds.) Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO Greenwood Press.
O. O. Elechi, “Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Practices” in
Encyclopedia of African Religion by Molefi Asante and Ama Mazama (eds.). Thousand
Oaks, California: Sage Publications (Submitted).
O. O. Elechi, (2007): “Restorative Justice” in Battleground: Criminal Justice by Gregg
Barak (ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press; pp.611 – 621.
O. O. Elechi, (2007): “Community Policing” in Battleground: Criminal Justice by Gregg
Barak (ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press; pp. 83 – 90.
O. O. Elechi, (2007): “Power Theory” in Encyclopedia of White Collar Crime by Jurg
Gerber and Eric Jensen (eds.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp.236-238.
O. O. Elechi (2005): “African Indigenous Justice System” in Encyclopedia of
Criminology by Richard A Wright and J. Mitchell Miller (eds.)New York: Routledge
Publishers, Taylor and Francis Group, pp.18 – 22.
O. O. Elechi (2005): “Nigeria, Corruption in” in Encyclopedia of Criminology by
Richard A. Wright and J. Mitchell Miller (eds.) New York: Routledge Publishers, Taylor
and Francis Group, pp.1043 – 1047
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Conference Proceedings
O. O. Elechi (2005): “Viewing African Indigenous Justice System from a Restorative and
Transformative Paradigm” by Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) –
Lagos – Nigeria (2005).
O. O. Elechi (2004): “Human Rights and the African Indigenous Justice System” (29
pages) – Paper published by the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law,
18th International Conference, August 8 – 12, Montreal, Quebec.
O. O. Elechi (2003): “Extra-Judicial Killings in Nigeria – the Case of Afikpo Town”
Paper published by the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, 17th
International Conference, August 24 – 28, the Hague, Netherlands, Conference
Proceedings.
Book Reviews
O. O. Elechi (2018). The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish published by Gallery
Books – (2017) New York. Review Published in (www.thedenverdigest.com) of
February 2018.
O. O. Elechi (2017) Women’s Social and Legal Issues in African Current Affairs: Lifting
the Barriers” by Victoria M. Time – Published by Lexington Books, New York.
O. O. Elechi (2017): Policing in Eastern Africa: A Focus on the National Police Service
in Kenya by Jospeter Mbuba. Kenya: Law Africa Publishers.
O. O. Elechi (2006): “Law and Justice in Post-British Nigeria: Conflicts and Interactions
Between Native and Foreign Systems of Social Control in Igbo” by Nonso
Okereafoezeke, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, in African Criminology and
Justice Studies Journal. June 2006, Vol.2.No.1, pp.130-134.
O. O. Elechi (2002): “Delinquent-Prone Communities” by Don Weatherburn and
Bronwyn Lind in the International Journal of Offender Therapy, by Sage Periodicals
Press, 2002, August, pp.512 - 514.
Other Published Work:
O. O. Elechi (1992). Policing White Collar Crime in Nigeria: a Thesis presented to the
Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Oslo, in Partial Fulfilment of
the Requirements for the Cand. Polit. Degre
Publications in General Interest Readership
O. O. Elechi (2018). “Remembering Dr. Luther King, Jr. – Fifty Years after his
Assasination” in www.thedenverdigest.com April 2018 Edition.
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O. O. Elechi (2017). “African Migrant Crisis” www.thedenverdigest.com November
2017 Edition
O. O. Elechi (2017). “O. J. Simpson Trials: How Race and Class Pervade American
Justice” www.thedenverdigest.com October 2017 Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2017). “President Barack Obama: The Consequential Leader”
www.thedenverdigest.com February 2017 Edion
O. O. Elechi (2017). “Fidel Castro’s African Legacy” www.thedenverdigest.com January
2017 Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “Why are African States Pulling out of the International Criminal
Court” www.denverdigest.com December 2016 Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “African Marriages in the United States” www.thedenverdigest.com
November Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “The Lingering Legacies of Slavery” www.thedenverdigest.com
October Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “Police and the African-American Community”
www.thedenverdigest.com September Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “Mohammed Ali: The Life and Times of the ‘Greatest’”
www.thedenverdigest.com July Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “Why We Come to America” www.thedenverdigest.com June
Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2016). “Corruption: the Bane of Africa’s Underdevelopment”
www.thedenverdigest.com May Edition.
O. O. Elechi (2012). “What the Annual Ikeji Festival Means to Me.” Afikpo
Organization, Inc. 2012 Iriji Festival Newsletter.
O. O. Elechi (2012). “My Years at Government Secondary School Afikpo (GSSA)
1973/74 – 1978.” The Purple Cross Special Convention Edition, Toronto, Canada, July
2012.
Other Works In Progress
R. McGee-Cobbs & O. O. Elechi (2018). “Rural Crime and Rural Policing” (Book
manuscript development In Progress).
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“Cross-national survey of current Canadian, Chinese, Nigerian and American students’
attitudes and knowledge of the formal and informal crime control, punishment, capital
punishment and terrorism” with Professors Eric Lambert, David Baker, S. Jiang.
O. Oko Elechi “Indigenous Systems of Restorative Justice: A Comparison of African,
Asian and Aboriginal Systems of Peace-Making” book under review for publication by
Ashgate Publishing Company.
CONFERENCE KEY NOTE SPEAKER/INVITED SPEAKER, CHAIR AND/OR
DISCUSSANT:
2017 – November, Discussant “Criminal Procedure and Juveniles in the School Context”
with Doshie Piper, J. Renee Trombley, Georgen Guerrero at the American Society of
Criminology (ASC) 73rd
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2017 – November, Discussant “Images of Issues: The International Criminal Court and
Africa” with Obi Ebbe, Evaristus Obinyan, Charles Ochie & Justina Okpere-Mohammad,
at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 73rd
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2016 – November, Discussant, “Thinking Comparatively: Off the Beaten Path” at the
American Society of Criminology (ASC), New Orleans, LA., with Timothy Austin,
Victoria Time, Del Rounds, Peter W. Liu, Selye Lee.
