VITA
David C. May
April 2016
PERSONAL DATA
Current Position: Professor and Criminology Program Coordinator
Department of Sociology
Mississippi State University
200 Bowen Hall- P.O. Drawer C
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Office- 662-325-7877
Fax- (662) 325-4564
Email-
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Sociology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, December 1997. Dissertation Title: “Deviant Adaptations to Fear of Crime among Adolescents."
M.S. Sociology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, December 1994. Thesis Title: "An Analysis of Reported Protective Gun Ownership among Mississippi Residents."
B.A. Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama, 1992.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
August 2012- June 2015 Associate Professor and Criminology Program Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University
January 2010-July 2012 Professor and Kentucky Center for School Safety Fellow, Department of Criminal Justice, Eastern Kentucky University.
August 2007-December 2010 Professor and Kentucky Center for School Safety Fellow, Department of Safety, Security, and Emergency Management, Eastern Kentucky University.
May 2001- August 2007 Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator, and Kentucky Center for School Safety Research Fellow,
Department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies,
Eastern Kentucky University.
August 1997- May 2001 Assistant Professor and Criminal Justice Program Coordinator
School of Public and Environmental Affairs,
Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne.
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTEREST
Corrections Juvenile Delinquency
Crime and Public Policy School Violence
Fear of Criminal Victimization Sociology of Education
Military Sociology Survey Research/Research Design
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Johnson, Kecia and David C. May
2016 Rural/Urban Differences in Inmate Perceptions of the Punitiveness of Prison: Does Having
Children Make Prison More Punitive? Forthcoming in the Journal of Rural Social Sciences.
May, David C., Raymond Barranco, Rick Rudell, and Angela Robertson
2016 Do School Resource Officers Contribute to Net Widening? Evidence from a Southern State.
Forthcoming in the Journal of Rural Social Sciences.
May, David C., Kristen Stives, Makeela Wells, and Peter Wood
2016 Does Military Service Make the Experience of Prison Less Painful? Voices from Incarcerated
Veterans. Forthcoming in Criminal Justice Policy Review
May, David C., Raymond Barranco, Ethan Stokes, Stacy Haynes, and Angela Robertson
2016 Do School Resource Officers Really Refer Juveniles to the Juvenile Justice System for Less
Serious Offenses? Forthcoming in Criminal Justice Policy Review.
Irizarry, Yasmiyn, David C. May, Adrienne Davis, and Peter Wood.
2016. Mass Incarceration through a Different Lens: Race, Subcontext, and Perceptions of Punitiveness
of Correctional Alternatives when Compared to Prison. Forthcoming in Race and Justice.
Barranco, Raymond, Wesley Jennings, David C. May, and Makeela Wells
2016 What Journals are the Most Cited Journals in Criminology and Criminal Justice’s “Big Three”
Journals? Forthcoming in Journal of Criminal Justice Education.
Li, Carrie K.W., Thomas J. Holt, Adam Bossler, & David C. May
2016 Examining the Mediating Effects of Social Learning on the Low Self-Control – Cyberbullying
Relationship in a Youth Sample. Forthcoming in Deviant Behavior.
Reid, Caroline, Jennifer Weis, David C. May, & Brianna Wright.
2015 Safety Perceptions and Experiences with Violence among College Students. Forthcoming in
Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, August issue, Volume 5(1,2).
May, David C., Ethan Stokes, Ashlee Oliver, and Tim McClure
2015 Exploring Alternatives to Out-of-School Suspension in Kentucky: A quasi-experimental study
examining the effectiveness of community service work. Prism: A Regional Engagement Journal, 4(1), 15-32.
Foley, Colby, David C. May, Kristie Blevins, & Jon Akers
2015 An Exploratory Analysis of Cyber-Harassment of K-12 Teachers by Parents in Public School
Settings. Educational Policy, 29(6), 879-902.
Keith, Shelley, Tim E. McClure, Lauren M. Vasquez, M. Jason Reed, David C. May.
