curriculum vitae (revised 7-1-2017) STEPHEN C. RICHARDS, … · 2018. 4. 5. · Stephen C. Richards Vita 1 curriculum vitae (revised 7-1-2017) STEPHEN C. RICHARDS, PH.D. Emeritus

Stephen C. Richards Vita 1

curriculum vitae

(revised 7-1-2017)

STEPHEN C. RICHARDS, PH.D. Emeritus Professor

Department of Criminal Justice University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

121 N. National Ave.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935-2929 Home Phone: 920-907-0326

Cell: 920-904-3737 e-mail: [email protected]

e-mail: [email protected]

Education Ph.D. Iowa State University Department of Sociology, 1992. Areas of Concentration: Criminal Justice, Criminology, Social Deviance M.A. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Department of Sociology, 1989. Areas of Specialization: Criminology, Social Deviance B.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Sociology, 1986. Academic Experience Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice, 2016 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2008-Present Professor of Criminal Justice University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2008-Present Associate Professor of Criminal Justice University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2004-2008 Undergraduate Courses taught: CJ 244: Correctional Process, CJ 331: Women and Crime, CJ 351: Theories of Crime, CJ 352: Organized Crime, CJ 353: Convict Criminology, CJ 358: Major Criminal Justice Issues, CJ 375: Special Topics In Criminal Justice


Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology Northern Kentucky University, 1999-2004. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology Northern Kentucky University, 1993-1999. Undergraduate Courses taught: Introductory Sociology, Juvenile Delinquency, Sociology of Corrections, Police and Society, Criminology, Women and Crime, Elite Deviance, Deviance and Social Control, Community Corrections, Sociology Senior Seminar. Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice University of Northern Iowa, 1992-1993. Undergraduate Courses taught: Introduction to Criminal Justice System. Graduate Courses taught: Corrections and Punishment, Correctional Treatments, Deviance and Social Control. Lecturer of Sociology and Criminology Iowa State University, 1989-1992. Undergraduate Courses taught: Marriage and the Family. Lecturer of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, 1988. Undergraduate Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology. Instructor of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987-1989. Undergraduate Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Criminology Honors and Awards Keynote Speaker for Education Program Commencement Ceremony at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, WI, June 12, 2014. Speech Accepting Critical Criminologist of the Year Award, Division on Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology, 2012. Plenary Speaker “The Convict Criminology Perspective and Group” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Milwaukee, October, 2012. Keynote Speaker: “Introducing Convict Criminology,” at Global Perspectives on Re-entry International Scientific Conference, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, June 9 – 12, 2010.


Presidential Plenary Session: “Convict Criminology,” with G. David Curry (University of Missouri-St. Louis) John Irwin (San Francisco State University), and Jeffrey Ian Ross (University of Baltimore), at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November, 2008. Keynote Speaker for College Program Commencement Ceremony at Federal Correctional Institution Waseca, Waseca, MN, October 13, 2006. Keynote Speaker for College Program Commencement Ceremony at Federal Correctional Institution Oxford, Oxford, WI, May 25, 2006. Keynote Address for the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency Conference, Owensboro, Kentucky, “Documenting Our Success Stories,” September, 2001. Plenary Session Co-Chair and Organizer: "Convict Criminology: Questioning the Quality of Justice Experienced by Defendants and Prisoners," at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., April, 2001. Session Co-Chair and Organizer: Professional Executive Session: “From Convict To Corrections Professionals,” at the American Correctional Association, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2001. Soros Justice Senior Fellow, Soros Foundation Open Society Institute awarded Fellowship, 2001. Participant Reentry Roundtable, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Washington D.C., 2001-2002. Keynote Address: "Sociology in the 21st Century: Questions about the Future of Social Control," at the Missouri State Sociological Association Annual Meeting, October, 1997. Federal Bureau of Prisons Volunteer Service Awards, 1994-2004. Wisconsin Department of Corrections Service Award 2004-2015.


Research Affiliations Soros Foundation: Open Society Institute, New York. Contract Consultant: Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections, Department of Sociology, The George Washington University, Washington D.C. Contract Consultant: Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Washington D.C. Books 7. Richards, S. C. (2016). American Convict: Prisoners of the United States Government (in progress). 6. Richards, S. C. (2015). The Marion Experiment: Long-Term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. (Richards, S. C. (2015). The Marion Experiment: Long-Term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Also on Kindle and University Press Audio Books). 5. Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2009). Beyond bars: Rejoining society after prison. New York: Alpha/Penguin Group. 4. Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2003). Convict criminology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 3. Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2002). Behind bars: Surviving prison. NewYork: Alpha/Penguin Group. 2. Richards, S. C. (1995). The Structure of prison release: An extended case study of prison release, work release, and parole. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1. Richards, S. C. (1995). The sociological significance of tattoos. New York: McGraw-Hill.


Journal Articles (refereed) 39. Richards, S. C. (2017). Convict Criminology. Oxford Bibliographies. London: Oxford University Press. 38. Ross, J. I., Jones R. S., Lenza, M., & Richards, S. C., (2016). Convict Criminology and the struggle for inclusion. Critical Criminology, 24 (4), 489-501. 37. Richards, S. C. (2015). USP Marion: A few prisoners summon the courage to speak. In Johnson, R. (Ed.), Special Issue "Rough Justice: Penal Sanctions, Human Dignity, and Human Rights." Laws, 4(1), 91-106. 36. Richards, S. C. (2015). The convict criminology perspective and group. Journal of Applied Social Science (in progress). 35. Newbold, G., Ross, J. I., Jones, R. S., Richards, S. C., & Lenza, M. (2014). Prison research from the inside: The role of convict auto-ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 20 (4), 439-448. 34. Richards, S. C. (2013). I fell from the sky: Convict becomes professor. Euro Vista: Probation and Community Justice, University of Birmingham, UK, 3(1), 1-6. 33. Richards, S. C. (2013). The new school of convict criminology thrives and matures. Critical Criminology: An International Journal. 21(1), 257-271. 32. Richards, S. C., Ross, J. I., Jones, R. S., Newbold, G., Lenza, M., Murphy, D. S., & Grigsby, R. S. (2012). Convict Criminology: Prisoner reentry policy recommendations. Special Issue on the 15th Anniversary of Convict Criminology. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 21, 1 & 2, 16-34. 31. Richards, S. C. & Lenza, M. (2012). Editors’ introduction: The first nickel and dime of Convict Criminology. Special Issue on the 15th Anniversary of Convict Criminology. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 21, 1 & 2, 3-15. 30. Murphy, D. S., Richards, S. C., & Fuleihan, B. (2012). Policy options to mitigate the criminal record barrier to employment. Special Issue on the 15th Anniversary of Convict Criminology. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 21, 1 & 2, 90-104.


29. Murphy, D. S., Fuleihan, B., Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (2011). The electronic “scarlet letter”: Criminal backgrounding and a perpetual spoiled identity. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 50, 3, 101-118. 28. Rose, C. D., Reschenberg, K., & Richards, S. C. (2010). Inviting convicts to college. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 49, 4, 293-308. 27. Rose, C. D., Reschenberg, K., & Richards, S. C. (2010). Where are we now? An update on the evolution of the Inviting Convicts To College Program. Offender Programs Report, 14, 3, 33-34, 43-45, 47. 26. Richards, S. C., Austin, J., Owen, B., & Ross, J. I. (2010). In memory of John Irwin. Justice Policy Journal. 7, 2, 1-5. 25. Ross, J. I., Richards, S. C., Newbold, G., Jones, R. S., Lenza, M., Murphy, D. S., Hogan, R. G., & Curry, G. D. (2010). Knocking on the ivory towers' door: The experience of ex-convicts applying for tenure-track university positions. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 21 (3), 1-19. 24. Richards, S. C., (with three UWO students) Melody Boyd, Adam Woodzik, & Christopher Hanson. (2010). Women prisoners discussing Convict Criminology: Inviting convicts to college (in progress). 23. Jones, R. S., & Richards, S. C. (2010). The meaning of re-entry: Constructing stories of success and failure” (in progress). 22. Jones, R. S., Ross, J. I., Richards, S. C., & Murphy, D. S. (2009). The first dime: A decade of Convict Criminology. The Prison Journal, 89, 2, 151-171. 21. Richards, S. C., Faggiani, D. (with three UWO students) Jed Roffers, Richard Hendricksen, & Jerrick A. Krueger. (2008). Convict Criminology courses at the university and in prison. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 17, 1, 43-60. 20. Beck, V. S., Richards, S. C., & Elrod, P. (2008). Prison visits: On the outside looking in. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. 17, 1, 91-105. 19. Richards, S. C. (2008). USP Marion: The first federal super-max. The Prison Journal, 88, 1, 6-22. 18. Richards, S. C., Faggiani, D. (with three UWO students) Jed Roffers, Richard Hendricksen, & Jerrick A. Krueger. (2008). Convict Criminology: Voices from prison. Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Context, 2, 1, 121-136.


17. Murphy, D. S., Terry, C. M., Newbold, G., & Richards, S. C. (2008). A Convict Criminology perspective on women guarding men. Justice Policy Journal, 4, 2, 1-36. 16. Hogan, R. G., & Richards, S. C. (2006). Private prison problems. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 15, 1, 53-64. 15. Rose, C. D., Reed, S. O., & Richards, S. C. (2005). Inviting convicts to college: A free college preparatory program for prisoners. Offender Programs Report, 8, 6. 81, 91-93. 14. Richards, S. C., Austin, J., & Jones, R. S. (2004). Thinking about prison release and budget crisis in the blue grass state. Criminology: An International Journal, 12, 3, 243-263. 13. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2004). The new school of Convict Criminology. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. 13, 11-26. 12. Richards, S. C. (2004). Penitentiary dreams: Books will take you anywhere you want to go. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. 13, 60-73. 11. Richards, S, C., Austin, J., & Jones, R. S. (2004). Kentucky’s perpetual prisoner machine: It’s about money. Review of Policy Research, 21, 1, 93-106. 10. Austin, J., Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (2003). New ideas for reforming parole in Kentucky. Offender Programs Report, 7, 2, 19-20, 22, 24. 9. Austin, J., Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (2003). Prison release In Kentucky: Convict perspective on policy recommendations. Offender Programs Report, 7, 1, 1, 13-16. 8. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2003). Convict perspective on the classification of prisoners. Criminology & Public Policy, 2, 2, 243-252. 7. Austin, J., Bruce, M. A., Carroll, L., McCall, P. L., & Richards, S. C. (2001). The use of incarceration in the United States: ASC National Policy Committee White Paper. American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. Critical Criminology, 10, 1, 17-41. 6. Austin, J., Bruce, M. A., Carroll, L., McCall, P. L., & Richards, S. C. (2001). The use of incarceration in the United States: ASC National Policy Committee White Paper. American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. ASC Home Page http://www.asc41.com/: 1-58.


5. Austin, J., Bruce, M. A., Carroll, L., McCall, P. L., & Richards, S. C. (2001). The use of incarceration in the United States: ASC National Policy Committee White Paper. (Executive Summary).” American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. The Criminologist, 26, 3, 14-16. 4. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2001). The new school of Convict Criminology. Social Justice, 28, 1, 177-190. 3. Potter, D., & Richards, S. C. (2000). Exporting critical criminology across national boundaries: More thoughts about Japan and beyond. The Critical Criminologist, 10, 6, 16-17. 2. Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (1997). Perpetual incarceration machine: Structural impediments to post-prison success. The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 13, 1, 4-22. 1. Richards, S. C. (1990). Sociological penetration of the American gulag. Wisconsin Sociologist, 2, 4, 18-28.

