Lisa Anne Zilney

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Associate Professor, Justice Studies

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Degree(s):
BA:University of Windsor, Ontario
MS:Eastern Kentucky University
PhD:University of Tennessee
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PUBLICATIONS

2010\sRisley-Curtiss, Christina, Zilney, Lisa Anne, & Hornung, Rebecca. Animal-human relationships in public child welfare: Getting a baseline. Child Welfare, 89, 67-82.

2010\sLisa Anne Zilney. Drugs: Policy, Social Costs, Crime & Justice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

2009\sLisa Anne Zilney & Laura J. Zilney. Reconsidering Sex Crimes and Offenders: Prosecution or Persecution? Westport, CT: ABC-Clio.

2009\sLaura J. Zilney & Lisa Anne Zilney. Perverts and Predators: The Making of Sexual Offender Laws. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield.

2009\sLisa Anne Zilney. “Decriminalization of Drugs.“ In Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2008\sLisa Anne Zilney. “The War on Drugs” (785-794). In Gregg Barak (Ed.), Battleground: Criminal Justice. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

2008\sLisa Anne Zilney & Laura Joan Zilney. “Sex Offender Laws” (671-681). In Gregg Barak (Ed.), Battleground: Criminal Justice. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

2007\sLisa Anne Zilney. Linking Animal Cruelty and Family Violence. Youngstown, NY: Cambria Press.

2006\sLisa Anne Zilney, Danielle McGurrin, & Sammy Zahran. “Environmental Justice & the Role of Criminology: An Analytical Review of 33 Years of Environmental Justice Research.” Criminal Justice Research, 31(1), 47-62.

2005\sLisa Anne Zilney & Mary Zilney. “Reunification of Child and Animal Welfare Agencies: Cross-
\sReporting of Abuse in Wellington County, Ontario.” Child Welfare, Volume LXXXIV: 1,
\sJanuary/February, (47-66).

2004\sSammy Zahran, Donald Hastings, & Lisa Anne Zilney. “Proposal for More Equitable Allocation of
\sEnvironmental Health Risks: The Case of Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Installations.”
\sAgenda for Social Justice 2004: Solutions. Published by The Society for the Study of Social
\sProblems, July, 22-30.

2003\sLisa Anne Zilney & Mary Zilney. “Exploration of a Link: Child and Animal Cruelty in Wellington
\sCounty, Ontario.” Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies, June, 47:1.

2003\sReview of “Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences”
\sby Maurie J. Cohen and Joseph Murphy (Eds.). Society and Natural Resources, 16:8 (755-758).


TEACHING/COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS

2011\sStudy Guide for Larry J. Siegel, Criminology (11th edition), Belmont, CA: Cengage.

2010\sStudy Guide for Larry J. Siegel, Criminology: The Core (4th edition), Belmont, CA: Cengage.

2010\sInstructor’s Manual & Test Bank for Larry J. Siegel, Essentials of Criminal Justice (7th edition), Belmont, CA: Cengage.

2009\sInstructor’s Manual, Test Bank & Lesson Plans for Larry J. Siegel and Joseph J. Senna, Introduction to Criminal Justice (12th edition), Belmont, CA: Cengage

2008\sInstructor’s Manual & Test Bank for Larry J. Siegel, Essentials of Criminal Justice (6th edition), Belmont, CA: Cengage (formerly Thomson Wadsworth).

2008\sInstructor’s Resource CD (Test Bank and Web Quizzing materials) for Ronet Bachman and Russell K. Schutt, Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2007\sUndergraduate level Environmental Justice course syllabus published in Environmental Sociology: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (6th ed.). Compiled and Edited by Michael Mascarenhas. Published by The American Sociological Association.

2007\sInstructor’s Manual & Test Bank for Larry J. Siegel and Joseph J. Senna, Introduction to Criminal Justice (11th edition), Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.

2007\sInstructor’s Resource CD (Test Bank and Web Quizzing materials) for Ronet Bachman and Russell K. Schutt, The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3rd edition), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2005\sGraduate level Animals & Society course syllabus published in Teaching About Animals and Society: A Collection of Syllabi, Projects, Assignments, Web Sites, Articles and Bibliographies. Compiled and Edited by Janet M. Alger, Tracey Smith-Harris, Shawn McEntee, & Kim W. Stallwood. Published by The American Sociological Association.