2015 How Does Gender Identity Affect the Relationship Between Strain and Negative
Emotions? Sociological Spectrum, 35(2), 179-206.
May, David C., Shelley Keith, Nicole Rader, & R. Gregory Dunaway
2015 Predicting Adolescent Fear of Crime through the Lens of General Strain Theory. Sociological
Focus, 48(2), 172-189.
Milburn, Travis, David C. May, and Peter B. Wood.
2014 Military service in lieu of imprisonment: Voices from the inside. Political and
Military Sociology: An Annual Review, Vol. 42.
May, David C., Brandon Applegate, Rick Ruddell, and Peter Wood
2014 Going to Jail Sucks (And It Really Doesn’t Matter Who You Ask). American
Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(2), 250-266.
Payne, Brian, David C. May, and Peter Wood
2014 The ‘Pains’ of Electronic Monitoring: A Slap on the Wrist or Just as Bad as Prison? Criminal
Justice Studies, 27(2), 133-148.
Weis, Jennifer, Caroline Reid, and David C. May
2013 Holistic Responses to Campus Violence in the United States: Understanding the Needs of Campus
and Community-Based Service Providers. Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
and Learning 11:81-95.
Elrod, Preston, David May, and Nathan Lowe
2013 To Tell or Not to Tell: An Analysis of Students’ Willingness to Report School Weapons
Possession to School Authorities. Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, 3(1),
7-28.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
Armbrust, Caleb, Paul Grant, and David May
2012 An Examination of Fire Safety Perceptions and Behaviors among Students at a Regional Mid-
western University. International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management, 6, 33-42.
May, David C., Corrie Rice, and Kevin Minor
2012 An Examination of School Resource Officers' Attitudes Regarding Behavioral Issues among
Students Receiving Special Education Services. Current Issues in Education, (15) 3, 1-12.
Bossler, Adam, Thomas Holt, and David May
2012 Predicting Online Harassment Victimization among a Juvenile Population. Youth and Society,
44(4), 500-523.
Holt, Thomas, Adam Bossler, and David C. May
2012 Examining the Applicability of Low Self-Control to Juvenile Cyberdeviance. American Journal
of Criminal Justice, (37), 378-395.
May, David C., Joe Herbert, Kelly Cline, and Ashley Nellis
2011 Fear and Risk of Terrorism among Rural and Urban Residents: Predictors, Consequences, and
Implications for Daily Life. International Journal of Rural Crime,1(1), 1-22.
May, David C. and George Higgins
2011 The Characteristics and Activities of School Resource Officers: Are Newbies Different than
Veterans? Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations, 11(2), 96-108.
May, David C., Travis Hart, and Rick Ruddell
2011 School Resource Officers in Financial Crisis: Which Schools Get Cut and Why?
Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations, 11(2), 125-140.
Stevens, Jennifer, David May, Nancy Rice, and G. Roger Jarjoura
2011 Nonsocial v. Social Reinforcers: Theoretical Perspectives on Repetitive Serious Delinquency and
Drug Use. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 9, 295-312.
Kelley, Erin, and David C. May
2011 Increases in School Shootings: Reality or Myth? International Journal of Sociological Research,
4(1), 45-57.
Ruddell, Rick, and David C. May
2011 Challenging Our Perceptions of Rural Policing: An Examination of School Resource Officers in
Rural and Urban Kentucky Schools. Kentucky Journal of Anthropology and Sociology, 1(1),
5-18.
May, David C., and Timequa Brown
2011 Examining the Effect of Correctional Programming on Perceptions of Likelihood of Recidivism
among Incarcerated Prisoners. Journal of Social Service Research, 37(4), 353-364.
Dunlap, Scotty, and David C. May
2011 Assessing Facilitator Performance as an Influence on Student Satisfaction. Online Journal of
Distance Learning Administration, Summer, 14(2). Available at
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/summer142/dunlap_may142.html
Lowe, Nathan C., and David C. May
2011 Predictors of Engagement in Acts of Conflict and Aggression among the General Public.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(8), 1606-1627.
