ADAM D JACOBS
1205 E Mifflin St #3
Madison WI 53703
608.661.5194
Education
PhD: Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, degree expected August 2009.
Dissertation: "Poker Calls and Tobacco Leaves: The Changing Regulation of Risky Behavior"
Qualifying exam in Comparative and Historical Sociology - passed with distinction, August 2006
Qualifying exam in Law and Society - January 2006
University of Michigan ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social
Research: Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics,
Summer 2007
MS: Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2005.
Thesis: "High on the Agenda: The Mysterious Disappearance of Marijuana Decriminalization, 1975-1983."
BA: Mathematics and Economics. Carleton College Northfield, MN, June 2000
Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board Society, Ada M Harrison Prize in Economics, Dean's List.
Research Interests
Regulation of malum prohibitum behaviors and limits to choice in law
Conceptualization, categorization and treatment of addiction
Role of sin taxes and casino gambling in economic development
Cross-national vice control policy
Peer Reviewed Publications
"Acid Redux: Revisiting LSD Use in Therapy," forthcoming in Contemporary Justice Review, 10(4) 2007
Chapters and Reviews
Review of Catherine Carstairs, Jailed for Possession: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation and Power in Canada, 1920-1961 in Social History of Alcohol and Drugs 21(1)
"Resistance to Drug Laws," Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, SAGE Press, Gary Anderson and Kathryn Herr, editors. Forthcoming 2007.
"American Drug Law since 1975," book chapter for Repressive Injustice: Political and Social Processes in the Massive Incarceration of African Americans, Pamela E. Oliver and James E. Yocom, Rose Monograph Series, expected publication 2007.
Published Conference Abstract: "Action or Reaction? Roles of Pharmacy Boards in Promoting Immunization." Mount J, Slez A, Jacobs A, Chamnanmoh S. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association March/April 2005, 45(2).
Papers Under Preparation
"High on the Agenda: The Disappearance of Marijuana Decriminalization, 1975-1983" for submission to Social Problems.
"The Convergence of Criminology and Comparative/Historical Sociology," for submission to Criminology.
"Looking for Action: The Poker Boom and Late Modern Life" for submission to Sociological Theory.
Honors and Awards
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) 2006 Lindesmith Award, for best paper in Law and Society by a graduate student or untenured professor.
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) 2006 Honorable Mention (2nd place) from Drinking and Drugs Division paper contest.
Honors on preliminary exam in Comparative and Historical Sociology, 2006.
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Mortar Board, Ada M. Harrison Prize in Economics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
Grants and Funding
Institute for Humane Studies Humane Studies Fellowship, 2007-08
Gerald Ford Foundation Research Grant for travel to Gerald Ford Presidential Library, 2005.
American Institute for the History of Pharmacy Grant-in-Aid for thesis research, 2005.
American Sociological Association Student Forum Award, travel expenses to 2005 annual meeting
Sociology Department Small Grant for Research for travel expenses for thesis research, 2004, 2006.
Conference Participation
"What Criminology Can Learn From Comparative/Historical Sociology," accepted for presentation at the American Society of Criminology 2007 annual meeting
Session Organizer, Society for the Study of Social Problems 2007 Annual Meeting, Law and Society Division, "History, Sociology and the Law,"
"Envisioning Legal Vice Economies," accepted for presentation at Society for the Study of Social Problems 2007 Annual Meeting, Drugs and Drinking division
"Systems of Vice: Health, Crime and the Changing Regulation of Risky Behaviors," Law and Society Midwest Retreat, Madison, WI September 2006.
Moderator and Discussant, "Framing Disputes Through a Socio-Legal Lens," Law and Society Midwest Retreat, Madison, WI, September 2006.
"The Control of Consciousness," American Sociological Association annual meetings, Montreal, Quebec, August 2006.
"Revisiting LSD Use in Therapy," Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meetings, Montreal, Quebec, August 2006.
"High on the Agenda: The Mysterious Disappearance of Marijuana Decriminalization, 1975-83," Law and Society Association annual meetings, Baltimore, MD, July 2006.
"Explaining the Marijuana Policy Reversal: Public opinion, Science and Social Movements, American Sociological Association annual meetings, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005.
"Marijuana Decriminalization in the 1970s," Law and Society Midwest Retreat, September 2004.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Sociologists II, Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Sociologists I, Fall 2006
Teaching Assistant, Criminology, Spring 2006
Teaching Assistant, Sociology of Law, Fall 2005
Research Experience
Law School, Summer 2007, research on Vera Institute New York City criminal justice experiments
Contract researcher, discrimination law case
Law School, Summer 2005, historical research on US crime legislation/wars on crime.
Pharmacy School, 2004-05, interview research on emergency response and bioterrorism planning
Agriculture School, 2003-04, survey research on ecological farming practices
Service
Article reviewer, Criminal Justice Review
Program Committee, 2006 Midwest Law and Society Retreat
Assistant to the Review Section Editor, Law and Social Inquiry, 2006
English Conversation Tutor, Greater University Tutoring Service, 2003-2006.
Mentor for First-Year Sociology Graduate Student, 2006-07
Graduate student host for various job candidates
Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
American Society of Criminology
Alcohol and Drugs History Society
Law and Society Association (past member)
References
Mark Suchman - Professor of Sociology and Law, UW-Madison (Co-Advisor)
Mustafa Emirbayer - Professor of Sociology, UW-Madison (Co-Advisor)
James Baughman - Director, School of Journalism, UW-Madison