Chapters in Edited Books, Textbook Contributions, Encyclopedia Entries (invited) 41. Richards, S. C. Ross, J. I., Newbold, G, Lenza, M., Robert S. Grigsby, R. S. (2017). Convict Criminology. In W. DeKeseredy & M. Dragiewicz (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of critical criminology (2nd ed., pp. 160-171). London: Routledge. 40. Richards, S. C. (2015). Conclusion: Rethinking Prisons in the 21rst Century. In Richards, S. C. (Ed.) The Marion Experiment: Long-term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. 39. Richards, S. C. (2015). Introduction. In Richards, S. C. (Ed.) The Marion Experiment: Long-term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. 38. Richards, S. C. Lenza, M., Murphy, D. S., Ekunwe, I. O., & Jones, R. S. (2014). Convict Criminology. In M. Miller (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. 37. Jones, R.S., Ross, J.I., Richards, S.C., & Murphy, D.S. (2014). The first dime: A decade of convict criminology. The Prison Journal, 89, 151-171. Reprinted in W. DeKeseredy & M. Dragiewicz (Eds.) Routledge Major Works Collection: Critical Criminology, Volume II (pp. 69-86). London: Routledge.


36. Sheridan, M. J., & Richards S. C. (2014). Convict Criminology and convict higher education. In B. Arrigo (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 35. Sheridan, M. J., & Richards S. C. (2014). In B. Arrigo (Ed.) Collateral Consequences and felony convictions. Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 34. Ross, J. I., Richards, S. C., Newbold, G., Lenza, M., Grigsby, R. S. (2012). Convict Criminology. In W. DeKeseredy & M. Dragiewicz (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of critical criminology (pp. 160-171). London: Routledge. 33. Richards, S. C. & Lenza, M. (2012). Day reporting centers. In J. I. Ross (Ed.), Encyclopedia of street crime in America (pp. 129-130). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 32. Richards, S. C., Ross, J. I., Newbold, G., Lenza, M., Jones, R. S., Murphy, D. S., & Grigsby, R. S. (2011). The challenge of pragmatic solutions: Convict criminology, prisoner reentry, and public policy. In R. Immarigeon & L. Fehr (Eds.), Pathways for prisoner reentry: An ACA Reader (pp. 237-253). Alexandria, VA: American Correctional Association. 31. Richards, S. C., Ross, J. I., Newbold, G., Lenza, M., Jones, R. S., Murphy, D. S., & Grigsby, R. S. (2011). Convict Criminology: Prisoner re-entry policy recommendations. In I. O. Ekunwe & R. S. Jones (Eds.), Global perspectives on re-entry (pp. 198-222). Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Press. 30. Rose, C. D., Beck, V., & Richards, S. C. (2010). The Mass incarceration movement in the USA. In Martine Herzog-Evans (Ed.). Transnational criminology manual, Vol. 2 (pp. 533-551). Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers. 29. Richards, S. C., Lenza, M., Newbold, G., Jones, R. S., Murphy, D., & Grigsby, R. (2010). Prison as seen by convict criminologists. In Martine Herzog-Evans (Ed.) Transnational criminology manual, Volume 3 (pp. 343-360). Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers. 28. Newbold, G., Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2010). The emerging field of Convict Criminology. In F. Cullen & P. Wilcox (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory (pp. 210-212). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.


27. Richards, S. C., Newbold, G., & Ross, J. I. (2009). Convict Criminology. In M. J. Miller (Ed.) 21st century criminology: A reference handbook, Volume 1 (pp. 356-363). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 26. Richards, S. C. (2009). John Irwin. In K. Hayward, S. Maruna, & J. Mooney (Eds.). Fifty Key Thinkers in Criminology (pp. 173-178). London: Routledge. 25. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2009). Convict perspective on the classification of prisoners. Criminology & Public Policy, 2, 2. Reprinted in M. Stohr, A. Walsh, & C. Hemmens (Eds.). Corrections: A reader (pp. 113-119). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 24. Richards, S. C. (2009). A convict perspective on community punishment: Further lessons from the darkness of prison. In J. I. Ross (Ed.), Cutting the edge: Current perspectives in radical/critical criminology and criminal justice, 2nd ed. (pp. 122-144.). Edison, NJ: Transaction. . 23. Richards, S. C. (2009). One Convict Criminologist recalls prison. In T. R. Clear, Todd R., G. F. Cole, & M. D. Reisig. American Corrections. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, pp. xx. 22. Richards, S. C., Rose, C. D., & Read, S. O. (2009). Inviting convicts to college program: Convict Criminology. In T. R. Clear, G. F. Cole, & M. D. Reisig. American corrections. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, pp. xx. 21. Carceral, K.C., Rose, C. D., Richards, S. C., & Bernard. T. J. (2008). Moving beyond the officer-prisoner model of control.” In R. K. Ruddell, & N. E. Fearn (Eds.). Correctional violence (pp. 231-248). Richmond, KY: Newgate Press. 20. Sheridan, M, & Richards, S. C. (2008). Prison, Convict Criminology. In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Volume 2 (pp. 713-714). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 19. Richards, S, C., Ross, J. I., & Jones, R. S. (2008). Convict Criminology (pp. 106-115). In G. Barak (Ed.) Battleground: Criminal justice. Westport, CN: Greenwood. 18. Richards, S. C. (2008). Foreword. In J. I. Ross. Special problems in corrections (pp. xi-xiv). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall. 17. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2007). The new school of Convict Criminology: How might prison college programs rehabilitate prisoners?”


In L. F. Alarid, & P. Reichel. Corrections: A contemporary introduction (pp. 330) Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. 16. Richards, S. C., Rose, C. D. & Reed, S. O. (2006). Inviting convicts to college: Prison and university partnerships. In The state of Corrections: 2005 Proceedings ACA Annual Conferences (pp. 171-180). Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association. 15. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2005). Convict Criminology. In R. A. Wright & J. M. Miller (Eds.). Encyclopedia of criminology (pp. 232-236). New York: Routledge. 14. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2005). Convict Criminology. In B. Foster. Corrections: The fundamentals (pp. 278-279). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 13. Richards, S. C. (2005). United States Penitentiary Marion. In M. Bosworth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of prisons and correctional facilities (pp. 569-573. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 12. Richards, S. C. (2005). United States Penitentiary Leavenworth. In M. Bosworth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of prisons and correctional facilities (pp. 538-540). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 11. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2005). Convict Criminology. In M. Bosworth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of prisons and correctional facilities (pp. 169-175). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

10. Andrus, T., & Richards, S. C. (2005). State prisons. In M. Bosworth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of prisons and correctional facilities (pp. 919-926). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 9. Richards, S. C. (2004). Born illegal. In R. Berger, & R. Quinney (Eds.), Storytelling sociology: Narrative as social inquiry (pp. 183-193). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 8. Richards, S. C., & Jones, R. S. (2004). Beating the perpetual incarceration machine. In S. Maruna & R. Immarigeon (Eds.), After crime and punishment: Pathways to offender reintegration (pp. 201-232). London: Willan Publishers. 7. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2003). Ex-convict professors doing prison research. In The state of corrections: 2002 proceedings ACA Annual Conferences (pp.163-168). Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association.


6. Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2003). Introduction: The new school of Convict Criminology. In J. I. Ross, & S. C. Richards (Eds.) Convict Criminology (pp. 1-14). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 5. Richards, S. C. (2003). My journey through the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In J. I. Ross, & S. C. Richards (Eds.) Convict Criminology (pp. 120-149). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 4. Richards, S. C., & Ross, J. I. (2003). Conclusion: An invitation to the criminology/criminal justice community. In J. I. Ross, & S. C. Richards (Eds.) Convict Criminology (pp. 347-353). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 3. Richards, S. C., Terry, C. M., & Murphy, D. S. (2002). "Lady Hacks and Gentlemen Convicts." In L. F. Alarid, & P. Cromwell (Eds.), Contemporary correctional perspectives: Academic, practitioner, and prisoner (pp. 207-216). Los Angeles: Roxbury. 2. Richards, S. C., & Avey, M. J. (2000). Controlling state crime in the United States of America: What can we do about the thug state? In J. I. Ross (Ed.), Varieties of state crime and its control (pp. 31-58). Monsey, New York: Criminal Justice Press. 1. Richards, S. C. (1998). Critical and radical perspectives on community punishment: Lessons from the darkness. In J. I. Ross (Ed.), Cutting the edge: Current perspectives in radical/critical criminology and criminal justice, 1rst ed. (pp. 122-144). New York: Praeger, Other Non-refereed Publications: Newspaper Articles, Internet Articles, Newsletters (invited) 18. Richards, Stephen C., James Austin, Barbara Owen, and Jeffrey Ian Ross. (2010, Spring). “In Memory of John Irwin,” The Critical Criminologist. 17. Richards, Stephen C., James Austin, Barbara Owen, and Jeffrey Ian Ross. (2010, March). “John Irwin Memoriam,” The Criminologist: The Official Newsletter of the American Society of Criminology. 16. Ross, Jeffrey Ian, Stephen C. Richards, and Nicholas Vasquez. (2009, September 22). “How About a Small Bank Specializing in Loans to Ex-Cons?” Prison Legal News. 15. Sheridan, Matthew J., and Stephen C. Richards. (2007). “Convict Criminology: An Advocacy for Smart Approaches to Crime and Correctional Options.” New Jersey Criminal Justice Educators: 7-9.


14. Richards, Stephen C., Chris D. Rose, and Susan O. Reed. (2007). “The College Preparatory Program: Inviting Convicts to College” in Correctional Education Association-Wisconsin Newsletter, Volume 21, Issue 5, March/April: 4-5. 13. Richards, Stephen C. (2004, Fall). “Reducing Prison Population: Rip in ‘Time Freeze’” in Ideas for an Open Society, Quarterly Publication of Soros Foundation, New York: Open Society Institute. 12. Richards, Stephen C. (2003, November 19). “Americans and Guns: Slaughter on the Streets Demands We Outlaw Possession of Handguns” in The Kentucky Post. 11. Richards, Stephen C. (2003, August). “Federal Prisoner Becomes University Professor.” The Blanket: A Journal of Protest and Dissent. Retrieved from [http://lark.phoblacht.net]. 10. Richards, Stephen C., and Jeffrey Ian Ross. (2003). “What is Convict Criminology?” The Blanket: A Journal of Protest and Dissent. Retrieved from [http://lark.phoblacht.net]. 9. Richards, Stephen C. (2003). “Federal Prisoner Becomes University Professor.” FedCURE Newsletter. Winter: 15-16. 8. Richards, Stephen C., and Jeffrey Ian Ross. (2003). “What is Convict Criminology?” FedCURE Newsletter, Spring: 6, 14. 7. Richards, Stephen C. (2001). “Convict Criminology: Ex-Convicts Become Criminology Professors.” Insights: Offender Preparation & Education Network. Winter: 1-3. 6. Richards, Stephen C. (2001, June, 28). “Don’t ‘Fix’ Civil Service.” Cincinnati Post July, 29: p. 8A. 5. Richards, Stephen C. (2001. “Keep Politics Out of Development.” Cincinnati City Beat. pp. 10-11. 4. Richards, Stephen C. (1998). "Guide To Release For Federal Prisoners." In Welcome to PVS: Visitor Orientation and Resource Manual, Philadelphia, PA: Prisoner Visitation and Support. 3. Richards, Stephen C. (1998). "Guide To University Credit For Federal Prisoners." In Welcome to PVS: Visitor Orientation and Resource Manual, Philadelphia, PA: Prisoner Visitation and Support.