2016 – November, Discussant, “Nigeria’s New Apocalypse – The Fulani Herdsmen” at
the American Society of Criminology (ASC), 72nd
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.,
with Emmanuel Onyeozili, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton, Obi Ebbe, Patrick Ibe, Ihekwoaba
Onwudiwe and Rochelle Cobbs.
2016 – November, Discussant, “Invigorating the Case of Governance and Criminality in
Nigeria: From 1985 – 2015”, at the 2016 American Society of Criminology (ASC), with
Charles Ubah, Charles Ochie, Patrick Ibe, Hamin Shabazz and Anita Kalunta-Crumpton.
2016 – April 14, Presenter, “Combating the Problem of Child Abuse in Our Society” at
the 36th Annual Social Work Conference, Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena,
MS, April 14 – 15, 2016.
2016 – March 30, Discussant with D. Piper and J.R. Trombley titled “Examining the role
of Faith Based Organizations in Restorative/Community Justice” at the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
2014 – August 30, Invited Presenter, “Integrating Igbo Indigenous Institutions in the Re-
orientation and Re-socialization of the Igbos against Corruption and Abuse of Office”
Paper Presented at the 2014 World Igbo Congress, Houston, Texas.
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2013 – November 7, Invited Presenter, “The Community and Restorative Justice” in
Restorative Justice and Evidence-Based Practice (RJEBP) Conference sponsored by the
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Houston, Texas.
2013 - June 6/7, Invited Presenter, “Restorative Justice – A Problem Solving Approach
to Crime and Criminality” in the 6th
Annual Conference Sponsored by the Texas Juvenile
Crime Prevention Center & Prairie View A & M University’s Dept. of Public Safety.
Conference Theme: Restoring Lives and Shattered Dreams: Addressing Youth Violence.
2013 – March, Chair, Panel 56 (Predictors and Perceptions of Terrorism) at the 2003
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Dallas, Texas.
2013 – March, Chair, Panel 101 (Restorative Justice and Cultural Implications), at the
2013 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Dallas,
Texas
2013 – February 6, Key Note Speaker, Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica 2013
Restorative Justice Symposium, Mandeville, Jamaica, February 6, 2013.
2011 – February 2, Key Note Speaker, Jamaican 2011 Annual Restorative Justice
Conference, sponsored by the Jamaican Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the
Bethlehem Moravian College in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, February 2, 2011.
Conference/Workshop Participation and Presentations
2017 – November, Presentation with Eric Lambert and Smart Otu “Building
Organizational Commitment Among Nigerian Prison Staff” at the American Society of
Criminology (ASC) 73rd
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2017 – November, Presentation with David Baker, Eric Lambert, Shanhe Jiang,
Mahfuzul Khondaker & Lori Williamson “Examining the Formal and Informal Crime
Control Views of Canadian and U.S. College Students” at the American Society of
Criminology (ASC) 73rd
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2017 – November – Presentation with Ifeoma Okoye titled “Human Rights Issues in
Countering Terrorism” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 73rd
Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA.
2017 – November 10 – Health Disparities Research Training Program (HDRTP)
“Respect in Research Partnerships”: An Experiential Bioethics Workshop 2017 at the
Auburn Marriot Opelika Hotel and Conference Center at Grand, Alabama.
2017 – September 28 – Health Disparities Research Training Program (HDRTP)
Orientation for new Scholars and Mentors at the University of Alabama, Birmingham
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2016 – November, Presenter with Eric Lambert, titled “Effects of Work Environment
Variables on Nigerian Correctional Staff” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
72nd
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
2016 – November, Presenter with Eric Lambert, David Baker, Mahfuzul Khondaker and
Shanhe Jiang titled, “Comparing and Contrasting Formal and Informal Crime Views of
Nigerian and U.S. College Students” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
72nd
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
2016 – November, Presenter with S. Morris-Francis and R. E. Cobbs, titled “An
Assessment of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the
Mississippi Delta” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 72nd
Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA.
2016 – March 30, Presenter with S. Morris-Francis and R.E. Cobbs, titled “Health
Disparities in an American Southern Prison: Community based STD Screening and
Intervention Management” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual
Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
2015 – November 21, Presenter with I. E. Okoye, titled “Using a “softer Community
approach” to Tackle Violent Extremism and Counter Terrorism” at the 2015 Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Washington, D.C.
2015 – November 18, Discussant, “How are Universities Responding to Student-On-
Student Sexual Assaults? – Presented at the American Society of Criminology 2015
Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. with R.E. Cobbs, S. Morris-Francis, S. Tapper, D.
A. Rembert & I. E. Okoye.
2015 – November 18, Discussant, “African Criminology and Justice Association Security
Summit on Africa: Issues, Problems, Challenges, and Solutions Invigorated for the
Conference” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference in
Washington, D.C. with C. Ubah, O. N.I. Ebbe, I. Onwudiwe, E. Obinyan, C. Ochie & D.
Chiabi.
2015 – October 7 – 9, Participant, Workshop on “Implementing CAST in your
University” by Gundersen’s National Child Protection Training Center in Partnership
with the Mississippi Attorney General, Silent Tears and the Children’s Advocacy Centers
of Mississippi, Old Capitol Inn, Jackson, Mississippi.
2015 – May 15 – Participant – “Bioethics Workshop – Respect” at Tuskegee University,
Alabama in my capacity as Mentor, Health Disparities Research Training Program,
Jackson State University.
2015 – March – “The Cycle of Domestic Violence: The Silent Epidemic: Is that So?
Paper Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference,
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Orlando, Florida (Roundtable with Doshie Piper, Rochelle Cobbs, Sharmaine Tapper,
Sherill Morris-Francis).