May, David C., Jerry Johnson, Yanfen Chen, Lisa Hutchison, and Melissa Ricketts
2010 Exploring Parental Aggression toward Teachers in a Public School Setting. Current Issues in Education, 13(1), 1-34.
May, David C., Nicole Rader, and Sarah Goodrum
2010 A Gendered Assessment of the ‘Threat of Victimization:’ Examining Gender Differences in Fear of Crime, Perceived Risk, Avoidance, and Defensive Behaviors. Criminal Justice Review 35(2),
159-182.
Cooper, Kelly, David C. May, and Irina Soderstrom
2009 Examining Theoretical Predictors of Substance Use Among a Sample of Incarcerated Youth. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 48(8), 669-695.
May, David C., Daniel Phillips, and Elissa Johnson
2009 Theoretical and Contextual Predictors of Perceptions of Criminal Justice Agents among Juvenile
Offenders. Professional Studies Review, 4(2):64-78.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
Fisher, Bonnie, and David C. May
2009 College Students’ Crime Related Fears on Campus: Are Fear-Provoking Cues Gendered?
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 25(3), 300-321.
May, David C., Peter Wood, and Amy Eades
2008 Lessons Learned from Punishment Exchange Rates: Implications for Research, Theory,
and Correctional Policy. The Journal of Behavior Analysis of Offender and Victim - Treatment and Prevention,1(2), 187-201.
Elrod, Preston, Irina Soderstrom, & David May
2008 Theoretical Predictors of Delinquency In and Out of School Among a Sample of Rural Public
School Youth. Southern Rural Sociology, 23(2), 131-156.
Lowe, Nathan, David C. May, & Preston Elrod
2008 Theoretical Predictors of Delinquency among Public School Students in Kentucky:
The Roles of Context and Gender. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 6(4), 325-345.
Moore, Nathan T., David C. May, and Peter Wood
2008 Offenders, Judges, and Officers Rate the Relative Severity of Alternative Sanctions Compared to
Prison. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46(3,4), 49-70.
Reprinted in:
Offenders, Judges, and Officers Rate the Relative Severity of Alternative Sanctions Compared to Prison. pp. 44-65 in Probation and Parole: Current Issues (edited by Daniel Phillips). New York: Routledge.
Williams, Alisha, David C. May, and Peter B. Wood.
2008 The Lesser of Two Evils? A Qualitative Study of Offenders’ Preferences for Prison Compared to
Alternatives. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46(3,4), 71-90.
Reprinted in:
The Lesser of Two Evils? A Qualitative Study of Offenders’ Preferences for Prison Compared to
Alternatives pp. 66-84 in Probation and Parole: Current Issues (edited by Daniel Phillips). Routledge.
McClure, Timothy E. and David C. May
2008 Dealing with Misbehavior at Schools in Kentucky: Theoretical and Contextual Predictors of Use of Corporal Punishment. Youth and Society, 39(3), 406-429.
Roberts, Staci D., Pamela Wilcox, David C. May, and Richard Clayton
2007 My School or Our School? The Effects of Individual versus Shared School Experiences on Teacher Perceptions of Safety. Journal of School Violence, 6(4), 33-55.
Rader, Nicole, David C. May, and Sarah Goodrum
2007 An Empirical Assessment of the 'Threat of Victimization:' Considering Fear of Crime, Perceived Risk, Avoidance and Defensive Behaviors. Sociological Spectrum, 27(5), 475-505.
Wilcox, Pamela, David C. May, and Staci D. Roberts.
2006 Student Weapon Possession and the “Fear and Victimization Hypothesis:” Unraveling the
Temporal Order. Justice Quarterly, 23(4), 502-529.
Mustard, Sarah, David C. May, and Daniel Phillips
2006 Prevalence and Predictors of Cheating on Antabuse: Is Antabuse a Cure or Merely an Obstacle?
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 31(1), 51-63.
Naber, Patricia A., David C. May, Scott H. Decker, Kevin I. Minor, and James B. Wells
2006 Are there Gangs in Schools? It Depends upon Whom You Ask. Journal of School
Violence, 5(2), 53-72.
