Christina Jacqueline
Johns
POSITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
SENIOR FELLOW
Institute for Law and Society
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Develop radio program on law and the society.
Primary responsibility for writing articles for web site for
journalists
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Develop web site for journalists and citizens
Participate in the creation of a People's Law School - an Internet law
information site
Do presentations educating the public and organizations on
legislative changes in Florida
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
Florida A & M University
Tallahassee, Florida
1994 - Present
Teach Cases in Corrections, Introduction to Criminal Justice and
Contemporary Issues in Corrections, Domestic Violence Law, Professional
Writing and Presentation.
Functioned for one year as Criminal Justice Coordinator for the
Department
Sat on Executive Committee of the Department
Devised a program in Legal Studies for the department
Devised a graduate program in Multi-Cultural and Comparative
Criminology
Created a class in Professional Conduct, Writing and Presentation to
be a part of the Legal Studies Program
Developed and taught a class in Domestic Violence Law the only class
of its kind in the state at the undergraduate level.
PRESENTER AND COMMENTATOR
Crime Links Radio Program
Reading Service for the Blind
WFSU Tallahassee
1996 - Present
Select articles about current crime, law and justice and present on
live radio.
COMMENTATOR
WFSU National Public Radio
Tallahassee, Florida
1997 - Present
Write and read commentaries for the morning NPR news program.
COLUMNIST
Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee, Florida
Write bi-monthly column on crime, law and justice.
COLUMNIST
Valley Times News
Valley, Alabama
Write bi-monthly column on crime, law and justice
WRITER: PROGRESSIVE MEDIA PROJECT
Madison, Wisconsin
Invited author writing articles on crime and the law, syndicated by
the Progressive Media Project
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Eastern Michigan University
Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
Ypsilanti, Michigan
1992 - 1994
Coordinator of Graduate Program
Graduate Advisor
Taught courses in Introduction to Criminology, the Sociology of
Corrections, and Criminal Law II
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Social Justice
1991 - 1994
Selected books to be reviewed, contacted authors and edited reviews
for major criminological journal.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Coordinator of Research
Graduate Program in Criminology
Alabama State University
Montgomery, Alabama
1989 - 1992
Taught graduate classes in Problems in Punishment and Corrections,
Contemporary Criminology, Issues in Comparative Criminology, and
Deviance and Social Control.
Supervised thesis research for all graduate students.
Member of Research Committee and Library Committee
GUEST LECTURER
Sacred Heart University
Jan Juan Puerto Rico
1992
Taught seminar series in Spanish on the War on Drugs and Comparative
Criminology
GUEST LECTURER
Institute of Criminology
Cali University
Cali, Colombia
1989
Taught seminar in Spanish on Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Justice Center
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
1988-1989
Taught classes in Introduction to Justice, Urban Police Problems,
Introduction to Corrections.
Served on Admissions and Standards Committee
Founding Member and Contributor to Sociology Media Clearinghouse
Article Reviewer for Contemporary Crisis
Chair, Search Committee for New Faculty
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Sociology Department
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
1986-1988
Taught courses in Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to
Sociology, Aztec Social Organization, and Deviance and Social Control.
Developed and taught course in Prison Literature designed to be taught
with a series of rehearsed readings of Prison Literature.
Acted as Research Consultant to facilitate faculty research on the
homeless in the D.C. area.
DIRECTOR
Institute of Social Justice
Washington, D.C.
1986-1988
Founded and acted as director of independent research and writing
group. Contracts included:
development of prisoner classification system and alternatives to
incarceration, Northern Marianas Catholic Social Services, Saipan,
Micronesia;
task analysis for Navy Correctional personnel to be used in the
construction of a questionnaire to assess the perceived importance of
those tasks in Brig Management, American Correctional Association (ACA);
description of the proposed elements of a Prison Industries Data Base,
Pinet, which was presented at the Conference of ACA to solicit
membership for the mini-computer information network;
various articles for the Pinet Newsletter which involved Congressional
liaison, ACA;
editing of a report to the Navy about proposed conceptual designs for
the reorganization of the Navy Brig system, ACA;
translation, editing and rewriting of a proposal to establish regional
environmental information centers in the Caribbean, Foundation for
Research and Protection of the Environment, Cali, Colombia;
compilation of contact list of appropriate funding agencies in
environmental protection, Foundation for Research and Protection of the
Environment, Cali, Colombia;
editorial supervision of Pinet News, ACA.
