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Jonathan Gust
Director of Media Relations
(610) 519-6508
jonathan.gust@villanova.edu

Kathleen Scavello
Assistant Director of Media Relations
(610) 519-6733
kathleen.scavello@villanova.edu

Kate Johnston
Assistant Director of Media Relations (Villanova School of Law)
(610) 519-8333
kate.johnston@villanova.edu

Kiera Daly
Media Relations Specialist (610) 519-7357
kiera.daly@villanova.edu

Emily Walsh
Media Relations Coordinator
(610) 519-5152
emily.walsh@villanova.edu

Media Relations E-mail
media.relations@villanova.edu

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Faculty Experts - Allison Ann Payne, Ph.D.

Allison Ann Payne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Area of Expertise:

Crime and Delinquency Prevention
School-Based Prevention
Criminological Theory
Juvenile Delinquency

Summary

Preventing school violence has become a top priority for educators in the wake of a rising tide of tragic events in recent years such as the Columbine High School and Virginia Tech shootings. Dr. Payne is the expert to turn to for stories on why juveniles and students lash out violently in school settings and what is being done to stop further trauma and bloodshed. She can also speak to issues related to juvenile delinquency.

Education

Ph.D., University of Maryland
M.A., University of Maryland
B.A., University of Maryland

Selected Publications

Payne, Allison Ann, School Community and Disorder, LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2004.
Payne, Allison Ann, "Do Predictors of the Implementation Quality of School-Based Prevention Programs Differ by Program Type?" Prevention Science, 10, 2, 2009.
Payne, Allison Ann, "A Multilevel Model of the Relationships Among Communal School Disorder, Student Bonding, and Delinquency," Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45, 4, 429-455, 2008.
Payne, Allison Ann, and Salotti, Steven, "A Test of Social Control versus Social Learning in the Prediction of College Crime," Deviant Behavior, 28, 6.
Payne, Allison Ann, Gottfredson, Denise C., and Gottfredson, Gary D., "Predictors of the Implementation Quality of School-Based Prevention Programs: Results from a National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools," Prevention Science, 7, 2.
Payne, Allison Ann, and Ronald Eckert (2009). "The Relative Importance of Provider, Program, School, and Community Predictors of the Implementation Quality of School-Based Prevention Programs." Prevention Science.
Payne, Allison Ann (2009). "Girls, Boys, and Schools: Gender Differences in the Relationships between School-Related Factors and Student Deviance." Criminology,47, 4.

Selected Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, The College of New Jersey
Visiting Lecturer, The University of Pennsylvania
Consultant, South River High School
Project Director, The University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Instructor, The University of Maryland

About Villanova
Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University's five colleges – the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing and the Villanova University School of Law. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.

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