2. Richards, Stephen C. (1993, Fall). "A Lesson From the Darkness." Effective Teaching: NKU's Teaching Newsletter. 1. Richards, Stephen C. (1993.)."Structural Impediments of Parole Success: A Case Study of Prison Release, Work Release, and Parole." In Bars and Stripes. Des Moines, IA: Newsletter of Criminal Justice Ministries, Vol. 12, 1. Published Book Reviews 4. Book review published in Criminal Justice Review, Criminal, (March 2010) Vol. 35: 123-124, of Rodriguez, Dylan. 2006. Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U. S. Prison Regime. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 3. Book review published in International Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 18-1: 120-121 (March, 2008) of: Jewkes, Yvonne and Helen Johnston. 2006. Prison Readings: A Critical Introduction to Prisons and Imprisonment. London: Willan Publishing. 2. Book review published in Canadian Review of Books, Books In Canada (December, 2001) of: West, W. Gordon, and Ruth Morris (Eds.). 2001. The Case For Penal Abolition. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Scholar’s Press. 1. Book review published in Contemporary Sociology, (March, 2000), Vol. 29, No. 2: 413-414 of: Westervelt, Saudra Davis. 1998. Shifting the Blame: How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Editorial Board of Academic Journals Serve on Editorial Board for Beijing Law Review (2010) Serve on Editorial Board of Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, Canadian Scholars’s Press, Press, University of Toronto Press, University of Ottawa Press (2003-present). Contributions to Scholarship Pre-publish review of manuscript by Rod Earle for tentative title Convict Criminology: Ex-prisoners, Crime and Criminology for Policy Press at University of Bristol, UK (7-2015).


Review book proposal written by Rod Earle for tentative title Convict Criminology: Ex-prisoners, Crime and Criminology for Policy Press at University of Bristol, UK (6-2014). Review and Commentary for Critical Criminology (1-2014). Invited, collected, edited, and revised ten short autobiographical papers for publication in Euro Vista: Probation and Community Justice (published 2014). Review and Commentary for The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology (4-2013). Review and Commentary for the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (11-2012). Review and Commentary for proposed book by James Kilgore Progress or Technological Ball and Chain?; Electronic Monitoring in the Era of Mass Incarceration for the University of California Press (9-2012). Review and Commentary for Contemporary Anthropology and Sociology (7-2012). Review and Commentary for proposed book by Jamie Fader’s Inside and Out: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood for Urban Youth for Rutgers University Press (1-2012). Review and Commentary for the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Northwestern University School of Law (11-2011). Review and Commentary for proposed book by Melvin Delgado Ex-offenders and Work, for Linne Rienner Publishers (10-2011). Co-editors (Richards, S. C. & Lenza, M.) (2012). Special Issue on the 15 Anniversary of Convict Criminology. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 21, 1. Review and Commentary for Critical Criminology (3-2011). Review and Commentary for the Justice Policy Journal (9-2009). Review and Commentary for the Justice Policy Journal (4-2009). Review and Commentary for the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (2-2009). Review and Commentary for Justice Quarterly (1-2009).


Review and Commentary for Pearson/Prentice Hall for new edition of Champion, Dean J. Probation, Parole and Community Corrections (6th edition), by Champion (5-2008). Review and Commentary for Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (1-2008). Review and Commentary for Criminal Justice Review (10-2007). Review and Commentary for Western Criminology Review (9-2007). Review and Commentary for Criminal Justice Review (9-2006). Review and Commentary for Criminology & Public Policy (8-2006). Review and Commentary for proposed Book Series The Criminal Justice System, Craig Hemmens, for Sage (7-05). Review and Commentary for Critical Criminology (11-04). Review and Commentary for NYU Press: K.C. Carceral, and Thomas Bernard (Ed.) Enterprise Prison (2004). Review and Commentary for Criminology & Public Policy (6-2003). Review and Commentary for Prentice Hall: Introduction to Corrections (3-2003). Review and Commentary for Justice Research and Policy (2-2003). Review and Commentary for Sage: Welch, Michael. 2003. Punishment in America: Social Control and the Ironies of Imprisonment (2-2003). Review and Commentary for The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati: “Men’s Forensic Assessment Study in Hamilton County, Ohio.” (8-2002). Review and Commentary for Criminology & Public Policy (7-2002). Review and Commentary for Criminology & Public Policy (5-2002). Review and Commentary for Prentice Hall: Seiter, Richard P. 2002. Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections: Contemporary Concepts and Issues (7-2002).


Review and Commentary for Prentice Hall: Ross, Jeffrey Ian. 2002. Special Problems in Corrections (6-2002). Review and Commentary for Sage: Sacco, Vincent F. 2003. When Crime Waves (4-2002). Review and Commentary for Prentice Hall: Champion, Dean J. 2002. The Juvenile Justice System, 3rd ed. (1-2002). Review and Commentary for The Urban Institute, the Justice Policy Center (Washington D. C.): Travis, Jeremy, and Christy Visher. 2002. “Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry” (12-2001). Review and Commentary for Prentice Hall: Helms, Jeffrey L. and Arrigo, Bruce A. 2002. Juvenile Justice, Delinquency and Behavior: A Humanistic Approach (12-2001). Review and Commentary for Sage Press: Ross, Jeffrey Ian. 2002. Dynamics of Political Crime (6-2001). Review and Commentary for Roxbury Press: Hassine, Victor. 2000. Life Without Parole: Living In Prison Today, 3rd ed.(6-2001). Review and Commentary for Prentice Hall: Alleman, Ted and Rosemary L. Gido (Eds.). 1999. Turnstile Justice: Issues in American Corrections (1-1999). Review and Commentary for Criminal Justice Press: Ross, Jeffrey Ian (Ed.). 1998. Varieties of State Crime (12-1998). Review and Commentary for Northeastern University Press: Ross, Jeffrey Ian (Ed.). 1998. Cutting the Edge: Current Perspectives in Radical/Critical Criminology and Criminal Justice (1-1998). Review and Commentary for Wadsworth/West Press: Carlson, Norman A., Karen M. Hess, and Christine M. H. Orthmann. 1998. Corrections in the 21th Century (10-1996). Review and Commentary for Longman Publishing: Global Vision: Sociology for the 21st Century (10-1996). Review and Commentary for American Journal of Criminal Justice, (8-1996).


Review and Commentary for St. Martin's Press: Coleman, James William. 1995. The Criminal Elite: The Sociology of White-Collar Crime, 4th ed. (1-1994). Review and Commentary for Macmillan: Reiman, Jeffrey H. 1988. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Crime, and Criminal Justice, 3rd ed. (1-1988). Expert Witness in Criminal Court Cases Testimony for defendant Gregory Davis represented by Anggelis, Gordon, Yavelak, and Hall in U.S. District Court, Lexington, Kentucky, October 2003. Testimony for defendant Brandon Brumett represented by Burr Travis in Kenton County Circuit Court, Division IV, Covington, Kentucky, 2003. Grant Proposals: Funded, Pending, Denied 2011 UWO Sabbatical: Project to complete writing and publication of USP Marion: The First Federal Super Max Penitentiary. (funded for Fall 2011). 2011 UWO Faculty Development Grant Project: Co-editor of Special Issue on Convict Criminology for the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. (funded for Summer 2011). 2007 UWO Phase II Plan 2008 Closing the Gap Grants, submitted to the Diversity Council COLS, entitled “Inviting Convicts To College.” ($1,500 awarded) 2004 Contract Consultant: Janet Forbush’s “Girls’ Study Group” Grant proposal submitted to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Information Technology International in partnership with Johns Hopkins University Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. ($1,000,000 denied) 2003


Soros Foundation Travel Grant: Soros Justice Fellows Conference “Advancing Our Work: Making Connections & Maximizing Our Capacity, “ New York City, May, 2003. 2002 Contract Consultant: “Locked Up and Locked Out: Inside Green Bay Correctional Institution.” Co-Producers Paul Calhoun and Jaime McBrady. Research Grant Proposal submitted to WHC. This 40-50 minute film documentary will tell the story of incarceration from the perspective of those “inside,” along with interviews with family members, prison staff, and some experts in the field of criminology and corrections. (funding denied). 2002-2005 Contract Consultant: Urban Institute (Washington, D. C.) Project Prison-to-Community Health Linkages for Prisoners. I helped write the research proposal. My participation includes organizing and directing data collection. This includes interviewing Ohio prisoners, parolees and former prisoners in the community. Additional work includes data analysis, report writing, presentations and publication. Proposal submitted to U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services, Centers for Disease Control. Funding requested for 10/01/2002-9/30-2005, $ 1,344,587. (funding denied). 2002 Urban Institute (Washington, D. C.) Travel Grant Reentry Roundtable Meeting 4. Public Health Dimensions of Prisoner Reentry.” Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Los Angeles, CA, December, 2002. 2002 Urban Institute (Washington, D. C.) Travel Grant Reentry Roundtable Meeting 3. “Prisoner Reentry and the Institutions of Civil Society: Bridges and Barriers to Successful Reintegration.” Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Washington D.C., March, 2002. 2002 Urban Institute (Washington, D. C.) Travel Grant National Policy Conference: From Prison to Home: The Effects of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families and Communities, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, MD, January, 2002. 2002-2004


Co-Principal Investigator, Reducing America’s Prison Population (with James Austin, Director of the Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections at The George Washington University, John Irwin, Emeritus Professor San Francisco State University). This is a large-scale study organized to research, write, and present Comprehensive Decarceration and Community Development Plans to state and local policy makers. I helped write and submit proposal. My participation includes directing the collection of interview data in the field. Responsibilities include organizing field work, writing reports, presentations and publications. The research includes travel to research sites in four different states. Submitted to Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute, Criminal Justice Initiatives. (Soros Foundation awarded $ 320,000 for 2002, funding expected for 2003, 2004). 2001-2002 Soros Justice Senior Justice Fellowship Criminal Justice Initiatives of the Open Society Institute, to complete writing of USP Marion: The First Super Max Penitentiary. This book is under contract with Southern Illinois University Press. As a Soros Justice Senior Fellow I am expected to make presentations, write reports and publish. (Soros Foundation awarded $66,000). 2001 NKU Project Grant For collecting data on the United States Penitentiary Marion, for a book under contract with Southern Illinois University Press. (Northern Kentucky University awarded $1,425). 2001 Urban Institute (Washington, D. C.) Travel Grant Reentry Roundtable Meeting 2, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, March, 2001. 2001 NKU Sabbatical To complete writing of scholarly book, entitled USP Marion: The First Super Max Penitentiary. This book is under contract with Southern Illinois University Press. (Northern Kentucky University awarded) 2000 NKU Faculty Summer Research Fellowship To complete writing and editing of book (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) entitled Convict Criminology (Wadsworth).


