EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1996-2003
Ph.D. in Sociology, 2003
Dissertation:“Expectations of Madness: Race, Gender, and Mental Health Evaluations in the Criminal Justice System”
Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota 1991-1995
B.A. Social Science/Sociology, minors in Mathematics and Psychology, 1995, summa cum laude
Senior Paper:“White Collar and Street Crime: Effects on Society”
POSITIONS HELD
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Portland State University,2003-
Lecturer and Research Assistant, Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1996-2003
Research Assistant, Hennepin (MN) County Department of Corrections, 1997-2000
Research Assistant, Minnesota Council on Foundations [nonprofit], 1993-1997
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Thompson, Melissa. Forthcoming 2009. Mad or Bad? Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Disorder in the Criminal Justice System. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.
Uggen, Christopher, Jeff Manza, and Melissa Thompson. 2006. “Crime, Class, and Reintegration: The Socioeconomic, Familial, and Civic Lives of Offenders.” Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Sciences 605:281-310.
Thompson, Melissa. 2005. Race, Gender, and Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.
Uggen, Christopher and Melissa Thompson. 2003. “The Socioeconomic Determinants of Ill-Gotten Gains: Within-Person Changes in Illegal Earnings.” American Journal of Sociology 109:146-185.
Boyle, Elizabeth Heger and Melissa Thompson. 2001. “National Politics and Resort to the European Commission on Human Rights.” Law and Society Review 35:321-344.
Uggen, Christopher and Melissa Thompson. 2001. “Prevention: Juveniles as Potential Offenders.” Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. New York: Macmillan.
Uggen, Christopher and Melissa Thompson. 1999. National Institute of Justice Final Report: Careers in Crime and Substance Use.
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Gender Differences in Drug Use and Crime: Patterns of Continuity and Change” (with Chris Uggen and Ron Sandquist).
“Gender Differences in Drugs, Depression, and Crime” (with Stephanie Reinauer).
“Social Control of Mental Illness: The Effect of Mental Health Evaluations on Case Outcome.”
“Gender, Desistance, and Illicit Drug Use” (with Milena Petrovic), [currently under review].
“Social Construction of Criminal Responsibility: Race, Gender, and Mental Health Evaluations” [currently under review].
“Testing General and Crime-Specific Theories: Differential Criminal Participation and Remuneration” (with Chris Uggen) [currently under review].
GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Science Foundation: “Gender Differences in Drug Use and Crime: Patterns of Continuity and Change.” $108,074 ($82,385 at PSU): 2007-2009 [Christopher Uggen, co-PI].
National Institute on Justice: “Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime.” $34,999: 2007-2008.
Faculty Enhancement Award: “Criminal Justice Treatment Disparities for Drug Abuse and Mental Illness.” Portland State University, $7,043: 2007-2008, with Matt Carlson, co-PI.
Faculty Enhancement Award: “Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Education, Employment, and Income.” Portland State University, $4,418: 2006-2007.
Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Grant, Hillsboro Police Department’s Domestic/Family Violence Programs (subcontract), $5,000: 2005-2006.
Faculty Enhancement Award: “Gender Differences in the Causes and Consequences of Drug Use.” Portland State University, $3,714: 2004-2005.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, $14,000: 2001-2002.
Professional Development Awards, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, $2,200: 1998-2002.
Martindale Award, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, $1,000 for “Excellence in Graduate Scholarship:” 2002.
PRESENTATIONS
2008. “Gender Differences in Drugs, Depression, and Crime.” Paper accepted for presentation at the Pacific Sociology Association annual meeting, Portland (with Stephanie Reinauer).
2006. “Beyond ‘Black and White:’ Examining the Intersection of Nativity, Immigration, and Crime.” American Society of Criminology Meeting, Los Angeles, (with Milena Petrovic and José Padín).
2005. “Gender, Desistance, and Illicit Drug Use.” American Society of Criminology Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (with Milena Petrovic).
2005. “Democracy and the Civic Reintegration of Criminal Offenders.” World Congress of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA (with Chris Uggen and Jeff Manza).
2004. “Socioeconomic Determinants of Offense Selection: Conventional and Criminal Embeddedness as Predictors of Offense Type.” Portland State University, Department of Sociology’s Fall Speaker Series.
2004. “Socioeconomic Determinants of Offense Selection: Conventional and Criminal Embeddedness as Predictors of Offense Type.” American Society of Criminology Meeting, Nashville, TN (with Chris Uggen).
