Faculty Profiles
Elizabeth Brown
eabrown@sfsu.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Geography, University of Washington, 2006
- Graduate Certificate in Law, Society and Justice
- MA, Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University, 2002
- BA, Women's Studies, University of California, Davis, 1998
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Juvenile justice
- Cultural theory
- Law and society
- Race and crime
- Legal geographies
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Brown, Elizabeth. "It's urban living, not ethnicity itself": Race, crime and the urban geography of high risk youth. Geography Compass/ 1/2: 222-245. 2007.
- With Steve Herbert. "On the Conception of Space and Crime in the Punitive Neoliberal City." Antipode. September 2006.
- With Matthew Sparke, Dominic Corva, Heather Day, Caroline Faria, Tony Sparks, and Kirsten Varg “The World Social Forum and the Lessons for Economic Geography.” Economic Geography. October 2005.
gerould@sfsu.edu
EDUCATION
- M.A., History, San Francisco State University, 2002
- J.D., University of San Francisco Law School, 1992
- B.A., Broadcast Communication Arts San Francisco State University, , 1989
- Criminological Theory
- Criminal Law
- Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective
- Crime and Gender
- Coauthor:Vold's Theoretical Criminology, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 2010.
- Gerould, Alexander. “T o Protect and to Serve: A History of Police in America,” by Robert C. Wadman and William Thomas Allison. The History Teacher. 38:2 (2005): 281-283.
- Gerould, Alexander. “Eve’s Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History,” by Robert S. McElvaine. Journal of the History of Sexuality. 11:4 (2002): 689-692.
- Co-Director of police academy degree program
- Criminological expert for PBS program “History Detectives”
- Chair of “International Sex Trafficking” panel, at Rights Conference at San Francisco State University
- Presentation on best practices for crime prevention, at Bay Area Law Enforcement Summit
- Presentation to Stanford University’s African American Student Psychology Association on Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Criminological Expert for crime documentary “The New Profilers” to air on French television network.
- Criminological Expert for crime documentary “Dead or Alive” aired on Discovery Network
- Youth mentoring at San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall
Dan Macallair
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice's Practioner-in-Residence
http://californiacorrections.wordpress.com/about/
dmacallair@cjcj.org
EDUCATION
- M.P.A., Criminal Justice Administration, San Jose State University, 1987
- B.A., History, State University of New York, College at Oswego, 1981
- Juvenile Justice
- Adult Community Corrections
- Sentencing and Corrections Policy
- Macallair, Daniel MPA, Mike Males, Ph.D., Kate McCracken MA. Jail Alternatives Initiative: Data driven strategies to enhance public safety. Santa Cruz County Probation Department/Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2012)
- Males, Mike, Ph.D., Daniel Macallair MPA, Kate McCracken MA. Jail Needs Assessment for San Mateo County: A preliminary analysis. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2012)
- Macallair, Daniel MPA, Mike Males, PhD, Dinky Manek Enty, MPA, and Natasha Vinakor, MSW. Renewing Juvenile Justice. Sacramento: Sierra Health Foundation (2011).
- Macallair, Daniel, Mike Males, Catherine McCracken. “Closing California’s Division of Juvenile Facilities: An Analysis of County Institutional Capacity” Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2009).
- Gitchoff, G. Thomas, Daniel Macallair. “Expert Testimony at Sentencing.” American Jurisprudence: Proof of Facts 3rd Series. Vol. 103, 81-157 (2008).
- Stalkhoph, Christina, Mike Males, Daniel Macallair. “Testing Incapacitation Thoery: Youth Crime and Incarceration in California.” Crime and Delinquency. Vol. 58 (2008).
- Randall G. Shelden and Daniel Macallair (eds). Juvenile Justice in America: Problems and Prospects. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press (2008).
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- Executive Director and Co-Founder, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco
- Assistant Editor and Founder, Justice Policy Journal
- Co-Chair and Founding Member, California Corrections Policy Roundtable 2010-2011
- Member, San Francisco Mayor’s Children’s Policy Council
- Member, Western Society of Criminology
- Member, National Association of Sentencing Advocates
- Member, International Community Corrections Association
- Member, American Correctional Association
- Member, California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association
- Member, Little Hoover Commission's California Oversight Project Advisory Committee (2006-present)
- Member, LIttle Hoover Commission's Advisory Committee on California Sentencing Reform (2006-present)
- Leadership Award, The California Wellness Foundation, 2011
- Department of Criminal Justice Studies Faculty Appreciation Award, 2009
- Social Justice Award, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, 2003
- Leadership Award, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, 2001
- Innovations in Government Award, Semifinalist, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 1998
- Leadership Award, State of Hawaii, Office of Youth Services 1994
Lizbet Simmons
lizbet@sfsu.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
- M.A., Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
- B.A., English, Bennington College, 1993
- Race and Inequality
- School to Prison Pipeline Studies
- Mass Incarceration
- Urban Education
- Qualitative Research Methods
- 2009 "End of the line: Tracing Racial Inequality From School to Prison" Race/Ethnicity: Multi-disciplinary Global Contexts (Solicited).