(Northern Kentucky University awarded $4,500). 2000 A Contemporary Study of Doing Time in America's Prison: A Convict Perspective (with James Austin, Director of the Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections at The George Washington University and John Irwin, Emeritus Professor San Francisco State University). This is a large scale study organized to interview prisoners in six prisons, in three different states. Submitted to Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute, Criminal Justice Initiative (funding awarded). 1995 NKU Faculty Summer Research Fellowship To collect data on the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Statistical and ethnographic data was collected, analyzed, and organized to be used for writing one or more of the following: journal articles, book chapter, and/or book. (Northern Kentucky University awarded $3,000). 1992-1993 State of Iowa, Department of Corrections, Felons and Community Together Community Service Grant, for Felons and Community Together (FACT), Cedar Falls/ Waterloo, Iowa, from Iowa Department of Corrections and private foundations for community programs to assist persons coming out of prison. Programs included substance abuse counseling, employment counseling, operating a thrift store, and organizing churches to provide transportation for families and children to visit mothers incarcerated in the Iowa Prison for Women. University of Northern Iowa. (State of Iowa awarded $250,000). Research Activities 2010-present Comparative Studies of US, Scandinavian, Nordic, and Western European Criminal Justice Systems Study includes Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom, and France. Subjects include sentences, prison populations, prison conditions, and the use of criminal background checks. 2004-present Conversion of Prisons into Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers for Voluntary Commitments 2004-present


Inviting Convicts to College Organized classes taught every semester inside Wisconsin state prisons. The program “Inviting Convicts to College” provided free college course for prisoners at Oshkosh Correctional Institution and Taycheedah Correctional Institution. The program has provided opportunities for research and a series of publications. 2002 Prison Release and Community Reentry in Kentucky Conducted interviews of prisoners inside Kentucky prisons, parole offices, and community corrections centers, and non-profit community residential halfway houses. Studies funded by the Soros Foundation Justice Fund, Open Society Institute, and the Kentucky Department of Corrections. 2001 Reducing America’s Prison Population (with James Austin, Director of the Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections at The George Washington University, John Irwin, Emeritus Professor San Francisco State University, and Patricia Hardyman, The George Washington University). This is a large-scale study organized to research, write, and present Comprehensive Decarceration and Community Development Plans to state and local policy makers. The research is funded for four states, to extend over a number of years, including data collection, presentations, reports and publications. The George Washington University. 2001-present USP Marion: The First Super-Max Federal Penitentiary Research on federal super-maximum security prisons. Study includes tours of ADX Florence and USP Marion. Research is funded by a modest book advance from Southern Illinois University Press. Northern Kentucky University. 2001 A Contemporary Study of Doing Time in America's Prison: A Convict Perspective (with James Austin and John Irwin). This is a large-scale study being organized to interview prisoners in six prisons, in three different states. 1994-present Federal Prison Studies Collecting data for a series of articles and books on the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Now in tenth year of visiting prisoners incarcerated in federal institutions, including USP Leavenworth (KS), FMC Lexington (KY), FCI Morgantown (WV), and FCI Alderson (WV), and ADX and USP Florence (CO). I have now visited or corresponded with over 500 male and female


prisoners, asking questions about the conditions of confinement in federal penitentiaries, correctional institutions, prison camps, and medical centers. Research focuses on prison programs, prison release programs, furloughs, half-way house programs, home confinement, parole and probation supervision. This research has resulted in significant reports and publications. Northern Kentucky University. 1991-1992 Iowa Prison, Parole, and Work Release Study. Collected interviews of Iowa prisoners in pre-release programs, at work release centers, and in parole offices. Iowa State University. 1988-1989 Tattoo Study. Interviewed tattoo artists, tattoo parlor customers, and tattooed persons in university community. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Research Reports and Presentations Presentation of research on “Prisoner Release in Kentucky,” for panel “Finding Strategic Openings, Looking Beyond the Usual Suspects and Building Creative Alliances, at the Soros Fellows Event: “Advancing our Work: Making Connections and Maximizing Our Capacity. Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute, New York City, May, 2003. Presentation of research report on “Reducing Kentucky’s Prison Population” (with James Austin, The George Washington University and Richard S. Jones, Marquette University) to Governor Paul Patton and Justice Cabinet, Frankfort, Kentucky, December, 2002. Presentation of research report on “Revising Kentucky Parole Guidelines” to Kentucky Parole Board, Justice Cabinet, and Kentucky Department of Corrections (with James Austin), Frankfort, Kentucky, July, 2002. Presentation of research report on “Reducing Prison Population” at Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute (with James Austin), New York City, June, 2002. Reentry Roundtable Meeting 4. “Public Health Dimensions of Prisoner Reentry.” Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Los Angeles, CA, December, 2002. Presentation of research plan for “Reducing Prison Population in Four States” to Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections at The George Washington University, Washington D.C., March, 2002.


Participant Reentry Roundtable Meeting 3, “Prisoner Reentry and the Institutions of Civil Society: Bridges and Barriers to Successful Reintegration.” Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Washington D.C., March, 2002. Participant National Policy Conference, From Prison to Home: The Effects of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities. Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, January, 2002. Reentry Roundtable Meeting 2, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, March, 2001. Presentation of research proposal to American Correctional Association Research National Council, American Correctional Association, Nashville, TN, January 2001. International Academic Conferences and Professional Meetings Paper presented: Ross, J. I., Jones, R. S., Richards, S. C., & Lenza, M. “Convict Criminology and the Struggle for Inclusion” at the British Society of Criminology Meeting, Plymouth University, UK, June 30-July 3, 2015. Paper presented: Newbold, G., Ross, J. I., Jones, R. S., Richards, S. C., & Lenza, M. “Prison research from the inside: The role of convict auto-ethnography” at the annual conference of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa-New Zealand, at Canterbury University, December 3-5, 2014. Keynote Speaker: “Introducing Convict Criminology,” at Global Perspectives on Re-entry International Scientific Conference, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, June 9–12, 2010. “Convict Criminology: Prisoner Re-Entry Policy Recommendation” (with Jeffrey Ian Ross), at Global Perspectives on Re-entry International Scientific Conference, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, June 9 – 12, 2010. Taught Graduate Workshop on Convict Criminology, at Global Perspectives on Re-entry International Scientific Conference, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, June 9 – 12, 2010.


North American Academic Conferences and Professional Meetings Paper presented “Convict Criminology and the Struggle for Inclusion” (with Jeffrey Ian Ross, Richard S. Jones, and Michael Lenza) in Session Convict Criminology 2: Prisons and Reentry at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 2016. Paper presented “Prisoners of the United States Government” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 2016. Chair Session Convict Criminology 4 Prison at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 2016. Author of The Marion Experiment: Long-Term Solitary Confinement and The Supermax Movement in Author Meets Critics Session at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 2016. Critic for Rod Earle, Convict Criminology: Inside and Out in Author Meets Critics Session at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 2016. Critic for Mathew G. Yeager, Frank Tannebaum: The Making of a Convict Criminologist in Author Meets Critics Session at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 2016. Paper presented “American Convict: Prisoners of the United States Government” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November, 2015. Chair and Discussant: “Convict Criminology Session 1: The Marion Experiment” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014. Paper presented “Convict Criminologist at USP Marion” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014.


Chair and organizer “Convict Criminology Session 2: USP Marion: Prisoners of the Federal Bureau of Prisons” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014. Author Meets Critics (with Shadd Maruna and Viviane Saleh Hanna) for book Munn, M. & Buckert, C. (2014). On the Outside: From Lengthy Imprisonment to Lasting Freedom. Vancouver, B. C., University of British Columbia Press at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014. Chair and organizer of session “Convict Criminology Session 2: USP Marion: Prisoners of the Federal Bureau of Prisons” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2014 Chair and organizer of roundtable session “Extending the New School of Convict Criminology” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2013. Chair and Organizer of session “New Directions in Critical Theory II” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2013. Chair and Organizer of session “Convict Criminology Research” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2013. Paper presented “Marionization and Solitary Confinement” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2013. Paper presented “Teaching Convict Criminology in the Classroom” in Roundtable session Teaching Critical Criminology: The Politics Pedagogy as Social Justice, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2013. “The New School of Convict Criminology Thrives and Matures” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Portland, OR, October, 2013. Chair for the session “Convict Criminology: Perspectives on the Prison Experience” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November, 2012.


Paper presented “The First Dime and Nickel of Convict Criminology”(with Michael Lenza) at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November, 2012. Discussant for Session “Convict Criminology Panel: Reflections on Mass Incarceration” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November, 2012. Plenary Speaker “The Convict Criminology Perspective and Group” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Milwaukee, October, 2012. Chair Session “Convict Criminology Session One” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Milwaukee, October, 2012. Paper presented “The First Dime and Nickel of Convict Criminology”(with Michael Lenza) at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Milwaukee, October, 2012. Chair Session and Organizer “Students Discussing Teaching Convict Criminology Courses Inside Wisconsin State Prisons” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Milwaukee, October, 2012. Chair Session and Organizer “Zombie Theory,” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Washington DC, November, 2011. Paper presented “Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies: A New Conceptualization of Social Stratification” (with Michael Lenza) at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Washington DC, November, 2011. Co-chair (with Michael Lenza) for Session “The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons: Voices of Volume 21” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Washington DC, November, 2011. Paper presented: “The Electronic Scarlet Letter: Criminal Backgrounding and Perpetual Spoiled Identity” by Daniel Murphy (Appalachian State University), Brian Fuleihan (University of South Carolina), Stephen C. Richards (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh), and Richard S. Jones (Marquette University) at the annual conference of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association, Raleigh, NC, February, 2011.


Session Organizer and Participant: Criminologists Remember John Irwin: His Life and Contributions to Criminology at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2010. Organizer and Author: Author Meets Critics: Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Ross & Richards, 2009), at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2010. Organizer and Session Critic: Author Meets Critics: Miller's Revenge (Johnson, 2010), at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2010. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 1, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2010. Paper presented “Mass Incarceration in the USA” (with Chris D. Rose & Victoria Beck), at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2010. Paper presented “Convict Criminology: Reentry Policy Recommendations” (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2010. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 2: Lethal Rejection-The Various Uses of Criminal Justice Fiction in the Classroom, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November, 2009. Paper presented “Daring to Show What We Never Wanted To Know: Fiction and Awakening Others to the Raw Realities of Prison Life,” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November, 2009. Co-Chair (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) of Convict Criminology Session 4: Convicts, Students, and College, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November, 2009. Paper presented (with Chris Rose, and Kristin Reschenberg) “An Assessment and Extension of the Inviting Convicts to College Program,” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November, 2009. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 6: The Last Convict, Criminal Careers, and Reentry, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November, 2009.