2015 - March – “Bullying in Middle and High Schools in Rural Mississippi: An
Exploratory Study”, with Rochelle Cobbs, Andrea Henry, Diamond Mckee & Catrina
Reliford. Paper Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual
Conference, Orlando, Florida.
2014 – November – Presenter, paper titled: “ Restorative Justice and Gender: a Historical
and Theoretical Inquiry” with Dr. Doshie Piper, University of the Incarnate Word, at the
American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Conference, San Francisco, Ca.
2014 – November – Presenter in a Roundtable titled: “The Concept of Justice from a
Developing Nation Paradigm” with Timothy Austin, Sydney Anne Bender, Imam
Abubaker, Selye Lee and Victoria Time at the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Annual Conference, San Francisco, Ca.
2014 – November – Presenter, paper titled: The need for Restorative Justice in
Responding to Terrorism” with Ifeoma Evelyn Okoye, Texas Southern University, at the
American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Conference, San Francisco, Ca.
2014 – November – Presenter in Roundtable titled: “William J. Chambliss’ Studies of
Colonial Criminal Law and Nigerian Corruption: A Tribute” with Jonathan Odo,
Ihekwoaba Onwudiwe, Shela R. Van Ness, Obi Ebbe, Charles Ubah and Emmanuel
Onyeozili at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Conference, San Francisco, Ca.
2014 – November – Presenter, paper titled: “Bullying in Middle and High Schools in
Rural Mississippi: An Exploratory Study” with Ms. Rochelle Cobbs at the American
Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, Ca.
2014 – November – Presenter, “US Immigration Reform Debate” with Jonathan Odo,
Emmanuel Onyeozili, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton, Obi Ebbe, Charles Ubah, Patrick Ibe and
Charles Ochie, at the American Society of Criminology Meeting (ASC), San Francisco,
Ca.
2014 – November – Co-presenter with David Baker, Eric Lambert, Oko Elechi, Mahfuzul
Khondaker, and Shanhe Jiang. (2014). “Crime Views of Canadian and U.S. College
Students.” Paper presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Society of
Criminology in San Francisco, California.
2014 – October – Presenter, paper titled: “Combatting Corruption through the Restorative
Justice System in Nigeria” at the 2014 Annual Conference of the Southwestern
Association of Criminal Justice, South Padre Island, Texas, October 2 – 4.
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2014 – February – Presenter, paper titled: “Restorative Justice Perspectives in African
Criminal Justice” at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences in Philadelphia, PA, with Festus Obi, Texas Southern University.
2014 – February – Presenter, paper titled: “Restorative Justice Responses to Juvenile
Delinquency” at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in
Philadelphia, PA, with Dr. Martha Anne Gallien, Prairie View A & M University.
2014 – February –Presenter, paper titled: “The Crime and Punishment Views of Japanese
and U.S. Students” with Shanhe Jiang, Eric Lambert, Toyoji Saito, Mahfuzul Khonda
and David Baker at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2013 – March, Presenter, paper titled: “Bridging the Ideological Gap in the Teaching and
Learning of Restorative Justice” with Sherill V.C. Morris and Edward J. Schauer, at the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Dallas, Texas.
2013 – March, Presenter, paper titled: “Exploratory Evaluation of the Relationship
Among Moral Foundations, Criminal Justice, and Perceptions of Terrorism” with Raven
Davis, Alacia Mobely, Aisha Asby and Derek Wilson, at the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences (ACJS), Dallas, Texas.
2013 – March, Presenter, paper titled: “Does Gender and Culture Matter: An Exploratory
Study of Death Penalty Views Among Indian and U.S. College Students” with Eric
Lambert, Shanhe Jiang, David Baker, Mahfuzul Khondaker, nancy Hogan, Sudershan
Pasupuleti, at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Dallas, Texas.
2012 – November 14, Presenter, “Making a Case for the Introduction of restorative
Justice Practices in Middle Schools in Texas” with Sharmaine Tapper, at the American
Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
2012, November 14, presenter, “An Exploratory Examination of the Views on restorative
Justice: A Comparison Between Bangladesh and U.S. College Students” with E.
Lambert, D. Baker, S. Jiang, M. Jenkins at the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
2012 – March 17 – Presenter, paper titled “Is there a Gendered Difference in Crime and
Punishment Views Among Bangladeshi and U.S. Men and Women? An Exploratory
Study” with M. Khondaker, E. Lambert, S. Jiang and D. Baker at the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), New York City.
2012 – March 17, Presenter (Roundtable) titled: “Solutions for Kidnapping in Nigeria,”
with N. Okafo, E. Obinyan, I. Onwudiwe, at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
(ACJS), New York City.
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2012 – April 20, Presenter, “Who Makes a Better Homeland Security Employee? A
Meta-Analysis” with Sharmaine Tapper and Joseph Ugwu, at the 7th Annual Research
Symposium with the theme, Diversity in Research organized by the College of Juvenile
Justice & Psychology, Prairie View A & M University.
2012 – April 20, Presenter, “Bridging the ideological Gap in the Teaching and Learning
of restorative Justice” with Sherill Morris and Edward Schauer, at the 7th Annual
Research Symposium, with theme Diversity in Research sponsored by the College of
Juvenile Justice & Psychology, Prairie View A & M University.
2012 – November 14, Presenter, “Making a Case for the Introduction of restorative
Justice Practices in Middle Schools in Texas” with Sharmaine Tapper, at the American
Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
2011 – November 16 – 19, “Government and Community Partnerships for Improved
Criminal Law and Justice in a Modern State” (Round Table) at the 63rd
Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Criminology, (ASC), Washington, D.C., (with Ihekwoaba
Onwudiwe, Victoria Time, Timothy Austin and Simon Ortuanya).
