1daniel j. curran curriculum vitae

Saint Joseph’s University, PhiladelphiaBachelor of Science in Sociology, May 1973

Temple University, PhiladelphiaMaster of Arts in Sociology, January 1978

University of Delaware, NewarkDoctor of Philosophy in SociologyDissertation defended August 1979; Degree Conferred May 1980

Sociology of Law and CriminologyIndustrial and Labor RelationsSociology of Economic Development

President Emeritus, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio July 2016–Present

Executive in Residence for Asian Affairs, University of Dayton China Institute, Suzhou, China July 2016–Present

Distinguished Senior Fellow, Fox Family Pavilion, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia January 2016–Present

Advisory Board Member, Dayton Power and Light Company, Dayton, Ohio July 2015–Present

President, University of Dayton, Dayton, OhioJuly 2002–June 2016

Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia September 1999–June 2002

academic training

areas of specialization

present positions

record of academic employment

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Vice President for Academic Affairs, Saint Joseph’s University June 1996–September 1999

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Joseph’s University June 1992–June 1996

Professor of Sociology, Saint Joseph’s University August 1992–June, 2002

Chair, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice September 1988–June 1992

Acting Director of Graduate Programs, Saint Joseph’s University June 1988–January 1990

Associate Professor, Saint Joseph’s University Augus 1986–August 1992

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Saint Joseph’s University August 1979–August 1986

Researcher, Living Cultural Heritage of the Grand Canal of China (Jiangsu Section), Funded joint project in collaboration with Nanjing University, Nanjing University of the Arts, Tsinghua University, and the University of Dayton China Institute, Jiangsu Province, China, 2015—Present

Consultant, “Probation and Parole Classification Project,” U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections Grant #FE-7 83 AP-274, Court of Common Pleas, Probation Department Philadelphia, 1985–1986.

Project Director, “Instructional Computing Techniques for Social Science,” National Science Foundation Project #SPI- 8101234, 1981–1982.

Project Director, “Computer Applications Program,” Career Explorations Project, City of Philadelphia, 1981.

Research Assistant, “Delaware’s Status Offender Project,” Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, University of Delaware, 1976–1977.

Regional Leadership Award, Dayton Development Coalition, Dayton, Ohio, 2016

Regional Leadership Award, Dayton Business Journal, Dayton, Ohio, 2016 and 2010

Leader of the Year, Leadership Dayton, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Dayton, Ohio, 2012

Joseph E. Lowery Human Rights Legacy Award, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2007

Friendship Award, National Conference for Community and Justice, Dayton, Ohio, 2007

record of academic employment, cont.

research positions

selected awards and honors

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Volunteer of the Year, Dayton Development Coalition, Dayton, Ohio, 2006

Bro. Bartholomew A. Sheehan, SJ Award, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002

Outstanding Contribution Award in International Scholarly Exchange, Chinese Society for Juvenile Delinquency Research, Beijing, China, 2002

The Eternal Flame Award, 32nd Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002

Concurrent Professorship, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1999

Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1990

American Association of University ProfessorsAmerican Society of CriminologyAmerican Sociological AssociationAssociation for Asian StudiesFulbright AssociationLaw and Society AssociationSigma XiSociety for the Study of Social Problems

Sociology of Economic Development Sociology of Law and CriminologyIndustrial and Labor Relations

Curran, Daniel J., The Black Hole: An Analysis of U.S. Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation. Tianjin, China: Tianjin People’s Publishing House., Forthcoming, 2017. (Revision and translation of Dead Laws For Dead Men for Chinese edition in collaboration with China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou, China)).

Renzetti, Claire M. and Daniel J. Curran, and Shana L. Maier Women, Men, and Society (6th edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 2012 (translated into Czech. 2000).

Renzetti, Claire M., Daniel J. Curran, and Patrick J. Carr. Theories of Crime: A Reader. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 2003.

Renzetti, Claire M. and Daniel J. Curran, Theories of Crime (2nd edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 2001.

Renzetti, Claire M. and Daniel J. Curran, Living Sociology (2nd edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 2000.

Curran, Daniel J. and Claire M Renzetti, Social Problems: Society in Crisis (5th edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 2000.

selected awards and honors, cont.

professional affiliations

areas of specialization

scholarly publicationsBooks

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Curran, Daniel J. and Claire M. Renzetti, Contemporary Societies: Problems and Prospects. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1994.

