KEVIN H - University of Massachusetts Boston



KEVIN H. WOZNIAK

University of Massachusetts Boston

Department of Sociology

100 Morrissey Boulevard

Boston, Massachusetts 02125

kevin.wozniak@umb.edu

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2019 - present)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2013 – 2019)

LEGISLATIVE FELLOW, Office of Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), United States House of Representatives (Jan. 2013 – Aug. 2013)

LECTURER in Justice, Law, & Society; American University (Spring 2012)

EDUCATION

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.

• Doctor of Philosophy, Concentrations: Justice, Law, & Society; American Politics (2012)

• Master of Science, Concentration: Justice, Law, & Society (2010)

SKIDMORE COLLEGE, Saratoga Springs, NY

• Bachelor of Arts, Major: Psychology; Minor: Government, summa cum laude (2005)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Politics and punishment

Legislation of criminal justice policy

Public opinion about criminal justice

Racism and racialized policies

Differentiating the predictors of violent versus nonviolent crime

PUBLICATIONS

Book

• Savage, J. and Wozniak, K.H. (2016). Thugs and Thieves: The Differential Etiology of Violence. New York: Oxford University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (*Date first published online)

• Wozniak, K.H. (in press). Public discussion about critical issues in criminal justice reform. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology.

• Wozniak, K.H., Drakulich, K.M., and Calfano, B.R. (2020). Do photos of police-civilian interactions influence public opinion about the police? A multimethod test of media effects. Journal of Experimental Criminology.

• Creighton, M. and Wozniak, K.H. (2019/2018*). Are racial and educational inequities in mass incarceration perceived to be a social problem? Results from an experiment. Social Problems, 66(4), 485-502.

• Wozniak, K.H., Calfano, B.R., and Drakulich, K.M. (2019). A 'Ferguson effect' on 2016 presidential vote preference? Findings from a framing experiment examining 'shy voters' and cues related to policing and social unrest. Social Science Quarterly, 100(4), 1023-1038.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2019). The effect of exposure to racialized cues on white and black public support for justice reinvestment. Justice Quarterly.

• Savage, J., Ellis, S.K., and Wozniak, K.H. (2019). The role of poverty and income in the differential etiology of violence: An empirical test. Journal of Poverty, 23(5), 384-403.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2018). An analysis of black-white racial differences in public support for nonviolent sentencing reform. Race and Justice.

• Drakulich, K., Hagan, J., Johnson, D. and Wozniak, K.H. (2017/2016*). Race, justice, policing, and the 2016 American presidential election. Du Bois Review, 14(1), 7-33.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2017/2015*). The relationship between perceptions of prison and support for the death penalty versus life without parole. Journal of Crime and Justice, 40(2), 222-237.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2017/2015*). Public opinion about gun control post-Sandy Hook. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 28(3), 255-278.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2016). Ontological insecurity, racial tension, and confidence in the police in the shadow of urban unrest. Sociological Forum, 31(4), 1063-1082.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2016). Perceptions of prison and punitive attitudes: A test of the penal escalation hypothesis. Criminal Justice Review, 41(3), 352-371.

Wozniak, K.H. (2014). American public opinion about prisons. Criminal Justice Review, 39(3), 305-324.

Wozniak, K.H. (2012). Legislative abolition of the death penalty: A qualitative analysis. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 57, 31-70.

Wozniak, K.H. and Lewis, A.R. (2010). Reexamining the effect of Christian denominational affiliation on death penalty support. The Journal of Criminal Justice, 38(5), 1082-1089.

Foley, M.A., Wozniak, K.H., and Gillum, A. (2006). Imagination and false memory induction: Investigating the role of process, content, and source of imagery. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20(9), 1119-1141.

Other Publications

• Wozniak, K.H., Calfano, B.R., and Drakulich, K.M. (2019, April 30). Studying how law and order issues are framed has helped to uncover 2016’s shy Trump voters. London School of Economics and Political Science USA Politics & Policy Blog. Available online:

o Identified as the 7th most popular post on the blog in 2019:

• Wozniak, K.H. (2016). Public opinion and the politics of criminal justice policy making: Reasons for optimism, pessimism, and uncertainty. Criminology and Public Policy, 15(1), 179-186.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2015, May 28). American public opinion about gun control remained polarized and politicized in the wake of the Sandy Hook mass shooting. London School of Economics and Political Science USA Politics & Policy Blog. Available online:

• Wozniak, K.H. (2014). A political science assessment of the House Democratic Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. PS: Political Science & Politics, 47(2), 550-552.

• Miller, L.L. and Wozniak, K.H. (2013). Criminology and political science. In R. Wright (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies online: Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/

9780195396607-0179

• Wozniak, K.H. (2010). Krivo, Lauren J. and Ruth D. Peterson: Extreme disadvantage and crime. In F.T. Cullen and P. Wilcox (Eds.), The encyclopedia of criminological theory. Sage.

RESEARCH GRANTS

• Wozniak, K.H. (2019). “Neoliberal Punitiveness: A Test of Public Opinion on Criminal Punishment.” Joseph P. Healey Research Grant, University of Massachusetts, Boston ($10,000.00; funded). Principal Investigator.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2019). “Neoliberal Punitiveness: A Test of Public Opinion on Criminal Punishment.” College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Research Fund, University of Massachusetts, Boston ($5,000.00; funded). Principal Investigator.