- 2009 "The Docile Body in School Space" in Schools Under Surveillance, edited by Rodolfo Torres and Torin Monahan, Rutgers University Press.
- 2009 "Deborah Luster on the Photographic Performance: Interview with Lizbet Simmons" in Prison Culture, City Lights Books.
- 2007 “Research Off limits and Underground: Street Corner Methods for Finding Invisible Students” The Urban Review, 39(3), 319-347.
- 2007 “Security Culture on Campus: Considerations for Urban Universities” Metropolitan Universities Journal, 18(2), 57-65.
- 2006 “On Looking for Hope” Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Museum Gallery Publication (Oakland, CA); [Electronic Version] http://www.burning-house.com/lookingforhope.
- 2006 Review of School Violence Intervention: A Practical Handbook, Conoley and Goldstein (eds). (New York: The Guilford Press) in Teacher's College Record.
- Member, American Society of Criminology
- Member, Law and Society Association
- Member, American Educational Research Association
- Member, American Sociological Association
- Co-Principal Investigator, Prison Culture Symposium, SFSU, Spring 2008
- Manuscript Reviewer, Surveillance and Society
- 2008 President's Award, San Francisco State University
- 2007 Affirmative Action Award, San Francisco State University
- 2006 California Council for the Humanities Scholar
- 2003 UC Berkeley Summer Institute Fellow
- 1998 San Quentin Prison Teaching Award
Jeff Snipes
jsnipes@sfsu.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 2002
- J.D., Stanford University, 2001 (Member of California Bar Association)
- M.A., Criminal Justice, Penn State University, 1991
- B.A., Criminal Justice, Penn State University, 1991
- Criminal law
- Civil Rights Law
- Theoretical Criminology and Theoretical Criminal Justice
- Policing and Crime Reduction (Especially International-level)
- Undercover Work in Human Trafficking
- Bernard, Thomas, Snipes, Jeffrey, and Gerould, Alex, Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (2010), Oxford University Press.
- Snipes, Jeffrey, and Katz, Charles, “Information and Analysis,” in Implementing Community Policing: Lessons from 12 Agencies (2009), edited by Edward Maguire and William Wells, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. DOJ.
- Maguire, Edward, Willis, Julie, Snipes, Jeffrey, and Gantley, Megan, “Spacial Concentrations of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago,” Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety 13(1/2) (2008): 48-92.
- Snipes, Jeffrey, and Maguire, Edward, “Foundations of Criminal Justice Theory,” in Criminal Justice Theory: Explaining the Nature and Behavior of Criminal Justice (2007), edited by David Duffee and Edward Maguire. New York: Routledge.
- Snipes, Jeffrey. Guide to Criminal Procedure for California. Thomson-Wadsworth, 2005.
- Mastrofski, S., J. Snipes, R. Parks, and C. Maxwell. “The Helping Hand of the Law: Police Control of Citizens on Request." Criminology. 38.2, (2000): 307-342.
Ken Walsh
kwalsh@sfsu.edu
EDUCATION
- M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, San Francisco State University, 1991
- B.A, Social Sciences, San Francisco State University, 1989
- Law and Society
- Policing
- Criminal and Civil Investigation
- Effects of Class and Race in American Criminal Justice
- Electronic Countermeasures
- Community Outreach, Criminal Justice-related agencies developing student internships and volunteer positions
for SF State students. - California Licensed Private Investigator.
- Owner/Operator, Walsh Investigative Services, specializing in Criminal Defense, Organized Crime,
Electronics Countermeasures, Fraud. - California Association of Licensed Investigator
- Member, Council of International Investigators
- Member, Northern California Fraud Investigators Association
- Member, World Association of Detectives.
- Lecturer, San Francisco Arts and Humanities Seminar Series and International Elderhostel seminars.
- Distinguished Teaching Award, Outstanding Contributions to Teaching San Francisco State University, 1997