Curran, Daniel J., Dead Laws for Dead Men: The Politics of Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993.

Curran, Daniel J., “Criminological Research in China: Challenges, Rewards, and the Need for Sensitivity,” pp. 160-171 in The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology, Liqun Cao, Ivan Y. Sun, and Bill Hebenton (Eds.), London and New York: Routledge, 2014.

Curran, Daniel J., “Economic Reform, the Floating Population, and Crime: The Transformation Of Social Control in China,” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 14 (1998): 262-280.

Curran, Daniel J., “Juvenile Crime: Understanding the Problem in the Context of Culture and Social Change,” Qing Shao Nian Fan Zui Yanjin (Journal of Deliquency Studies) 4(1996): 35-38.

Curran, Daniel J., “The New People’s Justice: Adjusting the Justice System to Compliment Economic Change,” pp. 46-60 in Comparative Criminal Justice: Traditional and Non-Traditional Systems of Law and Control, Richter H. Moore and Charles B. Fields (Eds.), Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1996.

Renzetti, Claire M. and Daniel J. Curran, “Structural Constraints on Legislative Reform: Guinean Women and the Promise of Liberation,” Contemporary Crises: Crime, Law and Social Policy 10 (1986): 137-155; Reprinted version, “Guinean Women and the Promise Of Liberation,” Pp. 254-258 in Haves and Have-Nots: An International Reader on Social Inequality, James Curtis and Lorne Tepperman (Eds.), Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1994.

Curran, Daniel J. and Sandra Cook, “Growing Fears, Rising Crime: Juveniles and China’s Justice System,” Crime and Delinquency 39 (July, 1993): 296-315.

Curran, Daniel J. and Sandra Cook, “Introduction,” Crime and Delinquency 39 (July, 1993): 275-276.

Curran, Daniel J. and Sandra Cook, “Researching China’s Justice System in the Post-Tiananmen Square Period,” Pp. 71-81 in Researching Sensitive Topics, Claire M. Renzetti and Raymond M. Lee (Eds.), Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1993.

Renzetti, Claire M. and Daniel J. Curran, “Sex-role Socialization,” in Feminist Philosophies: Problems, Theories, and Applications, James P. Sterba, Janet A. Kourany, and Rosemary Tong (Eds.), Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1992 (adaptation of Chapter 4 from Women, Men, and Society).

Curran, Daniel J. and Frank Scarpitti, “Crime In Atlantic City: Do Casinos Make a Difference?” Deviant Behavior 12 (Fall, 1991): 431-449.

scholarly publicationsBooks, cont.

scholarly publicationsArticles and book chapters

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Curran, Daniel J. “Destructuring, Privatization, and the Promise of Juvenile Diversion: Compromising Community-Based Corrections,” Crime and Delinquency 34 (October, 1988): 363-378.

Gosseaux, Joseph S. and Daniel J. Curran, “The Team Approach to Curtailing White-Collar Crime,” Police Chief 55 (August, 1988): 60-68.

Curran, Daniel J. “Punishment versus Rehabilitation: The Continuing Debate—Is Community- Based Corrections the Panacea of the Future?” Pp. 298-309 in From Delinquency Prevention to Youth Development: A Challenge for the Coming Decade. Seoul, Korea: Cultural and Social Center for the Asian and Pacific Region, 1988.

Curran, Daniel J. “The Myth of the ‘New’ Female Delinquent,” Crime and Delinquency 30 (July, 1984): 386-399.

Curran, Daniel J. “Symbolic Solutions for Deadly Dilemmas: An Analysis of Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation,” International Journal of Health Services, 10 (1984): 3-27.

Curran, Daniel J. “The U.M.W.A. Coal Strike of 1978: A Crisis in Legitimation,” The Social Science Review, 5 (Fall, 1983): 20- 36; Original Version, “The United Mine Workers of America: A Union in Crisis,” Delaware Sociological Review 4 (1979): 1-17.

Curran, Daniel J. “From Protection to Punishment: The Changing Nature of Juvenile Court Dispositions,” Sociological Research Symposium 12 (1982): 231-235.

Curran, Daniel J. and Brenda Wixson. “Ecological Approaches to Juvenile Offenses: The Utility of Social Area Analysis and Factorial Ecology,” Delaware Sociological Review 3 (1978): 19-33.