2011 – November 16 – 19, “War on Delinquency” (Round Table) at the 63rd
Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, (ASC), Washington, D.C., (with
Patrick Ibe, Charles Ochie, Dorothy Sule, Jonathan Odo and Charles Ubah).
2011 – November 16 – 19, “Is there a Gender Gap in Punishment Views of Terrorism” at
the 63rd
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.,
(with Mahfuzul Khondaker, Eric Lambert, Shanhe Jiang and David Baker).
2011 – September 30, “Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST)” at the
Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ), Annual Meeting, College
Station, Texas (with E.J Schauer and Joseph Ugwu (Doctoral student).
2011 – February 2, Key Note Speaker on “Restorative Justice: An Early Response For
Young Offenders” at the 2011 Restorative Justice Conference organized by the Jamaican
Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the Bethlehem Moravian College, Mandeville,
Jamaica.
2010 – November 16 – 20, “The Formal and Informal Crime Control Views of Nigerian
College Students.” Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Criminology, San Francisco, California (with E. Lambert, D. Baker, S. Jiang and M.
Khondaker).
2010 – November 16 – 20, “Policing Juveniles in the State of Mississippi.” Paper
presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San
Francisco, California (with Rochelle Cobbs, Doctoral Student, PVAMU.).
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2010 – November 16 – 20, “Private Prisons and the Incarceration of Immigrants.” Paper
presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San
Francisco, California (with S.V. Morris and E. J. Schauer)
2010, November 16 – 20, Discussant on the “Contributions of Culture-based Institutions
in Defining and Managing Crimes in a Modern State: Cameroon versus Nigeria” at the
2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California
(with N. Okafo, I. Onwudiwe, and V. Time).
2010 – November 16 – 20, Discussant on “Are Recent Forensic Lab Closings a Threat to
Our Safety and Security? Assessing the Impact.” (with C. Ochie, P. I. Ibe, C. A. Ubah).
2010 – November 16 – 20, Author Meets Critic: “Reconstructing Law and Justice in a
Postcolony” by Nonso Okafo at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, San Francisco, California (with I. Onwudiwe, V. Time, S. Ortuanya).
2010 – February 23 – 27, “Restorative Justice Response to Minority Overrepresentation
in the Juvenile Justice System” Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Justice Sciences, San Diego, California (with S. Morris).
2010 – February 23 – 27, “Violence as Political Dissent in Nigeria” Paper presented at
the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Justice Sciences, San Diego, California (with
A. Morris).
2010 – February 23 – 27, “A Preliminary Study of Gender Differences on Death Penalty
View of College Students from Bangladesh, China, Nigeria and the United States” Paper
presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Justice Sciences, San Diego,
California (with E. Lambert, S. Jiang, M. Khondaker, W. Jin, and D. Baker).
2010 – February 23 – 27, Chair, “Global Criminological Perspectives” Panel at the 47th
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, California.
2010 – February 23 – 27, Discussant on “Addressing the Mexican Border Gang Problem”
at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego,
(with M. Cintron, S. Morris, J. Rodriguez and F. Rodrguez).
2010 – April 16 Chair, Paper Session VIII at the 6th
Annual Research Symposium,
Sponsored by the College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology.
2009 – November 4 – 7, “Terrorism Views of College Students from Bangladesh” Paper
presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Philadelphia, PA (with M. Khondaker, D. Baker, S. Jiang and E. Lambert).
2009 – November 4 – 7, “Terrorism Views of College Students from China” Paper
presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Philadelphia, PA (S. Jiang, M. Khondaker, E. Lambert and D. Baker).
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2009 – November 4 – 7, “Terrorism Views of College Students from Canada” Paper
presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Philadelphia, PA (with D. Baker, E. Lambert, S. Jiang, M. Khondaker).
2009 – November 4 – 7, “Terrorism Views of College Students from Nigeria” Paper
presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Philadelphia, PA (with D. Baker, M. Khondaker, E. Lambert and S. Jiang).
2009 – November 4 – 7, “Terrorism Views of College Students from the United States”
Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Philadelphia, PA (with E. Lambert, S. Jiang, M. Khondaker, and D. Baker).
2009 – November 4 – 7, Discussant on “Rethinking Law: Dimensions of Non-State
Social Control in Selected Countries” at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA (with T. Austin, I. D. Onwudiwe, V. Time and N.
Okafo).
2009 – November 4 – 7, Discussant, “Terrorism and Piracy in Africa” at the 61st Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA (with I.D.
Onwudiwe, N. Okafo, J.S. Opolot, K.U. Ejiogu, and C. Hadnott).
2009 – November 4 – 7, Discussant, “Disproportionate Minority Contact and
Confinement in “Obama” Presidency” at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA (with C. O. Ochie, P.I. Ibe, J.C. Odo, S.M.
Shahidullah and S. Sule).
2009 – November 4 – 7, Discussant, “Criminal Versus Military Justice in Africa” at the
61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA (with E.
Onyeozili, P.I. Ibe, C.O. Ochie, A. Kalunta-Crumpton, and J.C. Odo).
2009 – October 27 – 29, “Restorative Justice” Paper presented at the Texas Department
of Family and Protective Services 9th Annual partners in prevention Conference” (with J.
Trombley).
2009 - March 10 – 14, “Feminist Responses to Restorative Justice and Gendered
Violence” – Paper presented at the 46th
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Justice
Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts (with S. Morris).
2009- March 10 – 14 “Views of the Police Across Five Nations” – Paper presented at the
46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.
2008 – November 12, “The Socio-cultural Foundations of African Indigenous Justice
Systems.” Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 60th Annual
Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.
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2008 – November 13, Discussant, Author Meets Critic: “Colonial Systems of Control:
Criminal Justice in Nigeria” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 60th
Annual
Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.
2008 – November 5 – 7, Participant, 4th
Annual Strengthening Youth and Families Ideas,
Tools and Practices for Success, Austin, Texas.
