SEUNGHOON SIMON HAN, PhD, MPP 6001 Dodge St., 218 CPACS, Omaha, NE 68182, USA Office Phone: (+1) 402-554-3095, Email: shan2@unomaha.edu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor Aug. 2016 Present School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) Post-Doctoral Researcher Joint Appointment: Aug. 2014 July 2016 Department of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Advisor: Charles C. Branas Participating in crime-related research projects on firearm, alcohol, and injury Forest Service Philadelphia Urban Field Station, United States Department of Agriculture (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Field Station Coordinator: Sarah C. Low Participating in research projects on urban greening and crime EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PhD, Criminology Aug. 2014 Committee: John M. MacDonald (Chair, Advisor), Charles C. Branas, Philip J. Cook, Richard J. Gelles, Emily G. Owens Dissertation: Three Essays on Crime and Delinquency: Immigration, Alcohol, and Probation MA, Statistics Aug. 2014 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina MPP, Public Policy May, 2010 Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea MPA, Public Administration Aug. 2008 BA, Sociology & Economics Feb. 2004 1
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP Research Interests Alcohol and crime, Immigration and crime, Urban environmental/situational settings and crime, Victimization and injury, Program evaluation, and Advanced quantitative methods Publications Peer-reviewed 1. Dexter H. Locke,, Michelle C. Kondo, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, and Mary Cox. (2017) Did community greening reduce crime? Evidence from New Haven, CT, 1996 2007 Landscape and Urban Planning, 161, pp.72-79. (2015 Impact Factor: 3.654) 2. Michelle C. Kondo,, Geoffrey H. Donovan, and John M. MacDonald. (2017) "The Effect of Trees on Urban Crime: Evidence from the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in Cincinnati," Landscape and Urban Planning, 157, pp.193-199. (2015 Impact Factor: 3.654) (Media: http://greatlakesecho.org/2017/03/22/emerald-ash-borers-may-increase-crime-study-says/ ) 3., Charles C. Branas, and John M. MacDonald. (2016). "The Effect of a Sunday Liquor Sales Ban Repeal on Crime: A Triple Difference Analysis," Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(5), pp.1111-1121. (2015 Impact Factor: 2.829) 4. Charles C. Branas,, and Douglas J. Wiebe. (2016). "Alcohol Use and Firearm Violence," Epidemiologic Reviews, 38(1), pp.32-45. (2015 Impact Factor: 9.333) 5. Michelle C. Kondo, Bernadette C. Hohl,, and Charles C. Branas. (2016). "Effects of Greening and Community Reuse of Vacant Lots on Crime," Urban Studies, 53(15), pp. 3279-3295. (2015 Impact Factor: 1.934) Non Peer-reviewed 6.. (2017). Book Review: Samson W. Lim s Siam's New Detectives: Visualizing Crime and Conspiracy in Modern Thailand. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2016. 232 pp. TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, pp.1-3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/trn.2017.10 7.. (2015). "Moral Panic Theory and Its Application in Korea" (in Korean language), Korean Institute of Criminology Newsletter Bulletin, 135, pp.17-21. Working Paper or Papers in Progress Jordan M. Hyatt and. Expanding the Focus of Correctional Evaluations beyond Recidivism: The Impact of Halfway Houses on Public Safety (1 st R&R round), Erik Jorgenson, and Charles C. Branas Self Protection and Defensive Gun Use in the Face of Violence Rachel Meltzer,, John M. MacDonald, Philip J. Cook, and Ingrid G. Ellen. The Role of Business Improvement Districts in New York City s Crime Drop 2
Conference Presentations & Invited Talks 1. "Self Protection and Defensive Gun Use in the Face of Violence" (with Erik Jorgenson and Charles C. Branas), Emerging Governance Issues and Policy Design in Comparative Perspective mini-conference co-held by Lehman College, the City University of New York, USA, & the GSPA, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea [Jan. 2017, New York, NY] 2. (Invited Talk) "A Bayesian Analysis of the Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on High-risk Probationers' Recidivism Rates" (with Jordan M. Hyatt and Geoffrey C. Barnes), the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs [Dec. 2016, Seoul, South Korea] 3. Private Investment in the Public s Interest? The Case of Business Improvement Districts and Crime in New York City (with Rachel Meltzer, John M. MacDonald, Philip J. Cook, and Ingrid G. Ellen), American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2016, New Orleans, LA] 4. Private Investment in the Public s Interest? The Case of Business Improvement Districts and Crime in New York City (with Rachel Meltzer, John M. MacDonald, Philip J. Cook, and Ingrid G. Ellen), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Conference [Nov. 2016, Washington DC] 5. (Invited Talk) "Methodology Session: Bayesian Statistics and Smart Governance - An Introduction to Bayesian Approach," Smart Governance around the World: (Natural) Field