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Curriculum Vitae
Brian Gregory Sellers, Ph.D.
Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology Department Eastern Michigan University
712 Pray Harrold Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Cell: 704.649.5057
Email: [email protected]
Education
2008-2013 Ph.D. Criminology, University of South Florida, Zero Tolerance for Marginal Populations: Examining Neoliberal Social Controls in American Schools.
Dissertation Co-Chairs: Michael J. Lynch & Wilson R. Palacios
2006-2008 M.S. Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Developmental Maturity, Adjudicative Competence, and Adolescent Transfer: An Ethical and Justice Policy Inquiry.
Thesis Chair: Bruce A. Arrigo
2001-2005 B.A. History & Political Science (magna cum laude), University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Swimming with Sharks: The Legacy of Nuclear Testing in the Pacific and its Effect on Bikinian Culture. Departmental History Honors and University Honors.
Thesis Chair: Peter Thorsheim
2004 Study Abroad (Lent & Summer Terms, 12 hours), Lancaster University, UK Academic Positions
2013-Present Assistant Professor of Criminology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology, Eastern Michigan University.
2012-2013 Research Assistant, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy under Dr. Annette Christy; Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida.
Assist in research for the VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans – Justice-Involved Veterans Studies project (Department of
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Veterans Affairs), which involves analyses of secondary data for health and social services of veterans in multiple systems, and examination of models of peer mentorship including in Veteran Treatment Courts. 2011-2013 Writing Coach, Masters in Criminal Justice Administration (MACJA) Program,
Department of Criminology, University of South Florida.
Instruct masters-level students on their writing style, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and appropriate citation style for all written assignments and final Capstone projects. Also, provide tutoring for statistics.
2012-2013 Adjunct Professor, Senior Seminar in Social Sciences: Social Justice & Ethics (ISS 4935.002 Live), Department of Sociology, University of South Florida. 2010-2012 Adjunct Professor, American Correctional Systems(CJC 4010.001 Live; CJC
4010.799 Online), Department of Criminology, University of South Florida. 2012 Research Assistant, Examination of Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid
Dependence: Examination of Satisfaction, Treatment Innovation & Co-Occurring Disorders (Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Grant under Dr. Holly Hills) Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida.
Assisted in data collection and entry. Data was collected by surveying individuals receiving mediation-assisted treatment (MAT/Methadone) on their treatment experiences, satisfaction with treatment, and past and current drug use.
2010-2012 Research Assistant, Center for Co-Occurring Disorders, Justice, &
Multidisciplinary Research (supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant) under Dr. Sarah Desmarais ; Department of Mental Health Law & Policy; Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida.
Served as a member of the research team that evaluated the pilot implementation of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability: Adolescent Version (START-AV), which is a structured professional judgment guide, in three secure juvenile correctional facilities in the southern US. Assessed follow-up assessments to determine change on dynamic factors/risk estimates, and coded intervention and management plans for juveniles to examine treatment match between START-AV assessments and individualized service plans.
2011-2012 Research Assistant, Racially Biased Policing (COPS Grant under Dr. Lorie Fridell, USF), Department of Criminology, University of South Florida.
Served as Training Coordinator for the Fair and Impartial Policing Training-of-Trainers sessions in Rhode Island and Kansas. Prepared
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portions of the Fair and Impartial Policing webpage (http://fairandimpartialpolicing.com/bias/).
2011-2012 Teaching Assistant, Crime & Justice in America (CCJ 3014) under Dr. Kathleen Heide, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida.
2010-2011 Psychophysiological Technician & Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Interviewer, Personality and Brain Responses to Visual Stimuli Research Project
(National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Grant under Dr. Christopher Patrick, Florida State University) under Drs. Eva Kimonis & Jason Hall, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida.
Conducted PCL-R interviews and psychophysiological assessments of adult offenders. The psychophysiological assessments entailed placement of an EEG electrode cap on the participant’s head, various EMG electrodes on the face, and EKG/SCR electrodes on the hand and arm to measure brain activity, heart rate, skin conductance, and facial muscular movement while the participant completed various computer-based tasks. 2008-2010 Instructor & Teaching Assistant, Department of Criminology, University of South
Florida.
Participated in research-based projects, such as Gang-Out Program evaluation for wayward youth, Civil Citation Equal Justice Evaluation Report, and collection of national data trends regarding gender differences among serious preadolescent and adolescent offenders. Taught an undergraduate Corrections course (2009 CJC 4010.001, 2010 CJC 4010.001).
