Dissertation: The Ethical and Theoretical Orientation of a Modern Day Juvenile Justice Sentencing Commission: The Case of North Carolina.

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1 EDUCATION Elvira M. White-Lewis, JD/Ph.D. Texas A & M University- Commerce Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Texas Elvira.White-Lewis@tamuc.edu PhD in Juvenile Justice. Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas. Dissertation: The Ethical and Theoretical Orientation of a Modern Day Juvenile Justice Sentencing Commission: The Case of North Carolina. J.D. University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD. M.A. in Government and Politics (Public Administration and American Government). Department of Government and Politics. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. B.S. in Political Science. Magna Cum Laude. Department of Political Science Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina North ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce. Commerce, Texas present. Chair and Associate Professor, Livingstone College, Department of Criminal Justice, Salisbury, North Carolina Assistant Professor, Fayetteville State University, Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville, North Carolina Director, Lee P. Brown Criminal Justice Institute, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Paralegal Computer Research Lab. Department of Criminal Justice & Paralegal Studies, Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana PUBLICATIONS

2 Henderson, Howard & White, Elvira M. (2010) Religious freedom and controlled substances: A legal analysis. Criminal Law Bulletin, 46 (2). White, Elvira, Instructor s Manual for Siegel, Schmalleger and Worrall (2011). Courts and criminal justice in America. Pearson Prentice Hall. (Includes Siegel test bank) White, Elvira M. (2009). Youth Gangs. In Gabbidon and Green, Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Sage Publication, Inc. Vol 2, p 915. White, Elvira M. (2009). The W. Haywood Burns Institute. In Gabbidon and Green, Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Sage Publication, Inc. Vol 2 p 888. White, Elvira & Forman, Sonya (2008). The impact of media violence on youth aggression. The International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice and Law, Volume 3, Issue 2. White, Elvira M. (2008). Jim Garrison. In J. Bumgarner, Icons of Crime Fighting. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. White, Elvira & Myers, Laura (2006). African American PhD women in criminal justice higher education: equal impact or the myth of equality. In Roslyn Muraskin, It s a Crime: Women & Justice, Pearson Education. White, Elvira M. (2006).The announcement. In Tim Russert ( Meet the Press ), Wisdom of Our Fathers, New York: Random House. White, Elvira (2002). Setting an Agenda. In Vernon Farmer, The Black Student's Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS White-Lewis, Elvira, Suicide by Cop. Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice. Pending 2012 White, Elvira M (forthcoming 2010). Ethical and theoretical orientation of sentencing commissions: North Carolina s example. Lewiston, NY: The Edward Mellon Press, Ltd. WORKS IN PROGRESS Incarcerated mothers Juvenile sentences after Roper vs. Simmons The death penalty: an ethical dilemma for the medical profession.

3 Successful juvenile substance abuse programs in Fayetteville, North Carolina: A qualitative analysis. Parole Challenges: Civil liability under Title 42 Recidivism vs. rehabilitation in our recessionary times Ethical and theoretical decision-making of criminal justice agencies from a deontological and utilitarian perspective BOOK REVIEWS Chamliss, W. and Haas, A. (2010). Criminology (prospectus).mcgraw-hill Higher Education. Garland. (2009). Criminal Law for the Criminal Law Professional, 3e. Content Connections, LLC. Spohn and Hemmons (2009). Courts: A Text Reader. Sage Publications. Reed (2009). Contract Law for Paralegals: Traditional and E-Contracts. Prentice Hall/Pearson Education Siegel, Schmalleger and Worrall (2009). Courts and criminal justice in America. Prentice Hall/Pearson Education Howell, J. (2009). Understanding and combating gangs in America's communities. Sage Publication Prospectus. Stuckey (2006). Procedures in the criminal justice system. Prentice Hall/Pearson Education. GRANTS Collegiate Learning Assessment faculty grant. Fayetteville State University. Awarded $1,000. May Mini-grant recipient. US Department of Education (#P33A050074). The Disability Training Network. Prairie View A&M University. Awarded $1,000. May Grant Director, Lee P. Brown Criminal Justice Institute, Title III, Activity 6, Wiley College, Marshall, TX, awarded $25,000, October Grant Director: wrote Distinguished Scholars Summer Seminar funded by UNCF, awarded $12,000.00, May 2003.

