Travis Linnemann
Ph.D. (ABD), Sociology, Kansas State University, expected 2010
M.A., Sociology, Kansas State University, 2006
B.S., Sociology, Emporia State University, 1997
Subfields :
Gender & Criminology
Research Interests and Current Research:Punishment & social control, media, culture
Current Research:
Pushed to the Margins: Methamphetamine, Crime, and Exclusion beyond the Metropolis
Finding Demons: Locating the Criminal Other on a Musical Plane
Publications:
2009 Linnemann, Travis “Mad Men, Meth Moms, and Moral Panic: Gendering Meth Crimes in the Midwest” Conditional Accept- Critical Criminology
2009 Linnemann, Travis “Jody Miller: Gangs, Girls, Gender.” The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Francis T. Cullen and Pamela Wilcox, eds. Sage Publications. Forthcoming
2008 Williams, L. Susan and Travis Linnemann “Scripting an Enemy: Portrayals of Arab Terrorists in American Film” forthcoming in Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film, Kathy Felty and Jean-Anne Sutherland eds. Sage Publications
2008 Linnemann, Travis “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court-Level Racial Threat” The Journal of Crime and Justice Vol. 31 No. 2
2008 Kurtz, Don L, Travis Linnemann and Ryan Spohn “Investigating Racial Disparity at the Detention Decision: The Role of Respectability” The Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 5, No. 2
2006 Kurtz, Don, L. and Travis Linnemann. “Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: Evaluating Strength Based Treatments for At-Risk Youth” Western Criminology Review 7(1), 9–19 (2006)
Grants and Awards:
2009 Pending: NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, Pushed to the Margins: Methamphetamine, Crime, and Inequality in Rural Kansas. ($7,588.00)
2008 First Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, American Society of Criminology, Division of Critical Criminology
2008 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, American Society of Criminology Division of People of Color and Crime
2008 Fellow, Summer Institute on Youth Violence Prevention, Southern California Academic Center of Excellence, University of California, Riverside and the Center on Culture, Immigration, and Youth Violence Prevention, University of California, Berkeley ($1,000.00)
2008 Significant Achievement in Research Award, Kansas State University Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
2007, 2008 Graduate Student Council, Graduate Student Research/Professional Meeting Award-Kansas State University
2007 First Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Midwest Criminal Justice Association
2007 First Place, Graduate School Research Forum, Social Sciences Division-Kansas State University
2004 First Place, Graduate School Research Forum, Social Sciences Division-Kansas State University (w/Don Kurtz)
Conference Presentations:
Invited Presentations
2009 “Mediated Methamphetamine: Constructing the New Welfare Queen” International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies Conference, Indiana State University
2009 “Community Response to Child Abuse and Neglect” Sexual Assault, Legal, Medical, and Community Issues sponsored by Kansas State University Women’s Center.
2008 “The American Incarceration Binge: Considerations for Court Involved Youth” Manhattan public in-service forum sponsored by Sunflower CASA, Manhattan, Ks.
2007 “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court Level Racial Threat” Midwest Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois *invited/winner Graduate Student Paper Competition
2007 “The Untold Tale: Mass Incarceration, the Drug War, and Racial Justice” with Gabriel Sayegh (Drug Policy Alliance) Zachary Norris (Ella Baker Center for Human Rights) and Peter Wagner (Prison Policy Initiative) Kansas State University and Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice, Kansas State University
2007 “Strengths-Based Youth Work: Exploring an Alternative Paradigm of Juvenile Offender Supervision” (with Don Kurtz) Kansas Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Topeka, Ks
2006 “Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System” Kansas Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Topeka, Ks
2005 “DMC Reduction Efforts in the State of Kansas” Kansas Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Topeka, Ks.
2005 “DMC, the RRI and Beyond: An examination of risk factors influencing juvenile detention decisions.” Kansas Association of Court Services Officers; Wichita, Ks.
Presentations
2008 “Mad Men, Meth Moms, and Moral Panic: Gendering Meth Crimes in the Midwest” American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, Mo
2008 “An Assessment of Cross-National Variation in Rates of Incarceration” American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, Mo (w/Ryan Spohn)
2008 “Mad Men, Meth Moms, and Moral Panic: Gendering Meth Crimes in the Midwest” Crime and Popular Culture Conference, Warrensburg, Mo.