2009 Research Assistant, Racially Biased Policing (COPS Grant under Dr. Lorie Fridell, USF), Department of Criminology, University of South Florida.
Assisted in the development of curriculum aimed at training police academy recruits/patrol officers and first-line supervisors on effective, fair and impartial policing practices, which entails educating law enforcement officers on social psychological research regarding human biases so they may be better able to implement controlled (unbiased) behavioral responses that override automatic (biased) associations. 2007-2008 Managing Editor, Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte.
Received and prepared manuscripts for peer review process; maintained data files of current and past issues of the journal; oversaw the preliminary compilation of materials for pre-production; addressed queries regarding errors in text, citation, grammar, and punctuation; acted as reviewer for area review manuscript submissions; and assisted in development of special topic issues.
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2007 Graduate Assistant, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Provided instructor support and research assistance for summer sessions. 2007 Internship, District Attorney’s Office of Union County, Monroe, NC.
Assisted in pre-trial discovery in preparation for cases and turnover of materials to the defense; aid Assistant D.A. in interviews of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers; meet with victims and victim’s families; prepared detailed outlines of case files (e.g., matching evidence with testimony to anticipate necessary pre-trial motions, strategies, and stipulations); participated in data analysis and research based projects, such as mortgage and foreclosure fraud and case outcomes where indigent defense was utilized; attended Superior Court and District Court; and completed administrative duties.
2006-2007 Graduate Assistant & Student Adviser, University Honors Program, Honors College, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Assisted the Associate Dean, the Director, the Pre-Health Advisor, and the Administrative Assistant with planning and organizing multiple Honors College events; connected new and current students to campus resources; offered academic support, guidance, and advising to students as an academic adviser; instructor support; and maintained student files and appropriate databases.
Publications Books
Arrigo, B. A., Bersot, H. Y., & Sellers, B. G. (2011). Ethics of total confinement: A critique of madness, citizenship, and social justice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Van Dorn, R. A., Desmarias, S. L., Grimm, K. J., Tueller, S. J., Sellers, B. G., & Swartz, M. S.. (Under Review). Latent structure of psychiatric symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Sellers, B. G. (2014, September 30). Community-based recovery and youth justice. Criminal Justice & Behavior: An International Journal. doi: 10.1177/0093854814550027
Heide, K. M., & Sellers, B. G. (2014). Girls arrested for murder: An empirical analysis of 32 years of U.S. data by offender age groups. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 32(4), 467-482. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2130
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Sellers, B. G., Desmarais, S. L., & Tirotti, M. (2014). Content and framing of male- and female-perpetrated intimate partner violence in print news. Partner Abuse, 5(3), 259-278. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946-6560.5.3.259
Van Dorn, R.A., Desmarais, S. L., Swartz, M. S., Young, M. S., & Sellers, B. G. (2014). Letter to the Editor: Critique of Bahorik, Newhill, Queen, & Eack, Under-reporting of drug use among individuals with schizophrenia: prevalence and predictors. Psychological Medicine, 44(3), 668-672. doi: 10.1017/S0033291713002511
Singh, J. P., Desmarais, S. L, Sellers, B. G., Hylton, T., Tirotti, M., & Van Dorn, R. A. (2013, October 5) From risk assessment to risk management: Associations between strengths and vulnerabilities, interventions, and intra-institutional outcomes for adolescent offenders. Children and Youth Services Review. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.09.015
Desmarais, S. L., Van Dorn, R. A., Sellers, B. G., Young, M. S., & Swartz, M. S. (2013). Utility of self-report, biological tests, collateral reports and clinician ratings for identifying substance use disorders among adults with severe mental illness.Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27,
774-787. doi: 10.1037/a0031256
Sellers, B. G., & Heide, K. M. (2012). Male and female child murderers: An empirical analysis of U.S. arrest data. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology,
56(5), 691-714.
Desmarais, S. L., Sellers, B. G., Viljoen, J. L., Cruise, K. R., Nicholls, T .L., & Dvoskin, J. (2012). Pilot implementation and preliminary evaluation of START-AV assessments in secure juvenile correctional facilities. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 11, 150-164. Van Dorn, R. A., Desmarais, S. L., Young, M. S., Sellers, B. G., & Swartz, M. S. (2012). Assessing illicit drug use among adults with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 200, 228-236. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.05.028
Heide, K. M., Solomon, E., Sellers, B. G., & Chan, O. (2011). Male and female juvenile homicide murderers: An empirical analysis of U.S. arrests by offender age. Feminist Criminology, 6(1), 3-31.
