CURRICULUM VITAE
MARK T. BERG
May 2015
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION
2013ADDRESS
Assistant Professor
University of Iowa
Department of Sociology
W126 Seashore Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
DEGREES AWARDED
2009
Ph.D., Criminology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Advisor: Janet L. Laurtisen
2005
M.S., Sociology; Iowa State University
Advisor: Matthew DeLisi
2003
B.S., Sociology; Iowa State University
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2011-2015
Assistant Professor, Indiana University; Department of Criminal Justice
(Granted Academic Leave: 2013-2015)
2009-2011
Assistant Professor, Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis; School of
Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
EXTERNAL FUNDING AND FELLOWSHIPS
2013- 2015
National Institute of Justice: Situational Factors and the
Victim-Offender Overlap (#2012-91288-PA-IJ) (Richard B. Felson, Co-PI).
2008 - 2009
H.F. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012
Trustees Teaching Award. Indiana University, College of Arts and Sciences.
2009
Honorary Commencement Marshal for Student Achievement. University of Missouri-St. Louis,
College of Arts and Sciences.
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2005
Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Iowa State University
2002
Undergraduate Research Award, Iowa State University
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2013.
“Structural Equation Modeling.” Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Instructors: Profs.
Patrick Curran and Daniel Bauer (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill). May.
2010.
“Research on Recidivism and Reentry.” University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). July.
Funded Participant.
REFERREED PUBLICATIONS
Berg, Mark T. and Janet L. Lauritsen.
In Press.
Telling a similar story twice? NCVS/UCR convergence in serious violent crime
rates in rural, suburban, and urban Places (1973–2010). Journal of Quantitative
Criminology
Melde, Christopher, Mark T. Berg, and Finn Esbensen.
In Press.
Fear, social interaction, and violence mitigation. Justice Quarterly.
Berg, Mark T., and Rolf Loeber.
2015
Violent conduct and victimization risk in the illicit drug economy: A prospective
examination. Justice Quarterly 32: 32-55
Berg, Mark T.
2014
Accounting for racial disparities in the nature of violent victimization. Journal of
Quantitative Criminology 30: 629-650
Felson, Richard B., Mark T. Berg, Meghan Rogers.
2014
Bring a gun to a gun fight. Armed adversaries and violence across nations. Social
Science Research 47: 79-90
• Featured in Psychology Today (“Is America Safer When Good Guys Have Guns”);
July 22nd 2014 edition.
Berg, Mark. T., Endya Stewart, Eric A. Stewart and Ronald Simons.
2013
A multilevel examination of neighborhood social processes and college
enrollment. Social Problems 60: 513-535.
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Felson, Richard B., Jukka Savolainen, Mark T. Berg and Noora Ellonen.
2013
Does spending time in public settings contribute to adolescent risk of violent
victimization? Journal of Quantitative Criminology 29:273-293.
Berg, Mark T., Lee A. Slocum and Rolf Loeber.
2013
Illegal behavior, neighborhood context, and police reporting by victims of violence.
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 50: 75-103.
Berg, Mark T., Eric A. Stewart, Christopher Schreck and Ronald L. Simons.
2012
The victim-offender overlap in context. Examining the role of neighborhood street
culture. Criminology 50: 359-390.
Berg, Mark T, Eric A. Stewart, Rodney Brunson and Ronald L. Simons.
2012
Neighborhood cultural heterogeneity and adolescent violence. Journal of Quantitative
Criminology 28:411–435
Loeber, Rolf, David Farrington and Mark T. Berg.
2012
Young men who kill: A prospective investigation. Homicide Studies 16: 99-128.
Cobbina, Jennifer E., Beth Huebner and Mark T. Berg
2012
Men, women and post-release offending: An examination of the nature of the link
between relational ties and recidivism. Crime and Delinquency 33:11-22.
Berg, Mark T. and Rolf Loeber.
2011
Examining the neighborhood context of the violent offending-victimization
relationship: A prospective investigation. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 27:427-451.
Rennison, Callie M., Scott T. Jacques and Mark T. Berg.
2011
Weapon lethality and social distance: A national test of a general sociological theory.
Justice Quarterly. 28:576-605.
Berg, Mark T. and Beth Huebner.
2011
Reentry and the ties that bind: An examination of relational ties, employment, and
recidivism. Justice Quarterly 28: 382-410.
• Featured on National Public Radio; March, 25 2015
Huebner, Beth and Mark T. Berg.
2011
Examining the sources of variation in risk for recidivism. Justice Quarterly 28: 146-173
Berg, Mark T. and Andreas Rengifo.
2009
Rethinking community organization and robbery: Considering illicit market dynamics.
Justice Quarterly 26:211-237.
Berg, Mark T. and Matt DeLisi.
2006
The correctional melting pot: race, ethnicity, citizenship, and prison violence. Journal of
Criminal Justice 34:631-642.
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DeLisi, Matt and Mark T. Berg.
2006
Exploring theoretical linkages between self-control theory and criminal justice system
processing. Journal of Criminal Justice 34:153-163.
Berg, Mark T. and Matt DeLisi.