2004\sGuide to Criminal Procedure for Illinois. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

2004\s“Why Animal Scholars Can Benefit from Environmental Scholars.” Animals & Society Newsletter, Issue 5, November, page 5.

2004\s“Why the Animal Question is Relevant for Environmental Sociologists: The Case of
\sIndustrialization and the Agribusiness Boom.” Social Problems Forum, 35:2.

2003\sReview of “A Sentence of Their Own,” by Edgar A. Barens. Social Problems Forum, 34:2.

2002\sMary Zilney & Lisa Anne Zilney. “Examining the Link Between Child and Animal Welfare in
\sWellington County, Ontario, Canada,” The Latham Letter, XXIII, 3, Summer.


PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS

Lisa Anne Zilney & Venezia Michalsen. “Viewing Sex Offenders as Human: Altering Perception on Human Rights in a Sex Crimes Course.”

Lisa Anne Zilney. “Moving Beyond Law & Order SVU: Prime Time’s Perpetuation of a Sex Crime Moral Panic.”

Lisa Anne Zilney. “The Impact of Sexual Offending Laws on the Intimate Female Partners of Registered Sex Offenders.”



CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

2012\s“Animals, The Environment, and Social Welfare.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO, August 16 – 18.

2012\s“The Impact of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Offenders: The Other Victims.” International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research, Atlantic City, NJ, April 23 – 25.

2010\s“Viewing Sex Offenders as Human: Altering Perception on Human Rights in a Sex Crimes Course” (with Venezia Michalsen). Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA, August 13-15.

2009\s“Overcoming a Moral Panic: Assessing Course Impact on Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders” (with Venezia Michalsen). American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, November 4 – 7.

2009\sInvited Critic in Author Meets Critic Session “Sex Offender Laws: Failed Policies, New Directions” by Richard Wright (Ed.). American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, November 4 – 7.

2009\s“The Environment & Its Inhabitants: Broadening Our Conception of Social Justice.” Justice Studies Association, Albany, NY, May 27 – 30.

2008\sInvited Speaker, “Linking Animal Cruelty and Family Violence.” Diverse-Voices Family Violence Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, November 16 - 18.

2008\sOrganizer and Presider, “The Human-Animal Bond: New Directions in Research.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA, July 31 – August 2.

2008\sOrganizer, “Legal Issues and the Environment.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA, July 31 – August 2.

2008\s“Linking Animal Cruelty and Family Violence.” A Provincial Conference: Communities Working Together to End Violence Against Women, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, February 25 – 27.

2007\s“An Examination of OSHA’s Enforcement Strategies and Penalty Assessments in the Apparel Industry” (with Danielle McGurrin as primary presenter). American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November 14-17.

2007\sOrganizer and Presider, “Linking the Cycles of Violence: Research on Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York, August 10-12.

2007\s“Creating Perverts and Predators: Sexual Offending Laws” (with Laura Joan Zilney). Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY, August 10-12.

2007\s“Cruelty Has No Boundaries: Exploring the Human-Animal Link in Ontario, Canada” (with Mary Zilney). Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY, August 10-12.

2007\s“The Social Construction of Sex Offending” (with Laura Joan Zilney as primary presenter). Guelph Annual Sexuality Conference, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, June 18-20.

2007\sGuest Lecture: “Animal Cruelty and Family Violence.” Justice Studies Course, Montclair State University, “Family Violence.”

2006\sOrganizer and Presider, “Teaching Justice and Compassion: Learning Through the Inclusion of Animals into our Sense of Community.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Quebec, August 10-12.

2005\sOrganizer, “Assessing Journal Lag Times.” Sociologists for Women in Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 13-16.

2005\sOrganizer, “Consequences, Solutions & Impacts of Human-Animal Interaction.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Philadelphia, PA, August 12-14.

2005\sOrganizer, “What About the Animals: Does Human-Animal Interaction Benefit Both Species?” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Philadelphia, PA, August 12-14.

2005\s“Rethinking the ‘Boys will be Boys’ Mentality: The Relevance of Adolescent Animal Abuse in Predicting Domestic Violence” (with Anne Austin Carroll). Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC, April 13-16.

2005\sPresider, “Organizing for Environmental Action.” Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC, April 13-16.

