News and Updates

NEW BOOK coming in October 2023!
Covert Violence: The Secret Weapon of the Powerless
co-authored with Jack Levin and published by Bristol University Press
Available for preorder in hardback, paperback, and electronic formats. Learn more on my Books page.
Covert Violence: The Secret Weapon of the Powerless
co-authored with Jack Levin and published by Bristol University Press
Available for preorder in hardback, paperback, and electronic formats. Learn more on my Books page.
NEW SERIES IS OUT: Interpretive Lenses in Sociology
From Bristol University Press and co-edited with Thomas DeGloma, this exciting new 12-volume series features scholarship on cultural, interactionist, psychosocial, and other approaches to the interpretation of meaning. The inaugural volume is out, and four more are coming in 2023! Find out more on the series website.
From Bristol University Press and co-edited with Thomas DeGloma, this exciting new 12-volume series features scholarship on cultural, interactionist, psychosocial, and other approaches to the interpretation of meaning. The inaugural volume is out, and four more are coming in 2023! Find out more on the series website.
The Allure of Premeditated Murder is out in paperback
Get your copy at Amazon or Rowman & Littlefield. Learn more on my Books page.
Get your copy at Amazon or Rowman & Littlefield. Learn more on my Books page.
Two edited volumes on crime & media published
From Emerald Publishing as part of its Studies in Media and Communications series, edited by Laura Robinson, Shelia Cotten, and Jeremy Schulz, these two volumes feature empirical studies that advance knowledge about the complex intersections of crime and media. Both feature cutting-edge and international scholarship, each with a distinct theme:
From Emerald Publishing as part of its Studies in Media and Communications series, edited by Laura Robinson, Shelia Cotten, and Jeremy Schulz, these two volumes feature empirical studies that advance knowledge about the complex intersections of crime and media. Both feature cutting-edge and international scholarship, each with a distinct theme:
- Vol. 20: Theorizing Criminality and Policing in the Digital Media Age (March 2021)
- Vol. 21: Mass Mediated Representations of Crime and Criminality (May 2021)
OTHER RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- February 2023: “Living Will 2.0: Preparing for Digital Life after Corporeal Death.” To be presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore
- March 2022: Presented 2022 Candace Rogers Graduate Student Paper Award (as committee chair) at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston
- February 2021: Presented 2021 Community Service and Activism Award (as committee chair) at the (virtual) annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society
- February 2021: “Presidential Plenary Session: Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Invited presider at the (virtual) annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society