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Michael
Public Administration
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Hallstone
Professor of Justice Administration
808-689-2362

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Ph.D., Sociology, May 2000

University of Hawai’i at  Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 

Master of Arts, Sociology, May 1996

University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, June 1990

University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

Teaching Employment    

Professor, Justice Administration, University of Hawai’i West O’ahu (8/01 to present).  

Full time professor.  Teach courses each semester, many online, and publish and provide service.  Design websites for all courses.

Full time Lecturer, School of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (academic year 2000-2001).  

Full time lecturer for the academic year.  Taught three large courses each semester.  Designed websites for all courses.

Lecturer, Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at West O’ahu, Pearl City, HI (1/00 to 5/00)

Part-time Lecturer for Social Science 310 an introductory statistics course called “Statistical Techniques.”  Design and conduct all lectures, computer laboratory sessions, website, and tests for the course.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu,  HI (8/99 to present)

Develop and conduct all computer lab exercises for introductory statistics course that I taught for five consecutive semesters called “Statistical Analysis for the Social Sciences.”  I am now teaching the lab sessions because the College has permanently assigned the course to a new full time professor in the Psychology Department.  (Prior to this semester the course has been taught by lecturers.) Developed course website:  www.soc.hawaii.edu/socs225/labpage.html.

Lecturer, Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at West O’ahu, Pearl City, HI (8/99 to 12/99)

Served as part-time lecturer for Social Science 301, an upper division methodology course titled “Methods and Techniques in Social Science Research” at another University of Hawai’i campus on O’ahu.   Developed and conducted all lectures, exams, and writing assignments for the class.  Developed course website:  www.soc.hawaii.edu/socs225/UHWOhome.html.

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu,  HI  (7/99 to 8/99:  Summer Session II 1999)

Served as Lecturer Sociology course, “Drugs and Society.”  Designed and developed the curriculum for a course that introduces students to a sociological understanding of drugs in American society.    Responsible for all course lectures, classroom group learning projects, written assignments, website, and grading for the course.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Lecturer), College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu,  HI (8/97 to 5/99: four semesters)

Served as the lecturer for Social Sciences 225, “Statistical Analysis for the Social Sciences”.  Developed all lectures, exams, writing assignments, and lab exercises.  Oversaw three different Graduate Teaching Assistants who taught the computer lab sessions for the course for four consecutive semesters.  Since Fall Semester of 1997, the course structure and content was integrated with an Internet website  (www.soc.hawaii.edu/socs225/homepage.html).

Lecturer, Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at West O’ahu, Pearl City, HI (1/99 to 5/99: one semester)

Part-time Lecturer for Social Science 310 an introductory statistics course called “Statistical Techniques.”  Designed and conduct all lectures, computer laboratory sessions, website, projects and tests for the course.

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu,  HI  (7/98 to 8/98:  Summer Session II 1998)

Served as Lecturer and Lab Instructor for upper division Sociology statistics course, Social Statistics (Sociology 476).  Designed and conducted all lectures, computer laboratory sessions, website, projects and tests for the course.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Lecturer and Teaching Assistant), College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu,  HI  (1/97 to 5/97:  one semester)

For the Spring Semester of 1997 was promoted from the Teaching Assistant to serve as both the Instructor and Teaching Assistant for Social Sciences 225, the introductory statistics course mentioned above.  Designed and conducted all lectures, computer laboratory sessions, projects and tests for the course. 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu,  HI  (9/95 to 12/96: three semesters)

Teaching Assistant for Social Sciences 225, “Statistical Analysis for the Social Sciences.”   Designed and conducted laboratory lessons to introduce students to the basics of SPSS.   Worked closely with two different lecturers to ensure that laboratory lessons complement the concepts presented in lecture portion of the course.   

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PUBA 315,320,321,341,409,431,434

Peer Reviewed Publications and Research

 

Hallstone, Michael

2019       “Institutional History of Association of Professional Patrollers.”  Exempt Status for Human Subjects Research approved by Universtity Institutional Review Board in 2016.  Qualitative in-depth interviews and transcriptions ongoing.

 

Hallstone, Michael

2014     “Types of Crimes Committed by Repeat DUI Offenders.”  Criminal Justice Studies, Volume 27 (2), 159-171.

 

Hallstone, Michael

2013     “The Criminal History of Repeat DUI Offenders.”   Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Volume 31 (3), 337-347.