2008 “Social Dynamite and Social Control: A Preliminary Examination of Cross-National Variation in Incarceration” (w/Ryan Spohn) The Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting, St. Louis, Mo.
2007 “Investigating the Influences of Social Support and Coercion on Three Forms of Delinquency” (w/Don Kurtz) American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Atlanta, Ga.
2007 “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court-Level Racial Threat” The Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois
2007 “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court-Level Racial Threat” 12th Annual Kansas State University Graduate Research Forum
2006 “Pygmalion in the Courtroom: The Consequences of Biased Expectations in Criminal Justice Decision Making.” American Society of Criminology annual meetings Los Angeles, California
2006 Discussant “Sociology of Sex Offenses and Offenders.” The Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings Omaha, Nebraska.
2006 “Urban Problems and Rural Fear: The Constructed Reality of Minority Crime in Rural Settings” Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings Omaha, Nebraska
2005 “Disproportionate Minority Contact: An Examination of Extra-legal Factors in Juvenile Justice Case Processing.” American Society of Criminology annual meetings Toronto, Canada
2004 “DMC, the RRI and Beyond: An examination of the risk factors influencing juvenile detention decisions.” 10th Annual Graduate Research Forum, Kansas State University.
2004 “Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: An Evaluation of Strength Based Probation with Juvenile Offenders.” American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Nashville, Tennessee (with Don Kurtz)
2004 “An Examination of Juvenile Intensive Probation Practices: The Impact of Juvenile Surveillance Tactics on Juvenile Offender Recidivism.” Midwest Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (with Don Kurtz)
2004 “Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: An Evaluation of Strengths-Based Probation with Juvenile Offenders.” 9th Annual Graduate Research Forum, Kansas State University. (with Don Kurtz)
Courses Taught:
Social Problems
Juvenile Delinquency
Police & Society
Intro to Sociology
Sociology of the Criminal Justice System
Corrections
www.travislinnemann.com
M.A., Sociology, Kansas State University, 2006
B.S., Sociology, Emporia State University, 1997
Subfields :
Gender & Criminology
Research Interests and Current Research:Punishment & social control, media, culture
Current Research:
Pushed to the Margins: Methamphetamine, Crime, and Exclusion beyond the Metropolis
Finding Demons: Locating the Criminal Other on a Musical Plane
Publications:
2009 Linnemann, Travis “Mad Men, Meth Moms, and Moral Panic: Gendering Meth Crimes in the Midwest” Conditional Accept- Critical Criminology
2009 Linnemann, Travis “Jody Miller: Gangs, Girls, Gender.” The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Francis T. Cullen and Pamela Wilcox, eds. Sage Publications. Forthcoming
2008 Williams, L. Susan and Travis Linnemann “Scripting an Enemy: Portrayals of Arab Terrorists in American Film” forthcoming in Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film, Kathy Felty and Jean-Anne Sutherland eds. Sage Publications
2008 Linnemann, Travis “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court-Level Racial Threat” The Journal of Crime and Justice Vol. 31 No. 2
2008 Kurtz, Don L, Travis Linnemann and Ryan Spohn “Investigating Racial Disparity at the Detention Decision: The Role of Respectability” The Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 5, No. 2
2006 Kurtz, Don, L. and Travis Linnemann. “Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: Evaluating Strength Based Treatments for At-Risk Youth” Western Criminology Review 7(1), 9–19 (2006)
Grants and Awards:
2009 Pending: NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, Pushed to the Margins: Methamphetamine, Crime, and Inequality in Rural Kansas. ($7,588.00)
2008 First Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, American Society of Criminology, Division of Critical Criminology
2008 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, American Society of Criminology Division of People of Color and Crime
2008 Fellow, Summer Institute on Youth Violence Prevention, Southern California Academic Center of Excellence, University of California, Riverside and the Center on Culture, Immigration, and Youth Violence Prevention, University of California, Berkeley ($1,000.00)
2008 Significant Achievement in Research Award, Kansas State University Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
2007, 2008 Graduate Student Council, Graduate Student Research/Professional Meeting Award-Kansas State University
2007 First Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Midwest Criminal Justice Association
2007 First Place, Graduate School Research Forum, Social Sciences Division-Kansas State University
2004 First Place, Graduate School Research Forum, Social Sciences Division-Kansas State University (w/Don Kurtz)
Conference Presentations:
Invited Presentations
2009 “Mediated Methamphetamine: Constructing the New Welfare Queen” International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies Conference, Indiana State University
2009 “Community Response to Child Abuse and Neglect” Sexual Assault, Legal, Medical, and Community Issues sponsored by Kansas State University Women’s Center.