Sullivan, C. J., Dollard, N., Sellers, B. G., & Mayo, J. (2010). Rebalancing response to school-based offenses: A civil citation program. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An
Interdisciplinary Journal, 8(4), 279-294.
Sellers, B. G., & Arrigo, B. A. (2009). Adolescent Transfer, Developmental Maturity, and Adjudicative Competence: An Ethical and Justice Policy Inquiry. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 99(2), 435-488.
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Sellers, B. G., & Arrigo, B. A. (2009). Radio frequency identification technology and the risk society: A preliminary review and critique for justice studies. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology, 1(2), 72-113.
Sellers, B. G. (2008). The Constitutionality of the death penalty for repeat child molesters.
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 8(3), 225-243. Manuscripts (In Preparation)
Sellers, B. G., Desmarais, S. L., Viljoen, J. L., Cruise, K. R., Nicholls, T. L., & Dvoskin, J. (In Progress). Change in dynamic items and risk estimates over time: Findings from a pilot
implementation of START-AV.
Sellers, B. G., Heide, K. M., & Solomon, E. P. (In Progress). Male Juvenile Homicide Offenders: Portraits of Young Boys, Pre-teens, and Teens Who Kill.
Arrigo, B. A., Sellers, B. G., & Bersot, H. Y. (In Progress). Defense of Psychological Jurisprudence: Rethinking Theory, and Practice.
Sellers, B. G. (In Progress). Economic Nomads: A theoretical deconstruction of the immigration debacle.
Bornovalova, M. A., Desmarais, S. L., Hunt, E., Sellers, B. G., Iacono, W. G., & McGue, M. (In Progress). Testing the direct effects of childhood emotional, sexual, and physical abuse on adult victimization: A discordant twin design.
Christy, A., & Sellers, B. G. (In Progress). Peer Mentorship in Veterans Courts.
Christy, A., Curry, E., Ringhoff, D. & Sellers, B. G. (In Progress). Veteran status information collected by county jails: Some do, some don’t, some might, some won’t.
Book Reviews & Chapters
Sellers, B. G. Book Review. (2014, February 11). Responding to school violence: Confronting the Columbine effect. Edited by Muschert, G. W., Henry, S., Bracy, N. L., & Peguero, A. A. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. Critical Criminology: An International Journal, 22(4), 603-605. doi: 10.1007/s10612-014-9237-4
Encyclopedia Entries
Sellers, B. G., & Fraysier, E.* “Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, the (2006)” entry prepared for The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy, Arrigo, B. A, & Golson, J. G. (eds.), (under review). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
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Sellers, B. G. “RFID (“tagging”) and geolocation devices (commercial uses and examples)” entry prepared for The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy, Arrigo, B. A, & Golson, J. G. (eds.), (under review). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Sellers, B. G. “Child Trafficking” entry prepared for The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society, Wherry, F. F., & Golson, J. G. (eds.), (under review). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications, Inc.