2005
Do career criminals exist in rural America? Journal of Criminal Justice 33: 317-325.
DeLisi, Matt, Mark T. Berg, and Andy Hochstetler.
2004
Gang members, career criminals, and prison violence: Further specification of the
importation model of inmate behavior. Criminal Justice Studies 17:369-383.
INVITED REVIEWS
Mark T. Berg and Andrew L. Hochstetler.
In Press
Cognition and Crime: Offender Decision Making and Script Analyses. Edited by
Benoit LeClerc and Richard Wortley. United Kingdom: Routledge Press. Contemporary
Sociology
BOOK CHAPTERS
Berg, Mark T., Eric Sevel, and Eric A. Stewart.
In Press.
Social Order and Cultural Models of Crime. In, The Wiley Handbook of Criminological
Theory, edited by Alex R. Piquero and Charles Wellford. UK: Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing.
Berg, Mark T. and Richard B. Felson.
In Press.
Conflicts and the Situational Context of the Victim-Offender Overlap. In, The
Wiley-Blackwell Handbook on the Psychology of Violence, editors: Callie Rennison and
Carlos Cuevas. UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Berg, Mark T. and Eric A. Stewart.
2013
Street Culture and Crime. In, The Handbook of Criminological Theory, editors: Frank
Cullen and Pamela Wilcox. New York: Oxford University Press.
Berg, Mark T.
2011
The Overlap of Violent Offending and Victimization: Assessing the Evidence and
Explanations. In, Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice, Editors:
Matt DeLisi and Peter Conis, 2nd edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Berg, Mark T. and Eric A. Stewart.
2010
Examining the Logic of Subcultural Models. In, Criminological Theory: The Reader,
Editors: Heith Copes and Volkan Topalli. New York: McGraw Hill.
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OTHER ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS
Berg, Mark T. and Eric A. Stewart.
2009
The Street Code. The Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, editors: Helen Green and Shaun
Gabbidon. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Berg, Mark T. and Eric A. Stewart.
2010.
Cultural Transmission. In, 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook, editor:
J. Mitchell Miller. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND POLICY BRIEFS
Berg, Mark T.
2011
Homicide and Aggravated Assault in Indianapolis (2004-2009). Indiana University Public
Policy Institute. Indianapolis, IN.
Berg, Mark T.
2008
Surveying Organizational Diversity. Vera Institute of Justice. New York, New York.
Richardson, L., Beth Huebner, Dave Valentine, Shannon Stokes, Jennifer Cobbina, and Mark T. Berg.
2006
Sex Offender Risk Assessment. Action Report to the Missouri Sentencing Advisory
Committee. University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy.
INVITED RESEARCH WORKSHOPS
Berg, Mark T. National Institute of Justice. Violent Victimization Technical Working Group
2014
Expert Meeting. December 2-3rd; Washington DC. (Workshop Presenter)
INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Berg, Mark T.
2014
The Puzzle of American Violence Patterns. (course lecture). University of Iowa, College of
Public Health. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. Iowa City, IA.
Berg, Mark T.
2014
Reinterpreting the Social Distributions of Interpersonal Violence. Georgia State University.
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Atlanta, Georgia
Berg, Mark T.
2010
Unlawful Behavior and the Mobilization of Formal Law. University of Pittsburgh,
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.
Pittsburgh, PA.
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SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
William Alex Pridemore and Mark T. Berg.
2014
A population-based case control study of premature mortality.
Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Chris Schreck, Graham Ousey, Mark T. Berg and Jill Turonovic
2014
Preexisting individual differences, violent victimization and life prospects.
Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Mark T. Berg, Ethan Rogers, Mitchel Chamlin and William Alex Pridemore.
2014
The 1980s Farm Crisis and suicide in rural America. Annual Meetings of the
American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA.
Intravia, John, Mark T. Berg, Eric Stewart, and Ron Simons.
2013
Neighborhood context and criminal injustice: Accounting for theoretical processes.
Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology; Atlanta, GA
Christopher Schreck, Mark. T. Berg, Graham Ousey, and Eric Stewart.
2013
Theorizing Victimization across the Life Course. Annual Meetings of the American
Society of Criminology; Atlanta, GA
Melde, Chris, Mark. T. Berg and Finn-Aage Esbensen.
2013
Striking a balance: The cognitive-emotional elements of violence reduction. Annual
Meetings of the American Society of Criminology; Chicago, IL
Berg, Mark T. and Rolf Loeber.
2012
Illicit marketplace activities and violent victimization: Examining person and context
specific effects. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology; Chicago,
IL.
Mark T. Berg, Richard Felson, Jukka Savolainen, and Noora Ellonen.
2011
Routine activities and adolescent victimization. Annual Meetings of the American
Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.
Mark T. Berg, Lee Ann Slocum
2011
The social context of police reporting. Annual Meetings of the American Society of
Criminology, Washington, DC.
Alan Shamhow and Mark T. Berg.
2011
Economic conditions, drug market activity and demographic variation in US homicide
trends: 1980-2004. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology,
Washington, DC.
