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Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University Autumn 2007- Present
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 2007. The Ohio State University; Thesis Title: The Challenges of Political Conflict: A Cross-National Analysis of Terrorist Violence and Socio-Political Crisis
M.A., 1999, Sociology, The Ohio State University; Thesis Title: The Structural Determinants Of The Global Adoption Of The Internet: An Ecological Model Of Post-Industrialization
B.A. with Honors in Sociology and Philosophy, 1996, Hardin-Simmons University.
PUBLICATIONS / WORKS ACCEPTED:
Robison,Kristopher K. and Daniel Ridenour. 2012. “Whither the Love of Hunting?Explaining the Decline of a Major form of Rural Recreation as a Consequence ofthe Rise of Virtual Entertainment and Urbanism” Human Dimensions of Wildlife 17(6). (Refereed)
Robison, Kristopher K. 2010."Terror’s True Nightmare? Reevaluating the Consequences of Terrorism on DemocraticGovernance" Terrorism and Political Violence 22(1): 62-86. (Refereed)
Robison, Kristopher K. 2010.“Unpacking the Social Origins of Terrorism: the Role of Women’s Empowerment inReducing Terrorism.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 33(8). (Refereed)
Robison, Kristopher K. and Edward M.Crenshaw. 2010. "Reevaluating the Global Digital Divide: Socio-Demographicand Conflict Barriers to the Internet Revolution." Sociological Inquiry80(1). (Refereed)
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K.Robison. 2010. "The Sociodemographic Determinants of Economic Growth:Age-Structure, Preindustrial Heritage, and Sociolinguistic Integration." SocialForces. 88(5): 2217-2240. (Refereed)
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K.Robison. 2009. "Political Violence asan Object of Study: the Need for Taxonomic Clarity,” in The Handbook of Politics, ed. by Kevin Leict and J. Craig Jenkins(Springer Publishers, 2009) (Refereed)
Robison,Kristopher K., Edward M. Crenshaw and J. Craig Jenkins. 2006."Ideologies of Violence: The Social Origins of Islamist and LeftistTransnational Terrorism." SocialForces. 84(4):2027-2046. (Refereed)
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2006.“Globalization and the Digital Divide: The Roles of Structural Conduciveness and Global Connection in Internet Diffusion.” Social Science Quarterly. 87(1): 191-207. (Refereed)
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2006. “Jump Starting the InternetRevolution: How Global Connections Help the Diffusion of the Internet.” Journal of the Association of InformationSystems. Special Issue on the Digital Divide. 7(1): 3. (Refereed)
Robison,Kristopher K. and Edward M. Crenshaw. 2002. “Cyber-Space andPost-Industrial Transformations: A Cross-National Analysis of InternetDevelopment.” Social Science Research31(3): 334-363. (Refereed)
Crenshaw, Edward M., Paxton, Pamela, Robison, Kristopher K., Morishima, Rumi. 2004. Westernization Comparative Panel Dataset, 1975-1995. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. www.icpsr.umich.edu
Paxton, Pamela, Crenshaw, Edward M., Morishima, Rumi, Robison, Kristopher K.. 2004. Globalization Comparative Panel Dataset, 1975-1995. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. www.icpsr.umich.edu
GRANTS:
“Collaborative Research: Terrorism as Theater: Political Violence as Communication.” National Science Foundation Awarded 2009. Award# 0854256. Accepted January 2009. PIs Kristopher K. Robison, Edward M.Crenshaw, J. Craig Jenkins. (Refereed)
PIs Jonathan Wilkenfield, Victor Asal, Edward M. Crenshaw, Gary LaFree, Venkatramanan S. Subrahmanian. Project consultant Kristopher K. Robison. 2008-2010. “The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations." NSF-HSD Project University of Maryland. (Refereed)
REVISE AND RESUBMIT:
Crenshaw, Edward, Kristopher K. Robison and J. Craig Jenkins. 2011.“All The World’s A Stage: Contentious Politics, Mass Media and Global Civil Society” Revise and Resubmission at the American Journal of Sociology. (Refereed)
PAPERS IN PROCESS:
Robison, Kristopher K.
"Terrorism and the Escalation of Violence: When does Terrorism lead to Civil War?" (Revising)
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
Robison, Kristopher K. 2011 “The Death of Rural Tourism? Explaining the Decline of American Interest in Hunting.” Submitted to the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 20-24, Las Vegas NV.
Crenshaw, Edward, Kristopher K. Robison, and J. Craig Jenkins. 2011.“All the World‟s a Stage: Contentious Politics, Mass Media, and Global Civil Society.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 20-24, Las Vegas NV.
Crenshaw, Edward, Kristopher K. Robison, and J. Craig Jenkins. 2011.“The Organizational Ecology of Terror: How Local, National, and Supranational Environments Influence the Longevity of Terrorist Organizations.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 20-24, Las Vegas NV.