Sellers, B. G. “Corrections, Juvenile” entry prepared for The Encyclopedia of Juvenile
Delinquency and Justice, Schreck, C. J., Leiber, M. J., Welch, K., & Miller, V. (eds.), (In Press). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sellers, B. G. “Eddings v. Oklahoma” entry prepared for The Encyclopedia of Juvenile
Delinquency and Justice, Schreck, C. J., Leiber, M. J., Welch, K., & Miller, V. (eds.), (In Press). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sellers, B. G. “Ethics in Policing” entry prepared for The Encyclopedia of Crime and
Punishment, Jennings, W. G., Higgins, G. E., Khey, D. N., & Maldonado-Molina, M. M. (eds.), (In Press). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sellers, B. G., & Kimonis, E. R. “Juvenile Transfer/Waiver” entry prepared for The
Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology, R. Cautin & S. Lilienfeld (eds.), (2014). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118625392
Sellers, B. G. (2012). Coker v. Georgia. In W. Miller (Ed.), The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. (pp. 287-288). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218427.n125
Sellers, B. G. (2012). Child murderers, history of. In W. Miller (Ed.), The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. (pp. 233-236). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218427.n102
Sellers, B. G. (2012). Bonnie and Clyde. In W. Miller (Ed.), The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. (pp. 140-141). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218427.n60
Sellers, B. G. (2012). Nelson, “Baby Face”. In W. Miller (Ed.), The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. (pp. 1208-1210). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
Publications, Inc. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218427.n476
Sellers, B. G. (2012). Polk, James K. (administration of). In W. Miller (Ed.), The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. (pp. 1396-1397). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218427.n545
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Assistant Professor (EMU): Methods of Social Program Evaluation (SOCL 678 Graduate Course). [Winter 2015]
Assistant Professor (EMU): Juvenile Justice Policy(CRM 379). [Winter 2015]
Assistant Professor (EMU): Introduction to Corrections (CRM 331 Online). [Summer 2014] Assistant Professor (EMU): Ethics for Criminal Justice Professionals (CRM 362 Online). [Winter 2014, Fall 2014]
Assistant Professor (EMU): Juvenile Delinquency (CRM 354). [Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015]
Assistant Professor: (EMU): Cooperation & Conflict in Society (CRM 321, cross-listed with SOCL 321; Live & Online). [Fall 2013, Summer 2014]
Adjunct Professor (USF): American Correctional Systems (CJC 4010.001 Live; CJC 4010.799 Online). [Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012]
Adjunct Professor (USF): Senior Seminar in Social Sciences: Social Justice & Ethics (ISS 4935.002 Live). [Spring 2012 and Fall 2012]
Guest Lectures in Academic Courses
History of the Juvenile Justice System, guest lecture for CRM 200 and CRM 200 Honors, Crime & Justice (Instructor: Kimberly Dandeneau, EMU) Fall 2014.
Zero Tolerance Policies in American Schools: Theoretical Explanations & National Trends, guest lecture for CHL 451-W, Writing about Controversy in Literature for the Young (Instructor: Ramona Caponegro, EMU) Winter 2014.
Academic & Professional Writing, guest lecture for CCJ 6936, Current Issues in Law Enforcement (Instructor: Max Bromley, USF) Fall 2012.
Ethics & Social Science Research, guest lecture for POS 3713, Empirical Political Analysis (Instructor: Raleigh Blasdell, USF) Fall 2012.
Juvenile Waiver: Trends, Rationales, and Ethical Concerns, guest lecture for CJE 4010, Juvenile Justice (Instructor: Kimberly Barrett, USF) Fall 2012.
For the Good of Mankind: The Legacy of Nuclear Testing & Environmental Injustice in the Pacific, guest lecture for CCJ 4933, Environmental Crime (Instructor: Kimberly Barrett, USF) Summer 2012.
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The Role of the Media in Public Health Research and Practice, guest lecture for PHC 6931, Advanced Seminar in Social Behavioral Sciences Applied To Public Health (Instructor: Sarah Desmarais, USF) Spring 2012.
Radio Frequency Identification Technology: An Evaluation of Correctional and Law Enforcement Applications, guest lecture for CCJ 3024, Survey of Criminal Justice Systems (Instructor: Stephen VanGeem, USF) Spring 2011.
Case Law Methodology: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Jurisprudential Intent and Ethical Reasoning, guest lecture for CRM 100, Introduction to Research and Writing in Criminology (Instructor: Tara Richards, University of Tampa) Spring 2011.
An Ethical and Risk Society Critique of the Proposed Use of RFID Technology in the Criminal Justice System, guest lecture for CCJ 3003, Crime & Justice in America (Instructor: Kathleen Heide, USF) Spring 2009.
Errors in Critical Thinking and Ethical Reasoning, guest lecture for CCJ 6935, Ethics in Criminal Justice (Instructor: Kathleen Heide, USF) Spring 2009.
Psychological Jurisprudence in the Realm of Juvenile Justice Policy, guest lecture for HONR 3702/CJUS 4000, Philosophy, Justice, & Social Change (Instructor: Bruce Arrigo, UNCC) Fall 2007.
Classical Strain Theory, Institutional Anomie Theory, & General Strain Theory, guest lecture for CJUS 3100, Criminal Justice Theory (Instructor: Tom Holt, UNCC) Summer 2007 & Fall 2007.
An Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control versus the General Theory of Crime: A case for State Dependence over Population Heterogeneity, guest lecture for CJUS 3100, Criminal Justice Theory (Instructor: Tom Holt, UNCC) Summer 2007.
Strained Lives, Crime, Self-Destruction, and Accumulation of Wealth: Reflections on Erich Fromm’s To Have or To Be?, guest lecture for HONR 3700/CJUS 4000, Punishment & Freedom (Instructor: Bruce Arrigo, UNCC) Summer 2007.
Professional Presentations
Stephen, J. T., Grimm, K. J., Sellers, B. G., Desmarais, S. L., Swartz, M. S., & Van Dorn, R. The Latent Structure of Psychiatric Symptoms in Adults with Mental Illnesses and the
Implementation of Sample Size and Distributional Assumptions—American Psychology-Law Society Conference, March 2015, San Diego, CA {Accepted}.
Sellers, B.G. Community-Based Recovery and Youth Justice—American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2014, San Francisco, CA.
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Johnson, K.L., Desmarais, S.L., Rajagopalan, R., Sellers, B.G., & Singh, J.P. Validity of START-AV Assessments in Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Incarcerated Youth— American Psychology-Law Society Conference, March 2014, New Orleans, LA.
Sellers, B.G. Zero tolerance for Marginal Populations: Examining Neoliberal Social Controls in American Schools—American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2013, Atlanta, GA.
Heide, K.M., Sellers, B.G., & Williams, C. Female Juvenile Homicide Offenders: Portraits of Younger Children and Teenagers Who Kill—American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2012, Chicago, IL.
Desmarais, S.L., Sellers, B.G., Dvoskin, J., Viljoen, J.L., Cruise, K., & Nicholls, T.L.
Characteristics of START-AV Assessments in Practice – University of South Florida Mini-Conference on Co-Occurring Disorders and the Justice System: Innovations in Research and Practice, April 2012, Tampa, FL.
Sellers, B.G., Desmarais, S.L., Dvoskin, J., Viljoen, J.L., Cruise, K., & Nicholls, T.L. Making Change: Dynamic Nature of START-AV Assessments – University of South Florida Mini-Conference on Co-Occurring Disorders and the Justice System: Innovations in Research and Practice, April 2012, Tampa, FL.
Singh, J.P, Desmarais, S.L., Sellers, B.G., Tirotti, M., & Van Dorn, R.A. From Risk Assessment to Management: Match between START-AV Assessments and Individualized Service Plans – University of South Florida Mini-Conference on Co-Occurring Disorders and the Justice System: Innovations in Research and Practice, April 2012, Tampa, FL.
Sellers, B.G., Desmarais, S.L., Dvoskin, J., Viljoen, J., Cruise, K., & Nicholls, T.L. Change in Dynamic Items and Risk Estimates over Time: Findings from a Pilot Implementation of the START-AV – American Psychology-Law Society Conference, March 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Desmarais, S.L., Sellers, B.G., Dvoskin, J., Viljoen, J., Cruise, K., & Nicholls, T.L.Descriptive and Psychometric Characteristics of START-AV Assessments: Findings from a Pilot Implementation Study– American Psychology-Law Society Conference, March 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Desmarais, S.L., Van Dorn, R.A, Singh, J. & Sellers, B.G. Dimensions of Psychotic Symptoms and their Associations with Violent Outcomes in a Pooled Dataset of Adults with Serious Mental Illness - American Psychology-Law Society Conference, March 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sellers, B.G., & Desmarais, S.L. He said, she said: An empirical inquiry into media portrayals of male and female-perpetrated partner violence - American Society of Criminology
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Van Dorn, R.A., Desmarais, S.L., Young, M.S., Sellers, B.G., & Swartz, M.S. Assessing illicit drug use among adults with schizophrenia. Addiction Health Services Research
Conference, October 2011, Fairfax, VA.
Desmarais, S.L., Van Dorn, R.A., Sellers, B.G., Young, M.S., & Swartz, M.S. Various approaches for detecting substance use disorders among adults with schizophrenia. Addiction Health Services Research Conference, October 2011, Fairfax, VA.
Heide, K.M., Sellers, B.G., & Solomon, E.P. Male Juvenile Homicide Offenders: Portraits of Young Boys, Pre-teens, and Teens Who Kill - American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2010, San Francisco, CA.
