MONICA WILLIAMS Curriculum Vitae September 2018 Criminal Justice Department Weber State University 1299 Edvalson Street, Dept. 1206 Ogden, UT 84408-1206 monicawilliams@weber.edu (801) 626-6231 EDUCATION 2013 2007 2001 Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Davis. M.A. Sociology, University of California, Davis. B.A, With Distinction. Sociology with minor in Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2013-Present Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, Weber State University. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Community and institutional responses to crime Law and society Policing Research Methods PUBLICATIONS Books 2018 Williams, Monica. The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma: Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice. New York: New York University Press. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 2018 Williams, Monica. Constructing Hysteria: Legal Signals as Producers of Siting Conflicts over Sexually Violent Predator Placements. Law & Social Inquiry. 43(3): 706-731. 2017 Leverentz, Andrea and Monica Williams. Contextualizing Community Crime Control: Race, Geography, and Configurations of Control in Four Communities. Criminology. 55(1): 112-136.
Monica Williams, Weber State University 2 2014 Williams, Monica and Bill McCarthy. Assessing Stereotypes of Adolescent Rape. Journal of Criminal Justice. 42(6): 557-567. 2012 Williams, Monica. Beyond the Retributive Public: Governance and Public Opinion on Penal Policy. Journal of Crime and Justice 35(1): 93-113. Book Chapters 2008 McCarthy, Bill, Monica Williams and John Hagan. Homeless Youth and the Transition to Adulthood. Andy Furlong (ed.), Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood. London: Routledge. Book Reviews 2010 Williams, Monica. Review of Sex, Violence and Crime: Foucault and the 'Man' Question by Adrian Howe. Asian Journal of Criminology 5(1): 79-81. Manuscripts in Submission Under review Under review Williams, Monica, Erin Comartin, and Robert Lytle. The Laws that Weren t: State Resistance to the Allure of Sex Offender Residence Restrictions. Law & Social Inquiry. Williams, Monica and Pamela Payne. Engaging Undergraduates in Co-curricular Community-based Research: Strategies for Success. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. Manuscripts in Preparation Williams, Monica. Suspicion or Protection? Explaining Public Support for Body-Worn Cameras in Law Enforcement. Williams, Monica and Azenett Garza. An Exploration of How Racial and Ethnic Minority Status, Neighborhood Risk Levels, Informal Social Control and Collective Efficacy Impact Satisfaction with Police. Web-based Publications 2015 Williams, Monica. Four keys to Success in Engaging Undergraduates in Cocurricular Community-based Research. In the Classroom: A Blog about Undergraduate Teaching and Learning. Posted on October, 28, 2015 (http://www.culjp.com/blog/monica-williams-four-keys-to-success-in-engagingundergraduates-in-co-curricular-community-based-research).
Monica Williams, Weber State University 3 Reports 2018 Stone, Carrie, Steiner Houston, and Monica Williams. Study of the Existence and Cause of Disproportionate Minority Contact in Ogden. Report to Ogden Police Department. 2017 Williams, Monica and Paydon Barnhart. Ogden Policing Survey Results. Report to Ogden Police Department. 2016 Williams, Monica and Ailey Irvine. Weber State University s South Ogden VOICES Survey Final Report of Survey Results. Report to South Ogden City government. Other Publications 2013 Williams, Monica. Sex Offender Laws in Action. Amici: The Newsletter of the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association 21(2): 9-10. AWARDS AND HONORS 2018 Certificate of Merit. Ogden Police Department. Ogden, Utah. 2017 Gene Sessions Outstanding Teaching Award. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Weber State University. 2017 Utah Campus Compact Community Engaged Faculty Member of the Year. Center for Community Engaged Learning, Weber State University. GRANTS 2018 Faculty Mentor Travel Grant. Office of Undergraduate Research, Weber State University. 2015 Faculty Vitality Grant. 2015. Criminal Justice Department, Weber State University. 2012-2013 UCD & Humanities Graduate Research Award. Office of Graduate Studies, University of California, Davis. 2011-2012 Dissertation Improvement Grant. National Science Foundation, Law and Social Sciences Program. 2011 Summer Dissertation Research Award. Sociology Department, University of California, Davis. 2011 and 2009-2010 Dissertation Research Award. Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis. 2009-2010 Dissertation Research Award. Sociology Department, University of California, Davis.
