Address: Sociology Dept, University of La Verne, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750
Phone: 909-593-3511 x4476
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://erniethomson.com
EDUCATION
1991 Ph.D. in Sociology The University of California at Santa Barbara
1977 M.A. in Sociology The University of Texas at El Paso
1973 B.A. in Sociology The University of Texas at El Paso
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2007 - Professor, Sociology/Criminology, University of La Verne
2001 - 2007 Associate Professor, Sociology/Criminology, University of La Verne
1998 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Sociology/Criminology, University of Houston Clear Lake
1992 - 1998 Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, Arizona State University West
1990 - 1992 Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology/Justice Studies, Arizona State University West
COURSES TAUGHT
The Death Penalty, Criminology, The Criminal Justice System, Correctional Systems, Social Change, Law and Social Control, Sociology of Law, Research Methods, Introductory Sociology, Senior Thesis, Social Psychology, Social Issues/Social Problems.
Online courses: Criminology, Criminal Justice System, Correctional Systems.
PUBLICATIONS
2000-2008 http://erniethomson.com Website supporting my classes and research projects.
2008 "Using Faculty-owned Websites: Why and How to do it" Perspectives 38:1, pp. 203-210.
2005 "Show Trials and Sham Trials: Inadequate Representation at Trial in Capital Cases" in Professing Humanist Sociology (Fifth Edition) edited by Glenn A. Goodwin and Martin D. Schwartz, American Sociological Association, pp. 47-53.
2004 The Discovery of the Materialist Conception of History in the Writings of the Young Karl Marx, NY:Mellen Press.
1999 "Effects of an Execution on Homicides in California" Homicide Studies 3:2, 129-150.
1997 "Discrimination and the Death Penalty in Arizona" Criminal Justice Review 22:1, 65-76.
1997 "Deterrence vs. Brutalization: The Case of Arizona" Homicide Studies 1:2, 110-128.
1997 "Death Penalty," "Gregg v. Georgia," and "Lynch Law" in Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia edited by Frank Schmalleger, Greenwood Press:Westport, CN, pp. 69-71, 109-110, 147-148 (signed encyclopedia articles).
1995 The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle, James W. Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, & Jonathan R. Sorensen. Criminal Justice Review 20:1, 100-102 (book review).
1995 Unequal Justice, Coramae Ritchie Mann. Women and Criminal Justice 7:1, 103-107 (book review).
1994 �Just Another Simi Valley Jury: The Supreme Court and the Death Penalty� Philosophical Forum 26:1, 78-83 (co-author Jerry R. Osburn).
1994 �The Sparks that Dazzle Rather than Illuminate: A New Look at Marx's 'Theses on Feuerbach'� Nature, Society, and Thought 7:3, 299-323.
1992 Foundations of Social Theory, James S. Coleman. International Review of Modern Sociology 2:1, 115-116 (book review).
1991 �Marx, Feuerbach, and Alienation: A New Look at an Old Question� Nature, Society, and Thought 4:1-2, 167-182.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2000 Patterns of Death Sentencing Discrimination $3,200 awarded
Summer grant in support of a research project on patterns of discrimination in death sentencing ($2,000) plus a travel grant ($1,200) to present a paper based on this project at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting in Washington, DC in April, 2001. Grants awarded by the University of Houston Clear Lake School of Humanities and Human Sciences.
1997 The Real Death Penalty $625 awarded
Grant in support of development of a proposal for a book on the death penalty. Awarded by the Arizona State University West College of Human Services Partnership for Community Development (development of proposal interrupted by job change and relocation in 1998).
1995 Deterrence vs. Brutalization: The Case of Arizona $5,500 awarded
Grant in support of an empirical research project. Awarded by the Arizona State University West Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activities Committee. An article based on this research was published in Homicide Studies in 1997 and a follow-up article using California data appeared in Homicide Studies in 1999.
1994 The Death Penalty and Discrimination in Arizona $5,500 awarded
Grant in support of a research project. Awarded by the Arizona State University Faculty Grant-In-Aid Program. An article resulting from this research appeared in Criminal Justice Review in 1997.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Faculty-owned Websites: How and Why to do it, National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, 2008
Death Penalty Discrimination: Myth or Reality? Pacific Sociological Association, Pasadena, California, 2003.
Show Trials and Sham Trials: Inadequate Representation in Capital Trials, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Anaheim, California, 2002.
Patterns of Death Sentencing Discrimination, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, DC, 2001. (Note: update of paper presented in 1997).
Effects of Executions on Homicides: Basic Patterns, American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, 1998.
Discrimination and the Death Penalty in California, American Society of Criminology, San Diego, 1997.
Discrimination in Death Sentencing: Basic Patterns, Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, 1997.
One Bite at the Apple: The Politics of Death Penalty Appeals, American Sociological Association, NYC, 1996.
Discrimination and the Death Penalty: Current State of the Research, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, 1996.
Some Characteristics of Pre-Furman Executions in the United States, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, 1996.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/ACTIVITIES
American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Pacific Sociological Association
Homicide Research Working Group
Capital Punishment Research Group
American Journal of Criminal Justice, Manuscript Reviewer
Homicide Studies, Manuscript Reviewer