Chair and Organizer of Convict Criminology Session I at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session II at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Paper presented (with Victoria Beck and Preston Elrod): “What I Learned From Visiting Federal Prisoners,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Paper presented (with Ikponwosa Ekunwe and Richard S. Jones): “The Role of Education in the Re-entry Process in Finland,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Paper presented (with Jeffrey Ian Ross): “Knocking on the Door of the Ivory Tower,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Chair and Organizer of Session Convict Criminology Session III at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Paper presented (with Michael Lenza and Richard Hendricksen, UWO student): “The Experience of Ex-convicts Entering University,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Paper presented (with Emily Falter and Rochelle Monday, UWO students): “What We have Learned From Female Prisoners,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 2009. Panel Participant Presidential Plenary Session: “Convict Criminology,” with G. David Curry (University of Missouri-St. Louis) John Irwin (San Francisco State University), and Jeffrey Ian Ross (University of Baltimore), at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November, 2008. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 1: Restorative Justice and Faith-based Self-Help Groups, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November, 2008. Organizer and Co-Chair (with Shadd Maruna, Queen’s University Belfast Law School) of Convict Criminology Session 2: Prison Education


Programs, Reentry at the annual conference of the of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November, 2008. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 3: Men and Women in Prison, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November, 2008. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 4: How Imprisonment of the Father Affects the Family, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, November, 2008. Organizer of Convict Criminology Session 5: Perspective on School/College Violence, at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, St. Louis, March 2008. Paper presented (with UWO students Jed Roffers, Richard Hendricksen, and Jerrick A. Krueger) “Students Discussing Their Convict Criminology Course,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, March 2008. Paper presented (with Victoria Beck, Robert Ramsey, and Preston Elrod) “On the Outside Looking In: The Experiences of Prison Visitors,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, March 2008. Session Chair and Organizer of Session Convict Criminology Session II-Prisons, at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, March 2008. Paper presented (K. C. Carceral, Chris Rose, and Thomas J Bernard) “Moving Beyond the Officer-Prisoner Model of Control,” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, March 2008. Participant in Roundtable: “Super Max Penitentiaries” (Chair Kate King, Murray State University), at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, March 2008. Organizer and Co-Chair (with David Curry, University of Missouri-St. Louis) of Convict Criminology Session I: Ex-convicts Discussing Crime and Corrections, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2007. Organizer and Co-Chair (with Greg Newbold, University of Canterbury) and of Convict Criminology Session II: Future Initiatives and New Ideas


to Consider, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2007. Paper presented (with Richard S. Jones, Jeffrey Ian Ross, and Daniel S. Murphy) “Where Do We Go From Here; Some Thoughts Concerning the Future Initiatives of Convict Criminology” in Convict Criminology Session II: Future Initiatives and New Ideas to Consider, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2007. Organizer and Co-Chair (with Marianne Fisher-Giorlando, Grambling State University) of Convict Criminology Session III: Prisoners Exiting Prison and Entering College, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2007. Paper presented (with UWO students Melody Boyd, Adam Woodzick, and Christopher Hanson) “Prisoners Discussing Convict Criminology: Inviting Convicts to College” in Convict Criminology Session III: Prisoners Exiting Prison and Entering College, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2007. Organizer and Co-Chair (with Robert Johnson, American University) and Convict Criminology Session IV: Cross Cultural Perspectives, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2007. Organizer and Co-Chair (with Alan Mobley, San Diego State University), of Convict Criminology Session V at the annual conferenc conference of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angels, November, 2006. Paper Presented: “Research of USP Marion: The First Federal Super-Max Penitentiary” at Session Convict Criminology Session II, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, November, 2006. Paper presented: “Making Prison and University Partnerships Work,” at Convict Criminology Session, at Midwest Sociological Society annual conference, Omaha, March 2006. Session Co-Chair and Organizer of Session Convict Criminology Session I, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November, 2005. Paper presented: “Inviting Convicts to College: A Free College Preparatory Program for Prisoners (with Chris Rose and Susan O. Reed)”


at Session Convict Criminology Session II, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November, 2005. Session Co-Chair and Organizer of Convict Criminology Session III, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November, 2005. Paper presented: “The Guard-Prisoner Paradigm of Control (with Chris Rose and Thomas J. Bernard) at Session Convict Criminology III, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November, 2005. Speaker: Session “Philosophical Challenges: Punishment vs.Treatment ?" Paper Presented “Inviting Convicts To College: Prison and University Partnership (co-authored with Chris Rose and Susan Reed).” Sponsored by ACA Professional Education Council at the American Correctional Association Congress, Baltimore, MD, August, 2005. Discussant for Convict Criminology Session I at the annual conference of Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, March, 2005. Paper presented: “The Meaning of Re-Entry: Constructing Stories of Success and Failure”(with Richard S. Jones) in Convict Criminology Session II at the annual conference of Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, March, 2005. Session Co-Chair and Organizer of Convict Criminology Research Perspective I, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN, November, 2004. Paper presented: “Doing Gender as Structured Action: Women Guarding Men (with Daniel S. Murphy, Charles M. Terry, and Greg Newbold) at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN, November, 2004. Session Co-Chair and Organizer of Convict Criminology Research Perspective II, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN, November, 2004. Paper presented: “Prison Visits: Service Is Its Own Reward” (with Victoria Simpson Beck, and Robert J. Ramsey) at the annual conference of the American+- Criminology, Nashville, TN, November, 2004. Paper presented: “Prison Education: How Prisoners and Teachers Talk About Problems and Solutions” (with Chris Rose and Susan Reed) at the


annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN, November, 2004. Session Co-Chair and Organizer of Convict Criminology Research I, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO, November, 2003. Session Co-Chair and Organizer of Convict Criminology Research II, at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO, November, 2003. Paper presented: “Kentucky’s Incarceration Machine: It’s All About Money” (with James Austin and Richard S. Jones), at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO, November, 2003. Session Chair and Organizer: “Introducing Convict Criminology to NCSA,” at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, March, 2003. Paper presented: “Reducing Kentucky’s Prison Population” (with James Austin and Richard S. Jones), at the annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA, March, 2003. Author Meets Critic: Jeffrey Ian Ross and Stephen C. Richards, Behind Bars: Surviving Prison, at the annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA, March, 2003. Session Co-Chair and Organizer: “Convict Criminology Roundtable I: New Voices,” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November, 2002. Session Co-Chair and Organizer: “Convict Criminology Roundtable II: New Research on Prisons,” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November, 2002. Workshop Panelist. “Working Out By Helping Out: New Roles for Ex-Prisoners in Developing Humane Conditions,” at the American Correctional Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2002. Paper presented: “Ex-Convict Professors Doing Prison Research,” at the American Correctional Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2002. Session Co-Chair and Organizer: “Convict Perspectives on Prisoner Re-entry to the Community,” at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2001.


Session Co-Chair and Organizer: Professional Executive Session: “From Convict To Corrections Professionals,” at the American Correctional Association, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2001. Plenary Session Co-Chair and Organizer: "Convict Criminology: Questioning the Quality of Justice Experienced by Defendants and Prisoners," at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., April, 2001. Paper presented: “Where Do We Go From Here? Policy Implications From Convict Criminology” (with Jeffrey Ian Ross, Charles M. Terry, and Richard S. Jones), at the annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D. C., April, 2001. Session Co-Chair and Organizer: "The New School of Convict Criminology: Critical Topics for Open Discussion," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2000. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Jeffrey Ian Ross, "An Invitation to Our Criminology/Criminal Justice Colleagues," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 2000. Paper presented: "Incarceration Trends: Leave Those Kids Alone," for session "Race, Fear, and Misunderstanding," at the Conference on the Web of Zero Tolerance: The Debate Over Legal Absolutes Regarding Children's Issues, Chase Law School, Northern Kentucky University, April, 2000. Session Co-Chair and Organizer: "Convict Criminology: True Life Research," at the annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New Orleans, LA, March, 2000. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Jeffrey Ian Ross, "The New School of Convict Criminology," at the annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New Orleans, LA, March, 2000. Session Chair and Organizer: "Convict Criminology: An Introduction to the Movement, Theory and Research-Part I," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, November, 1999. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Jeffrey Ian Ross, "The New School of Convict Criminology," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, November, 1999.


Session Chair and Organizer: "Convict Criminology: An Introduction to the Movement, Theory and Research-Part II," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, November, 1999. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Daniel Murphy, "Making It Real Compared To What: Methods For Interviewing Prisoners, for Session "Using Qualitative Methods to Study Offenders," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Washington D. C., November, 1998. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Michael J. Avey, "Controlling State Crime of the United States: Thug state," for Session "Witnessing Pain and Punishment in an (Ir) Responsible Criminology: Essays in Honor of Richard Quinney," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Washington D. C., November, 1998. Paper presented: "Interviewing Inside Federal Prisons: Preliminary Remarks on Three Years of Collected Notes," for Session "Deviance and Social Control," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April, 1998. Paper presented: "Critical Perspectives on Community Punishments," for Session "Critical Criminology Theory and Praxis: The Sisyphean Quest for Just and Effective Justice Policies in the 90's," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April, 1998. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Warren C. Gregory, "Symbolic Politics: Tax Expenditures and Prisons," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 1998. Roundtable Participant: "The American Prison System," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 1998. Panel Participant: "Correctional Educational Past, Present, and Future: Views From a Warden, an Academic, and an Ex-prisoner," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 1998. Paper presented: "A Convict Perspective on Restorative Justice, Communitarian Principles, and Reintegration," for Session "Convicts


Critique Criminology: The Last Seminar," at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA, November, 1997. Session Chair and Organizer: "Criminology and Corrections" at the annual conference of the Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University, October, 1997. Paper presented: "Prisoner Visitation and Support: Guide to University Credit for Federal Prisoners," at the annual conference of the Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University, October, 1997. Session Chair and Organizer: "Issues in Crime and Corrections," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA, April, 1997. Paper presented: Richards, Stephen C., and Warren C. Gregory, "The Crisis in the Michigan Criminal Justice System: Causes, Consequences, and Options," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA, April, 1997. Session Chair and Organizer: "The Sociology of Corrections," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis, IN, April, 1997. Paper presented: "Critical and Radical Perspectives on Community Punishments," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis, IN, April, 1997. Session Chair and Organizer: "Jails, Prisons, and Community Alternatives "at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, April, 1996. Session Chair and Organizer: "Jails, Prisons, Community Corrections," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1996. Paper presented: "Radical Perspectives on Community Punishments: Lesson from the Darkness," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1996. Session Chair and Organizer: "Crime, Criminals, Corrections," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA, April, 1995.


Paper presented: "Experiential Problematics of Reentry: Structural Impediments to Post Prison Success," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA, April, 1995. Session Chair and Organizer: "Prisons, Parole, and Probation," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1995. Paper presented: "A Look at Life after Prison," at the Prisoner Visitation and Support National Training Workshop, St. Mary's College, Leavenworth, KS, October, 1995. Session Chair and Organizer: "Crime, Criminals, and Corrections," at the annual conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Columbus, OH, April, 1994. Session Chair and Organizer: "Prisons, Parole, and Work Release," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1994. Paper presented: "Prison Release Program Recommendations: Staged Release and Support for Prisoner Reentry to the Community," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1994. Roundtable Participant: "Introspection, Praxis, and Criminal Justice: When 'Insiders' Teach in Crime, Deviance and Social Control," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1994. Paper presented: "The Structure of Prison Release: The Race Against Time," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1994. Paper presented: "Solzhenitsyn's 'Zeks' as a Nation," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1994. Session Chair and Organizer: "Transitional Realities of Time-Space Edges: Beneath the Wheels of the Juggernaut," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1993. Paper presented: "Prison and Parole: Prisoner Experience with Time and Space Transitions," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1993.


Paper presented: "Panoptic Technology, Intentional Structures, and Social Agency," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April 1992. Session Chair and Organizer: "Organizations as Institutions of Social Control," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA, April, 1991. Paper presented: "Sociological Penetration of the American Gulag," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA, April, 1991. Paper presented: "The Sociological Significance of Tattoos," at the annual conference of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1990. Invited Speaker, Paid Speaking Presentations, and Guest Lectures Taught two inmate courses at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, WI, July, 2015. Keynote Speaker for Education Program Commencement Ceremony at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, WI, June 12, 2014. Invited Speaker for African American Social Justice Studies Week, panel entitled “Floating in the Space Inbetween Effects of Male Incarceration on Innercity Communities, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, April 15, 2014. Invited Speaker for Max Service Area Team Day, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Wisconsin Resource Center, addressing correctional staff that work in maximum-security housing units, about Beyond Bars Rejoining Society After Prison (2009), at Reeve Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, September 6, 2013. Invited Speaker, “Zombie Criminology: Mass Incarceration and the Social Restructuring of America”: Presented by Dr. Michael Lenza and Dr. Stephen Richards, Social Justice Week, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, April 1, 2013. Plenary Speaker “The Convict Criminology Perspective and Group” at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology annual meeting, Milwaukee, October, 2012. Panel Presentation “Reform of Drug Laws’ at Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI, Fall 2011.