Hutchison Wallace, L., & May, D.C.
2006 A new perspective on aggression in the schools: Exploring parental aggression towards teachers. Kentucky Justice and Safety Research Bulletin, 8(1), 1-15.
Flory, Christopher, David C. May, Peter B. Wood, and Kevin I Minor
2006 A Comparison of Punishment Exchange Rates among Probationers and Their Supervising
Officers in Kentucky. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34(1), 39-50.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
Wallace, Lisa and David May
2005 The Impact of Relationship with Parents and Commitment to School on Adolescent Fear of Crime
at School. Adolescence, 40(159), 458-474.
Reprinted in:
2005 The Impact of Relationship with Parents and Commitment to School on Adolescent Fear of Crime
at School. Family Therapy, 32(3), 157-173.
May, David C., Peter Wood, Jennifer Mooney, & Kevin Minor
2005 Predicting Offender-Generated Exchange Rates: Implications for a Theory of Sentence Severity.
Crime and Delinquency, 51(3), 373-399.
Moore, T. Neil, & David C. May
2005 A Trend Analysis of the Effectiveness of Community Policing: Results from a Midwestern City. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 5(3), 53-74.
May, David C. and Peter B. Wood
2005 What Influences Offenders’ Willingness to Serve Alternative Sanctions? The Prison Journal,
85(2), 145-167.
Wood, Peter, David C. May, & Harold Grasmick
2005 Gender Differences in the Perceived Severity of Boot Camp. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 40(3/4), 153-175.
May, David C., Stephen B. Fessel, and Shannon Means
2004 Predictors of Principals' Perceptions of School Resource Officer Effectiveness in Kentucky.
American Journal of Criminal Justice 29(1), 75-93.
May, David C., Kevin I. Minor, Peter B. Wood, and Jennifer L. Mooney
2004 Demographic Differences in Kentucky Probationers’ and Parolees’ Perceptions of the Severity of Imprisonment in Comparison to Jail and Probation. Kentucky Justice and Safety Research Bulletin, 6(4), 1-9.
May, David C., Gary Cordner, and Stephen B. Fessel
2004 School Resource Officers as Community Police Officers: Fact or Fiction? Law Enforcement
Executive Forum, 4(6), 173-188.
May, David C.
2003 Nonsocial Reinforcement and Violence: Can Juvenile Justice Policies be Effective Against Intrinsic Gratification Received from Violent Activity Among Youth? Journal for Juvenile Justice and Detention Services 18(1), 1-18.
Wood, Peter and David C. May
2003 Race Differences in Perceptions of Sanction Severity: A Comparison of Prison with Alternatives.
Justice Quarterly 20: 605-631.
May, David C., Lesa R. Vartanian, and Keri Virgo
2002 The Impact of Parental Attachment and Supervision on Fear of Crime Among Adolescent Males. Adolescence, 37(146):267-288.
May, David C.
2001 The Effect of Fear of Sexual Victimization on Adolescent Fear of Crime. Sociological Spectrum 21(2):141-174.
May, David C. and R. Gregory Dunaway
2000 Predictors of Adolescent Fear of Crime. Sociological Spectrum 20(2):149-168.
Jarjoura, Roger J. and David C. May
2000 Integrating Criminological Theories to Explain Violent Forms of Delinquency. Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social Psychology 5(1,2):81-102.
Vowell, Paul R. and David C. May
2000 Another Look at Classic Strain Theory: Receipt of Public Assistance, Perceived Blocked Opportunity, and Gang Membership as Predictors of Adolescent Violent Behavior. Sociological Inquiry 70(1):42-60.
May, David C.
1999 Tolerance of Nonconformity and Its Effect Upon Attitudes Toward the Legalization of Prostitution: A Multivariate Analysis. Deviant Behavior 20(4):335-358.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
May, David C.
1999 Scared Kids, Unattached Kids, or Peer Pressure: Why Do Students Carry Firearms to School? Youth and Society 31(1):100-127.
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