Justice Studies Department
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
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Chicago, Illinois 60625-4699
Telephone: (773) 442-4790
Fax: (773) 442-4537
Office Manager
Ymelda Viramontes
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2009
• M.S., Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2001
• B.A., Sociology, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, 1998
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• Ph.D., Human Development & Human Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 2013
• M.S., Family, Youth & Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2007
• B.A., Sociology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2005
Birmingham, R. S., Bub, K. L., & Vaughn, B. E. (2017). Parenting in infancy and self-regulation in preschool: an investigation of the role of attachment history. Attachment & Human Development, 19, 107-129.
Birmingham, R. (2008). Sibling Violence and Abuse. In Brackett, K. (Ed.), Battleground: The Family (pp. 221-227). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
Birmingham, R. (2008). Domestic Violence. In Brackett, K. (Ed.), Battleground: The Family (pp. 521-525). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
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• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1989
• M.A., Sociology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1983
• B.A., Sociology, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1978
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• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, 2010
• M.A., Sociology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, 2007
• B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
Messinger, A. M. (2017). LGBTQ intimate partner violence: Lessons for policy, practice, and research. University of California Press: Oakland, CA.
[http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520286054]
Messinger, A. M. (2014). Marking 35 years of same-sex intimate partner violence research: Lessons and future directions. In D. Peterson & V. R. Panfil (Eds.) The handbook of LGBT communities, crime, and justice, 65-85. Springer Science + Business Media Publishing: New York.
[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-9188-0_4]
Messinger, A. M., & Roark, J. (In Press). LGBTQ partner violence. In W. S. DeKeseredy, C. Rennison, & A. Hall-Sanchez (Eds.) The Routledge international handbook of violence studies. Routledge: London.
Messinger, A. M., & Roark, J. (In Press). Transgender intimate partner violence and aging. In M. Houlberg (Ed.) Transgender health and aging: Culturally competent care for transgender aging patients. Springer: New York.
Messinger, A. M., & Koon-Magnin, S. (In Press). Sexual violence in LGBTQ communities. In W. O’Donohue, C. Cummings, & P. A. Schewe (Eds.) Handbook of sexual assault prevention. Springer: New York.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Fry, D. A., Messinger, A. M., Rickert, V. I., O'Connor, M. K., Palmetto, N., Lessel, H., & Davidson, L. L. (2014). Adolescent relationship violence: Help-seeking and help-giving behaviors among peers. Journal of Urban Health, 91(2), 320-334.
[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-013-9826-7]
Messinger, A. M. (In Press). Bidirectional same-gender and sexual minority intimate partner violence. Violence and Gender.
Messinger, A. M. (2011). Invisible victims: Same-sex intimate partner violence in the National Violence Against Women Survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(11), 2228-2243.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260510383023]
Messinger, A. M. (2012). Teaching content analysis through Harry Potter. Teaching Sociology, 40(4), 360-367.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0092055X12445461]
Messinger, A. M. (2015). Teaching interactionist gender theory through speed dating. Teaching Sociology, 43(2), 154-162.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0092055X14568849]
Messinger, A. M., Birmingham, R. S., DeKeseredy, W. S. (In Press). Perceptions of same-gender and different-gender intimate partner cyber-monitoring. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Messinger, A. M., Davidson, L. L., & Rickert, V.I. (2011). IPV among adolescent reproductive health clinic patients: the role of relationship communication. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(9), 1851-1867.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260510372933]
Messinger, A. M., Fry, D. A., Rickert, V. I., Catallozzi, M., & Davidson, L. L. (2014). Extending Johnson’s intimate partner violence typology: Lessons from an adolescent sample. Violence Against Women, 20(8), 948-971.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1077801214546907]
Messinger, A. M., Nieri, T., Villar, P., & Luengo, M.A. (2012). Acculturation stress and bullying among immigrant youths in Spain. Journal of School Violence, 9(4), 306-322.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15388220.2012.706875]
Messinger, A. M., Rickert, V. I., Fry, D., Lessel, H., & Davidson, L.L. (2012). Revisiting the role of communication in adolescent intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(4), 306-322. [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260512438276]
Risser, H. J., Messinger, A. M., Fry, D. A., Davidson, L. L., & Schewe, P.A. (2013). Do maternal and paternal mental illness and substance abuse predict treatment outcomes for children exposed to violence? Child Care in Practice, 19(3), 221-236.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13575279.2013.785932]
Schewe, P. A., Risser, H. J., & Messinger, A.M. (2013). Safe from the start: Evaluating interventions for children exposed to violence. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 22(1), 67-86.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10926771.2013.743945]
Whitton, S. W., Newcomb, M. E., Messinger, A. M., Byck, G., & Mustanski, B. (2016). A longitudinal study of IPV victimization among sexual minority youth. Journal of interpersonal violence, 0886260516646093.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260516646093]
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Coltrane, S., & Messinger, A. M. (2008). Men. In W. A. Darity, Jr. (Ed.) International encyclopedia of the social sciences, 80-82. MacMillian Reference.