Robison, Kristopher K. 2010 “When Terror (Doesn't) Hit Home: Distinguishing the Determinants of Domestic and Foreign Terrorism.” Accepted for presentation at the World Congress of Sociology/International Sociological Association, July, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Robison, Kristopher and Edward Crenshaw. 2010. “Setting the Stage: How the Media Encourages Terrorism.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of The Midwestern Sociological Society, March 31-April 4 Chicago IL (2010)
Robison, Kristopher K. 2009. “Whither Postmodernism? Understanding the Demise of Postmodern Theory in Sociological Scholarship and Pedagogy.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, March, Des Moines, Iowa.
Robison, Kristopher K. 2009. “Women’s Empowerment and Political Violence? Evaluating the Negative Relationship between Cross-National Indicators of Women in the Workforce and Terrorist Violence.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, March, Des Moines, Iowa.
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2008.“The Sociodemographic Determinants of Economic Growth: Age-Structure, Preindustrial Heritage, and Sociolinguistic Integration.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, Boston, Massachusetts.
Robison, Kristopher K. 2008. “Why is Terrorism Consequential? The role of Terrorism in Crisis and Fear” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society Presentation, March, St. Louis, Missouri.
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2007. "The “Roots” of Transnational Terrorism: A Replication and Extension of Burgoon" Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, New York, New York.
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2007. "Economic Development and Demography" Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, New York, New York.
Robison, Kristopher K.2007."The Variety of Terror: Analytic Differences between Ethno-separatist, Religious and Leftist Terrorism." Presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association Meeting. March, Chicago, Illinois.
Robison, Kristopher K.2006. “Civil and State Terrorism: Terrorism’s Effects on States’ Respect for Human Rights” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, Montreal, CA.
Jenkins, J. Craig, Kristopher K. Robison and Edward M. Crenshaw. 2004.
“New Civilizational War? International Terrorism in the Middle East, 1968-2002.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, San Francisco, California.
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2004.“Globalization and the Digital Divide: The Roles of Structural Conduciveness and Global Connection in Internet Diffusion.” Paper presented at the MISCR-CRITO Digital Divide Symposium, August, University of Minnesota.
Crenshaw, Edward, Pamela Paxton, Rumi Morishima and Kristopher K. Robison. 2003. “Measuring Globalization: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Multidimensional Concept.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, Atlanta, Georgia.
Crenshaw, Edward M. and Kristopher K. Robison. 2002. "Demography and Development." Ohio-State Initiative in Population Research Seminar, January, Columbus, Ohio.
Robison, Kristopher K. and Edward M. Crenshaw. 2002. “Global Diffusion of the Internet: the Impact of Urban Primacy and Proto-Modernity.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, Chicago, Illinois.
Robison, Kristopher K. and Edward M. Crenshaw. 2000.“Cyber-Space and Post-Industrial Transformations” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, August, Washington, D.C.
Robison, Kristopher K. 2000. “Cyber-Space and Post-Industrial Transformations: A Cross-National Analysis of Internet Development” with Professor Edward M. Crenshaw for Departmental Seminar, March, Columbus, Ohio.
PRESENTATIONS:
Robison, Kristopher K. Inter-departmental Law, Crime and Social Justice Brown Bag, November 2009. Presentation entitled "Shooting our Feet? A Cross-National Study of the Pernicious Effects of Aggressive Counter-Terrorism."
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Courses taught at Northern Illinois University:
Sociology 302: “Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory” (autumn 2007-Autumn 2011; summer 2012)
Sociology 301: “Classical Social and Sociological Theory” (spring 2010; spring 2012)
Sociology 377B: “Sociological Inquiry II (Quantitative Research Methods)” (autumn 2011)
Sociology 495: “Proseminar in Terrorism and Political Violence” (autumn 2008; spring 2011; spring 2012)
Courses taught at The Ohio State University:
Sociology 597.01: “Contemporary World Societies: Global Issues and Globalization” (Spring 2003).
Sociology 597.01: “Contemporary World Societies: Issues of Terror and Terrorism” (winter and spring 2005).
Sociology 367.01: “Urban Sociology” (spring 2006).
Project Manager, Political Violence Research Group, Department of Sociology (Summer 2006-Summer 2007)
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology and Mershon International Center for Professors Edward M. Crenshaw and Pamela M Paxton. (Summer 2004 to Autumn 2004).
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology and Mershon International Center for Professors Edward M. Crenshaw and Craig Jenkins. (Summer and Autumn 2005)
AWARDS:
Mershon International Studies Center Grant for Terrorism and Socio-Political Outcomes 2004
Ohio State Sociology Departmental Summer Publishing Fellowship 2006
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:
Research Interests
Globalization and development
Internationalization of telecommunications technology and usage
Cross-national, comparative research
Political violence, International Terrorism
Macro-social theory
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Collective Action/Social Movements; Conflict and Political Violence
Globalization and Development
Theories of Social Change
Demography
Contemporary and Classical Social Theory
Quantitative Research Methods
HONORS:
“Best Master’s Student” Department of Sociology 2000
Entrance and Acceptance to Compete in the Graduate Research Forum at Ohio State University (April 2000)
MEMBERSHIPS:
ASA
Midwestern Sociological Society
CITSA (Communications and Information Technologies Section of ASA)
Peace, War and Social Conflict Section, ASA
Evolution and Society Section, ASA
REFERENCES: (available upon request)
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