Nicole N. Hanson, M.A.
EDUCATION
CUNY Graduate Center via John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
Ph.D., Criminal Justice (current student)
Research interests: the intersections of media and political violence; the relationship between public opinion and criminal justice policy decisions, particularly within the context of the role of media in agenda-setting, public deliberation, and norm development; inequality, social control, and state power; efficacy and ethics of crime policy
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
M.A., Forensic Psychology
Areas of concentration: mental illness in the court system, sex offenders, personality testing
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
M.A., Criminal Justice
Specialization: Criminology and Deviance
University at Albany
B.A., Anthropology
Areas of concentration: physical anthropology, social and psychological relevance of death, deviance, social justice
Minors: Sociology, Psychology
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY
Adjunct Instructor Jan. 2009 – present
Department of Sociology; courses include Sociology of Violence, Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences, Criminology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY
Teaching Assistant Sep. 2010 – May 2011
Department of Mathematics; course on Principles and Methods of Statistics
Department of Law and Police Science; course on Introduction to Criminal Justice
St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, NY
Adjunct Instructor Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2009
Department of Sociology; courses included Sociology of Corrections, Introductory Sociology, and Inequality and Social Class
Briarcliffe College Long Island City, NY
Professor of Criminal Justice Jan. 2006 – Sep. 2008
Adjunct Instructor Mar. 2005 – Jan. 2006
Department of Criminal Justice; courses included American Correctional Institutions, Juvenile Justice in America, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Administration of Criminal Justice, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Psychology and Sociology of Crime and Deviance
PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Prof. David A. Green, PhD New York, NY
Homeland Security Fellow Sep. 2011 – present
- Criminal Justice Doctoral Research Fellow funded by the United States Department of Homeland Security
- Collaboration with Prof. Green on a three-year research agenda which “aims to develop a comprehensive, standardized methodological framework to assess the quality, nature, and veracity of mass-mediated claims about terrorist threats and to facilitate the production of comparable datasets and findings across crime types and jurisdictions”
exalt youth Brooklyn, NY
Program Evaluator Sep. 2009 – Nov. 2010
- Contracted researcher to determine effectiveness of exalt youth, a nonprofit program providing career-related instruction and internship placement for youth involved in the criminal justice system
- Dataset creation from Salesforce database, data cleanup and analysis, outcomes analysis utilizing youth criminal justice records from the Department of Criminal Justice Services of the State of New York, creation of program pre-post test and theoretical foundations literature review
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Center on Crime Prevention and Control New York, NY
Research Assistant Nov. 2008 – Dec. 2010
- Research project prompted by New York Police Department inquiry on the suspected rate increase and expressively violent nature of robberies in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
- Data cleanup and variable coding, IRB application preparation, co-author of final report to NYPD
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Center on Race, Crime, and Justice New York, NY
Doctoral Fellow Sep. 2008 – May 2011
- Management of Center events, lectures, conferences and all communications with collaborating racial and social justice organizations and professionals
- Assistance with locating funding and compiling information necessary for grant applications
- Contribution to Center research projects, chapter writing, and lecture preparation via data collection, literature review, and statistical analyses; lead researcher on shifting racial victimology in police-on-police mistaken identity shootings
Briarcliffe College Long Island City, NY
Academic Coordinator Jan. 2006 – Sep. 2008
- Chief academic presence at college extension center; supervised faculty, scheduled & staffed courses, academically advised students, created and maintained all outcomes assessment protocols, created Student Learning Center and implemented tutoring programs
- Lead author of curriculum for Criminal Justice B.S. degree and accompanying program application to New York State Department of Education
- Interim Criminal Justice Department Chair, 2008; Coordinator of large-scale CJ Library Project, which sought to ensure the quality of criminal justice-related resources in multi-campus libraries
- Committees and Councils: Outcomes Assessment Council, Faculty Senate, School Safety Committee, CEC Criminal Justice Task Force Retention & Graduation Committee Chair, Criminal Justice Search Committee Chair, Provost Search Committee, Criminal Justice Departmental Advisory Board Meeting Chair
The Forensic Panel New York, NY
Case & Project Assistant Sept. 2004 – Nov. 2005
- Responsible for case coordination of all criminal or civil cases for ongoing criminal and civil cases referred for forensic expert evaluation in the areas of psychiatry and psychology, including such activities as: management of all attorney-expert communication; investigation and management of evidence; personality assessment inventory administration and interpretation; preparation of academic references for court documents and reports; and editing and restructuring of expert reports in preparation for court presentation
- Prepared written reports of cases and psychological and psychiatric issues in criminal justice for academic and professional conferences and texts, including the Crime Classification Manual, 2nd Ed.
- Aided in participant recruitment, media contact, data management, and research phase analysis and planning for The Depravity Scale research project, which seeks to standardize analysis of elements that comprise “heinous” or “depraved” crimes, with the intention of creating a tool for use in sentencing in criminal cases
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2011: Homeland Security Criminal Justice Doctoral Fellow, Department of Homeland Security
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Criminal Justice Doctoral Students’ Association
President, 2012 – pres.
Doctoral Student’s Council Program Representative Board Member, 2011 – 2012
Co-founder; Chair, Ad-Hoc Constitution Committee, 2011
Doctoral Students’ Council, City University of New York
Steering Committee; Officer for Outreach, 2011 – pres.
Outreach Committee Member, 2010 – pres.
Criminal Justice Program Representative, 2009 – pres.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Alumni Association
At-Large Board Member, 2011 – pres.
Faculty & Alumni Recognition Awards Committee, 2011
Leadership Team Member, 2008 – 2011
Member of the following professional organizations:
American Society of Criminology
European Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Henninger, Alana M. & Hanson, Nicole N. Poster Presentation, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, November, 2011. “Socializing Female Responses to Unwanted Sexual Attention: A Comparative Analysis to Children’s Media.”
Hanson, Nicole N. Roundtable Participant, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, November, 2011. “Toward a Standard Analytical Framework for the Study of Mass-Mediated Crime and Terrorism.”
Hanson, Nicole N. Panel Presentation, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, November, 2011. “The Progression of Adultification Statutes: A Policy Analysis using the Multiple Streams Framework.”
Hanson, Nicole N. (in press). Youth Violence. In African Americans and the Criminal Justice System: An Encyclopedia (Eds. D. Jones-Brown and B. D. Frazier). Greenwood Press.
Hanson, Nicole N. Poster Presentation, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, November, 2010. “Politics and Thematic Framing in New Media Discourse: The 15th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing.”
Hanson, Nicole N. Panel Presentation, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, May, 2010. “New Media and the ‘CriminalBlackMan’: The Shift in Racial Victimology in Police-on-Police Shootings.”
Hanson, Nicole N. Panel Presentation, American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, November, 2009. “Categorically Less Culpable? An Analysis of Common Mitigating Factors and Juvenile Criminal Responsibility.”
Hanson, Nicole N. Panel Presentation, New York State Political Science Association Annual Conference, April 2009. “Deficient Outcomes of Megan’s Law: A Theory Logic Model.”
