Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice

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Craig Wiernik Doctorial Candiate 1001 Oswald Tower Department of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Office Phone: (814)-863-6334 Email: csw162@psu.edu Personal Website

EDUCATION

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Sociology, expected 2010
M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, Crime, Law and Justice, 2007
B.A., University of Southern Maine, Political Science

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Criminology, Social Theory, Sociology of Consumption, Environmental Sociology, Corrections

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

The Focal Concerns of Inmates: The Association between Religiosity and the Behavioral Intentions of Inmates

pROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVMENTS

Graduate Scholar Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2005-2007.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

"Attitudes, Beliefs, and Criminal Behavior," ASC Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009
"Doing Life Without Parole: The Phenomenology of a Life Sentence in Pennsylvania," ASC Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 2008
"The Impact of Religious Beliefs on Inmates" Behavior in Prison", ASC Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2007
"Attitudes, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Criminology", Couch-Stone Symposium, University of Illinois, May 2007
"Integrating Criminology Theories to Study Environmental Crim" , American Sociological Society, Montreal, Canada, August 2006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sociological Theory, Spring 2009
Intro to the American Criminal Justice System 2008- Spring
Intro to Criminology 2007- Summer
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Research Methods in Criminal Justice 2005-2006