Victim Researcher Profile
STATE
Georgia
INSTITUTION
Fort Valley State University
TITLE
Professor and Department Head
EDUCATION
PhD
DISCIPLINE
Sociology and Demography
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
More than 20 years
BIO
Dr. Komanduri S. Murty, Professor and Head of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Fort Valley State University, is the author or co-author of over a dozen books including Poison Ivy: A Social Psychological Typology of Deviant Professors and Administrators in Higher Education (2010); more than 100 book chapters and articles which have appeared in numerous books and journals, including the Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster, Black America: A State-by-State Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of American Prisons, Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Encyclopedia of Great Black Migration, Intimate Violence; Journal of Race, Gender and Class; Criminal Justice Review, The Status of Black Atlanta, Studies in Symbolic Interactionism, Deviant Behavior, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Journal of Police Science Administration, Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Victimology, etc.; and, presented more than 90 articles at professional meetings—nationally and internationally. He served as professor and chairman of criminal justice and sociology for 25 years at Clark Atlanta University, where he received the 2005 Aldridge McMillan award for Outstanding Overall Achievement. He was the Visiting Fellow of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) in 2005; and the University Grants Commission (UGC) Visiting Professor of Criminal Justice at Andhra University, India, in 1996, where he earned his M.A. in Sociology in 1977. He also holds a two-year Diploma in Population Studies from the International Institute for Population Studies (sponsored by the United Nations) in 1979; and Ph.D. in Sociology (with a minor in Economics) from Mississippi State University in 1984.
VICTIMIZATION FOCUS
Bullying, Campus Sexual Assault, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Child Trafficking and Exploitation, Domestic and Family Violence, Gun Violence, Terrorism and Mass Violence
SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Formerly incarcerated victims, LGBTQ victims, Men and boys of color, Urban high crime neighborhood victims
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Data collection, Descriptive studies, Ethnography, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies
VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies
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