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Berg, Mark T. and Beth Huebner.
2010
Reentry and the ties that bind. Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences; San Diego, CA.
Berg, Mark T. and Rolf Loeber.
2009
Offenders, victims, and police reporting decisions. Annual Meetings of the American
Society of Criminology; Philadelphia, PA.
Berg, Mark T. and Michele Stacey.
2009
Examining the sources of intra and inter group robbery. Annual Meetings of the
American Society of Criminology; Philadelphia, PA
Huebner, Beth and Mark T. Berg.
2008
Desistance and persistence: Two sides of the same coin? Annual Meetings of the
American Society of Criminology; Saint Louis, MO.
Berg, Mark T. and Rolf Loeber.
2008
The relationship between victimization and violent offending: Modeling causal
mechanisms across place and time. Annual Meetings of the American Society of
Criminology; Saint Louis, MO.
Rengifo, Andres and Mark T. Berg.
2007
Co-offending networks. Multilevel and longitudinal approaches. Annual Meetings of
the American Society of Criminology; Atlanta, GA.
Berg, Mark T.
2006
Neighborhood social organization, robbery and drug markets. Annual Meetings of the
American Society of Criminology; Los Angeles, CA.
Berg, Mark T. and Matt DeLisi.
2004
Race and inmate misconduct. Annual Meetings of the American Society of
Criminology; Nashville, TN
DeLisi, Matt, Mark T. Berg, and Andrew Hochstetler.
2004
Gang Members, career criminals and prison violence: Further specification of the
importation model of prison violence. Annual Meetings of the American Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences; Las Vegas, NV
Berg, Mark T. and Matt DeLisi.
2003
Do career criminals exist in rural America? Annual Meetings of the American Society
of Criminology; Denver, CO.
SELECT MEDIA
2015
National Public Radio (“Remote Jailing Cuts off Inmates from Real-World Support
System”). March 25, 2015
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2014
Psychology Today (“Is America Safer When Good Guys Have Guns”). July 22nd 2014
edition.
EXTERNAL GRANTS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW
2010
Examining Demographic Variation in Contemporary Homicide Trends (1976-2007).
(Bureau of Justice Statistics/American Statistical Association, January 2010. (Not
funded)
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research
2010-2011
Summer Research Fellow. Indiana University Public Policy Institute; Indianapolis,
Indiana. School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
2008
Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY. Contracted consultant.
2005 – 2009
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Department of
Criminology. Funded.
2003 – 2005
Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University. Funded.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Boards
2011-current Journal of Criminal Justice
Peer Reviewer for Federal Grant Agencies
2013
National Institute of Justice
2014
National Institute of Justice
2014
National Science Foundation
Academic Journal Referee Activity (since 2009)
American Journal of Public Health, Criminology, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Crime and Delinquency, Justice
Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Journal of Quantitative Criminology,
Oxford University Press, Sociological Quarterly, Social Forces, Social Problems, Homicide Studies
Service to the Discipline
2013-2014
Program Committee: Division of Life Course and Developmental Criminology:
American Society of Criminology.
2010.
Program Committee: American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings
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2011.
Committee Member: MacNamara Award for Outstanding Scholarship. Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences
Service to Academic Departments and Universities
2015
Criminology Lecturer Search Committee, University of Iowa
2014-2015
Department Executive Committee – Elected (University of Iowa)
2014-2015
Theory Workshop Committee (University of Iowa)
2014-2015
Graduate Admissions Committee (University of Iowa)
2014
Criminology Lecturer Search Committee (University of Iowa)
2011
Faculty Search Committee (Indiana University-Bloomington)
2011-2013
Graduate Affairs Committee (Indiana University-Bloomington)
2009-2011
University Graduate Affairs Committee (IUPUI)
2011
Steering Committee Development of the SPEA Honors Program (IUPUI)
2009-2010
SPEA Graduate Admissions Committee (IUPUI)
Undergraduate Student Committees
Skyler Saunders, Honors Thesis Chair (University of Iowa): Active
Klye Henghan, Honors Thesis Chair (University of Iowa): Active
Joseph Knight, Honors Thesis Chair (University of Iowa): Completed
Amy Holtz, Honors Thesis Co-Chair (University of Iowa): Completed
Graduate Student Committees
Ethan Rogers; Major Professor (University of Iowa): Active; Master’s Thesis Chair (Completed)
Michaela Rupert, Dissertation Committee Member (University of Iowa): Completed
Scott James, Master’s Thesis Committee (University of Iowa): Completed
Meghan Rogers; Qualifying Exam Committee (Indiana University): Completed
Rick Jones; Qualifying Exam Committee (Indiana University): Active
Thomas Dearden, Qualifying Exam Committee (Indiana University): Active
Joseph G. DeLeeuw, Qualifying Exam Committee (Indiana University): Completed
Joseph G. DeLeeuw, Dissertation Committee Member (Indiana University): Active
Maria Kaylen; Dissertation Committee Member (Indiana University): Completed
Nabil Ouassini, Dissertation Committee Member (Indiana University): Active
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
International Society for Research on Aggression
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