Desmarais, S., Buxton, J., Janssen, P., Martin, R., Fairbarn, S., Elliott, A., & Sellers, B.G. Women’s Trajectories after Release: How are they doing? Where are they now? In S. L. Desmarais (Chair), From doing time to doing research: A community‐based participatory study of community re‐integration among formerly incarcerated women. Symposium presented at the International Association of ForensicMental Health Services
Conference, May 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
Sellers, B.G., & Heide, K.M. Preadolescent Child Murderers: An Empirical Analysis of 32 Years of U.S. Data by Offender Gender - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, February 2010, San Diego, CA.
Heide, K.M., Roe-Sepowitz, D., Solomon, E. P., Chan, O., & Sellers, B.G. When Boys and Girls Kill: An Empirical Analysis of 32 years of U.S. Data by Offender Gender and Offender Age-American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009, Philadelphia, PA. Sellers, B.G., & Arrigo, B.A. Adolescent Transfer, Developmental Maturity, and Adjudicative
Competence: An Ethical and Justice Policy Inquiry - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, March 2009, Boston, MA.
Grants Received
2014 SAC Department Development Award, EMU: Funded $500 for support on the empirical research entitled, “Testing the Factor Structure of the START:AV to Inform Intervention with Justice-Involved Youth.”
2014 Provost’s New Faculty Research Award, EMU: Funded $4,500 for the empirical research project entitled, “Testing the Factor Structure of the START:AV to Inform Intervention with Justice-Involved Youth.”
2012 USF, Student Government Travel Grant ($400) 2011 USF, Student Government Travel Grant ($400) 2010 USF, Student Government Travel Grant ($400) 2009 USF, Student Government Travel Grant ($400)
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2014 USF Department of Criminology Outstanding Ambassador Award
2013 USF Department of Mental Health Law & Policy Graduate Assistantship Award 2013 USF Department of Criminology Graduate Assistantship Award
2012 USF Department of Mental Health Law & Policy Graduate Assistantship Award 2012 USF Department of Criminology Graduate Assistantship Award
2011 USF Department of Criminology Doctoral Qualifying Exams: HIGH PASS 2011 USF Department of Mental Health Law & Policy Graduate Assistantship Award 2011 USF Department of Criminology Graduate Assistantship Award
2010 USF Department of Mental Health Law & Policy Graduate Assistantship Award 2009 USF Department Criminology Graduate Assistantship Award
2009 Graduate Student Travel Award ($75), Criminology Graduate Student Organization. 2008 USF Department Criminology Graduate Assistantship Award
2008 Recipient of the Robert Lassiter Outstanding Graduate Paper Award: “Radio frequency identification technology and the risk society: A preliminary review and critique for justice studies.” Later published in Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology
(2009).
2005 Selected by Chancellor Woodward to meet with Nobel Laureates to display and discuss research on honors thesis
2002 Graduate of Emerging Leaders Program
2001-2005 Received First Union/Wachovia C.C. Cameron Merit Scholarship Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Member, Golden Key International Honour Society
Member, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society for the Social Sciences Member, Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society
Member, Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
Member, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
National Dean’s List National Chancellor’s List
University, Departmental, Community, & Professional Service
2014 Panel Organizer, “Response, Rehabilitation, and Reconciliation: The Normative Dimensions of the Offender’s Desistance Journey” American Society of Criminology Conference Thematic Panel—Criminal Justice Policy and Practice Sessions (November 2014).
2014-Present Member, Grade Grievance Committee, Dept. of SAC, EMU
2013-Present Member, Steering Committee, Restorative Justice for Washtenaw County, MI. Member of subcommittees for mission statement, vision points, branding, & community outreach/education.
2014-Present Co-Facilitator of Advisory Committee, Restorative Justice for Washtenaw County, MI.
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2013-Present Member, Criminology Curriculum Committee, Dept. of SAC, EMU 2011-2012 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Criminology, USF. 2009-2011 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Criminology, USF 2009-2010 Treasurer of the USF Criminology Graduate Student Organization (CGSO) 2004-2005 President, University Honors Program at UNC at Charlotte
2002-2003 Treasurer, University Honors Program at UNC at Charlotte 2001-2005 UNCC Prospector (Undergraduate Admissions)
Journal Manuscript Peer-Reviewer
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Journal of Crime and Justice
American Behavioral Scientist
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Criminology Division of Critical Criminology Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Restorative and Community Justice Section Critical Criminal Justice Section
