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Susan Kunkle

Susan Kunkle

Sociology
Associate Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
205 Merrill Hall 
Contact Information
Email:
skunkle [at] kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-8359

Biography

Teaching and Research Interests:

Women in Crime & Justice

Correctional Institutions

Community Corrections

Issues in Law & Society

Youth and the Justice System

LGBTQ Populations in the Justice System

Education

PhD. Kent State University, 2012

Book

McNeal, R., Kunkle, S., & Schmeida, M. (2018). Cyber Harassment in a Digital Age: Emerging Research and Opportunity. Hershey, PA: IGI Global DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5285-7

Publications

McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Schmeida, M. (2021). Community Programs: Local School Boards and Anti-Bullying Programs. In Management Association, I. (Ed.), Research Anthology on School Shootings, Peer Victimization, and Solutions for Building Safer Educational Institutions (pp. 489-503). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch023

McNeal, R. S., Schmeida, M., Bryan, L. D., & Kunkle, S. M. (2020). State-Level Policy Response to Mass Shootings: A Timeseries Analysis. In G. Crews (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence (pp. 397-417). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch022

McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Schmeida, M. (2020). Legislative Response to Cyber Aggression: Federal and State-Local Policy Reform. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Developing Safer Online Environments for Children: Tools and Policies for Combating Cyber Aggression (pp. 206-229). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1684-3.ch009

McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Schmeida, M. (2019). Policing Online Aggression: Policy Solutions and Challenges. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 80-98). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch004

McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Bryan, L. D. (2017). State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 59-79). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch004 

McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Bryan, L. D. (2016) State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem. In G. Crews (Ed.), Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education (pp. 62-82).

Key Presentations:

“Women who Work as Correctional Officers”. Survey results presented at the International Corrections and Prisons Association Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 26-November 1, 2019.

Cyber Harassment in A Digital Age: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Lighting Talk: Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls: Threats and Violence, American Society of Criminology, November 2019, San Francisco, Calif.

What Good Professors Do. University Teaching Conference, October 2019. Kent State University, Kent, OH (with Rusty Schnellinger).

“Bullying in Cyberspace—Technology, Crime and State Response.” Paper presented at the Iowa Association of Political Scientists Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA, March 6-7, 2015 (with S. Kunkle and L. Dotterweich Bryan).

“Sentencing Schemes in a Selected Sample of Ohio Juvenile Courts.” Poster presented at  the Scholars in Action: the 2013 UNI Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative  Activity, Cedar Falls, IA, February 8, 2013 (with R. McNeal).

“Sentencing Decisions and Legislative Policy in the Juvenile Court.”  Paper presented at the Iowa Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Cedar Falls, IA, March 3, 2012 (with R. McNeal).

Service:

Board of Directors: Sisters of Charity Foundation, Canton, OH 

Past President: Project KARE Children’s Services, Stark County, OH  

Past Board Chair and Trustee for the Multi County Juvenile Attention System (A five county regional system of detention and rehabilitation services which is located in north central Ohio.)

Publications

  • McNeal, R., Kunkle, S., & Schmeida, M. (2018). Cyber Harassment in a Digital Age: Emerging Research and Opportunity. Hershey, PA: IGI Global DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5285-7
  • McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Bryan, L. D. (2016). State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 59-79). Hershey, PA: I
  • McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Bryan, L. D. State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem. In G. Crews (Ed.), Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education (pp. 62-82). 2016.
  • Kunkle, S. M. “Restitution” included in David Schultz, ed., Encyclopedia of American Law & Criminal Justice. NY: Facts on File, Inc. 2011.
  • Kunkle, S. M. “Status Offense” included in David Schultz, ed., Encyclopedia of American Law & Criminal Justice. NY: Facts on File, Inc. 2011.

Documents

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