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Kimberly A. McCabe, Ph.D.
Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology
Lynchburg College
434/544-8129
mccabe@lynchburg.edu

Experience/Background

Academic Appointments:

July 2005-present: Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lynchburg College
May 2006-present: Professor, Program of Sociology, Lynchburg College
August 2001-May 2006: Associate Professor, Program of Sociology, Lynchburg College
August 1996-August 2001: Assistant Professor, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
July 1991-August 1996: Instructor, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina

Professional Appointments:

September 1994-June 2001: Director, Law Enforcement Census Office, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
July 1991-September 1994: Director, College of Criminal Justice Computer Lab, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
June 1999-August 2001: Governing Counsel Member, South Carolina State Accreditation Process for Law Enforcement
October 1995-May 1999: Administrator, South Carolina State Accreditation Process for Law Enforcement

Professional Service:

  • September 2004-present: Member, Bedford County Library Foundation
  • May 2003-June 2005: Member, Bedford Virginia Regional Library Board
  • Summer 2005: Grants Evaluator, U.S. Department of Education. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives
  • Summer 2004: Grants Evaluator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
  • Summer 2004: Grants Evaluator, U.S. Department of Education. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives
  • Summer 2003: Grants Evaluator, U.S. Department of Education. Small Business Innovation Research Program
  • Summer 2003: Grants Evaluator, U.S. Department of Education. Emergency Response and Crisis Management
  • Summer 2002: Grants Evaluator, U.S. Department of Education. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives
  • Fall 2002-July 2003: Faculty Advisor, Alpha Sigma Alpha Zeta Upsilon
  • Fall 2001-July 2004: Faculty Academic Advisor, Sigma Nu Fraternity
  • July 2000-August 2001: Member, South Carolina Gangs Task Force, South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy
  • November 1996-June 1999: Member, South Carolina Chiefs’ Association
  • February 1996-June 1998: Member, Community-Oriented Policing Committee, South Carolina Department of Public Safety
  • August 1996-January 1997: Member, National-Incident Based Reporting System Committee, South Carolina Department of Public Safety

Consultation:
Consultant to federal, state, and local agencies in the United States for design, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice and public safety programs, strategic planning, recruitment, and problem-solving.

Expert Witness:
Expert witness in law enforcement policies and procedures, child abuse, school violence, and equity/parity/discrimination of employment in criminal justice and public safety agencies.

Degrees and Certifications

1996: University of South Carolina, Sociology, Ph.D.
1990: University of South Carolina, Criminal Justice, M.C.J.
1987: Virginia Tech, Math Education, B.A.

Special Education:

March 2004: Oxford University (faculty roundtable representative), Oriel College, Oxford, England
Summer 1997: University of Michigan (faculty fellowship), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR Workshop on Longitudinal Data and Analysis
Summer 1996: University of Michigan (post-doctoral fellowship), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR Workshop on Analysis of Discrete Data from Complex Designs
Summer 1995: University of Michigan (student fellowship), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR Workshop on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice

Professional/ Research Interests:

Research methods with special emphasis on quantitative evaluation of criminal justice and public safety programs
Police policies and procedures
Child and elder victimization
School violence
Trafficking of persons

Publications

2005. School Violence, the Media, and Criminal Justice Responses. N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing. (w/ G. Martin)

2003. Child Abuse and the Criminal Justice System. N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing.

2001. Protective Orders in South Carolina: An Examination of Variables for 1997-1999. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Office of Safety and Grants. (2000-RG-CX-K002).

2001. "Law Enforcement Accreditation: A National Comparison of Accredited Versus Non-Accredited Agencies." Journal of Criminal Justice., 29(1), 1-5 (w/ R. Fajardo).

2001. "Disease as a Deviant Disability" in C. E. Faupel and P. M. Romans’ Self Destructive Behavior and Disvalued Identity (Volume IV) in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. London, England: Taylor and Francis, pp. 217-219.

2000. "Agency Professionalization - Accreditation" in W. Doerner and M.Dantzkers’ Contemporary Police Organization and Management: Issues and Trends. Woburn, MA: Butterworth Heinemann.

2000. "Child Pornography and the Internet." Social Science Computer Review, 18(1), 73-76.

1998. "Recognizing Illegal Activities of Computer Users." Social Science Computer Review, 16(4), 419-422. (w/ S. Gregory).

1998. "Elderly Victimization: An Examination Beyond the FBI’s Index Crimes." Research on Aging, 20(3), 363-372. (w/ S. Gregory)

1997. The Nature of South Carolina Violent Crime. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Office of Safety and Grants. (97-BJ-CX-K001).

1997. "Users’ Perceptions of Internet Regulation: An Exploratory Study". Social Science Computer Review, 15(3), 237-241. (with M. Dwayne Lee)

1997. "Inmate Leaders in the Jail Environment." American Jails, 11(2), 53-55.

1997. "A Comparative Analysis of Female Offenders" in Corrections Today, 59(4), 28-30. (with T.A. Ryan).

1996. Using the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test to Identify Problem Drinkers Under Federal Supervision, Federal Probation, LX(2), 38-42. (with D. Blevins and J.B. Morton)

1994. Mandatory vs. Voluntary Prison Education and Academic Achievement, The Prison Journal, 74(4), 450-461. (with T.A. Ryan)

1993. The Relationship Between Mandatory vs. Voluntary Participation in a Prison Literacy Program and Academic Achievement, Journal of Correctional Education, 44(3), 134-145. (with T.A. Ryan)

Professional Associations and Affiliations

Omicron Delta Kappa
Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor Society), August 2002 – Present.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, August 1993 - Present.
Southern Criminal Justice Association, September 1993 – Present.
American Society of Criminology, August 1994 - Present.
Southern Sociology Society, October 2001 – Present.