Invited speaker for Diversity Program at Fox Lake Correctional Institution, Fox Lake, WI, May 5, 2011. Guest Lecture on Convict Criminology for the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, for a group of visiting academics from Japan, February, 2011. Invited to provide training for Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) chaplains at the National Corrections Academy (NCA), Management and Specialty Training Sessions (MSTC). Presentation: “Convict Criminology, Behind Bars, and Beyond Bars: Understanding the Long Journey Home.” Aurora, CO, January 10-12, 2010. Invited Speaker for speech entitled Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison, at Indianapolis University, Indianapolis, IN, October 6. 2010. Invited Speaker for speech entitled Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison, at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, October 7, 2010. Invited Speaker for panel entitled “Paving the Road to Re-entry—Clean Slate and Statewide Criminal Record Reform.” The 2010 San Francisco Justice Summit, sponsored by the San Francisco Public Defender, the Bar Association of San Francisco, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and the California Public Defenders' Association, at the Koret Auditorium, Main Library, San Francisco, CA. May 19, 2010. Invited Speaker, Restorative Justice Graduation, “Presentation on Convict Criminology and Beyond Bars.” Redgranite Correctional Institution, Redgranite, WI, December 7, 2009. Invited Speaker, “Beyond Bars: Going to College,” for Graduation Commencement Ceremony at Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Taycheedah, WI, November 18, 2009. Invited Speaker, “Talk About Recent Published Books,” at City Center Hotel, for Kiwanis Club Meeting, November 17, 2009. Invited Speaker “Convict Criminology and Beyond Bars,” Huston-Tilloston University, Austin, TX, October 21-23, 2009. Invited Speaker, “Beyond Bars and Reentry to the Community,” at Nexus House, Lutheran Social Services, Oshkosh, WI, September 4, 2009.


Featured Speaker, Presentation on “The Rights of Convicts and Ex-convicts,” for Fox Valley Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union, Annual Meeting and Dinner, Oshkosh, WI, May 1, 2009. Invited Speaker, Presentation on “Convict Criminology,” University of Illinois, School of Law. Champaign, IL. December, 2008. Invited Speaker for Graduate Colloquium in Sociology, Presentation on "The First Dime: A Decade of Convict Criminology" University of Northern Illinois, DeKalb, IL. October 24, 2008. Invited Speaker for Address to University, Holmes Student Center, Presentation on "Convicts Become Professors: The Contributions of Convict Criminology" University of Northern Illinois, DeKalb, IL. October 24, 2008. Invited Speaker, Presentation on “Transition Back Into Society” for University of Wisconsin Law School Evan M. Zimmerman’s 2008 Annual Summer Outing for Wisconsin Exonerees, Baraboo, WI, June 14, 2008. Invited Speaker, Presentation on “Inviting Convicts to College Program” for Correctional Education Association-Wisconsin Conference, Elkhart Lake, WI, May 5, 2008. “Inviting Convicts To College Program,” student presentation to campus community, Reeve Union, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, April 30. 2008. Invited Speaker “Convict Criminology,” Huston-Tilloston University, Austin, TX, October 25-26, 2007. Invited Speaker for Diversity Opportunity Program, John Burke Correctional Institution, Waupun, WI, July 25, 2007. Invited Speaker for Diversity Opportunity Program, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, Fox Lake, WI, May 24, 2007. Invited Speaker for “Reentry Summit: Overcoming the Odds,” Federal Correctional Complex Coleman (five federal prisons), Coleman, Florida, January 11-12, 2007. Invited Speaker for Professor Carmen Heider’s Communication/Women’s Studies 316 Course “Gender, Discourse, and Power,” University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, November 28, 2006.


Invited Speaker for Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Inc., Wisconsin Bar Association, training and continuing education for criminal defense and attorneys, CLE credits, “Behind Bars: Advocacy Beyond the Courtroom,” Speech given "Convict Criminology: From Federal Prisoner to College Professor." Milwaukee Bar Center, Milwaukee, WI, November 9, 2006. Invited Speaker for League of Women Voters “Food for Thought” Lunch, Oshkosh, WI, November 8, 2006. Keynote Speaker for College Program Commencement Ceremony at Federal Correctional Institution Waseca, Waseca, MN, October 13, 2006. Keynote Speaker for College Program Commencement Ceremony at Federal Correctional Institution Oxford, Oxford, WI, May 25, 2006. Invited Speaker: "A Passion for the Future,” Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Memorial Union Ballroom, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, April 21, 2006. Invited Speaker: “The New School of Convict Criminology,” Dean's Symposium, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, December 5, 2005. Invited Speaker: Session “Learning from Other States: Successful Reintegration Models.” Paper: "Some New Thinking in Wisconsin about Helping Prisoners Returning Home (co-authored with Chris Rose and Susan Reed).” Massachusetts Alliance to Reform CORO Conference, Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, September 24th, 2005. Keynote Speaker for College Program Commencement Ceremony at Federal Correctional Institution Oxford, Oxford, WI, May 26, 2005. Guest Lecture on Women and Crime for Julie Shaffer’s class in Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, April 19, 2005. Principle Speaker: “The New School of Convict Criminology” Marquette University, sponsored by Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science, Milwaukee, WI, April 14, 2005. Principle Speaker: “The New School of Convict Criminology” for the Letters and Sciences Lecture Series at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, February 17, 2005. Principle Speaker: “Convict Criminology” for symposium on "Crime and Punishment: Incarceration in the United States” sponsored by the


Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations and Human Rights, at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, November 9-11, 2004. Guest Lecture: “Convict Criminology Perspective” for Angela West’s classes at the University of Louisville (with Victoria Beck), April 12, 2004 Research Presentation: “White Collar Crime, Labor Market Conditions, and Social Control.” Rochester Institute of Technology, January 28, 2004. Guest Lecture: “Prison Experience.” Rochester Institute of Technology, January 27, 2004. Guest Lecture: “Values,” for Northern’s Leadership Institute, Lead NKU Class, October 29, 2003. Guest Lecture: “Behind Bars: Surviving Prison,” for the Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, July 23, 2002. Guest Lecture: “Documenting Our Success Stories,” Keynote Address for the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency Conference, Owensboro, Kentucky, September, 2001. Guest Lecture: “Restorative Justice and Convict Criminology,” for the Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, July 20, 2001 Guest Lecture: “Convict Reentry to the Community,” for the Seminar on Crime and the Law, The George Washington University Law School, Washington D. C., April, 2001. Guest Lecture: "Lesson from the Darkness: Whose Afraid of the Bogeyman?" for the Norse Leadership Society, Emerging Leader Conference, Northern Kentucky University, March, 2001. Guest Lecture: “Convict Criminology,” for the faculty and graduate students of Eastern Kentucky University, College of Justice and Safety, Richmond, KY, February, 2001. Guest Lecture: Three classes of parolees, for the River City Correctional Center, Cincinnati, OH, June, 2000. Guest Lecture, "Lesson from the Darkness: Whose Afraid of the Bogeyman," for the Norse Leadership Society Annual Retreat, Gatlinburg, TN, November, 1999.


Guest Lecture, "Perpetual Incarceration Machine: Structural Impediments to Post-Prison Success," for the Brown Bag Lunch Faculty Presentation, Northern Kentucky University, December, 1998. Keynote Address: "Sociology in the 21st Century: Questions about the Future of Social Control," at the Missouri State Sociological Association Annual Meeting, October, 1997. Guest Lecture: "Interviewing Federal Prisoners," for Central Methodist College, Fayette, MO, October, 1997. Guest Lecture: "Research in the American Gulag: Lessons from the Darkness," for Alpha Kappa Delta Initiation Ceremony, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 1996. Guest Lecture: "Guidelines in Criminal Justice Proceedings: Drug Searches, Bail, Sentencing, and Parole Determinations," for the Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, KY, April, 1994. Guest Lecture: "An Act of Kindness," Philosophy of Law Lecture, for Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1991. Guest Lecture: "Panoptic Technology, Intentional Structures, and Social Agency," for Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1990. Television Panel, "Is the Criminal Justice System Racist?” for Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1990. Guest Lecture: "Sociological Penetration of the American Gulag," for Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1990. Guest Lecture: "Tattoos as Objective Evidence of Secondary Deviance," for Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1989. Guest Lecture: "The Sociological Significance of Tattoos," for Lawrence University, 1989. Guest Lecture: "The Social Construction of the American Gulag," for Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1989. Guest Lecture: "Jails, Prisons, and Parole," for University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1988. Guest Lecture: "Federal Bureau of Prisons: A Sociological Tour," for University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1988.


Newspaper and Magazine Interviews and Appearances Quoted in Seth Ferranti’s story “Traveling Abroad Sucks if You're an Ex-Con” in Vice News, May 7, 2017. Quoted in Seth Ferranti’s story “Why More Convicts are Studying Criminology’ in The Daily Beast, January 2, 2017. Interviewed about church programs for people getting out of prisons by Peter Korn for the Portland Tribune, January 20, 2016. Quoted in Seth Ferranti’s story “How Pell Grants Could Give America's Prisoners an Education and Saved Their Lives,” in Vice News, July 28, 2015. Interviewed about federal law, prisoner programs, and recidivism by Mueni Rudd, Texas State University-San Marcos, for her research for a graduate course, November 30, 2014. Quoted in Seth Ferranti’s story “Heroin Overdose Treatments in American Prisons Are Dangerously Old-Fashioned,” in Vice News, November 7, 2014. Interviewed by Sean Kirkby reporter for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and Gil Halstead of Wisconsin Public Radio for their story “Police recruiting students to help make drug busts.” Story appears on WCIJ web site and in many newspapers. September, 2014. Quoted by Steven Elbow for his story “What to do about Wisconsin’s Aging Inmates?” The Capital Times, July 17, 2013. Interview with journalist Andrea Jones of Guernica: A Magazine of Arts and Politics, for her story on the challenges faced by incarcerated writers, July 2013. Interviewed by reporter Breana McDonough for her article “Zombies, Werewolves, Wealth Distribution, Oh My!” The Advance-Titan, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus newspaper, April 4, 2013. Interviewed by reporter Mieke Anderson CBC Toronto, for her story about prisoners that have escaped from prison, March 19, 2013. Interviewed by reporter Julie Peacock BBC London, for her story about the use of solitary confinement in prison, March 19, 2013.