2008 – September 5, “The Impact of Job Stress, Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, and
Organizational Commitment on Correctional Staff Support for Rehabilitation and
Punishment” presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
2007 – November 16, “Contributions of Indigenous Justice to Modern Crime Control,”
Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 2007 Annual Meeting,
Atlanta Georgia, November 14 – 17, 2007.
2007 – October 5, “Exploring the Values of Restorative Justice,” Paper presented at the
Southwest Association of Criminal Justice 2007 Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas,
October 4 – 6, 2007.
2007 - September 28, “Organized Crime in Nigeria.” Paper presented at the Midwestern
Criminal Justice Association 2007 Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 27 –
29, 2007.
2007 – March 15, “Response of the African Indigenous Justice System to Family
Violence.” Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences (ACJS), Seattle, Washington, March 13 – 17, 2007.
2006 – November 4, “The Future of African Indigenous Justice System.” Paper presented
at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 58th
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles,
California, November 1 – 4, 2006.
2006 – September 30, “Crime Views on Two Continents: An Exploratory Study of
Views Toward Crime, Criminals, Treatment, and Punishment of Nigerian and U.S.
College Students.” Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern
Criminal Justice Association in Chicago, Illinois, by Oko Elechi, Eric Lambert, Morris
Jenkins and David Baker.
2006 – September 30, “An Examination of Death Penalty Views of Nigerian and U.S.
College Students: An Exploratory Study.” Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting
of Midwestern Criminal Justice Association in Chicago, Illinois with Eric Lambert, Oko
Elechi, Kasey Tucker and Lois Ventura.
2006 - March 3, “African Traditional Justice” – Paper presented at the University of
Wisconsin- Parkside, 2nd
Annual Restorative Justice Conference, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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2005 – November 16, “The Criminal Justice Views of Nigerian Students” – Paper
presented at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 57th Annual Meeting, Toronto,
Canada, November 15 – 19, 2005.
2005, November 18, Panelist, Roundtable discussion of Nonso Okereafoezeke’s book,
Law and Justice in Post-British Nigeria, at the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
57th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 15 – 19, 2005.
2005 – August 9, “Pan African Issues in Crime and Justice” Paper presented at the 14th
World Congress of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, August 7 – 11, 2005.
2005 – August 9, “Racine Community Policing Program – Twelve Years After” Paper
presented (with Helen Rosenberg – Sociology/Anthropology Department, University of
Wisconsin-Parkside) at the 14th World Congress of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA,
August 7 – 11, 2005.
2005 – April 23, Presented the paper “Restoring Justice – The African Model” at the
Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok,
Thailand, April 18 – 25, 2005.
2005 – April 21, Presented the paper “Factors Militating Against the Effectiveness of the
Police in Combating the Criminal Exploitation of Women and Children in Nigeria” at the
International Symposium Ancillary Meeting at the Eleventh United Nations Congress on
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, Thailand, April 18 – 25, 2005.
2005 – March 18, Presented the paper “Restorative Justice” with Sister Lois Aceto at the
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Community Justice Conference.
2005 – March 4 – Presented the paper “Restorative Justice – An African Model” at the
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and Creative Activity
(CRCA) Annual Showcase.
2004 – November 16 – 19, Presented the paper “Perceptions on the Success of
Community Policing: A Follow-Up” with Professor Helen Rosenberg, at the American
Society of Criminology (ASC), 56th Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee.
2004 – November 16 –19, Presented the paper “The Igbo (Nigeria) Indigenous Justice
System” at the 2004 American Society of Criminology (ASC), 56th Annual Meeting,
Nashville, Tennessee.
2004 – September 30 – October 2, Presented the paper “Repairing Harm and
Transforming African-American Communities through Restorative Justice” at the 2004
Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, Illinois.
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2004 – August 8 – 12, Presented the paper “Human Rights and the African Indigenous
Justice System” at the 18th
International Conference of the International Society for the
Reform of Criminal Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2004 – April 28 (with Professor Helen Rosenberg, supervised six students’ research on
Community Policing in Racine and presentation at UW System Symposium for
Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh.
2004 – March 9 – 13, Presented the paper “Minorities and the Restorative Justice
System” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), 41st Annual Meeting, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
2003 – November 19 –22, Presented the paper “Policing Police Corruption in Nigeria:
Enforcement Strategies” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC), 55th
Annual
Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
2003 – October 2 – 4, Presented the paper “Community Oriented Policing in Nigeria” at
the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
2003 – August 24 – 28, Presented the Paper “Extra-Judicial Killings in Nigeria – the Case
of Afikpo Town” at the 17th International Conference of the International Society for the
Reform of Criminal Law, the Hague, Netherlands.
2003 – August 10 – 14, Presented the Paper “The Nigerian Advance Fee (419) Fraud” at
the African Council for Communication Education 13th Biennial Conference, Abuja,
Nigeria.
2003 – May 27 – 28, Participant, Summit on Community Justice: People, Prevention and
Prisons – Reclaiming Safety For The Public Good, The University of Wisconsin –
Oshkosh
2003 – March 4 – 8 – Presented the Paper “Corruption and Political Violence in Nigeria”
at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), 40th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
2002 – November 13 – 16 – Presented the Paper “White-Collar Crime in Nigeria: A
Conceptual Inquiry” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) 54th Annual
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
2002 – October 9 – 11 – Presented the Paper “Racine Restorative Justice County Task
Force – A Program Evaluation Research” with two of my undergraduate students – Kim
Rossi and Brandi Dilworth at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal
Justice Association, Chicago, Illinois.
2002 – August 24 – 29 – Organized a Workshop on “Community Justice and Community
Policing” at the 10th International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA X), University
of Lagos – Nigeria.
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2002 – August 24 – 29 – Presented the Paper “The African Indigenous Justice System
from a Restorative/Transformative Perspective” at the 10th International Conference on
Penal Abolition (ICOPA X), University of Lagos – Nigeria.
