TRACY SOHONI

(Formerly Tracy W. Peters)

University of Maryland College Park

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

757-***-****

abo9mn@r.postjobfree.com

E DUCATION

Ph.D. (Criminology and Criminal Justice). University of Maryland College Park. Expected date

of completion: Apr 2013

Dissertation Title: The Effects of Collateral Consequence Laws on State Rates of Returns to

Prison

Dissertation Advisor: Ray Paternoster

Advanced to candidacy Aug 2010

General Comprehensive Exam Passed Jun 2010

Theory Comprehensive Exam Passed Jun 2009

M.A., (Sociology). University of Washington Seattle, 2001.

Thesis: The Effects of Moral Commitment on Deterrence

B.A., (Sociology and History). University of Texas Austin, 1998.

4.0 GPA and Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Minor in English and Anthropology

A REAS OF SPECIALIZAT ION

Crime and Justice Research Methods

Race and Ethnicity Criminological Theory

Life Course Analysis Courts and Corrections

A WARDS

National Institute of Justice Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship, The Effect of Collateral

Consequence Laws on State Rates of Returns to Prison (2012) $25,000

University of Maryland at College Park Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Sutherland

Fellowship. (2008-2013)

P APERS UNDER REVIEW

Tracy Sohoni, Ray Paternoster, Jean McGloin and Ronet Bachman. Hen s Teeth and Horse s Toes:

The Adult Onset Offender in Criminology. Under review at Crime and Delinquency.

Deenesh Sohoni and Tracy Sohoni. Perceptions of Immigrant Criminality. Revise and Resubmit at

The Sociological Quarterly.

P UBLICATIONS AND PRO JECT REPORTS

Tracy Sohoni, Stacey Bosick and Bianca Bersani. 2012. Parenthood and the Ph.D. The Criminologist.

Sep/Oct 2012.

Nicole L. Waters & Tracy Sohoni. 2007. Civil Trials on Appeal Part 2. Caseload Highlights:

Examining the Work of the State Courts, 14(2).

Matthew Kleiman, Scott R. Maggard & Tracy Peters. 2007. New Mexico Public Defender Department

Attorney and Staff Workload Assessment, 2007. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Brenda Uekert, Denise Dancy, Tracy Peters & Madelynn Herman. 2006. Policy Paper: A Report from

the First National Meeting of the Elder Abuse and the Courts Working Group Meeting. Williamsburg, VA:

National Center for State Courts.

Brenda K. Uekert, Tracy Peters, Wanda Romberger, Margaret Abraham and Susan Keilitz. 2006.

Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts Capacity to Provide

Protection Orders. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Brenda Uekert, Inger Sagatun-Edwards, Ann Crowe, Tracy Peters, Fred Cheesman & Dina Kameda.

2006. Juvenile Domestic and Family Violence: The Effects of Court-Based Intervention Programs on Recidivism.

Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Tracy Peters & Roger Warren. 2006. Getting Smarter About Sentencing: NCSC s Sentencing Reform Survey.

Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Tracy Peters, Neal Kauder, Chuck Campbell & Carol Flango. 2005. Future Trends in State Courts, 2005.

Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Brenda K. Uekert, Penney Wentland, Susan Keilitz & Tracy Peters. 2004. Recommended PFA Practices

in Pennsylvania. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Tracy W. Peters. 1999. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Juan Corona, Pretty Boy Floyd,

Joe Hunt, The Lindbergh Kidnapping, Baby Face Nelson, Richard Speck, Charles

Whitman. In Violence in America: An Encyclopedia, R. Gottesman (Ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's

Sons.

R ESEARCH E XPERIENCE

Sep 2008-Present University of Maryland College Park, MD

Research Assistant for Ray Paternoster

Adult onset offending

Apr 2004-Jul 2008 National Center for State Courts Williamsburg, VA

Research Analyst

Project work included:

Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 2005

2001 Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, Supplemental Study of Civil Appeals

Serving Limited English Proficient Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts'

Capacity to Provide Protection Orders

Getting Smarter About Sentencing: NCSC s Sentencing Reform Survey

Juvenile Domestic and Family Violence: The Effects of Court-Based Intervention Programs

on Recidivism

Blended Sentencing: On Target for Juvenile Justice and Public Safety? A Multi-State

Investigation

Philadelphia Community Court Evaluation

Cumberland County Integrated Domestic Violence Court Project

Workload Assessments in New Mexico, Virginia, Texas, Alabama, and Ontario

Editor of Future Trends in State Courts, 2005

Evaluation of the Protection from Abuse Database Project

Helping Courts Solve Key Problems (Center for Court Solutions)

Judicial Education Project (Judicial Education on Victims Rights)

Family Violence Community of Practice (CoP)

Apr 2002-Jul 2002 Griffith University Brisbane, Australia

Research/Program Manager, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Project administration, as well as formative evaluation

Sep 2000-Aug 2001 University of Washington, Seattle Seattle, WA

Professional Mentoring Project Manager, Women in Science and Engineering

Project administration, as well as evaluation

Summer 2000 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

Researcher in Racial Disparity in Sentencing Project

Reviewed felony drug cases in three sites in Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane)

Summer 1999 University of Washington, Seattle Seattle, WA

Research Assistant for Ross Matsueda on Deterrence and Causal Ordering

Apr and Jul 1999 National Institute of Justice Seattle, WA

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM) Interviewer

T EACHING EXPERIENCE

Jan 2007-May 2007 College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA

Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology

Crime and Justice

Feb 2003-May 2004 College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA

Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology

Criminology, Social Problems, Crime and Justice

Sep 1998-Dec 2001 University of Washington, Seattle Seattle, WA

(Lead) Teaching Assistant

Sociology of Deviance, Criminal Justice, Sociology of Murder

P RESENTATIONS

Tracy Sohoni. The Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws on State Return to Prison R ates.

Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.

(November 2011).

Tracy Sohoni and Deenesh Sohoni. The Social Construction of the Criminal Immigrant.

Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

(November 2010).

Tracy Sohoni, Brenda Uekert and Margaret Abraham. Court Services and Limited English Proficient

(LEP) Persons Seeking Protection Orders. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American

Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (November 2009).

Tracy Sohoni. Speaking to Justice: The Ability of Courts to Serve Limited English Proficient (LEP)

Persons Seeking Protection Orders. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia. (November 2007).

Tracy Peters, Brenda Uekert, Inger Sagatun-Edwards, and Anne Crowe. Expressions of Juvenile

Violence: An Analysis of Differences Between Juvenile Family and Domestic Violence.

Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada.

(November 2005).

Brenda Uekert and Tracy Peters. Domestic Violence. Presentation to group of visiting Jordanian

Judges, National Center for State Courts. Williamsburg, Virginia. (September 2005).

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