• Wozniak, K.H. (2015). “Racialized cues and support for justice reinvestment: A mixed-method study of public opinion.” W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime, National Institute of Justice. ($144,329.00; funded). Principal Investigator.

• Wozniak, K.H., Calfano, B. and Drakulich, K. (2015). “Exposure to images of police-civilian interactions and public opinion about law enforcement and government: An experimental test.” Joseph P. Healey Research Grant, University of Massachusetts, Boston ($11,954.00; funded). Co-Principal Investigator.

• Creighton, M.J. and Wozniak, K.H. (2015). “Who cares about mass incarceration? An experimental test of public opinion.” Joseph P. Healey Research Grant, University of Massachusetts, Boston ($7,416.00; funded). Co-Principal Investigator.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

• Wozniak, K.H., Drakulich, K., and Calfano, B. (November, 2019). Public opinion about police equipment and weapons: An exploratory analysis. Paper presented at the 75th meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

• Johnston, T. and Wozniak, K.H. (November, 2018). Public support for punitive reentry restrictions: An analysis of partisan differences and issue framing. Paper presented at the 74th meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

• Wozniak, K.H. (March, 2018). The politics of gun control in the United States. Research presented at Endicott College, Beverly, MA.

• Wozniak, K.H. (November, 2017). The effect of exposure to racialized cues on public support for justice reinvestment. Paper presented at the 73rd meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

• Drakulich, K., Hagan, J., Johnson, D., and Wozniak, K.H. (November, 2017). Trump v. Clinton and the Black Lives Matter movement: Race, the police, and the election. Paper presented at the 73rd meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

• Wozniak, K.H. (April, 2017). Race, politics, and public opinion about justice reinvestment. Research presented at the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity Speaker Series, Boston City Hall, MA.

• Wozniak, K.H. (March, 2017). The intersection of race and class in shaping public opinion about crime and justice: An analysis of focus group discussions. Paper presented at the 12th Social Theory Forum, University of Massachusetts Boston. Boston, MA

• Drakulich, K., Hagan, J., Johnson, D., and Wozniak, K.H. (November, 2016). Police contact, perceived injustice, and politics. Paper presented at the 72nd meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA.

• Wozniak, K.H., Drakulich, K., and Calfano, B. (November, 2016). Exposure to images of police-civilian interactions and public opinion about law enforcement: An experiment. Paper presented at the 72nd meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA.

• Wozniak, K.H. (November, 2015). Ontological insecurity and confidence in the police in the shadow of urban unrest. Paper presented at the 71st meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.

• Wozniak, K.H. (April, 2015). American public opinion about prisons: Causes and consequences. Paper presented at the 1st meeting of the UMass Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Colloquium. Boston, MA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor – UMass Boston

• SOC 104 – Introduction to Criminal Justice (90+ student large lecture format)

• SOC 323 – Race, Incarceration, and Deportation

• SOC 351 – Methods of Research

• SOC 363 – Punishment and Corrections

• SOC 642 – Social Policy

• SOC 694 – Masters Research Seminar

• Instructor – American University

• JLS 103 – Critical Issues in Justice

• JLS 245 – Cities and Crime

• JLS 280 – Introduction to Justice Research Methods

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Sociology Department

• Department Personnel Committee, Member (2016 – present)

• Undergraduate Studies Committee, Member (2013 – 2016)

• Criminal Justice Committee, Member (2013 – present)

• Social Theory Forum Committee, Member (2014 – 2017)

• Criminal Justice Search Committee, Member (Fall 2015)

• Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee, Member (Spring 2019)

• College of Liberal Arts

• Faculty Senate, Member (Spring 2015)

• Pre-Law Advisory Committee (2015 – 2018)

• UMass Boston

• Faculty Council, Member (Fall 2014, 2015 - present)

• Elections Subcommittee of the Faculty Council, Chair (Spring 2018 – Spring 2019)

• Faculty Diversity Task Force, Member (Spring 2016 – present)

• Junior Faculty Writing Group, Organizer (Fall 2017 – Spring 2018)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Policy Committee - Conference Organizing Committee, American Society of Criminology (2017)

• Student Affairs Committee, American Society of Criminology (2018)

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime, National Institute of Justice (2015-2016)

• Congressional Fellowship, American Political Science Association (2012 - 2013)

• Doctoral Student Research Award, Office of the Provost, American University (2011)

• Gill Family Foundation Scholarship for dissertation research (2010 –2011)

• Ann and Neil Kerwin Ph.D. Fellowship, American University (2010 –2011)

• Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellow, U.S. Department of Education (2006 –2010)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Outstanding scholarship at the graduate level, School of Public Affairs, American University (2012)

• Outstanding scholarship at the graduate level, Department of Justice, Law, & Society,

American University (2012)

• Chair’s award for outstanding service, Department of Justice, Law, & Society,

American University (2011)

• American politics Ph.D. comprehensive exam passed with distinction (2010)

• Justice, law, and society Ph.D. comprehensive exam passed with distinction (2009)

• Phi Beta Kappa national honor society (2005)

• Pi Sigma Alpha national political science honor society (2005)

• Psi Chi national psychology honor society (2003)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society of Criminology

• American Political Science Association

• Scholars Strategy Network

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