Monica Williams, Weber State University 4 CONFERENCE ACTIVITY AND PRESENTATIONS Panels Organized 2018 Involving Undergraduates in Research at Teaching-oriented Institutions. Professional development panel of the Consortium for Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada. 2016 Bridging the Gap between Individual and Global: Legal Mobilization in Communities and Organizations. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2013 Theorizing the Local in Responses to Crime. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Atlanta, Georgia. 2009 The Politics of Punishment. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Denver, Colorado. Papers Presented 2018 Williams, Monica and Azenett Garza. An Exploration of How Racial and Ethnic Minority Status, Neighborhood Risk Levels, Informal Social Control and Collective Efficacy Impact Satisfaction with Police. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada. 2017 Williams, Monica and Pamela Payne. 5 Keys to Effective Community-Based Research Programs for Undergraduate Students. Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Birmingham, Alabama. 2016 Williams, Monica. Legal Framing as a Mechanism for Producing Collective Action: Evidence from Community Opposition to Sexually Violent Predators. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2015 Williams, Monica. The Laws that Weren t: State Resistance to the Allure of Sex Offender Residence Restrictions. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Seattle, Washington. 2014 Williams, Monica. Experimental Ethnography: Fiction as a Bridge between Scholars and the Public. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California. 2013 Williams, Monica. Meso-Level Mechanisms of Mobilization in Community Responses to Violent Sex Offenders. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York. 2013 Williams, Monica. Localizing Moral Panic: Community Responses to Violent Sex Offenders. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia. 2012 Williams, Monica. Mobilizing Community: Civic Engagement and Sex Offender
Monica Williams, Weber State University 5 Protests. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois. 2011 Williams, Monica. Community Responses to Violent Sex Offenders. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, San Francisco, California. 2011 Williams, Monica. No Good Place: Community Responses to Violent Sex Offenders. West Coast Law and Society Scholars Retreat. Southwestern Law School, University of California, Los Angeles. 2010 Williams, Monica. The Local Politics of Community Responses to Violent Sex Offenders. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California. 2010 Williams, Monica. Exposing Social Control and Politics in Community Responses to Sexually Violent Predator Placements. Visualizing Governing through Crime in California Conference. University of California, Irvine. 2009 Williams, Monica. Beyond the Punitive Public: Governance and Public Opinion on Penal Policy. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Denver, Colorado. 2009 Williams, Monica. Community Reactions to Sex Offenders. West Coast Law and Society Scholars Retreat. Stanford University. 2009 Williams, Monica. Community Responses to Sex Offenders. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2007 Williams, Monica. Fearless Women and Fearful Men: Gender and Concern about Crime. Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia. Panelist and/or Discussant 2016 Williams, Monica. Landing a Law and Society Job at a Teaching-Centered Institution. Professional development panel of the Consortium for Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2015 Williams, Monica. Constructing the Meaning of Criminal : Scrutiny, Stigma, and Social Control Effects. Chair/discussant at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Seattle, Washington. 2015 Williams, Monica. Engaging Undergraduates in Law and Society Research. Roundtable panelist at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Seattle, Washington. 2012 Williams, Monica. (Re)Creating Community: Sex Offender Laws in Action. Roundtable panelist at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, Colorado. 2010 Williams, Monica. Visualizing Governing through Crime in California. Roundtable panelist at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California.
