Sociology and Criminology

Contact Dr. Christina Lanier
Office: SB 208-B
Phone: 910.962.7691
Email: lanierc@uncw.edu

2006 Ph.D. Sociology, University of Delaware

2000 M.A. Applied Sociology, University of Central Florida

1998 B.A. Sociology, University of Central Florida

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Specialty Areas

American Indian Victimization and Offending

Intimate Partner Violence

Program Evaluation

Substance Use and Abuse among College Students

Professional Associations

American Society of Criminology

Sociologist for Women in Society

American Evaluation Association

Alpha Phi Sigma Chapter Advisor

Current Research Projects

Patterns of Homicide and Suicide among American Indians

Social Dynamics of Rural and Urban IPV

Illicit Prescription Drug Use on Campus

IPV and Reasons for Return

Publications

• Lanier, Christina and Erin J. Farley. 2011. "What Matters Most? Assessing the Influence of Demographic Characteristics, College-Specific Risk Factors, and Poly-drug use on Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use." Journal of American College Health 59(8):721-727.
• Bachman, Ronet, Heather Zaykowski, Christina Lanier, Margarita Poteyeva, and Rachel Kallmyer. 2010. "Estimating the Magnitude of Rape and Sexual Assault Against American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Women." The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 43(2):199-222.
• Lanier, Christina and Michael O. Maume. 2009. "Intimate Partner Violence and Social Isolation Across the Rural/Urban Divide." Violence Against Women 15(11):1311-1330.
• Lanier, Christina. 2009. "Structure, Culture, and Leathality: An Integrated Model Approach to American Indian Suicide and Homicide." Homicide Studies 14(1):72-89.
• Bachman, Ronet, Heather Zaykowski, Rachel Kallmyer, Margarita Poteyeva, and Christina Lanier. 2008. "Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and the Criminal Justice Response: What is Known." US Department of Justice. (PDF)

Courses Taught

Graduate
Social Research Methods

Evaluation, Methods and Policy

Undergraduate
Introduction to Criminal Justice

Minorities, Crime and Criminal Justice Policy

Methods of Social Research

Research Methods in Criminal Justice