Dr. Franklin "Frank" Wilson

Dr. Franklin "Frank" Wilson
Associate Professor
School of Criminology and Security Studies
Arts and Sciences, College of
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Education

  • Ph.D. - Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University - 2006
  • M.S. - Criminal Justice, Eastern Kentucky University - 2000
  • B.A. - Criminal Justice, Ohio University - 1993

Professional Webpage

http://www.indstate.edu/ccj/facultystaff/wilson.html

Awards and Honors

  • Named One of the Top 20 Influencers in Criminology - 2020
  • Named one of the Top Criminology and Criminal Justice Professors on Twitter - 2017
  • State of Opportunity in America Summit Invitee - 2019

Licensures and Certifications

Teaching Interests

  • Crime and Media Studies, Race & Justice, and the History of Punishment and Corrections.

Intellectual Contributions

  • Cultivating police use of force perceptions through cinema: Maintaining the racial divide?. - The Journal of Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society - 2019
  • Symbolically Annihilating Female Police Officer Capabilities: Cultivating Gendered Police Use of Force Expectations? - Women & Criminal Justice - 2019
  • Crime and Media Studies: Diversity of Method, Medium, and Communication - Cognella, San Diego, California - 2015
  • The depiction of female municipal police officers in the first four decades of the core cop film genre: "Its a man's world" - Women & Criminal Justice - Routledge (Taylor and Francis), London - 2014
  • Hollywood, The Police, and Our Selves - Huffington Post - 2015

Presentations

  • African American City Police Officers are Good for Comedic Entertainment Only – At Least That’s What the Movies Tell Us. Annual Meeting of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, 2014.
  • Researching the Largest Prison Graveyard in the United States. Center for Crime, Law and Justice Siminar, 2019.
  • Stories from Peckerwood Hill: Exploring the History of Mass Incarceration and Punishment in the United States Through Its Largest Prison Cemetery. University of Westminster Criminology Speaker Series, 2018.
  • Exonerating Red Wing: The Posthumous Investigation of a Circus Performer. Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology , 2019.
  • Prisoner of Peckerwood Hill: Examining Mass Incarceration and Punishment Through Its Largest Prison Cemetery. Annual Skeletons, Stories, & Social Bodies Conference, 2018.

Contract, Fellowship, Grant or Sponsored Research

  • Grant: Hoosier First Grant - Indiana State University - 2014. Funded - $2,200

Research Interests

  • Research interests include entertainment media depictions of law enforcement officers, crime, race, and gender and its impact on public perceptions. Also researching and writing a book on the largest prison cemetery in the United States and also writing two additional books stemming from the cemetery research. Other areas of research and publication interests include Socioeconomic Class Issues, Public & Prison Health Issues, and Death Penalty Issues.

University Service

  • Role: Member - Human Rights Day Committee 2017
  • Role: Member - Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee 2021 - 2023
  • Role: Member - Indiana State University Speaker Series Committee 2021

Professional Service

  • Role: Member - Criminal Justice Research Alliance 2016
  • Role: Board of Directors of a Company - Center for Media & Celebrity Studies 2017
  • Role: Program Coordinator - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 2016 - 2017
  • Role: Chairperson - Founder and Chair of the International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference 2008 - 2014
  • Role: Board of Directors of a Company - CRIMCAST 2009

Public/Community Service

  • Role: Member - Vigo County Drug Court Advisory Board 2018 - 2020