Interviewed by reporter Tara McKelvey BBC Washington DC, for her story “Great Escapes: The Most Daring Prison Break Outs,” March 19, 2013. Interviewed by reporter Patrik Jonsson for his story about teenager mob attacks at the Wisconsin State Fair in The Christian Science Monitor, August 5, 2011. Quoted and interviewed by Kelly Pfaff Kaiser for her story “Cons on Campus” in Milwaukee Magazine, July, 20011, p. 21. Quoted and interviewed by Laurie Kaiser for her story "University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Professor Stephen Richards Writes About Life Behind Bars," The Appleton Post-Crescent, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), for July 29, 2009. Story entitled ‘’Wisconsin Professor Writes Book based On Prison Experiences,” about Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009) Associated Press, July 17, 2009. Story entitled ‘’Wisconsin Professor Writes Book based On Prison Experiences,” about Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009) The Chicago Tribune, July 17, 2009. Quoted and interviewed by David Williams (UW Oshkosh Today) for his story “Books Prepares Prisoners for Life ‘Beyond Bars,’” University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Today, July 7, 2009. Quoted and interviewed by William Amacher for his story “From Prison to Ph.D.: Richards Parlays Criminal Past Into Criminal Justice,” in the Advance-Titan, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student newspaper, May 1, 2008: B1, B3. Quoted and Interviewed by David Williams (UW Oshkosh Today) for his story “Criminal Justice Students Teach, Learn Big Lessons in Big House,” University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Today, April 28, 2008. Quoted and interviewed by Adam Crisp for his story “Chattanooga: Finding Jobs Hard for Felons.” Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 21, 2008. Quoted and interviewed by Tony Palmeri (UWO) for his story “War on Drugs.” Valley Scene (San Francisco), September, 2007. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Gina Barton for her feature article “Saved by the Bell: Ex-Convict Spreads the Word That Education Can


Transform Prisoners’ Lives, Like It Did His.” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI, December 31, 2006: XX. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Robert Ireland for his story Top Stories of Fall 2006. “From Convict to College: UWO Students Teach OCI Inmates” in the Advance-Titan, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student newspaper, December 11, 2006: A5. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Sara Kemps for her story “UW System President May Alter Faculty Hiring Process: Faculty Senate Rejects Proposal” in the Advance-Titan, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student newspaper, October 5, 2006: A1.A3. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Robert Ireland for his story “From Convict to College: UWO Students Teach OCO Inmates a College-level Class” in the Advance-Titan, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student newspaper, October 12, 2006: A1. Interviewed for story “Ex-Convict Turned Professor to appear on ‘In Wisconsin’” (Wisconsin Public Television show) in The Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, September 21, 2006. Quoted in story by Associated Press “Inmates Helped by Access to Higher Education” in The Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, May 9, 2006: A 10. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Jim Collar for his story “Applying Experience to Classroom: UWO Professor Uses Time in Prison for Criminal Justice Studies” in The Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, May 8, 2006: 1A, 5A. Quoted and interviewed (with Richard S. Jones, Daniel S. Murphy) by Dave Gieske for his story “A Shattered Past” in Visions, Iowa State University Alumni Association Magazine, Winter, 2006. (access at www.las.iastate.edu/alumni/soctrio.shtm). Quoted and interviewed by Robert Ireland for his story “List of Felons in UW System Released” in Advance-Titan, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student newspaper, March 1, 2006. Quoted and interviewed by Jim Collar for his story in The Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, January, 2006. Quoted and interviewed by Michael Moore for his story. “Blood Thirst Better Left Unquenched,” Racine Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, January 25, 2006.


Quoted and interviewed by John Archibald for his story “Editorial: State Should Look at Prisoners as Students of Future” in The Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, December 7, 2005. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Jim Collar for his story “Colleges Seen As Option For Inmates” in The Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, December 6, 2005. Interviewed by Jennifer Goodwin reporter for her story on Congressman Randy Cunningham’s possible sentencing to federal prison. San Diego Union Tribune, November, 2005. Interviewed by Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Reporter, for his story on Federal Bureau of Prisons Budget, March 17, 2005. Interviewed by Chuck Thompson, Editor of Maxim Magazine for his story “On Going to Prison.” November 2004. Reporter Peter Monaghan discussed my research and co-edited book (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) Convict Criminology in his story “Madness in Maximum Security” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 18, 2004: A14-16. Interviewed by reporter John Cheves for his story on Kentucky Prisons for The Lexington Herald-Leader, July 9, 2004. Quoted and interviewed (with Richard S. Jones, Daniel S. Murphy) by Editor Dave Gieseke for his article about ex-convict Ph.D. Sociology graduates in Around LAS, the bimonthly College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University, July 8, 2004. Interviewed by reporter Guillemette Faure of European Media for her story in Le Figaro (The Barber), published in Paris, the largest daily newspaper in France, March 22, 2004. Quoted and interviwed by Sasha Abramsky for his article “No Resources, No Results: Kentucky Had Good Intentions in Releasing Some Nonviolent Offenders to Save Money” in The American Prospect, December, 2003: 17-19. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Barry M. Horstman for his story “Captured on Tape: Police Showed Proper Restraint in the Scuffle, Experts Believe” in The Cincinnati Post, December 2, 2003: 1A. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Rick Van Sant for his story “4 Shootings Mark weekend of Violence” in The Kentucky Post, November 3, 2003: 2K, 7K.


Quoted and interviewed by reporter Rick Van Sant for his story “One Dead in 5 Weekend Shootings” in The Cincinnati Post, November 3, 2003. Quoted by reporter John Railey about Daniel S. Murphy, “ASU Professor Teaches from Knowledge, Experience: He Considers His Time Spent in Prison on Marijuana Conviction as Asset to His Profession” in Winston-Salem Journal Reporter, September 28, 2003. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Liz Carey for her story “NKU Professor Brings New Insight to Class“ in The Campbell Community Recorder (Newport, KY), September 18, 2003: A1, A6. Interviewed by newspaper columnist Jabari Asim in his story “Behind Bars, Another Law,” quotes my co-author Jeffrey Ian Ross discussing Behind Bars: Surviving Prison (Alpha, 2002) in The Washington Post, September 8, 2003. Quoted in story “NKU's Major Attraction: As Classes Resume, Teaching Packs 'Em In’” in The Kentucky Post, August 23, 2003. Interviewed by reporter Rick Van Sant for his story “Ph.D. in Crime: Professor at Northern Is Former Convict” in The Kentucky Post, August 15, 2003: 1A, 5K. Interviewed by reporter Rick Van Sant for his story “Ex-con Teaches Criminal Justice” in The Cincinnati Post, August 15, 2003: 12-13A. Quoted in “Convict Criminologists Cite Experience: Been There, Done That Crime, Some Can Say to Students,” (by Warren St. John of The New York Times) in Dayton Daily News, August 10, 2003. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Warren St. John for his feature article “Professors With a Past: Ex-Convict Criminologists Say Time They Spent as Prison Inmates Adds Special Insight to Their Research and Their Teaching” in The New York Times, August, 9, 2003: A13-14. Interviewed by reporter Vanessa O’Connell for her story on tobacco companies marketing products to prisons in The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2003. Interviewed by reporter Guillemette Faure of European Media for her story in the Canadian magazine L'actualite, July 21, 2003.


Interviewed by free-lance author Sasha Abramsky (Soros Justice Media Fellow) for his forthcoming magazine article on prisons, July 16, 2003. Quoted and interviewed by reporter Warren St. John for his article “Advice From Ex-Cons to a Jet-Set Jailbird: Best Walk on Eggs,” in The New Your Times, July 13, 2003: 13T. Interview for feature article “Grantee Profile” in Ideas for an Open Society. Quarterly Publication of Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute. New York, October, 2002. Interview with Senior Editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education for feature article on two books: Behind Bars (2002) and Convict Criminology (2003), July 19, 2002. Feature Article: Ruark, Jennifer K. 2002. “Hot Type: Criminology Professors Publish Guide to Surviving Behind Bars: Scholars Urge Reforms in Criminal-Justice Field.” The Chronicle Of Higher Education. August 2, 2002, A17. Interviewed by Mark Donald’s for his feature article “The Ex-Con Game: How Do We Deal with the Staggering Number of Prisoners Re-entering Society?” Dallas Observer, July 29, 2002. Radio Interviews and Internet Site Appearances Interviewed by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, for his article on Pell Grants for prisoners in July 30, 2015. Interviewed about my recent book The Marion Experiment: Long-Term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement, by the Youth on Assignment adio show on WSUM Madison 91.7 FM, April, 2015. Interviewed live by Host Daniel Bautz about my book The Marion Experiment: Long-Term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement, for his radio show Grand Dark Conspiracy, WQTT 1270 AM, Maryville, Ohio, January 21, 2015. Interviewed by Gil Halsted, on WORT FM Madisn, innovative education and family programs for Wisconsin prisons, August 20, 2013. Interviewed by Rob Ferrett about Wisconsin's aging prison population, and the strain it's putting on the state, Wisconsin Public Radio aired July 22, 2013. Interviewed by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, about Adam Cohen’s article in Time Magazine, “Can Food Be Cruel and Unusual Punishment?” April 5, 2012.


Interviewed by Gill Gross, about the murder of inmate Edward John Schaefer at San Quentin, on KGO ABC AM 1800 News Talk Radio San Francisco, aired July 25, 2010. Interviewed by Daniel Hall, about Convict Criminology, Behind Bars, and Beyond Bars, for the Ultimate Second Chance Website and Broadcast, February 12, 2010. Interviewed live by Judy Lopez, Host of Dream Catcher Blog Talk Internet Based Radio Show, about Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), October 12, 2009. Interviewed live by Michael Eric Dayson Show WEAA Radio 88.9 FM Baltimore, African American Public Radio Consortium, National Public Radio, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired August 10, 2009. Interviewed live by Bob Burnell News Talk Radio 1490 AM WOSH Show, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired August 5, 2009. Interviewed live by Sean Moncrieff, News Talk 106-108, Dublin, Ireland, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired July 23, 2009. Interviewed live by Mike McIntyre, syndicated national radio show in twelve cities, “Crime and Punishment,” Canada, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired July 19, 2009. Interviewed live by Eddie Ellis and Robert Sims, hosts of On the Count: The Prison & Criminal Justice Report, WBAI 95.5 FM, New York City, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired July 18, 2009. Interviewed live by Jeanne Anthony, WHBY 1150 AM, Fox Cities Radio, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired July 17, 2009. Interviewed live by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), aired July 14, 2009.


Interviewed live by National Public Radio about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), the show “’Beyond Bars”: Amid Bad Times” aired July 13, 2009. Interviewed live by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, on the Federal Bureau of Prisons providing email access for prisoners, aired August, 2007. Interviewed live by Adam Criag about “Inviting Convicts To College” for WOSH News Talk Radio 1490 AM Oshkosh, Wisconsin, aired May 6, 2008. Interviewed live by John L. Hanson, Jr. about Convict Criminology for KUT 90.5 Texas Public Radio, the University of Texas at Austin, aired October 26, 2007. Interviewed by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, about his story “Getting Out and Staying Out.” The program featured the UWO “Inviting Convicts to College Courses” taught by UWO student teachers at Taycheedah CI, and Oshkosh CI, February 5, 23, 26 2007. The radio program aired on Wisconsin Public Radio, August 6-10, 2007. Interviewed live by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, about University of Wisconsin plan to do criminal background checks on university staff and faculty, December 12, 2006. Interviewed live by Tony Palmeri WRST 90.3 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Radio, about prison issues, aired May 12, 2006. Interviewed by Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio, about prisoner reentry programs, December 11, 2006. Interviewed live by Lori Kirby WBZ CBS News Radio Boston about ADX Florence (federal supermax prison), aired May 5, 2006. Interviewed live by Vicky Cox, KNX CBS News Radio Los Angeles, about ADX Florence (federal supermax prison), aired May 4, 2006. Interviewed live by Jonathan Krause, News Director WOSH, about sentencing of Zacarius Moussaoui to life sentence in federal prison, for WOSH News Talk Radio 1490 AM, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, aired May 4, 2006. Interviewed live by KCOL Fox News Radio Northern Colorado, about sentencing of Zacarius Moussaoui to life sentence in federal prison, aired May 4, 2006.