Messinger, A. M. (2017). The isolation of transgender, undocumented victims of domestic violence. The Huffington Post.
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58ac56dbe4b029c1d1f88eeb]
My research centers on intimate partner violence (IPV) – psychological, physical, or sexual abuse within romantic and sexual relationships – among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Research has found that LGBTQ individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to experience IPV and its many negative consequences, and yet policies, services, and interventions often overlook this stigmatized population. To help raise awareness about and improve solutions to LGBTQ IPV, I am currently working on several projects:
o Co-Editor for what will be amongst the first books published on transgender IPV (est. publication in 2019).
o Co-Investigator on a 5-year longitudinal study of the causal pathways leading into and out of healthy and unhealthy sexual minority youth relationships.
o Principal Investigator on a multi-city study about peer support for LGBTQ IPV perpetrators.
o Co-Principal Investigator on a study about syndemic family violence risk factors and outcomes among LGBTQ and heterosexual-cisgender university students.
I look forward to continuing to serve those who live in what scholars have termed a "double closet": LGBTQ victims silenced not only by fear of their abusers but also by the fear that those who are homophobic and transphobic in society will refuse to help them.
To learn more about this important issue, or if you are interested in future research collaborations, volunteer research positions, speaking engagements, or media interviews, please contact me at my listed University email address.
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• Ph.D., School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 1987
• M.A., School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 1979
• M.A., Criminal Justice, John Jay College, City University of New York, 1976
• B.A., Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, 1974
A Primer in the Sociology of Law (1988). Albany, New York: Harrow and Heston Publishers.
A Primer in the Sociology of Law (1988). Albany, New York: Harrow and Heston Publishers.
Weberian and Marxian Analysis of Law: Development and Functions of Law in a Capitalist Mode of Production (1989). Aldershot, Hampshire: Gower Publishing Company Ltd.
Weberian and Marxian Analysis of Law: Development and Functions of Law in a Capitalist Mode of Production (1989). Aldershot, Hampshirem, UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.
Postmodern Law and Disorder: Psychoanalytic Semiotics, Chaos, and Juridic Exegeses (1992). Merseyside, UK: Deborah Charles Publications.
Constitutive Criminology: Beyond Postmodernism (1996). Co-authored with Keith Henry. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Critical Criminology at the Edge: Postmodern Perspectives, Integrations, and Applications (2002). New York: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group.
Critical Criminology at the Edge: Postmodern Perspectives, Integrations, and Applications (2002). New York: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group.
Critical Criminology at the Edge: Postmodern Perspectives, Integrations, and Applications (2002). New York: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group.
An Introduction to the Sociology of Law (2003). Monsey, New York: Criminal Justice Press.
Ivory Tower (2008). Chicago: William H. Kelly.
Revolution in Penology (2010). Co-authored with Bruce Arrigo. Plymouth, UK: Rowman and Littlefield.
Quantum Holographic Criminology: Paradigm Shift in Criminology, Law & Transformative Justice (2014). Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press.
My philosophical interests are in postmodernism, post-structuralism, the Frankfurt school, chaos theory, complexity theory, catastrophe theory, topology theory, constitutive theory, edgework analysis, and Lacanian psychoanalytic semiotics.
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• Ph.D., Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• L.Th., Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• M.M.R.Sc., Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
• M.A., Religious Studies, Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
• B.Th., Pontifical Urban University, Rome, Italy
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Jornaleros work and exploitation
Brown/Chicano masculinity, patriarchy, and feminism
Latina/o/e/x power and social movements
Ph.D. Public Affairs (Foci: Race and Gender), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2017
Castrejón, J. A. (2017). Voces de la Esquina: Migrant Workers Counteracting Wage Theft, Wage Deduction, and Underpayment. Justice Policy Journal, 14(2), 1-17.
Castrejón, J. A. (2017). (Un)Sustainable Community Projects: An Urban Ethnography in a Barrio in Las Vegas. Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review, 35(1), 25-48.
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• J.D., The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
• B.A., Criminal Justice, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 1989
• Sergeant, Chicago Police Department since 1990
• Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1995
• Adjunct professor, John Marshall Law School since 2001
“As a former student and Criminal Justice major at Northeastern, I can identify with students who have to ‘burn the candle at both ends,’ so to speak. I often tell students at the beginning of each semester that the most important part of my resume is the fact that I once sat in the same seat at this university and traveled the same path. I believe that it is important to give students, who are quite often juggling a full-time job with full-time studies, a lively and thought-provoking educational experience that is fun, upbeat, and grounded in experiential reality.”
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• Ph.D., Sociology/Research Methodology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
• M.A., Sociology/Women’s Studies, Governor’s State University, University Park, Illinois 1981
• B.A., Language and Literature, Governor’s State University, University Park, Illinois, 1979
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• M.A., Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
• B.A., Justice Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2011
Martensen, K. (2012). “The price that US minority communities pay: Mass incarceration and the ideologies that fuel them.” Contemporary Justice Review, 15(2), 211-222.