2002 – August 27 – Moderator – 4th Plenary Session on the theme: “Promoting
Alternatives to Penalty and Conflict Resolution” at the 10th International Conference on
Penal Abolition (ICOPA X), University of Lagos – Nigeria.
2002 – March 5 – 7 – Paper presentation titled “Extradition, Terrorism and the Death
Penalty” with Alan Clarke and Dr. Eric Lambert (University of Toledo) – at the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting (ACJS).
2001 – November 7 – 10 – Presented the paper titled “Women and (African) Restorative
Justice” at the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Annual Conference, Atlanta
Georgia.
2001 – October 3 – 5 - Presented the paper titled “Controlling Community Violence: An
Offender Education Program – A Restorative Justice Evaluation” at the Midwestern
Criminal Justice Association (MCJA) Conference, Chicago ( jointly authored and
presented by two of my students – Robyn R. Spink and Victoria Mahboub)
2001 – May 3 – 6. “Human Rights, Justice, Peace …. In Africa” Conference, organized
by the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution (CAPCR), California State
University, Sacramento. Presented the Paper: “The State and Restorative Justice: the
Case of African Customary Courts.”
2001 – April 3 to 7. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Washington, D.C.
Presented the Paper “Student Internships: An Invaluable Experience for Criminal Justice
Majors” (Paper co-authored by Dr. Lee Ross and O. Oko Elechi).
2000 – November. American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Conference, San
Francisco. Conference Participant.
2000 – October. Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.
Conference Participant.
1999 – November. American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Conference,
Toronto. Presented the paper “The State and Restorative Justice: The Case of Afikpo –
Nigeria Customary Court.”
1999 – February. Western Society of Criminology (WSC) Annual Meeting, Oakland,
California. Presented the paper “Victims and Restorative Justice Systems – the Afikpo –
Nigeria Model.”
1998 – May. Participated in the Conference, “Abusing Power”, Simon Fraser University.
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1998 – February. Western Society of Criminology (WSC) Annual Meeting, Palm Beach,
California. Presented the Paper “Restorative Justice – the Afikpo – Nigeria Model.”
1997 – November. Participated in the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual
Conference, San Diego, California.
Selected Interviews with T.V., Radio, Newspapers and Book Authors
2011 January 31, Interview with Jamaica, W.I. National Radio on Restorative Justice
Programs and Practices
2006 January 24, Interview with the Racine Journal Times on Crime Prevention and
Improvement of Safety in Racine Neighborhooods.
2005 March 14, Interview with Lois Aceto on Fox 6 News, Milwaukee on Restorative
Justice as part of the March 18, 2005 Community Justice Conference, UW-
Parkside.
2005 March 10, Interview with Lois Aceto, Mark Marlaire Radio Interview with
WGTD – FM 91.1 Public Radio – Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, on
Restorative Justice as part of the campaign for the March 18. 2005 Community
Justice Conference,
UW-Parkside.
2005 March 6, Interview with Racine Journal Times on Restorative Justice as part of
the campaign for the March 18, Community Justice Conference, UW-Parkside.
2004 “Security: Police Work on Community Policing” with Nigerian This Day
Newspapers (www.thisdayonline.com) - Friday, April 9, 2004.
2004 Interview with Marc Ian Barasch – Journalist – Boulder Colorado, book research -
“The Compassion Project.”
2002 Radio Interview with WGTD – FM 91.1 Public Radio – Gateway Technical
College – Restorative Justice Public Enlightenment Campaign – April 10, 2002.
2001 Radio Interview with WGTD – FM. 91.1 Public Radio – Gateway Technical
College, as part of the activities marking the 2001 Restorative Justice
Week – November 13, 2001.
Service (to Mississippi Valley State University)
2016 – Fall – Present, Member, Post Tenure Review Committee
2016 – Fall – Present, Member, Graduate Studies Council
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Service (to Prairie View A & M University)
2009 – Fall 2010 - Spring to Present, Member, University Academic Council, Prairie
View A & M University.
2008 – Spring to Present, Member, H. Elaine Rodney Excellence in Research
Symposium, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, PVAMU.
2007 – Fall to Present, Member, University Committee on Research (UCOR) and
Sponsored Programs, Prairie View A & M University.
Service (to University of Wisconsin-Parkside)
2006 – Fall to Summer 2007, Member, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Committee on
Advising
2006 – Summer to Summer 2007, Member, First Year Experience Subcommittee on
“why our students Leave.”
2005 – Fall to Summer 2007, Member, First Year Success (FYS) Mentorship Program
2005 – Summer to Summer 2007, Member, First Year Experience Subcommittee of
Student Success at University of Wisconsin-Parkside
2004 – Summer 2007 – Member, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Humanities Steering
Committee
2004 – Summer 2007 – Member, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Restorative Justice
Institute Steering Committee
2004 – Summer/Fall, Judge, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Office of Multicultural
Student Affairs (OMSA) Sponsored 21st Annual American Multicultural Student
Leadership Conference.
2003 – May to Summer 2007 – Member, University of Wisconsin-Parkside International
Studies Steering Committee.
2001 to Fall 2005 – Departmental Representative – University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Faculty Senate.
2002 – Spring/Summer – Member, Humanities Program Peer Review Committee.
2001 – Summer/Fall – Member, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Center for
Community Partnerships Grant Writer Search and Screen Committee.
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Service (to Criminal Justice Department, University of Wisconsin-Parkside)
2005 – 06 - Member, Search and Screen Committee for Assistant Professor Position
2004 – 05 - Member, Search and Screen Committee for Assistant Professor Position
2003 – 04 - Member, Search and Screen Committee for Associate Professor Position
2003 – 04 - Member, Search and Screen Committee for Lectureship Position
2004 – November 8 – Departmental Representative University of Wisconsin – Parkside
Experience Days “Major Marketplace.”
