CV

Specialty areas:
Criminology
Social Justice
Feminist Perspectives on Justice
Death Penalty
Abortion
Restorative Justice
Violence Against Women
Wrongful Convictions

Teaching Areas
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Introduction to Sociology
Restorative Justice
Qualitative Data Analysis
Victimology
Criminology
Social Justice

Recent Publications
Cook 2006
Westervelt Cook 2007
Westervelt and Cook 2008 Contexts Coping With Innocence
Podcast for Contexts

Current Research Interests:
Wrongful Convictions in Capital Cases
Shelters for Battered Women
Restorative Justice in Communities

Professional Associations:

Vice-President (2005-2006), Society for the Study of Social Problems
American Society of Criminology
            Division on Women and Crime
            Division of Critical Criminology
Sociologists for Women in Society
American Sociological Association
Southern Sociological Society
International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment
Editorial Board, Feminist Criminology