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Zachary R. Hays Doctoral Candidate 1004 Oswald Tower Department of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Office Phone: 814-865-4561 Email: zrh103@psu.edu Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, expected 2008
M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, Crime, Law and Justice, 2005
B.A., Western Washington University, Sociology, 2002

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Policing and Law Enforcement, Criminological Theory, Communities and Crime, Social Stratification.

Additional research interests include Quantitative Methods, Religion and Crime, Urban Sociology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Crime, Law, and Justice 435:  Policing in America (Instructor), 2007
Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice 012:  Introduction to Criminology (Instructor), 2005
Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice 012:  Introduction to Criminology (Instructor), 2005
Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice 240W:  Research Methods (Lab Section Instructor), 2003

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Quantitative Methodology Certification, 2008
Alumni Association Dissertation Award Nominee (Under Review), 2007

PUBLICATIONS

Bernard, Thomas B., Jennifer M. Calnon, Robin S. Engel, Zachary R. Hays.  2005.  “Efficiency and the New Differential Processing.”  Journal of Crime & Justice 28:79-105. 

In progress:

Hays, Zachary R.  “Assaults on Police Officers, Perceptions of Danger, and the Police Use of Deadly Force:  Testing Multiple Theoretical Explanations Over Time.”

Hays, Zachary R.  “Religiosity and Crime:  The Influence of Religious Bonds over the Life Course.”

Hays, Zachary R.  “Race, Satisfaction with the Police, and the Desire to Escape Bad Neighborhoods.”

Kreager, Derek A., Christopher Lyons, and Zachary R. Hays.  “Condos, Coffeeshops, and Crime:  Urban Revitalization and Seattle Crime Trends.”