Curriculum Vitae
Education, professional experience, and research activity.
Education
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Criminal Justice
Northcentral University (now National University)
M.S., Sociology
Grand Canyon University
M.S. (second master's degree)
Grand Canyon University
Mental Health Counseling program
Walden University
Professional experience
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Counselor
Independent Researcher
Criminology and Counseling, Oceana, West Virginia
Corrections, penal and community settings
Including 19 years as a supervisor in a correctional facility, and manager of the McDowell County alternative sentencing program
Research program
Developer, Criminogenic Embeddedness Model (CEM)
A life-course model of strain, control, and social learning in criminal offending.
Developer, Recovery Embeddedness Model (REM)
An exploratory companion theory extending embeddedness logic to substance abuse recovery and relapse.
Book
Criminogenic Embeddedness and Criminal Trajectories: A Life-Course Model of Strain, Control, and Social Learning
Independently published. ISBN 979-8192913192. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21961664
Manuscripts
Testing criminogenic embeddedness against general strain, interactional, and ICAP theory using Pathways to Desistance data
Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Undetected, not absent: Adolescent substance use, unaddressed behavior, and first arrest in adulthood
Preprint, CrimRxiv. DOI: 10.21428/cb6ab371.e9e0d613. Analysis code: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22908607
Dissertation
The Impact of Unemployment and Poverty on Recidivism in West Virginia: A Quantitative Analysis
Northcentral University, DBA Dissertation. ProQuest No. 27737538
Honors and affiliations
Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International
Omega Zeta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, Walden University. Member in good standing; inducted November 2026.