Monica Williams, Weber State University 6 2010 Williams, Monica. Theories of Punishment. Discussant at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, Illinois. 2010 Williams, Monica. Author Meets Reader - Knowledge as Power, by Wayne Logan. Panelist at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, Illinois. Departmental Talks 2013 Williams, Monica and Bill McCarthy. Adolescent Rape: Sex, Delinquency, or Both? Power and Inequalities Workshop. Sociology Department, University of California, Davis. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Weber State University Undergraduate Face-to-Face Criminal Justice in London (study abroad; May 2016) Criminal Justice Statistics (every semester from Fall 2014 through Spring 2018) Introduction to Criminal Justice (six semesters from Fall 2013 through Fall 2018) Law & Society (five semesters from Fall 2013 through Fall 2017) Policing: History, Theory, and Practice (five semesters from Fall 2013 through Spring 2017) Sex Crime and the Criminal Justice System (Fall 2015, Fall 2016) Undergraduate Online Criminal Justice Senior Capstone (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2018) Graduate Online Great Thoughts in Criminal Justice (Fall 2017) Law and Social Control (Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Summer 2018) University of California, Davis Undergraduate Face-to-Face (Associate Instructor) Social Problems (Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2012) Sociology of Law (Winter 2013, Spring 2013) Undergraduate Face-to-Face (Teaching Assistant) Introduction to Social Research (Fall 2008, Fall 2009) Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2006)
Juvenile Delinquency (Winter 2008, Spring 2008, Winter 2009) Race Relations (Fall 2011) Sociology of Education (Spring 2011) Monica Williams, Weber State University 7 Undergraduate Research Mentorship 2014-Present Faculty Adviser to Community Research Team, Center for Community Engaged Learning, Weber State University. Mentored 23 students on the following projects: DaVinci Academy Mission Statement Parent Survey Davis Head Start Fatherhood Program Evaluation Forever Bound Adoption Survey Havoc K9 Literature Review Intermountain Homehealth and Hospice Death and Dying Focus Groups Ogden Police Department Disproportionate Minority Contact Study Ogden Policing Survey (Waves 1 and 2) Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership Fatherhood Program Evaluation Project Success Coalition Health Disparities Focus Groups South Ogden VOICES Public Opinion Survey Weber-Morgan Health Department Sexual Education Survey Weber State University Continuing Education Community Needs Survey 2015-2017 Directed Readings in Criminal Justice (Research Assistants), Weber State University. Mentored three students on the following projects: Data analysis for Ogden Policing Survey Data collection and analysis of legislative hearings and activities related to sex offender residence restriction laws in Kansas Data collection and analysis of legislative hearings and activities related to sex offender residence restriction laws in Nebraska 2014-2016 Chair, Bachelor of Integrated Studies Committee, Weber State University. Mentored two students on the following projects: Neighborhood Safety and Children s Educational Outcomes A Literature Review Training police agencies on how to respond to elder abuse Mentored Undergraduate Research Presentations 2018 Stone, Carrie and Monica Williams. (Forthcoming). Comparison of Officer- and Civilian-Initiation on Levels of Disproportionate Minority Contact Among Various Racial and Ethnic Groups. Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Criminal Justice, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Monica Williams, Weber State University 8 2018 Houston, Steiner, Carrie Stone, and Monica Williams. The Collaborative Process: How Law Enforcement Agencies and Universities Research Together. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada; Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Southern Utah University; National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Edmond, Oklahoma; Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium and Community Engagement Symposium, Weber State University. 2018 Stone, Carrie, Steiner Houston, and Monica Williams. Disproportionate Minority Contact in Policing: Where does the Bias Lie? Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada; Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Southern Utah University; National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Edmond, Oklahoma; Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium and Community Engagement Symposium, Weber State University. 2018 Tesori, Madelaine. Can policies Mitigate Barriers to Healthcare among African Americans? Posters on the Hill, Washington, DC, and the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada. 2018 Tesori, Madelaine. "Emerging Barriers & Concerns Regarding Healthcare Among African Americans. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Edmond, Oklahoma. 2017 Barnhart, Paydon and Monica Williams. Perceptions of Racial Profiling. Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium, Weber State University. 2017 Fredrickson, Yolanda and Monica Williams. Obtaining a Representative Sample in Community Research. Poster presentation. Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium, Weber State University; Community Engagement Symposium, Weber State University. 2017 Tesori, Madelaine and Monica Williams. Barriers and Concerns Related to Health Disparities in the African American Community in Utah. Poster presentation. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Memphis, Tennessee; Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah; Community Engagement Symposium, Weber State University. 2016 Duran, Gary and Monica Williams. A Preliminary Report of the Survey of Public Opinion about Policing in Ogden. Ogden Police Department, Ogden, Utah. 2016 Irvine, Ailey and Monica Williams. Results from the South Ogden VOICES Survey. South Ogden City Council, South Ogden, Utah. 2016 Irvine, Ailey and Monica Williams. South Ogden City VOICES Survey. Poster presentation. Community Engagement Symposium, Weber State University. 2016 Duran, Gary and Monica Williams. Restrictions on Symbolic Sex Offender Laws in Nebraska. Poster presentation. Office of Undergraduate Research Symposium, Weber State University. 2015 Gipson, Shanice and Monica Williams. The Untold Story of How One State Chose to Move Away from Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Exploring the History of