2004\s“Examining the Link Between Child & Animal Welfare in Wellington County, Ontario” (with Mary Zilney Invited as Keynote Speaker). The Violence Link: Animal Abuse and Family Violence Conference, sponsored by Kindness Club Inc., Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, October 22.

2004\sKeynote Lecture: Boys Will Be Boys? Does Animal Abuse Mask Potential Problems? Montclair State University Lecture Series, Sponsored by the Department of Sociology, October 19.

2004\sOrganizer, “Power in Words: Changing Representations of Animals.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA, August 13-15.

2004\sOrganizer, “Power, People & Animals: Historical Reflections & Contemporary Insights.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA, August 13-15.

2004\s“Exploration of a Link: Child & Animal Cruelty in Wellington County, Ontario” (with Mary Zilney invited as primary presenter). Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies Conference – In The Best Interests of the Child, Toronto, Canada, May 30-June 2.

2004\s“Thinking Fraud: Cultural, Organizational, & Individual Considerations of Fraudulent Telemarketers” (with Glenn S. Coffey as primary presenter). Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 14-17.

2004\s“Working Hard for the Money: Tax Noncompliance in the Small Building & Construction Industry” (with Anne Austin Carroll as primary presenter & Glenn S. Coffey). Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 14-17.

2004\s“Rationality & Rendering Animal Waste” (with Sammy Zahran as primary presenter). North Central Sociological Association Meetings, Cleveland, OH, April 1-4.

2003\sOrganizer and Presider, “Learning From the Animals: Exploring the Role of Nonhumans in the Classroom.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA, August 15-17.

2003\sOrganizer and Presider, “Job Opportunities for Activist/Scholar Students: Hints for Finding & Securing Non-Academic Employment After Graduate School.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA, August 15-17.

2002\s“Links of Abuse in Wellington County, Ontario” (with Mary Zilney as primary presenter & Lorna Ronald). First Strike Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 13.

2002\s“Cruelty Links in Wellington County, Ontario” (with Mary Zilney as primary presenter & Lorna Ronald). Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Violence Prevention Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, September 24.

2002\s“The Myth of the Honor Killing: How Racism has Influenced Research on Domestic Violence in the Middle East” (with Laura Joan Zilney). Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL, August 15-17.

2002\s“Reunification of Child & Animal Welfare Agencies: Cross-Reporting of Abuse in Wellington County, Ontario” (with Mary Zilney). Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL, August 15-17.

2002\sOrganizer and Presider, “Exploring Irrationalities in the Human-Nonhuman Animal Relationship.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL, August 15-17.

2002\s“Examining the Link Between Child & Animal Welfare in Wellington County, Ontario” (with Mary Zilney as primary presenter & Lorna Ronald). Justice Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, June 6.

2001\sGuest Lecture: “The Implications of Global Agribusiness for Human & Nonhuman Animals Globally.” Social Work Graduate Seminar, University of Tennessee, “Oppression.”

2001\sGuest Lecture: “Agribusiness and the Pet Connection.” University Studies Course, University of Tennessee, “Animal & Human Welfare: Medical, Moral and Social Connections.”

2001 \s“The Curious Omission: The Absence of Environmental Justice in Criminological and Criminal Justice Literature, 1990-2000" (with Danielle McGurrin). American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November 7-10.

2001 \sOrganizer and Presider, “Diversity and Rights: Confronting Anthropocentric Definitions of Community.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Anaheim, CA, August 17-19.

2000 \s“Animal Agriculture and Environmental Degradation: A Test of the Irrationality of Rationality Thesis” (with Sammy Zahran). American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 12-16.

2000 \s“Social Structures of Accumulation, Hegemony & Virtual Environmental Concern” (with Sammy Zahran as primary presenter). Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, April 20-22.

1999\s“Juridical Weaponry and Human Rights Violations: Using the Law in a Colonial Context” (with Sammy Zahran). American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 17-20.

1999 \sPresider, “Legislating Protection: Thoughts & Critiques.” American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 17-20.

1998 \s“A Paradigm for the Future: The Union of Social Ecology & Socialist Feminism.” Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 2-5.

Specialization

Sex crimes legislation; environmental crime; human-animal bond; link between animal cruelty & domestic violence

Office Hours

Spring

  • Tuesday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Wednesday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm