Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice

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Sonja E. Siennick Doctoral Candidate 1001 Oswald Tower Department of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Office Phone: 814-863-6334 Email: ses983@psu.edu CV

EDUCATION 

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Sociology, expected 2009
M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, Crime, Law and Justice, 2005
B.A., Purchase College, State University of New York, Psychology, 2001

rESEARCH aND TEACHING INTERESTS

Crime and Deviance; The Life Course; Quantitative Methods

pROFESSIONAL AWARDS aND ACHIEVEMENTS

Alumni Association Dissertation Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009
College of the Liberal Arts Award for Research Excellence, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008
Graduate Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007
Second Prize, ASC Gene Carte Student Paper Competition, 2006
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2004
University Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003

PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED

Siennick, Sonja E., and Jeremy Staff. 2008. “Explaining the Educational Deficits of Delinquent Youths.” Criminology 46(3): 609-635.

Siennick, Sonja E. 2007. “The Timing and Mechanisms of the Offending-Depression Link.” Criminology 45(3): 701-734.

St. Pierre, Tena L., D. Wayne Osgood, Sonja E. Siennick, Tina J. Kauh, and Frances F. Burden. 2007. “Project ALERT with Outside Leaders: What Leader Characteristics are Important for Success?” Prevention Science 8(1): 51-64.

Pappadopulos, Elizabeth  A., James C. Macintyre, M. Lynn Crismon, Robert L. Findling, Richard P. Malone, Albert Derivan, Nina Schooler, Lin Sikich, Laurence Greenhill, Sarah B. Schur, Chip J. Felton, Harvey Kranzler, David M. Rube, Jeffrey Sverd, Molly Finnerty, Scott Ketner, Sonja E. Siennick, and Peter S. Jensen. 2003. “Treatment Recommendations for the Use of Antipsychotics for Aggressive Youth (TRAAY). Part II.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42(2):145-161.

BOOK CHAPTERS, INVITED PAPERS AND OTHER OUTLETS

Siennick, Sonja E., and D. Wayne Osgood. 2008. “A Review of Research on the Impact on Crime of Transitions into Adult Roles.” Pp. 161-187 in A. Liberman (Ed.), The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research. New York: Springer.

Siennick, Sonja E., and Elizabeth A. Pappadopulos. 2003. “Treatment Planning for Aggressive and Violent Adolescents: An Evidence-Based Primer.” Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth 4:59-62, 77-79.

Pappadopulos, Elizabeth A., Sonja E. Siennick, and Peter S. Jensen. 2003. “Antipsychotics for Aggressive Adolescents: Barriers to Best Practice.” Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 3(1):85-98.

Siennick, Sonja E. 2002. “Rethinking Adolescence-Limited Delinquency.” Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth 3:7-20.