Dr. Steven J. Ellwanger received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice in 1993 and Master of Public Administration and Policy in 1999 from the University of Nevada, Reno.  In 2005, he earned his Doctorate in Criminal Justice from Washington State University. 

His dissertation involved the development and validation of a social-psychological scale allowing for an extension and simultaneous test of General Strain and Self-Control theory in the context of traffic delinquency. 

Dr. Ellwanger has a variety of teaching and research interests including Quantitative Methodology (Psychometric Theory, Structural Equation Modeling, and Meta-Analysis), Criminology, Justice Administration, Policing, and Institutional and Community-Based Corrections.

He has most recently published in the areas of constitutional protections against ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment, and the role of strain and self-control in young driver accidents and driving delinquency.

Dr. Ellwanger is Graduate Program Coordinator.

Contact information: ellwange@etsu.edu

Office: 201G Rogers-Stout Hall

Phone: (423) 439-4671

Fax: (423) 439-4660

 

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