A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Amy Adamczyk

Amy Adamczyk

Professor of Sociology

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

InvestigatorResearch Affiliate

Office Address:

524 W. 59th Street, Department of Sociology, New York City 10019

Phone:

646-557-4695

Email:

aadamczyk@jjay.cuny.edu

Background

Education:

Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., Sociology, 2005
Graduate Center/Queens College, CUNY, M.A., Sociology, 2001
University of Chicago, M.A., Social Sciences, 2000
Hunter College, CUNY, M.A., Sociology,1998

Honors:

Best Paper of 2016 from the Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion
John Jay College Faculty Scholarly Excellence Award, 2016, 2012, 2009, 2008
John Jay College Midcareer Award, 2011
Donald E. J. MacNamara Junior Faculty Award, 2009
Donald MacNamara Award with Steven Stack and Liqun Cao for outstanding paper of the year published by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2008

Professional Experience:

Professor, Sociology Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Programs of Doctoral Studies in Sociology and Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2016-present
Interim Chair, Sociology Pogram, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Fall 2016
Associate Professor, Sociology Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Programs of Doctoral Studies in Sociology and Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2011-2016
Assistant Professor, Program of Doctoral Studies in Sociology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2010-2011
Assistant Professor, Program of Doctoral Studies in Criminal Justice, Graduate Center, CUNY, 2008-2011
Assistant Professor, Sociology Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 2007-2011
Assistant Professor, Sociology Program, Wayne State University, 2005-2007

Researcher on START Projects

Computational Modeling of Grievances and Political Instability Through Global Media

September 2014 to September 2019

Radicalization Clusters? Geographic Concentrations of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the United States

October 2010 to December 2011

The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database

March 2009 to September 2019

U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism

October 2010 to February 2014

Selected Publications

Using Google and Twitter to Measure, Validate and Understand Views about Religion across Africa (Journal Article)

The Impact of the Boston Marathon Bombings on Willingness to Cooperate With the Police (Journal Article)

Religiosity and Reactions to Terrorism (Journal Article)

Investigating the Applicability of Macro-Level Criminology Theory to Terrorism: A County-Level Analysis (Journal Article)

U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Research Highlight (Research Brief)

The Relationship Between Hate Groups and Far-Right Ideological Violence (Journal Article)

U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Reporting Terrorism-related Activity (Research Brief)

Report: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings (START Reports)

Research Highlight: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings (Research Brief)

Research Highlight: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Research Brief)

U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism (START Reports)

Examining the Relationship between General Social Survey (GSS) Measures and Far-Right Ideological Violence: A County-Level Analysis (START Reports)

Examining the Relationship between the Presence of Hate Groups and the Presence of Violent Far-Right Perpetrators at the County Level (START Reports)

News References

Cohesion amidst the chaos of public opinion (News)

New report examines likelihood of people reporting terrorism-related activity (Featured Research)

START study examines U.S. attitudes, beliefs before and after the Boston Marathon bombings (Featured Research)

START Investigators Present Research at National Conference (Featured Research)

START Responds to White House Report on Preventing Violent Extremism (Featured Research)