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Criminologist, Scholar, & Consultant
Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., is a criminologist at the University of Baltimore and co-founder of Convict Criminology. His approach is shaped by nearly a decade of work before entering academia, as a courier, cab driver, corrections worker, and union shop steward. It is further grounded in three decades of visiting correctional facilities across North America, Europe, and South America, researching the conditions inside them, and having conversations with convicts and correctional officers and administrators. It also draws on interviews with formerly incarcerated people outside those facilities, and on ethnographic fieldwork on street culture and on graffiti and street art internationally. Ross has published more than thirty books and shares his expertise on corrections, policing, political crime, street culture, and graffiti and street art through scholarship, public writing, speaking, media commentary, and consulting.
Three cheers for divisions in learned societies
/by Jeffrey Ian RossOne of the principle concepts in the field of cell biology is mitosis. This natural process occurs when a cell or organism splits into two. A similar situation happens in many learned societies (e.g., American Sociological Association, American Political Science Association, etc.). Over time, as knowledge accumulates and new people study a phenomenon, they may […]
Should scholars have to ask for honorariums? It depends
/by Jeffrey Ian RossThis past week, in a small corner of the twitterverse, a mild storm erupted. This squall centered on a reply written by a junior African American faculty member. The academic, who works at a top ten private university, expressed displeasure with being asked to give a face-to-face lecture at another university, (not in a conference […]
Balancing scholarship with activism for professors working at liberal arts colleges and universities
/by Jeffrey Ian RossIf you are a professor working at a liberal arts college or university, or hoping to be hired by an institution of higher learning in this capacity, you are expected to conduct research and have it published in respectable, preferably peer-reviewed outlets. Although some colleges and universities have higher expectations about the type and amount […]