 

Hallstone, Michael

2012     "The Criminal History of So-Called “Hard-Core” Drinking Drivers" Justice Policy Journal [Online], Volume 9 (2).  Available:  http://www.cjcj.org/news/5582 [Fall 2012].

 

Hallstone, Michael

2006     “An Exploratory Investigation of Marijuana and Other Drug Careers.”   Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Volume 38 (2), 65-75.

 

Hallstone, Michael

2002     “Updating Howard Becker’s Theory of Using Marijuana For Pleasure.” Contemporary Drug Problems, Volume 29 (4), 821-845.

 

Hallstone, Michael

2000     “Depicting the Pirates of the Emerald Triangle: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Marijuana Growers in the San Francisco Chronicle 1982-1995.“ Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture [Online], Volume 7(2)  Available: http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/jcjpc_vol7.html - vol7is2 [January/February 2000].

Government Publications

 

Hallstone, Michael and Paul Perrone

2005     Driving Under the Influence n the City & County of Honolulu:  A Profile of Arrestees, Case Outcomes, Collisions, Injuries and Stakeholder Recommendations.  A report published by the State of Hawaii, Department of the Attorney General, Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division:  38 pages.

 

 

Grants Received

 

Hallstone, Michael

2004     “A Criminological Study of Driving Under The Influence of Intoxicating Liquor in Honolulu.” Principle Investigator for approximately $42,000 grant from the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General  slated to start on May 15, 2004.  A full time Graduate Research Assistant was hired to collect data.

Changes in the marijuana drug scene over the span of the War on drugs

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology

MAY 2000

Crime, Drugs, Methods, Statistics

Presentations and Lectures

“The Types of Crimes Committed by Repeat DUI Offenders”

2007 Hawai’i Sociological Association Conference, Honolulu, HI.

 

“Driving Under the Influence n the City & County of Honolulu.”

2007 Hawai’i Sociological Association Conference, Honolulu, HI.

“The Absence of Marijuana in Drug Career Research.” 

Roundtable presentation at 2002 Hawai’i Sociological Association Conference, Honolulu, HI, 16 February 2002.

“’Just Say No’ Didn’t Eradicate Pot:    An Exploratory Investigation of Marijuana Careers Over the Span of the War on Drugs.”

Paper presented at 2000 American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA 18 November 2000.

“Using Marijuana for Pleasure and Marijuana Careers.”

Paper presented at 2000 conference of the Western Society of Criminology, Kona, HI 26 February 2000.

“Updating Howard S. Becker’s Theories on Marijuana Careers and Using Marijuana for Pleasure.”

Paper presented at annual conference of the Hawaii Sociological Association, Honolulu, HI, 5 February 2000.

“Depicting the Pirates of the Emerald Triangle: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Marijuana Growers in the San Francisco Chronicle 1982-1995. “

Article presented at the Western Society of Criminology Conference, Honolulu, HI, 28 February 1997.

“The War on Drugs and Marijuana Production and Distribution in Hawaii.”  

Guest Lecture for undergraduate Sociology course “Drugs and Society” at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Spring 1998.

“Methodological Concerns when Studying Hidden or Deviant Populations.” 

Guest Lecture for graduate Sociology course “Methods of Research in Criminal Justice” at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Fall 1998.

Professional and Volunteer Associations

Member, Waipahu High School (WHS) Law and Justice Justice Academy Advisory Board

I am a member of the adivisory board which meets once a month to advise this academic pathway for WHS students.

Member, Hawaii Sociological Association (HSA)

I am a member and past President and Vice President of this professional organization serving the sociological community in Hawaii.

Volunteer, Kaala Cultural Learning Center

I have been an occasional volunteer at this non-profit organization since 1994.  Kaala Cultural Learning Center seeks to education the Hawaii community about traditional native Hawaiian agricultural, fishing, and cultural practices.  

Member, National Ski Patrol System (NSPS)

NSPS was a national non-profit organization helping promote skier safety and assisting private ski areas with the care of injured skiers.  I was a volunteer ski patroller in California for over 10 years and currently an alumni member.

Member, Association of Professional Patrollers (APP)

Associate member or non-profit providing  education, on-going training, and certification of patrollers supporting leading safety and risk management best practices for the mountain recreational community.

Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist

This is a certification I received working at as a counselor at the IOOF Children’s Home.  This certification requires a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and 4 years experience working in a mental health field; the certification is used by mental health agencies in California to document the expertise level of their employees for the purposes of state licensing.