2004. “Perceptions of Mental Illness and Criminal Case Outcomes.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2002. “Social Control of Mental Illness: The Effect of Mental Health Evaluations on Sentencing.” American Society of Criminology Meetings, Chicago, IL.
2002. “Social Construction of Criminal Responsibility: Gender and Mental Health Evaluations.” American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL.
2001. “Medicalization of Female Deviance? Gender, Crime, and Psychiatric Referrals for Felony Defendants.” American Society of Criminology Meetings, Atlanta, GA.
2001. “National Politics and Resort to the European Commission on Human Rights.” American Sociological Association Meetings, Anaheim, CA (with Elizabeth Heger Boyle).
2000. “Gender Expectations and the Social Construction of Criminal Responsibility in the Defense of Mental Illness.” American Society of Criminology Meetings, San Francisco, CA.
2000. “Crime, Class, and Reintegration: The Socioeconomic, Familial, and Civic Lives of Offenders.” American Society of Criminology Meetings, San Francisco, CA (with Chris Uggen and Jeff Manza).
1999. “Differential Criminal Participation and Remuneration across Offense Categories.” American Society of Criminology Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (with Chris Uggen).
1999. “Within-Person Changes in Illegal Earnings: The Social and Economic Determinants of Ill-Gotten Gains.” American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL (with Chris Uggen).
1998. “Expectations of Madness: The Role of Society’s Stereotypes of Age, Race, and Gender in Shaping Conceptions of the Appropriate Uses of the Insanity Defense.” American Sociological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA.
1998. “Human Rights Claims, Human Rights Abuses: The Influence of National and International Factors on Citizens’ Resort to the International Arena.” Law and Society Annual Meeting, Snowmass, CO (with Elizabeth Heger Boyle).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sociology 418/518: Criminology and Delinquency F03, S04, W05, S05, W06, S06, W07, S07
Sociology 370: Sociology of Deviancy W03, F04, F05, Su07
Sociology 426/526: Women and Mental Illness S04, W05, W06, W07, W08
Sociology 410/510: Sociology of Mental Illness F04, S05, F05, S06, F06, S07
Sociology 590: Social Research Strategies F07
GRADUATE ADVISING
Sam Shea (Thesis chair)
Stephanie Kirmer (Thesis chair)
Jaysen Ferestad (Thesis chair)
Adam Healy (Thesis committee)
Lisa Neufeld (Thesis committee)
Riv Wadish (Thesis committee)
De Moskal (Thesis committee)
Shea Brackin (2008 Ph.D. committee, Public Administration and Policy)
Melissa Miller (2008 Thesis committee, Conflict Resolution)
Meg Townsend (2007 Thesis committee)
Milena Petrovic (2005 Thesis chair)
Elizabeth Mainwaring (2004 Thesis committee)
Benjamin Randolph (2004 Thesis committee)
Tara Hockett (2004 Thesis committee)
Kitty Nelson (Independent study courses Winter 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2005, Fall 2005)
Margaret McCue (Women’s Studies Department: Violence against Women Project Committee)
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Development Committee (2006-07)
Center for Health & Social Inequality Research (CHSIR) committee (2005-06; 2006-07)
Promotion & Tenure Review Committee (2005-06; 2006-07; 2007-08)
Co-Editor (with Heather Hartley), Center for Health and Social Inequality Research Working Paper Series, 2005-06.
Curriculum Committee (2003-04; 2004-05; 2005-06; 2007-08)
Guest Presentations in Sociology 300: Winter 2004; Fall 2004; Winter 2005
Guest Presentation in Sociology 397: Fall 2005
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Conducted a seminar on interpreting regression results, Multnomah Department of Community Justice, 2008
Consultant for Legal Aid Services of Oregon and Oregon Law Center’s Farmworker Program, 2006; survey evaluating the legal problems facing Oregon’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Research assistance, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, 2004-2006; Evaluation of the African American Program for released prison inmates
Mock trial coordinator, Multnomah County death penalty case, 2004
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Pacific Sociological Association Membership Committee, 2008-2011
Program Committee, 2007 American Society of Criminology annual meeting
Book Review for Oxford University Press, 2007
Book Review for Wadsworth Publishing, 2007
Journal Reviews:
Sociological Perspectives
Social Forces
American Journal of Sociology
Social Problems
Criminologie
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Book review for Law and Society Review, 2006
Student Paper Award Committee, 2005 American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Law Section
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (since 1998)
American Society of Criminology (since 1999)
Law & Society Association (since 2000)
Pacific Sociological Association (since 2005)
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