2008 “The American Incarceration Binge: Considerations for Court Involved Youth” Manhattan public in-service forum sponsored by Sunflower CASA, Manhattan, Ks.
2007 “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court Level Racial Threat” Midwest Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois *invited/winner Graduate Student Paper Competition
2007 “The Untold Tale: Mass Incarceration, the Drug War, and Racial Justice” with Gabriel Sayegh (Drug Policy Alliance) Zachary Norris (Ella Baker Center for Human Rights) and Peter Wagner (Prison Policy Initiative) Kansas State University and Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice, Kansas State University
2007 “Strengths-Based Youth Work: Exploring an Alternative Paradigm of Juvenile Offender Supervision” (with Don Kurtz) Kansas Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Topeka, Ks
2006 “Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System” Kansas Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Topeka, Ks
2005 “DMC Reduction Efforts in the State of Kansas” Kansas Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice Topeka, Ks.
2005 “DMC, the RRI and Beyond: An examination of risk factors influencing juvenile detention decisions.” Kansas Association of Court Services Officers; Wichita, Ks.
Presentations
2008 “Mad Men, Meth Moms, and Moral Panic: Gendering Meth Crimes in the Midwest” American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, Mo
2008 “An Assessment of Cross-National Variation in Rates of Incarceration” American Society of Criminology annual meeting, St. Louis, Mo (w/Ryan Spohn)
2008 “Mad Men, Meth Moms, and Moral Panic: Gendering Meth Crimes in the Midwest” Crime and Popular Culture Conference, Warrensburg, Mo.
2008 “Social Dynamite and Social Control: A Preliminary Examination of Cross-National Variation in Incarceration” (w/Ryan Spohn) The Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting, St. Louis, Mo.
2007 “Investigating the Influences of Social Support and Coercion on Three Forms of Delinquency” (w/Don Kurtz) American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Atlanta, Ga.
2007 “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court-Level Racial Threat” The Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois
2007 “Enemies at the Gate: Toward a Theory of Court-Level Racial Threat” 12th Annual Kansas State University Graduate Research Forum
2006 “Pygmalion in the Courtroom: The Consequences of Biased Expectations in Criminal Justice Decision Making.” American Society of Criminology annual meetings Los Angeles, California
2006 Discussant “Sociology of Sex Offenses and Offenders.” The Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings Omaha, Nebraska.
2006 “Urban Problems and Rural Fear: The Constructed Reality of Minority Crime in Rural Settings” Midwest Sociological Society annual meetings Omaha, Nebraska
2005 “Disproportionate Minority Contact: An Examination of Extra-legal Factors in Juvenile Justice Case Processing.” American Society of Criminology annual meetings Toronto, Canada
2004 “DMC, the RRI and Beyond: An examination of the risk factors influencing juvenile detention decisions.” 10th Annual Graduate Research Forum, Kansas State University.
2004 “Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: An Evaluation of Strength Based Probation with Juvenile Offenders.” American Society of Criminology annual meeting, Nashville, Tennessee (with Don Kurtz)
2004 “An Examination of Juvenile Intensive Probation Practices: The Impact of Juvenile Surveillance Tactics on Juvenile Offender Recidivism.” Midwest Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (with Don Kurtz)
2004 “Improving Probation Through Client Strengths: An Evaluation of Strengths-Based Probation with Juvenile Offenders.” 9th Annual Graduate Research Forum, Kansas State University. (with Don Kurtz)
Courses Taught:
Social Problems
Juvenile Delinquency
Police & Society
Intro to Sociology
Sociology of the Criminal Justice System
Corrections
www.travislinnemann.com