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• M.S.W., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
• B.A., American Studies, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1997
Catherine Korda, LCSW, has worked in a number of non-profit organizations, including coordinating children’s tutoring programs, working with domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, educating children about sexual abuse, and administering an interim housing program for homeless women. She began working at Northeastern in 2007 in the former Adult and Women Students Program Office, leaving that position the following year to raise her two children. In 2010, she completed a community needs assessment as part of the development of the Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) Program at Northeastern.
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• Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
• M.Ed., Teaching and Learning, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, California, 2007
• B.A., Journalism, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois , 2005
• West, R. (2014). Re-examining Reentry: Prisoner Reentry Systems in the United States. Landham, MD: Lexington Academic Publishing.
• West, R. (2004). "What Bargain?: The Widespread Practice of Plea Bargaining Has Increased Repercussions for People of Color." Colorlines Magazine.
Dr. Rolanda West is an instructor in the Justice Studies Department of Northeastern Illinois University and the co-founder and Executive Director of Alternative Education Research Institute. She co-founded the organization to assist local community organizations in the research and development of programs that would provide educational opportunities for populations that have been overlooked. For the past decade, Dr. West has worked as an instructor, program consultant and community activist for underrepresented populations, primarily formerly incarcerated youth and adults.
Dr. West has previously taught courses at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Education and has worked with south- and west-side community-based organizations in the research, development and evaluation of programs designed for underrepresented populations. Recently, Dr. West accepted the nomination for the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s Nation Council and continues to serve as a Board member for the Renaissance Collaborative in Chicago’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood.
Outside of teaching, West has worked as a consultant for Los Angeles Unified School District and the Federal Department of Probation District Courts in Inglewood, California, developing Empowerment Education and Reentry programs for the formerly incarcerated. As a consultant West has worked with organizations in the U.S. and Latin America, providing staff development training and program research and development for underserved communities.
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• Ph.D., Criminology, Law, and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
• M.S., Criminal Justice Administration, Niagara University, Niagara University, New York, 2001
• B.A., Psychology, Niagara University, Niagara University, New York, 1999
Dr. Isom is also Assistant Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at the University of St. Francis in Joliet.
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• M.A., Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
• B.A., Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
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• Ed.D., Adult Education, National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois, 2011
• M.A., Elementary Education, National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois, 1993
• B.S., Business Administration, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1989
Dr. Logan is an internationally recognized diversity consultant, educator, writer, and speaker. His mission is to help individuals and organizations meet the challenges of working and living in a global society. He is a certified diversity practitioner, diversity columnist for the Fiji Sun, member of the National Diversity Council, and also serves as adjunct faculty of diversity and social justice at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. Dr. Logan is a culturally focused world traveler, with seven years of personal travel experience living in 23 countries throughout North and Central America, the Caribbean, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and West Africa.
PARTIAL MEDIA LIST: Featured on numerous television/radio broadcasts, including Financial Survival Network, CLTV (Chicago, USA), On The Street, Kiora FM (New Zealand), Mali FM (Mali), and the Chicago Korean Radio Broadcasting Co. In print, he has written for and been quoted by the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebony, Cosmopolitan, N'Digo Magapaper, The Daily Northwestern, The Evanston Roundtable, and the Fiji Sun. Dr. Logan has been featured in the video gallery of the Chicago Tribune for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech.
NEIU Alternative Spring Break Boarder Awareness Immersion Experience, Faculty/Staff leader, 2010-2012: led three groups of students--one to San Miguel, Guatemala, to study fair-trade arrangements surrounding coffee production from seed to cup; and two to the Tucson, AZ/Nogales, Mexico and El Paso, TX/Juarez, Mexico borders to study issues related to human rights, immigration, and the border.
Interfaith Peace-Builders participant, 2012 African Heritage Delegation to Palestine/Israel (October 2012): the delegration emphasized the grassroots voices of Israelis and Palestinians immersed in the reality of the conflict, bearing witness to the everyday violence of war and occupation, and learning from those committed to nonviolent struggle, human rights, and peace with justice.
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• J.D., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
• M.A., Public Administration, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
• B.A., Criminal Justice, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Professor McFarlin is currently an attorney in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. He is a former senior trial attorney and municipal prosecutor for the City of Chicago Law Department.
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M.A., Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
B.A., cum laude, Justice Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2009
Johnson, T.P., Holbrook, A.L. & Atterberry, K. (2014). Challenges in conducting surveys of political extremists. In R. Tourangeau, N. Bates, B. Edwards, T.P. Johnson, & K. Wolter (Eds.), Hard to survey populations. Cary, NC: Cambridge University Press.
Keith Atterberry is a graduate research and teaching assistant at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Criminology, Law and Justice at UIC. Keith is a recipient of the prestigious Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowship.
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