Joined the faculty Fall 2003
Office: 2037 Old Belk Library
Office phone: 262-6169
Email: petersnes@appstate.edu
Work Address:
Appalachian State University
Department of Political Science and Criminal
Justice
120 Whitener Hall
Boone, North Carolina 28608
Education
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri�St. Louis. May 2002.
Dissertation: Varieties of Self-Help in
Intimate Partner Homicide.
Advisor: Rick Rosenfeld
M.A. Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri�St. Louis. May 1998.
B.S. Criminology and Criminal Justice,
University of Missouri�St. Louis. May 1996
(Summa Cum Laude).
Areas of Research Interest
Theory (particularly social interactionist
perspectives)
Gender, race and violence
Situational contexts of crime
Homicide
Integrated methodology
Publications
(Refereed Articles)
Peterson, Elicka S.L. (1999). Murder as self-help: Women and intimate partner homicide. Homicide Studies Vol. 3(1): 30-46.
Peterson, Elicka S.L. (1999). Building scholars: A qualitative look at mentoring in a criminology and criminal justice doctoral program. Journal of Criminal Justice Education Vol. 10(2): 247-261.
Peterson, Elicka S.L. (2001). Comments on Mark Cooney�s Warriors and Peacemakers: How Third Parties Shape Violence. Theoretical Criminology Vol. 5(2): 253-255.
Kempf-Leonard, Kimberly & Peterson, Elicka S.L. (2000). Expanding realms of the new penology: The advent of actuarial justice for juveniles. Punishment & Society Vol. 2(1): 66-97.
Peterson, Elicka S.L. & Kempf-Leonard, Kimberly. (1999). A matter of life and death: The failure of juror instructions in Capital cases. The Justice Professional Vol. 12: 173-189.
(Selected Technical Reports)
Peterson, Elicka S.L. Educational mission statement�2000. Prepared for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. June 1998.
Kempf-Leonard, Kimberly, Peterson, Elicka S.L., & Sample, Lisa Gender and juvenile justice in Missouri. Prepared for the Governor�s Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice. April 1997.
Peterson, Elicka S.L. Desegregation and school district satisfaction. Prepared for the East Baton Rouge School District. September 1997.
Peterson, Elicka S.L. Political support
for a community resource center. Prepared for The Ritenour Family Resource
Center Committee. June 1995.
Presentations at Professional Meetings
�The role of gender in conflict-related intimate partner homicide.� Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001.
�Intimate partner homicide as social control.� Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California, November 2000.
�Moralistic drug robbery: Exploring the intersection of motivation of justification.� Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November 1999.
�Lethal self-help: The role of motive in female-perpetrated homicide.� Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 1998.
�Rational decision-making for Capital jurors: Making the best of a bad situation.� With Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 1998.
�Women and homicide: A self-help perspective.� Washington University, symposium on women and homicide, St. Louis, March 1998 (featured speaker).
�A quarter century after Furman: Missouri Capital punishment still arbitrary and capricious after all these years.� Annual meeting of the Law & Society Association, St. Louis, May 1997.
�Sentencing practices, including disparity, in the U.S. Court, eighth circuit.� With Kimberly Kempf-Leonard and Lisa Sample. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November 1996.
�Disparity in juvenile justice: The role
of private residential care.� With Kimberly Kempf-Leonard and Lisa Sample.
Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November
1996.
Academic Courses Taught
� Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal
Justice
� Victimology (graduate and undergraduate
level)
� Female Crime and Delinquency
� Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory
� Qualitative Methodology (graduate level)
� Juvenile Justice
� Youth Crime Problems (graduate level)
� Terrorism (graduate level)
� Urban Analytical Methods (graduate level)
Media
St. Louis�KWMU, National Public Radio (NPR). Talk of St. Louis, guest. �The Death Penalty.� August 7, 1997.
Consultant, full-length feature documentary,
�Blind Spot: Murder by Women,� by Academy Award-winning producers Light
and Saraf (PBS/HBO). 2002.
Academic Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
�Kappa Sigma Kick-Ass Professor Award� for �best lectures� at Florida State University, May 2002.
Council on Research and Creativity First Year Assistant Professor Grant, $7000, 2002.
Dissertation Grant, University of Missouri Research Committee, $14,000, 2000�2001.
Summer Research Grant, �Moralistic drug robbery: Exploring the intersection of motivation and justification,� with Richard Wright (PI), $2000, 1999.
Marshall for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (selected by the Dean of the Graduate School for outstanding community service), 1998.
Meritorious Service Award, University of Missouri��Outstanding Teacher,� 1998, presented by the St. Louis Students with Disabilities Association.
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Fellowship Award, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000. $10,000 per year.
Chancellor�s Scholarship Award, 1995-1996, 1997-1998. $2,000.
Doris Fishman Administration of Justice Scholarship Award, 1995. $2,500.
Alumni Agents Scholarship Award, 1995, 1996. $2,500.
Who�s Who in American Colleges and Universities Award, 1995.
Selected Academic and Community Service
Appalachian State University, Departmental Personnel Committee, Political Science and Criminal Justice, untenured alternate member, 2003-2004
Florida State University Student Conduct Committee, Judge, 2002-2003
Florida State University Mentoring Program, mentor, 2001-2003
Graduate Student Association, faculty advisor, elected April 2002
Undergraduate Policy Committee, departmental representative, 2001-2002
Alpha Phi Sigma, faculty advisor, 2002-2003
American Society of Criminology Membership Committee, 2002-2003.
American Society of Criminology Women and Crime Division, member, 2000-present
American Journal of Criminal Justice, reviewer, 2002-present
Thomson Learning Publishers, reviewer, 2002, 2003
Homicide Studies, reviewer, 2000-2003.
Sociological Quarterly, reviewer, 1999-present.
Criminology, reviewer, 1999-present.
Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, reviewer, 1998-present.
Social Problems, reviewer (and member), 2002-present.
Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society, President, Alpha Omega Delta chapter, 1995-1998.
Eastern Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, member and area coordinator, 1995 to 1999.
Golden Key National Honor Society, member, 1995 to present.
Whites Against Racism, board member, 1994 to 1999.
Privacy Rights Education Project, member and volunteer, 1994 to present.
Literacy Investment for Tomorrow (LIFT), literacy through creative writing�teacher, 1997-1998.
University of Missouri�St. Louis Criminology
and Criminal Justice Graduate Student Organization, president, 1998-1999.
Experience
Assistant Professor, Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, August 2001�July 2003.
Instructor, Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri�St. Louis, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999.
Statistical Report Writer / Focus Group Facilitator, Attitude Research Company, March 1995 to August 2000.
Research Assistant, �Patterns of homicide and social policy in three American cities Project� for Dean Margaret Zahn, North Carolina State University, June 1998-August 1998.
Teaching Assistant, Gender and Crime, for Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, University of Missouri�St. Louis, Fall 1997.
Governor�s Advisory Board for Juvenile Justice, appointed by Governor Mel Carnahan, 1997-1998.
Researcher, Office of the Juvenile Justice Specialist for the State of Missouri, Jay Wood, Fall 1996-Summer 1997.
Research Assistant, �Hidden incarceration in juvenile justice project� with Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Spring 1995-Winter 1996.
Research Assistant, �Assessment of sentencing guidelines in the Federal Court, Eighth Circuit� for Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Summer and Fall 1995.
Research Assistant, �Evaluation of youth
gang drug intervention/prevention programs for Female adolescents� with
G. David Curry, University of Missouri�St. Louis, Winter 1994-Spring 1995.