2003 – Summer 2007 – Departmental Representative in UW-Parkside New Students’
Orientation.
2003 – May 16, Departmental Representative, College of Arts and Sciences Chairs’
Meeting.
2000 to Summer 2007 – Advisor to Controlling Community Violence Program
Other Professional Activities/Professional Development
2018 – March 26, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “Updates in the Assessment of
Student Learning Outcomes” facilitated by Dr. Larry W. Chappell, Center for Teaching
and Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2018 – March 1, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “Teaching Unprepared Students:
Strategies that Work” Facilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Evans, Center for Teaching and
Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2018 – February 28, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “5 Steps to Renew Program-
Level Learning Outcomes Assessment” Facilitated by Dr. James Varm, Center for
Teaching and Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2018 – February 21 – 28 – Participant in the Grant Writing Retreat as part of my
Mentorship role in the Health Disparities Research Training Program, Birmingham,
Alabama.
2017 – November 10 – Health Disparities Research Training Program (HDRTP)
“Respect in Research Partnerships”: An Experiential Bioethics Workshop 2017 at the
Auburn Marriot Opelika Hotel and Conference Center at Grand, Alabama.
2017 – September 28 – Health Disparities Research Training Program (HDRTP)
Orientation for new Scholars and Mentors at the University of Alabama, Birmingham
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2017 – January 25, Participant, teaching Workshop on “9 Ways to Use Class Discussion
to Promote Transformation”, facilitated by Dr. James Varn, Center for teaching and
Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2016 – April 27, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “Course Design that Promotes
Conceptual Understanding” facilitated by Dr. James Varn, Center for Teaching and
Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2016 – February 10, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “Ten Strategies for Enhancing
Learning through Group Work” Facilitated by Dr. James Varm, Center for Teaching and
Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2016 – February 25, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “Considering the Courage and
Practice of Teaching” Facilitated by Dr. James Varm, Center for Teaching and Learning,
Mississippi Valley State University.
2015 – 2017 – Health Disparities Research Training Program (HDRTP) Scholars –
Mentor, Junior Faculty Scholars for (Dr. S. V. Morris & Dr. R. E. Cobbs) in the HDRTP,
Jackson State University.
2015 – November 5, Participant, Teaching Workshop on “Efficient and Effective
Feedback in the Online Classroom” Facilitated by Dr. James Varm, Center for Teaching
and Learning, Mississippi Valley State University.
2015 – June 10 – Guest Speaker, Law Enforcement Officials Information Session and
Reception, MVSU – GHEC Conference Room.
2013 – October 17-18, Participant, Symposium, 2nd
Annual “Cultural and Economic
Implementations of Cotton, Worldwide” Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton
Kingdom, by Khafre, Incorporated & Mississippi Valley State University.
2013 – October 15, Participant, “Seven Ways to Increase Students Attention and
Learning” Facilitated by Dr. James Varn, Center for Teaching and Learning, Mississippi
Valley State University.
2013 – October 2 – 5, Participant, Council on Undergraduate Research, International
Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2013, September 21, Participant, Learner Centered Teaching Workshop (Facilitator: Mr.
T. Doyle), Mississippi Valley State University.
2007 – November 7 – 9, Participant, 3rd
Annual Strengthening Youth and Families Ideas,
Tools and Practices for Success, Austin Texas.
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2007 – September 12, Presenter, Paper titled “Youth Empowerment and Accountability:
Restorative Justice in Schools” at the 34th Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center
Research Forum.
2007 – April 26, Presenter, Paper titled “Restorative Justice in Schools” to the Racine
School District’s Student Assistance Coordinators, at the Racine District’s
Administration Building, 2220 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin.
2007 – March 2, Co-organizer, presenter and participant, University of Wisconsin-
Parkside 3rd
Annual Community Justice Conference.
2006 – November 8, presenter, paper on Restorative Justice (with Sr. Lois Aceto) at the
55th Breakfast on Social Issues – sponsored by the Racine 2000 and Beyond and Racine
Clergy Assn., at the YWCA, 740 College Avenue, Racine. Sr. Aceto and I are co-
directors of the UW-Parkside Restorative Justice Institute.
2006 – March 3, Co-organizer, presenter and participant, University of Wisconsin-
Parkside 2nd
Annual Community Justice Conference.
2005 – November 10, Guest Lecturer, Prof. Kim Boyajian “Peoples of Africa (SOCA
226)” class.
2005 – April 5, Co-organizer and participant, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside
International Studies Lecture Series, titled “Arab-American Relations” with guest speaker
Ambassador William A. Rugh.
2005 – March 18, Co-organizer, presenter and participant, University of Wisconsin-
Parkside Community Justice Conference.
2005 – February 11, Participant, University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Second Annual
Mini-Conference on Advising “Where Are Faculty When We Need Them?” The Campus
Culture(s) of Advising.
2004 – October 19, Co-organizer and participant, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside
International Studies Lecture Series, titled “From Body and Wall Design to Paper and
Canvas: Traditional Body Painting and Contemporary Art in Southeastern Nigeria” with
guest speaker Professor Emeritus Simon Ottenberg of University of Washington, Seattle.
2003 – December 4, Co-organizer and participant, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside,
International Studies Lecture Series, titled “Globalization and National Identity.”
2003 – November 24, Co-organizer and participant, the University of Wisconsin-
Parkside, International Studies Lecture Series, titled “Understanding Food Politics in
Africa.”
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2003 – May 9 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Teaching and Learning
Communities Fourth Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning (Co-Sponsored by
the Committee on Teaching and Learning and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
2003 – May 2 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside – “Learning to
Understand Diversity: Getting Students Past Common (Non)Sense” forum presented by
the Center for Ethnic Studies, the Committee on Teaching and Learning, the Center for
Teaching and Learning, and Plan 2008 Diversity Monitoring and Assessment
Committee’s (PDMAC) Goal 6: To “foster institutional environments and development
of courses that enhance learning and a respect for racial and ethnic diversity.” (1:00 to
3:00pm).