Curran, Daniel J. “Understanding Juvenile Crime: The Need for Culturally-Specific Theories And Treatment,” Translation distributed by the Chinese Educational Association for International Exchanges, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 1988.

Curran, Daniel J. “A History of China’s Present: A Review of Michael Dutton’s Policing and Punishment in China: From Patriarchy to ‘the People,’” Socio-Legal Bulletin Fall (1992): 36-38.

Curran, Daniel J. and Sandra Cook (Eds.), “Crime and Justice in China and Japan,” Crime and Delinquency 39 (1993), #3.

“Economic Reform, the Floating Unemployed, and Crime: The Contradictions and Conflicts of China’s Development Strategy,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November, 1996.

scholarly publicationsArticles and book chapters,

cont.

scholarly publicationsOther articles

scholarly publicationsReview essay

scholarly publicationsSpecial journal issue

scholarly publicationsSelected paper

presentations

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“Rising Crime, the Law, and Short-sighted Policies: The Contradictions of U.S. Justice Policy,” Paper presented at the International Symposium on Crime Control and Public Participation, Dalai, China, July 1996.

“Juvenile Crime: Understanding the Problem in the Context of Culture and Social Change,” Paper presented at the International Symposium on Education, Training, and Employment of Offenders and Delinquents, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China, October, 1995.

“Recent Developments in U.S. Sociology of Law,” Paper presented to the faculty and students in the Departments of Law and Sociology at East China Normal University at the invitation of the President of East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, October, 1995.

“Theoretical Perspectives on Law and Crime, “Paper presented to the faculty and students of the Department of Law at the China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, July, 1995.

“Researching China’s Justice System in the Post-Tiananmen Square Period,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA, November, 1992. “Gearing Down the Regulatory Effort: The Legacy of the Reagan Era on Coal Mine Health and Safety,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 1991.

“A Critical Overview of Juvenile Corrections in the People’s Republic of China,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November, 1991 (with Sandra Cook).

“Assessing the Impact of Deregulation,” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Melbourne, Australia, October 1991.

“Crime in Atlantic City: Do Casinos Make a Difference,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Baltimore, Maryland, November, 1990 (with Frank Scarpitti).

“Conducting Cross-Cultural Research: Issues and Dilemmas,” Colloquium presented to the faculty and graduate students of the Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, Australia, August 1990.

“The Promise and Reality of Legalized Gambling in the United States: The Case of Atlantic City, New Jersey,” Public lecture at the invitation of the Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, Australia, August, 1990.

“Casinos, Crime, and Corruption: Lessons to be Learned from the U.S. Experience,” Seminar presented at the invitation of the Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, Australia, August, 1990.

“Destructuring, Privatization, and the Promise of Juvenile Diversion,” Colloquium presented to the faculty and guests of the Department of Social Work, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July, 1990.

scholarly publicationsSelected paper

presentations, cont.

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“Crime and Gambling: An International Perspective,” Seminar presented to the staff of the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission, Brisbane, Australia, July, 1990.

“Law and Criminal Procedure in the U.S. Justice System,” Colloquium presented to the faculty and guests of Department of Law, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, China, March, 1990.

“Community-Based Corrections in China: The Role of Culture in the Successful Rehabilitation of Juvenile Offenders,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Reno, Nevada, November, 1989.

“Privatization and the Destructuring of the Juvenile Justice System,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Berkeley, California, August, 1989.

“Understanding Juvenile Crime: The Need for Culturally-Specific Theories and Treatment,” Paper presented at the invitation of the Chinese Educational Association for International Exchanges at the International Symposium on the Education of Juvenile Student Delinquents, Shanghai, China, October, 1988.

“A Western Criminologist’s View of the Re-emergence of Legal Practice in China,” Colloquium presented to the faculty of Department of Law, Fudan University, at the invitation of the Dean of the Law, Shanghai, China, October, 1988.

“Crime and Justice in the United States and China: A Comparative Perspective,” Lecture presented to students in the departments of Law and Sociology at Shanghai University at the invitation of the President of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, October, 1988.

“Developing Effective Research Strategies: Are Western Methodologies Transferable to Contemporary Chinese Society,” Colloquium presented to the faculty of the Department of Sociology at Shanghai University at the invitation of the President of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, October, 1988.

“International Strategies to Address Juvenile Crime,” Colloquium presented to the faculty of Department of Law and members of the China Research Association of Juvenile Delinquency at invitation of Juvenile Delinquency Research Center, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, China, October, 1988.

