| Title: | Professor |
| Dept: | Criminology and Sociology |
| Office: | UR 360 |
| Phone: | 216-687-5387 |
| Email: | S.L.KENT59@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. UR 360, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Ph.D., Sociology, The Ohio State University, 2005
M.A., Sociology, The Ohio State University, 2002 B.A., French and Criminology, Capital University, 2000 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Joined CSU faculty in 2007. Prior to her employment at CSU, she was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she served on the Gang Task Force of Southern Nevada.
Dr. Kent's 20 years of research has mainly focused on various aspects of policing including national and international differences in municipal spending on police, racial/ethnic differences in police use of force and its circular relationship with homicides of police in the line of duty, the role of municipal-federal police partnerships on the ethnic profiling of immigrants by law enforcement, comparative analyses of use of force and spending on policing in the US and Canada, and the effect of law enforcement procedures/policies on wrongful convictions. Dr. Kent¿s recent local research includes an evaluation of the CSU Police Department policies and police-citizen interactions and an observational study of police decision-making in Cuyahoga County funded by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor. Currently, she works with Dr. Rachel Lovell on her SAKI team, and is the Principal Investigator for an evaluation of the ShotSpotter technology funded by the City of Cleveland (co-PI Rachel Lovell). Beyond research on policing, Dr. Kent has published in the broader area of law and society on topics including the role of politics on state level criminal justice policies, racial discrimination in the application of the death penalty, and the historical legacy of lynching on current death penalty statutes. At CSU, Dr. Kent teaches the policing and juvenile crime courses and methods courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She also supervises the student-CSU police internship program. On a personal note, Dr. Kent enjoys exposing her 5 young children to the amazing culture of NE Ohio. She is proud to be a native of the Cleveland area whose family has lived in Cleveland for 5 generations. Go Browns. | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Crime, Social Control, Political Sociology. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Crime, Delinquency, Criminal Justice, Research Methods, Sociology of Law | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Sociological Association Professional Organization
Section on Law and Society Section on Crime American Society of Criminology Professional Organization Society for the Study of Social Problems Affiliate, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law: Center for Law, Policy and Social Science. Affiliate, Ohio State University Center for Criminal Justice Research. Sociologists for Women in Society | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Department:
Cleveland State University, Department of Sociology Chair, Undergraduate Committee 2010-2014 Department Secretary 2007-2009 Undergraduate Director/Faculty Adviser for all SOC/CRIM students: 2009-2014 Search Committee Chair, tenure track 2012 Search Committee Member, tenure track 2015-16 Peer Teaching Evaluation Coordinator 2015-present Member, PRC for Miyuki Tedor 2013-2015 Member, PRC for Wendy Regoeczi 2015 Chair, PRC for Valerie Wright 2015-present Member, PRC for Michael Skladany 2016-present Member, Committee on Professional Leaves 2015-present College: Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee 2009-2010; 2011-2012 Member, Faculty Affairs Committee 2010-2011; 2012-2013 Member, Budget and Planning 2013-2014 Member, Curriculum Committee 2015-2017 Member, Professional Leaves Committee 2017-present Internal Review Representative, External Program Review of the Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion, 2016. University: Cleveland State University Member, Student Life Committee 2008-2010 Member, Faculty Senate 2013-2014 CSU Student Life Department Faculty Friend, 2010-2011. Faculty Advisor: Sigma Alpha Pi: The National Society of Leadership and Success at CSU. 2010-2011 Faculty Freshmen Advisor, 2011-present, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs: Advising new students during summer orientations. | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Session Chair. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 2015.
Session Chair. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 2006. Independent Manuscript Reviewer for various Sociology and Criminology journals 2010-2014: American Journal of Sociology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, Social Problems, Homicide Studies, Criminology, Criminal Justice Review, International Criminal Justice Review, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Social Science Research, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Inquiry, Policing, Economics and Politics. 2015-17: Criminal Justice Studies, Social Science Research, International Migration Review, Justice Quarterly, Social Problems, American Journal of Sociology, International Criminal Justice Review, Sociological Inquiry, Criminology, Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Review. Mentor: American Society of Criminology Mentoring Program for Students, 2009-2014. | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Regoeczi, Wendy, Stephanie Kent, William Bowen and Ronnie Dunn. Examining the Impact of Race on the Processing of Criminal Cases in Cuyahoga County. From Cuyahoga County Prosecutor¿s Office. 2010. $60,000. | ||