2003 – May 2 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside, “Reflective Multimedia
Portfolio: Alternative assessment, alternative partnerships” (10:00 am to 1:00pm.
2002 – November 15 – Participant – University of Wisconsin Fall Mini-Conference on
Teaching and Learning – “Understanding Non-Traditional Students.”
2002 – May 10 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside Third Annual
Conference on Teaching and Learning.
2002 – March 6 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside Orientation Follow-Up
for First and Second Year Teaching Staff and Faculty.
2002 – March 1 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside Spring Mini-
Conference on Teaching and Learning: Celebrating Best Practices.
2002 – February 22 – Participant – Innovative Teaching and Learning (Throwing Out the
Textbook: Uncovering Critical Thinking with Beginning Students) by Professor Lendol
Calder – 1999 Carnegie Scholar, Chair, History Department, Augustana College, Rock
Island, IL
2002 – February 18 – Guest Panelist – Comm. 315 (Communication and Gender) class,
University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
2001- December 11 – Presenter and participant – Criminal Justice Department,
University of Wisconsin-Parkside – Career Day.
2001 – November 16 – Participant – University of Wisconsin-Parkside Fall Mini-
Conference on Teaching and Learning.
2001 – June 28 – Facilitator – “Restorative Justice: Repairing Harm, Reducing Risk and
Building Community” – A Live National Satellite Broadcast – Produced by the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention U.S. Department of Justice and the Juvenile
Justice Telecommunications Assistance Project Eastern Kentucky University – Training
Resource Center
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2001 – May 14 – Wisconsin Restorative Justice Coalition Spring 2001 Meeting –
Madison. Meeting Participant and Representative of Racine Restorative Justice Coalition
at the Meeting.
2001 – April 25 (8.30 am to 4.00 pm). Victim Awareness Seminar, Racine Correctional
Institution, Co-Sponsored by Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Correctional
Ministries of Wisconsin. Seminar Participant with 15 students from my Restorative
Justice, Criminology and Research Methods Classes.
2001 – March 3 “Advancing the Practice of Teaching Through Scholarship” Conference,
organized by the Office of Professional and Instructional Development, Pyle Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Conference Participant.
Other Professional Appointments
December 2004 to Present – Consultant, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), “the
Research and Evaluation Agency” of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Grants, Academic Awards and Fellowships
2007 – May 2, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2007 – February 23, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Faculty/Academic Staff
Professional Fund Committee (FASPOF) Award.
2006 – October 9 – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2005 – November 21 – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Faculty/Academic Staff
Professional Fund Committee (FASPOF) Award.
2005 – November 10 – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research
and Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2005 – October 26 – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2005 – March 10, Recipient, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Parkside Grant.
2004 – December 14, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Plan 2008 Diversity
Monitoring and Assessment Committee Goal 5 Program to Support Research or Creative
Activity for Tenure Track Faculty Research Award Recipient.
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2004 – March – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2003 – November – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Plan 2008 Diversity
Monitoring and Assessment Committee Goal 5 Program to Support Research or Creative
Activity for Tenure Track Faculty Research Award Recipient.
2003 – November – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2003 – May – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2003 – March – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award
2003 – January – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Plan 2008 Diversity Monitoring
and Assessment Committee Goal 5 Program to Support Research or Creative Activity for
Tenure Track Faculty Research Award Recipient.
2002 – May – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Collaborative Undergraduate
Research Project Fund.
2001 – March – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Committee on Research and
Creative Activity (CRCA) Grant Award.
2001 – May – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Collaborative Undergraduate
Research Project Fund.
Service to Professional Association
2007 to Present – Member Editorial Board, African Criminology and Justice Association
Journal
2010 Spring – to Fall 2015, Secretary, African Criminology and Justice Association
2017 – Present – Reviewer Criminology Journal
2017 – Present – Reviewer – Aggression and Violent Behavior Journal
2015 – Present – Reviewer – International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences (IJCJS)
Service To The Community
2015 – July to Present, Assistant Secretary General, Government Secondary School
Afikpo Alumni Association (GSSAAA)
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2007 – October to April 2016, Secretary, Afikpo (Nigeria) Family Union, Houston,
Texas.
2006 – Fall to Summer 2007, Member, Board of Directors, Family Service of Racine,
Inc.
2006 – Summer to 2007, Member, Advisory Board, Racine County Mentoring Program,
an Affiliate of Racine Big Brothers program.
2004 – March 16 – Chair, Panel for the Racine County Sergeant promotional oral
interviews – Racine County Human Resources Department.
2002 – December 9 – Panel Member – Racine Deputy Sheriff Oral Interviews – Racine
County Human Resources Department.
2002 – April 21 – Represented and introduced Criminal Justice Department Academic
Achievement Honorees during the Academic Achievement Award Ceremony.
2002 – March 13 – Panel Member – Entry Level Deputy Sheriffs Interviews for Racine
County.
2001 – December 11 – Panel member for the Racine County Sergeant Promotional Oral
Interviews – Racine County Human Resources Department.
2001 – July 10 – Panel member for the Racine County Deputy Sheriffs oral interviews –
Racine County Work Force Development Center.
2001 – Spring Soccer Coach, Sumner’s County, Wisconsin.
2000 to 2007 – Board Member, Racine Restorative Justice County Task Force.
Professional Associations
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
Southwest Association of Criminal Justice (SACJ)
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association
Member, Center For African Peace and Conflict Resolution
African Studies Association (ASA)
White Collar Crime Research Consortium (WCCRC)
International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law
African Council for Communication Education
World Congress of Criminology