Department / Division
- Sociology
- Social Science Research Center
- African American Studies
- Criminology
Title
- Professor
Contact
Email: dmay@soc.msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-7877
Overview
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology, Mississippi State University, 1997
- Master of Science (M.S.), Sociology, Mississippi State University, 1994
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Criminal Justice, University of North Alabama, 1992
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology, University of North Alabama, 1992
Publications
Book
- Fear of Crime in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and Contradictions. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. 2014
Book, Chapter
- “Desistance from Crime during Reintegration.” . Female Offender and Reentry: Pathways and Barriers to Returning to Society. Ed. Lisa Carter and Catherine D. Marcum. New York, NY, US: Routledge. 308-329. 2018
Conference Paper
- He Can Read Your Mind: Perceptions of a Character-Guessing Robot. 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2017). 2017
- Simulating Group Formations that Arise in Pedestrian Traffic. IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2017. 2017
Conference Proceeding
- Simulating Group Formations that Arise in Pedestrian Traffic. IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings. Page 133–138. 2017
- Moving toward an intelligent interactive social engagement framework for information gathering. . Pages 21-26. 2017
- Using robots to interview children about bullying: Lessons learned from an exploratory study. . Pages 712-717. 2016
- Simulation of Pedestrian Group Behavior. Proc. of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conf., Anaheim, CA. 2016
Journal Article
- Understanding Responses to Bullying from the Parent Perspective. Frontier in Education, Educational Psychology Section. Volume 6, Page 181. 2021
- Social Contagion in Bullying: an Examination of Strains and Types of Bullying Victimization in Peer Networks. American Journal of Criminal Justice. Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 748-769. 2021
- Helmet Prototype Response Time Assessment using NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Football Athletes. International Journal of Kinesiology & Sports Science. Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 53-65. 2019
- User Expectation of Privacy in Robot Assisted Therapy. Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics. Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 140-159. 2019
- Are Black Robots Like Black People? Examining How Negative Stigmas about Race Are Applied to Colored Robots. Sociological Inquiry. Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 626-648. 2018
- Understanding Human Response to the Presence and Actions of Unmanned Ground Vehicle Systems in Field Environment. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 325-336. 2018
- Strategies to Combat Bullying: Parental Responses to Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims. Youth & Society. Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 358-376. 2018
- Do School Resource Officers Really Refer Juveniles to the Juvenile Justice System for Less Serious Offenses?. Criminal Justice Policy Review . Volume 29, Pages 89-105. 2018
- Simulation modeling of pedestrian behavior in the presence of unmanned mobile robots. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. Volume 75, Pages 96-112. 2017
- Survey of Factors for the Prediction of Human Comfort with a Non-anthropomorphic Robot in Public Spaces. International Journal of Social Robotics. Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 165-180. 2017
- To be committed or not: Examining effects of personal and workplace variables on the organizational commitment of Southern prison staff. Criminal Justice Studies. Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 223-239. 2017
- “Rural/Urban Differences in Inmate Perceptions of the Punitiveness of Prison: Does Having Children Make Prison More Punitive?. Journal of Rural Social Sciences. Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 35-61. 2016
- Predicting adolescent fear of crime through the lens of general strain theory. Sociological Focus. Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 172-189. 2015
Published Abstract
- Recollections of Childhood Bullying. Annual Meetings of the Southern Criminal Justice Association. 2021
- Who Do Children Like to be Interviewed By? Robots or Humans. Alabama/Mississippi Sociological Association Meetings. 2019
Presentations
Oral Presentation
- "Using virtual environments to better measure fear of crime." 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, , Chicago, IL. 2022
- "Developing Training and Solutions to Deal with Trauma among Corrections Officers." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences , Las Vegas, NV. 2021
Paper
- "“The Relationship Between “Soldiering On” and Prison Experiences: Do Veteran Inmates Find Prison Less Punitive than Non-Veterans?”." Southern Criminal Justice Association , Southern Criminal Justice Association , New Orleans, LA. 2017