Interviewed live by Dave Williams and Vicky Moore, KNX CBS News Radio Los Angeles, about sentencing of Zacarius Moussaoui to life sentence in federal prison, aired May 4, 2006. Interviewed live by Frank Kopeznski discussing Convict Criminology (Wadsworth, 2003) for the radio talk show “Criminal Justice Forum,”1340 AM Clearwater and 1400 AM Tampa, aired December 13, 2003. Interviewed live by Frank Kopeznski discussing Behind Bars: Surviving Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2002) for the radio talk show “Criminal Justice Forum,”1340 AM Clearwater and 1400 AM Tampa, aired November 1, 2003. Interviewed live (with Karen Bond) by Frank Kopeznski for the radio talk show “Criminal Justice Forum,” 1340 AM Clearwater and 1400 AM Tampa, aired September 13, 2003. Interviewed live by Judy Swallow BBC, for WBUR Boston National Public Radio show, “The Connection” discussing Convict Criminology, Boston, MA, aired August 13, 2003. Interviewed live on National Public Radio, Baltimore, Mark Steiner Show, discussing Convict Criminology, aired September, 2002. Interview live on National Public Radio, Baltimore, Mark Steiner Show, discussing Behind Bars: Surviving Prison, aired August 5, 2002. Interviewed live MOJO AM 640 Talk Radio Toronto, discussing Behind Bars: Surviving Prison, aired July 2002. Television Interviews and Appearances Interviewed on MSNBC news show “The Cycle” about President Obama’s visit to FCI El Reno, July 2015. Interviewed by Gail Deutsch, New York City producer at ABC News 20/20, for her story about confidential informants on college campuses, January 2, 2015. Interviewed by reporter Deandra Corinthos from NBC Green Bay Channel 26 for her story about the aging prison population in Wisconsin, July 8, 2013.


Interviewed by reporter Julie Peacock BBC World News, for her story about the use of solitary confinement in prison, March 19, 2013. Interviewed by WisconsinEye Network (Madison based television and Internet broadcast), for their show “Wisconsin Words,” about co-authored book (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009). Interview conducted at Redgranite Correctional Institution, Redranite, WI, December 7, 2009. Story about book Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (Alpha/Penguin, 2009), Fox 11, WlUK TV, aired July 17, 2009. Interviewed by Michelle Gielan, WFLD Television Fox News Chicago about “Paganism, Aryan Brotherhood and Prison,” October 19. 2007. Interviewed by Wisconsin Public Television for “In Wisconsin” program “Prison Professor” and UWO “Inviting Convicts to College Program,” aired September 21, 23, and 24, again on November 23, 25, 26, 29, 2006. Interviewed by Tony Palmeri and Cheryl Hentz for "Eye on Oshkosh" Oshkosh Community Television, CAT 2 Television on prison issues, video taped May 18, 2006. Interviewed live by Bill O’Reilly for his Fox National News television program The O’Reilly Factor about conditions inside ADX Florence federal administrative max prison, aired May 4, 2006. Interviewed live by Dave Jeffress and Steve Kelly Fox 31KDVR Television News Denver about sentencing of Zacarius Moussaoui to life sentence in federal prison, aired May 4, 2006. Interviewed live by Fox and Friends Television News, Fox National News about sentencing of Zacarius Moussaoui to life sentence in federal prison, aired May 4, 2006. Interviewed and video taped at my home by Angenette Levy reporter for WFRV CBS Television Green Bay for her story on murder trial of Steven Avery, February, 2006. Interviewed by Andy Soth, Senior Producer, Wisconsin Public Television, for possible future program on UWO “Inviting Convicts to College Program” for In Wisconsin.” January 2006. Interviewed and video taped on UWO campus by Angenette Levy reporter for WFRV CBS Television Green Bay for her story on Convict Criminology, December, 2005.


Interviewed on phone by Angenette Levy reporter for WFRV CBS Television Green Bay for her story on arrest of Steven Avery, November, 2005. Interviewed on NKU campus by Paul Adler the anchor reporter for Cincinnati 12WKRC Television News, aired September 14, 2003. Interviewed live by Pat Buchanan and Bill Press Television News Show, MSNBC, aired August 22, 2003. Interviewed live by “The Big Story with John Gibson” Television News Show, Fox News, aired August 21, 2003. Interviewed by Angelena Abate producer CBS 60 Minutes for possible future show, August 12, 2003. Interviewed and video taped (with Karen Bond Executive Director FedCURE) by NBC camera crew and news reporter Chris Whitman for NBC Network, CNBC Cable Checkpoint and MSNBC television shows. Program segment entitled “Inside Club Fed: The Real Story” aired on several national NBC Television News shows July 23-24, 2003. Interview with Public Broadcasting Service producer Ofra Bikel, for PBS Frontline television documentary on the “Innocence Project,” September 24, 2002. Louisville, KY. Recent University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Service Zombie Criminology: Mass Incarceration and the Social Restructuring of America: Presented by Dr. Michael Lenza and Dr. Stephen Richards, Social Justice Week, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, April 1, 2013. Panel Participant: “Social Justice: The Next Step Diversity and Inclusion” faculty panel on the Current State of Academic Freedom,” Reeve Union Ballroom 222, March 31, 2011. Panel Participant: Social Justice: The Next Step in Diversity and Inclusion. Presentation given of “Prisons or Colleges: Does Wisconsin Support One More than the Other?” (with Michael Lenza), Reeve Union Ballroom, April 1, 2009. Panel Participant: “Freedom and Safety,” UW Oshkosh Campus Forum, Reeve Union Ballroom, November, 2007.


Faculty organizer of UWO “Inviting Convicts to College Program.” Supervisor of UWO student teacher interns at Oshkosh Correctional Institution and Taycheedah Correctional Institution. Recent University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Committees Co-coordinator of UWO Criminal Justice Program 2008-2009, 2010-2011 (with David Jones). UWO COLS Promotions Committee, 9-1-09 through 8-31-11. UWO Faculty Senate Administrators Evaluation Committee, 7-1-2007 through 6-30-2009. UWO Diversity Council, 2006-present UWO Department Hiring Committee, 2004-2012 UWO Ad Hoc Grade Appeal Committee, 2006 Northern Kentucky University Service NKU Administrative Committee Exploring Web Based and Correspondence Courses for Prison Inmates NKU Department Post-Tenure Review Committee NKU Faculty Advisor to Student Organizations NKU Student Financial Aid Scholarship Selection Committee NKU Student Financial Aid Committee Member NKU Faculty Professional Concerns Committee NKU Departmental Library Contact Person NKU Faculty Advisor to Sociology Club NKU Norse Leadership Society NKU Department of Sociology Hiring Committee NKU Department of Sociology Promotion and Tenure Committee


Service for Criminal Justice Academic Discipline 2014 Outside tenure reviewer for promotion to Full Professor for Lior Gideon, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2012 Outside tenure reviewer for Darren Wheelock, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University. 2011 Outside tenure reviewer for Bernadette Olson, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Indiana University Southeast. 2010 Co-Sponsor and co-organizer of the Global Perspectives on Re-entry International Scientific Conference, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland June 9–12, 2010. 2010 Program Chair for Comparative Perspectives: Convict Criminology, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November, 2010. 2009 Program Chair for Convict Criminology Program Area, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 2009. 4 2008-2012 Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, for Ricard A. R. Nilsson (Tidaholm Prison), The Institution for Social Sciences, Mittuniversitetet University, Sweden. 2008 Program Area Chair for Convict Criminology Program Area, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, November, 2008. 2007, 2008 Outside tenure reviewer for Victoria Beck, Department of Criminal Justice, Indiana University East. 2005 Outside tenure reviewer for Charles M. Terry, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, St. Louis University.


2003 Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, for Daniel S. Murphy, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University. 2000 American Correctional Association National Research Council 1999-2001 American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee 1998 Masters Thesis Committee, for Daniel S. Murphy, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 1998 Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, for Warren Gregory, Department of Public Administration, Western Michigan University. Recent Community Service 2011-present Fox Valley American Civil Liberties Union 2007-present Wisconsin CURE Advisory Board 2006 –present Reentry Aftercare, Altoona, Iowa, 50009 Advising and consulting 2003-present Board of Directors Federal Prison Policy Project 2003-present Board of Directors FedCURE 1996-2001 Committee Work for United Way & Community Chest of Cincinnati. Serving on Outcomes Planning Committee. 1995-2001 Board of Directors for Holly Hill Children’s Home, Campbell County, Kentucky. Chair of Program Committee. Member of Personnel Committee and Nominating Committee.


1994-2004 Prisoner Visitation and Support: Duties include coordinating a group of volunteers visiting male and female prisoners once a month at Federal Medical Center Lexington (medium-security prison). Work includes correspondence with prisoners and federal correctional personnel, and filing reports with the PVS home office in Philadelphia. 1992-1993 Board of Directors for Felons and Community Together (FACT), Cedar Falls-Waterloo, Iowa. Worked with community groups interested in prison reform, prison release, and community reentry. Helped secure funding from government and private foundations for community programs to assist persons coming out of prison. Programs included substance abuse counseling, employment counseling, operating a thrift store, and organizing churches to provide transportation for families and children to visit mothers incarcerated in the Iowa Prison for Women. 1989-1993 Provided support and service to Criminal Justice Ministries, Hanson House-halfway house for released prisoners in Des Moines, Iowa. 1989-1993 Provided support, service, and writing to Bars and Stripes, a publication of the Hanson House, Criminal Justice Ministries, and Iowa prisoners.


Professional References: Contact Information Provided Present Employer Professor David Jones, Chair Department of Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Program Clow Faculty 402 800 Algoma Blvd. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8601 Phone: 920-424-2492 e-mail: [email protected] Former Employers Professor Terry Pence, Chair Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy Landrum Hall Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 859-572-5250 [email protected] Professor Robert F. Meier, Chair Department of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0149 402-552-2610 Professor Ronald L. Simons Department of Sociology University of Georgia 113 Baldwin Hall Athens, Georgia 706-542-2421 [email protected] Professor Donald Green, Chair Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Bolton Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 414-229-4388


Professor Greg Squires, Chair Department of Sociology The George Washington University 2129 G Street NW, Room 201B Washington, DC 20052 202-994-6345 [email protected] Research Colleagues and Co-Authors Professor Bruce A. Arrigo, Chair Department of Criminal Justice University of North Carolina, Charlotte 9201 University City Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 704-547-2562 (B) 704-547-3349 (fax) [email protected] Professor James Austin Department of Sociology Director of the Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections The George Washington University 10 G Street, NE, Suite 610 Washington, DC 20002 202-408-6801 (office) 202-258-2991 (cell) 202-408-6818 (fax) [email protected] Professor Preston Elrod College of Law Enforcement Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY 40475 606-622-1160 [email protected] Professor Marianne Fisher-Giorlando Dean College of Professional Studies Department of Criminal Justice Grambling State University Grambling, LA 71245 318-255-6900 [email protected]


Professor Richard S. Jones Department of Social and Cultural Studies Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-288-3436 (office) 414-332-3272 (home) [email protected] Daniel S. Murphy Associate Professor Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice Whitener Hall Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 828-262-6700 [email protected] Professor Greg Newbold Sociology Department University of Canterbury Pte Bag 4800 Christchurch, New Zealand 643-364-2973 [email protected] Professor Barbara A. Owen Department of Criminology California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA 93740-8029 559-278-5715 (office) 559-278-7265 (fax) [email protected] Professor Jeffrey Ian Ross Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Policy Fellow, Center for Comparative and International Law University of Baltimore 1420 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201-5779 410-837-6086 (office) 202-337-4532 (home) 202-607-5661 (cell) [email protected]


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