4 Co-Grant Director: co-wrote Family and Community Violence Prevention Grant. Health and Human Services Department. Wiley College, not awarded $250, April 2003 Grant Director, Lee P. Brown Criminal Justice Institute, Title III, Activity 8, Wiley College, Marshall, TX, awarded $27,362.00, October Grant Director: wrote "Paralegal Studies at a Distance" funded by Louisiana Board of Regents, awarded $38,785.00, October UNIVERSITY SERVICE Graduate Assistant Selection Committee Peer Reviewer, Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice Spring 2011 UMUC Criminal Justice Special Assessment Chair Fall 2009 Graduate Thesis committee member Student: William Carter Title: The impact of legal representation on disposition and sentencing. Departmental Honors and Awards Committee Chair College Honors and Awards Committee- Chair Departmental Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Departmental mentor to assigned new faculty member Faculty Search Committee member, Department Chair Search Committee member, Academic advisor, COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE Mock Trial Coach, 71 st High School, Fayetteville, NC Cumberland County Dispute Resolution Board member Board of Directors member, Cumberland County Communicare, Inc. Fayetteville North Carolina

5 Volunteer (soup kitchen), Salvation Army, Fayetteville, North Carolina, November PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Program committee member for 47 th Annual Meeting February 2010 Law and Society Association Merlot Learning Communities Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS Impact of media violence on youth aggression, 46 th Annual Meeting, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, March The ethical and theoretical orientation of a modern day sentencing commission: The state of North Carolina, presentation, 45 th Annual Meeting, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, March Does a color line exist in the criminal and juvenile justice system today? The case for disproportionate minority confinement, convocation speaker, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA. February 26, From slave ship to Hurricane Katrina s superdome: A case of conflict theory, author for Pirtle presentation,43rd Annual Meeting Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, MD, March The juvenile death penalty-post Simmons: What does it really mean for juvenile homicide sentencing Juvenile Justice Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, April African American PhD Women in the Criminal Justice Discipline: An Analysis of Pre and Post 1998 graduates: Impact or Myth, 42nd Annual Meeting Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL, March CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS

6 Student Research Conference- Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC. March Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 46 th Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass. March Panel Chair. Event #85 Violence, media, politics, and profiling: Where do we begin? Panel Chair. Event # 42 The race factor in juvenile court decisions and outcomes. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 45 th Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. March Roper vs. Simmons, Participant, American Bar Association web cast, June 22, Juvenile Justice Symposium Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, April Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 42 nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. October Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 41 st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, November Teaching in Higher Education Forum, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April Family and Community Violence Prevention Grant, Technical Workshop, Phoenix, Arizona, April Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 40 th Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass., March, Teaching in Higher Education Forum at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April AAfPE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October Merlot International Conference, Tampa, Florida, August 2001.

7 HONORS and AWARDS Outstanding dedication and service award. Cumberland County Communicare, Inc. Board of Directors, December Outstanding teaching award. Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University, April Outstanding contribution for community service award. Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University, May Outstanding teaching award. Department of Juvenile Justice. Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas. May, Golden Mike Award, Best radio talk show, Wiley College, Marshall, TX, May Outstanding Service plaque, State of Maryland Public Defender, 1993 Woman of the Year, Southern Maryland Business and Professional Women, Inc., Governor's Citation for Woman of the Year award, presented by Governor William Donald Schaefer, Outstanding Service to the Bar and the Community President's Award, Prince George's County Bar Association, ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Online Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland, University College, Criminal Justice, Online Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado-Global campus, Special Assessment Chair. Web Tycho European and US courses. University of Maryland, University College (UMUC). Fall Prior Learning Evaluator. University of Maryland, University College. Spring Spring Online faculty mentor, University of Maryland, University College, Criminal Justice, Spring 2008.

8 Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Spring Fall Assistant Public Defender, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Director, Paralegal Studies Program, University of Maryland, University College, College Park, Maryland Adjunct Faculty, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland College Park, MD