“Punishment Versus Rehabilitation: The Continuing Debate—Is Community-based Corrections the Panacea of the Future?,” Paper presented at the invitation of Cultural and Social Center for the Asian and Pacific Region at the Fifth Asian-Pacific Conference on Juvenile Delinquency, Taipei, Taiwan, December, 1987.

scholarly publicationsSelected paper

presentations, cont.

Twenty-five papers presented prior to 1987; citations available upon

request.

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Independent Board Member, Fuyao Glass America, Dayton, Ohio July 2016–Present

Advisory Board Member, Dayton Power and Light July 2015–Present

Board Member, Children’s Defense Fund Ohio, 2009–Present Chair, 2011–2015

Board Member, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities 2010–2016 Executive Committee, 2014–2016

Member, Ohio Association of Independent Colleges and Universities 2002–2016 Secretary 2009–2011

Board Member, Association of Marianist Universities, 2002–2016 Chair, 2011–2013

Member, Atlantic 10 Presidents’ Council, 2002–2016 Executive Committee, 2010–2014 Board Member, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Board of Regents 2010–2016 Board Member, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Dayton, Ohio 2002–2007

Board Member, Dayton Development Coalition, 2002–2016 Executive Committee, 2005–2016 Chair, 2011–2012

Board Member, NCAA Division 1, Board of Directors, 2004–2007 Executive Committee, 2005–2007 Presidential Advisory Group, 2004–2007, 2012–2013

Board Member, Wright Brothers Institute (WBI), Dayton, Ohio, 2002–2007 Chair, 2004–2005

Board Member, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, Los Angeles, CA 2004–2009

Board Member, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education, Dayton, OH, 2003–2016 Executive Committee 2004–2016 Vice Chair–2005 Chair–2006, 2012

selected board memberships

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Member, Colleagues of the Maryland Province, Society of Jesus, Baltimore, MD, 2000-2002.

Member, College Board, Eastern Regional Executive Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2002.

Member, Committee on Apostolic Cooperation, Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore, MD, 2000-2002.

Member, Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Committee on Periodic Review Reports, 1997-2002.

Consulting Editor, Criminology/Criminal Justice Series, Sage Publications, Inc., 1995-2001.

Conference Chair, Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, 1999.

Participant, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Institute for Educational Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, July, 1998

President, Greater Philadelphia Human Studies Consortium, 1995-1997

Member, Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Education, Training, and Employment of Offenders and Delinquents, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China, 1995.

Chair, Session on “Justice Issues in Japan and China,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA, November 1992.

Chair, Session on “Varieties of Social Control: Repression, Ideology, and Regulation,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November 1991.

Discussant, Session on “Criminology and Criminal Justice in the People’s Republic of China,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November 1991.

Keynote Speaker, Seminar on International Issues in Justice at the invitation of the Ministry of Education and Department of Children’s Services of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, August 1990.

Discussant, Forum on Structural and Managerial Strategies to Improve Correctional Facilities, Office of Corrections, Policy and Planning Unit, South Melbourne, Australia, August, 1990.

Keynote Speaker, Forum on Juvenile Justice for Senior Government Personnel, Sydney, Australia, July 1990.

Participant, International Symposium on the Education of Juvenile Student Delinquents at the invitation of the Chinese Education Association for International Exchanges, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, October, 1988.

professional activities

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Participant, Fifth Asian-Pacific Conference on Juvenile Delinquency at the invitation of the Cultural and Social Center for Asian-Pacific Region and the Pacific Cultural Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, December, 1987.

Chair, Session on “Federal Task Force Efforts to Curtail White Collar Crime,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA, November, 1985.

Chair, Session on “Unionization,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Toronto, Canada, August, 1981.

Introduction to SociologyCriminologyIntroduction to Criminal JusticeSocial DevianceEconomic DevelopmentSocial ProblemsClassical Sociological Theory Juvenile JusticeContemporary Sociological TheoryWhite Collar CrimeSeminar in Sociological ResearchResearch MethodsSocio-Economic Change in China: A Case Study of Suzhou

Criminological TheoryLaw and SocietyResearch Methods in CriminologyAdvanced ResearchIssues in Probation and ParoleCrimes of the PowerfulResearch and Thesis SupervisionWhite Collar CrimeSocial Corporate Responsibility

professional activities, cont.

courses taughtUndergraduate

courses taughtGraduate

A list of references available on request.