Contact

Conference Chair
Franklin T. Wilson, Ph.D.
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Indiana State University
fwilson2@indstate.edu

Conference Administrative Assistant
Lindsay Measel
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Indiana State University
ISU-ICMPCS-CONF@mail.indstate.edu
cmpc@indstate.edu

Featured Speakers

"Rest In Peace T-shirts: An exploratory study of the phenomenon in media and music"

Brett A. Mervis
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida

Brett A. Mervis is a doctoral candidate in the University of South Florida’s (USF) Department of Anthropology. Mervis holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University and a master’s degree in Criminology from USF. Mervis' doctoral dissertation research is of his former players that he coached in boys basketball and girls softball in a Tampa public housing complex prior to its demolition. The research aims to focus on youth's old neighborhood life, the transition process to new schools and neighborhoods along with displacement’s potential effect on school and neighborhood rivalries.