Monica Williams, Weber State University 9 K.S.A. 22:4913 and What Factors Went into Its Passing. Poster presentation. Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2015 Dingman, Kristi, Blake Tubbs, and Monica Williams. South Ogden City Survey: VOICES. Poster presentation. Community Engagement Symposium, Weber State University. SERVICE TO PROFESSION Manuscript Review 2018 Criminal Justice Review 2018 Punishment & Society 2018 SAGE Publications 2017 Edwin Elgar Publishing 2016 Law & Society Review 2015 Law & Social Inquiry 2015 Crime & Delinquency 2011, 2014 Journal of Criminal Justice 2011, 2012 Justice Quarterly 2011 Sociological Perspectives Miscellaneous 2016-Present Board Member. Consortium for Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs. 2013 Editor. Newsletter of the Crime, Law, and Deviance section of the American Sociological Association. SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND DEPARTMENT Weber State University 2015-Present Member. Carnegie Subcommittee for Community Partnerships. Center for Community Engaged Learning. 2017 Member. CCEL Awards Committee. Center for Community Engaged Learning. 2017 Departmental Representative. Graduate Council. 2016 Faculty Adviser. Deliberative Democracy Day Committee. 2014 Judge. Weber State Outstanding Women of Weber Award. Women s Center. 2013-2014 Faculty Adviser and Organizing Committee Member. Momma s on the Move: Mothering on Your Own and Loving It. Women s Center.
Monica Williams, Weber State University 10 2013 Faculty Representative. Women Empowered Networking Fair. Women s Center. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Weber State University 2015-Present Member. Legal Studies Minor Executive Committee. 2014-2016 Member. Hearing Committee. Criminal Justice Department, Weber State University 2017-Present Co-chair. Program Assessment Committee. 2017-2018 Member. Curriculum Committee. 2017-2018 Member. Teaching Improvement Committee. 2017 Representative. University of Utah/Westminster College Graduate Fair. 2013-2017 Adviser. Criminal Justice Majors. 2014-2016 Member. Program Assessment Committee. 2014-2015 Member. Hiring Committee. 2014 Representative. Weber State University Major Fest. 2013 Member. Departmental Open House and Building Anniversary Planning Committee. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND OUTREACH 2014-Present Faculty Adviser. Community Research Team, Center for Community Engaged Learning, Weber State University. (See entry in Undergraduate Research Mentorship section above.) 2017 Report on the Survey of Public Opinion about Policing in Ogden. Presentation to Ogden City Council, Ogden, Utah. 2017 Report on the Survey of Public Opinion about Policing in Ogden. Presentation to Ogden Police Department, Ogden, Utah. 2016 Rater of Lieutenant essay applications. Ogden Police Department. 2014 Consultant. California State Assembly Staff. 2010-2011 Mentor. Guardian Scholars Program for Former Foster Children, University of California, Davis. MEDIA COVERAGE
Monica Williams, Weber State University 11 2018 The Community s Role in Criminal Justice Policy. Central Time. Wisconsin Public Radio. (September 25). 2018 The Sex Offender Reintegration Crisis. Viewpoints Radio. 18-37, Segment 2. (September 16). 2018 WSU Professor Releases Book on How Sex Offenders are Put Back into Society. Ogden, UT: Standard-Examiner. (July 31). 2016 Not For Rent! Documentary from Metamora Films. 2010 Releases of Sexually Violent Predators Anger Local Areas. USA Today. (March 3). RELATED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, TRAININGS, AND WORKSHOPS 2017 e-learning Certificate. Center for Instructional and Institutional Effectiveness, Weber State University. 2016 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop. Annual conference of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Omaha, Nebraska. 2015 Community Engaged Learning Fellows Program. Center for Community Engaged Learning, Weber State University. 2015 Speak Up Training. Chief Diversity Officer, Weber State University. 2015 QPR for Suicide Prevention. Counseling and Psychological Services, Weber State University. 2015 Early Career Workshop. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Seattle, Washington. 2014 Reinvigorating Sociolegal Research Workshop. Consortium of Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. 2013 Safe Zone Ally Training. LGBT Resource Center, Weber State University. 2012 Graduate Student Workshop. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2012 Practical Qualitative Data Analysis in Atlas.ti. Social Research Workshop, University of California, Berkeley. 2009 Graduate Student Workshop. Annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Denver, Colorado. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society American Society of Criminology American Sociological Association
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