Service

From the “A” list:  Service to the University of Hawaii - West Oahu

3.01 Service as advisor to a student club or organization.

  • Faculty Advisor to the UHWO Public Administration Club since 2008.
  • Faculty Advisor to Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society which is currently being organized by a UHWO student.

3.02 Participation in standing committees, search committees, ad hoc committees or special projects.

  • I have served on a standing committee every year as an Associate Professor: Educational Effectiveness (2006-07), Academic Affairs and Resources (2007-2008), General Education (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 [Vice Chair]), and Student Affairs (2013-14, 2014-15).
  • I am entering my fourth year as a Senator for Public Administration since UHWO has moved to representative Faculty Senate model (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15).
  • I served on the search committee for librarians in Fall 2009 and the tenure-track sociology search that attracted 240 applicants in Spring 2011.
  • I coordinated the ad-hoc committee for the State Legislative Internship program from 2006-2009 when funding at the system level was discontinued. In 2010, with the help of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs the internship credit was offered to a student working with Senator Daniel Inouye in Washington, DC.
  • UHWO Coordinator or 2008-2009 J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Scholarship.
  • In Fall 2011 I designed data collection, performed the analysis, and wrote the report for the assessment of the critical thinking learning objective for the Justice Administration concentration.
  • In Fall 2013 I also collected data, performed the analysis, and wrote the report for the assessment of the written communication learning objective for the Justice Administration concentration.

3.06 Organizer, convener, presenter, or panelist for a workshop or event at UHWO.

  • I organized of UHWO’s involvement in FBI Adopt-a-School Program’s body burial and forensic crime scene recovery in 2013-2014.
  • I organized a recruiting visit to the UHWO campus for Waipahu High School’s entire Academy of Law and Justice Administration on November 1, 2013.
  • I organized the visit to the UHWO campus of students, parents, and staff of Leihoku Elementary School’s AVID program on March 5, 2013.

3.07 Service as academic and/or career advisor to UHWO students.

  • I have provided a relentless level of academic and career advising to students every year.
  • I served on the Passport to Success Planning Committee and participated in the associated Career Readiness program in 2012
  • I have written numerous letters of recommendation for students for graduate school, scholarships, etc.
  • I have participated in several student orientation events including Faculty Speed Dating in August 2011 and several Transfer Student Orientations including workshops in March 2013 and July 2012.

3.08 Participation in personnel committees, e.g. contract renewal, tenure and promotion of UHWO faculty.

  • I have served on six TPRC committees, five FPC committees, and five contract renewals as an Associate Professor.

3.09 Service as faculty development consultant, who conducts instructional peer evaluations or other services for other faculty.

  • I have provided five peer-reviews of my colleagues’ teaching. (Given the observed faculty members “own” what I wrote and that I make a concerted effort to provide constructive criticism, only redacted versions of my evaluations are provided in my supporting materials.)

3.10 Service as faculty mentor who provides institutional information and advising services to new faculty.

  • To the extent possible I have provided advising and mentoring to fellow faculty regarding UHWO tenure and promotion process. Please see letters from Dr’s Richard Dadzie and Orlando Garcia-Santiago in the enclosed documentation.

 

3.11 Participation in the selection and evaluation of adjunct faculty and lecturers.

  • I have participated in the selection of two adjunct lecturers for the online version of the Public Administration statistics course.

From the “B” list: Service to the UH system

3.13 Participation in standing committees, search committees, ad hoc committees or special projects.

  • I have served on the UH system-wide committee for the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching every single year since joining the UHWO faculty in 2001-2009. (These duties were incorporated into the VCAA’s office in 2010.)   
  • I served as the UHWO member for 2007-2008 Panel of Referees. The panel serves in the case of negative promotion decisions in accordance with Article XIV, Promotion of the 2003-2009 UHPA/UH Agreement.
  • In Fall 2012 I served as the divisional representative for an articulation agreement between UHWO and Kapi‘olani Community College (KCC).

From the “D” List: Service to Neighborhood, City, county, or State Communities

3.31 Participation in standing committees, ad hoc committees, or special project.

  • I have been a member of Leihoku Elementary School’s Parent/Community Group during the academic years of 2013-14 and 2014-15.

3.38 Uncompensated consulting to the community or to government agencies, in area of expertise

  • I have been a member of Leihoku Elementary School’s Assessment Focus Group during 2013-14 and 2014-15. I provide uncompensated consulting in the area of methodology and strategies to collect data for assessment of student work for purposes of their upcoming WASC self study and accreditation visit slated for Spring 2015.