WASHINGTON EDITOR
Blacks in Criminal Justice Quarterly
Institute of Criminal Justice
Atlanta University
Atlanta, Georgia
1986 - 1988
Acted as contributing Washington Editor, writing articles and
researching issues relevant to the magazine's concerns.
Sub-edited contributions from a network of correspondents
Recruited subscribers
Compiled photographic library
Conducted interviews with people in the field
Developed PR contacts for the magazine.
WRITER AND EDITOR
Research and Evaluation Associates
Washington, D.C.
1987
Acted as writer and editor
Summarized deliberations of a panel in the Department of Education
charged with evaluating project proposals. These summaries depended on
familiarity with all types of research methodology in order to follow
panel debate and extract most relevant methodological strengths and
weaknesses.
Edited draft of Procedures and Guidelines Manual for Panel.
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
American Correctional Association
College Park, Maryland
1986 - 1987
Acted as research consultant on a contract from the U.S. Navy to
explore different methods of prisoner classification in order to
recommend a system of classification appropriate for Navy Prisoners.
Acted as consultant on grant applications such as a project to develop
a program to improve the parenting skills of incarcerated men.
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
Social Administration Department
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
1983 - 1986
As part of research team, devised questionnaire and coding formats
Designed data analysis for a project exploring the problems of
prisoners and their families
Selected and interviewed inmates incarcerated in five Scottish prisons
Interviewed social workers and prison officers
Analyzed data and wrote report to funding body
PART TIME LECTURER
Extra Mural Department
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
1983 - 1986
Devised and taught two courses on the social and economic conditions
in Aztec and Conquest Mexico.
INSTRUCTOR
University of Maryland
Overseas Branch
Dunoon, Scotland
1981
Taught introductory Criminology to military personnel stationed in
Dunoon
PH. D. CRIMINOLOGY
Faculty of Law
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
1979 - 1985
Thesis research on the economic bases of organized state violence in
fifteenth and sixteenth century Mexico. An analysis of four forms of
institutionalized violence (forced labor, penal sanctions, warfare,
human sacrifice) during the Aztec and Conquest periods.
PROGRAM ASSISTANT
Criminal Conspiracies Division
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.
1979
Evaluated evaluations of federally funded projects in the areas of
crime prevention and control.
DOCTORAL COURSE WORK
Criminal Justice Department
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan
1976 - 1978
Course concentration: Research methodology and statistics, comparative
criminology.
RESEARCH COORDINATOR AND ACTING DIRECTOR
Special Probation Projects
Michigan Department of Corrections
Lansing, Michigan
1978 - 1979
Research coordinator for all probation and parole research projects
within the Department.
Supervised research staff of six and secretarial staff of two.
Held position of Acting Director until project completion in 1979
RESEARCH ANALYST
Special Probation Projects
Michigan State Department of Corrections
Lansing, Michigan
1976 - 1978
As part of a research team, devised and carried out an evaluation of a
federally funded project designed to encourage the diversion of
offenders from prison in twelve Michigan counties.
PART TIME LECTURER
Criminal Justice Department
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan
1976 - 1977
Taught senior level course in Research Methodology and Statistics
RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT
Criminal Justice Department
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan
1974 - 1976
Assisted in departmental teaching and research in the area of
Community Policing.
M. S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Criminal Justice Department
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan
1974 - 1976
Course concentration: Planning, research methodology and statistics.
M.S. Thesis: devised and carried out experiment which tested the effects
of female partners on the decisions of male police officers to use
deadly force in threatening situations.
Devised and administered questionnaire probing attitudes towards women
in policing.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Psychology Department
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
1973
As part of a research team, developed ideas and methodological
approaches to social psychological problems.
Devised and carried out experiments in the areas of 1)stereotyped
notions of male physical attractiveness as presented in the media as
contrasted with rankings of physical attractiveness by female students,
2) sexual differences in the level of mutual eye contact maintained in
crowded and uncrowded situations.
B.S. URBAN SOCIOLOGY
Urban Studies Department
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
1970 - 1974
Multi-disciplinary degree in social science.
Course concentration: Planning and social science research
methodology.
RESEARCH INTERN
Atlanta Police Department
Atlanta, Georgia
1974
As part of a research team, devised methodological approaches for
evaluating the effectiveness of a recently created community policing
project.
INTERN
Juvenile Justice Department
Atlanta Department of Corrections
Atlanta, Georgia
1972
Supervised juveniles referred to the department.
Testified at juvenile court hearings
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