Experiments, Surveys, and Case Studies mini-conference co-held by Lehman College, the City University of New York, USA, & the GSPA, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea [Jan. 2016, New York, NY] 6. "A Bayesian Analysis of the Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on High-risk Probationers' Recidivism Rates" (with Jordan M. Hyatt and Geoffrey C. Barnes), Smart Governance around the World: (Natural) Field Experiments, Surveys, and Case Studies miniconference co-held by Lehman College, the City University of New York, USA, & the GSPA, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea [Jan. 2016, New York, NY] 7. "Recency of Immigration and Drop of Homicide Rate in Largest US Counties," American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2015, Washington DC] 8. "A Bayesian Analysis of the Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on High-risk Probationers' Recidivism Rates" (with Jordan M. Hyatt and Geoffrey C. Barnes), American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2015, Washington DC] 9. (Invited Talk) "Methodology Session: Micro-geographic Analysis Using GIS - A Crime Analysis Case", Smart Governance: Good Policy Design and Community Innovation mini - conference co-held by Lehman College, the City University of New York, USA, & the GSPA, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea [Aug. 2015, New York, NY] 10. "The Effect of a Sunday Liquor Sales Ban Repeal on Crime: A Triple Difference Analysis" (with Charles C. Branas and John M. MacDonald), Smart Governance: Good Policy Design and Community Innovation mini-conference co-held by Lehman College, the City University of New York, USA, & the GSPA, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea [Aug. 2015, New York, NY] 11. "The Effect of Alcohol Outlet Openings and Closings on Geographical Crime Displacement," Stockholm Criminology Conference [June 2015, Stockholm, Sweden] 3
12. "The Effect of the Alcohol Availability on Crime: A Quasi-experimental Analysis of the Repeal of the Sunday Off-premise Liquor Sales Ban," American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2014, San Francisco, CA] 13. (Poster) "A Bayesian Analysis of the Philadelphia Anti-Violence Experiment" (with Jordan M. Hyatt), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Conference [Nov. 2014, Albuquerque, NM] 14. "Linking the Assimilation of Immigrant Youth to Delinquent Risk Factors and Victimization," in American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2013, Atlanta, GA] 15. "The Effects of Supervision Characteristics on Recidivism: A Bayesian Analysis of Experimental Data" (with Jordan M. Hyatt), American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2013, Atlanta, GA] 16. "Delinquency of Immigrant Youth: The effect of Individual and Familial Assimilation," American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2012, Chicago, IL] 17. "Immigration and the Drop of Homicide Rate in Largest US Counties," American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fall Conference [Nov. 2011, Washington DC] 18. "The Role of Business Improvement Districts in New York City s Crime Drop" (with John M. MacDonald and Philip J. Cook), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Conference [Nov. 2011, Washington DC] Grants and Scholarships Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2010 2014 2009 Korean Honor Scholarship for Outstanding Korean and Korean-American (the Government of the Republic of Korea) Merit-based for outstanding academic performances in US graduate schools Sep. 2009 Sanford School Grant, Duke University 2008 2010 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha Research Methods (Undergraduate) Spring, 2017; Fall, 2016 Criminal Justice Research, Theory, Methods (Graduate) Spring, 2017 Instructor, Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania Evidence-based Crime and Justice Policy (Undergraduate) (co-taught with Jordan M. Hyatt) Summer, 2013 4
Teaching Assistant, Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania Curriculum Vitae Research Methods and Crime Analysis (Graduate) Spring, 2014; Spring, 2013 Quantitative Methods I (Graduate) Fall, 2013 Evidence Based Crime and Justice Policy (Undergraduate) Spring, 2012 Conference Co-organizer SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS Smart Governance: Good Policy Design and Community Innovation A joint mini-conference in New York, NY, USA, Co-held by Lehman College, the City University of New York, USA, & the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Aug., 2015 Journal Peer Reviewer Journal of Quantitative Criminology 2015- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2014- Journal of Child and Family Studies 2017- American Journal on Addictions 2017- Academic Membership American Society of Criminology (ASC) Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 2010 Present 2010 Present SKILLS Computer Packages: STATA, R, and SAS for statistical analysis; ArcGIS for spatial analysis Language Skills: native Korean, proficient in English (verbal & written) Updated as of August, 2017 5