Travis Pratt

Travis Cameron Pratt is an American criminologist and fellow at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers on topics such as prison policy and theoretical criminology.[1] He is particularly known for his research on private prisons.[2][3]

Travis Pratt
NationalityAmerican
EducationClark College
Washington State University
University of Cincinnati
Awards2008 Alpha Phi Sigma Appreciation Award for Outstanding Criminal Justice Professor from Washington State University
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cincinnati
ThesisAssessing the Relative Effects of Macro-level Predictors of Crime: a Meta-analysis (2001)
Academic advisorsFrancis T. Cullen

Education and career

Pratt received his associate's degree from Clark College in 1993, his B.A. and M.A. in criminal justice from Washington State University in 1995 and 1996, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2001. In 2000, he joined the faculty of Rutgers University as an assistant professor, where he remained until joining the faculty of Washington State University in 2002 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor at Washington State University in 2004, and remained on the faculty there until 2008, when he became an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Ruth Shonle Cavan Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. In 2010, he was promoted to the rank of full professor at Arizona State University,[4] a position he held until February 14, 2014, when the university dismissed him for violating their amorous-relationship policy. In January 2015, he accepted an offer to serve as a visiting professor at Florida State University's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice for nine months, but this offer was rescinded by the College's Dean Thomas Blomberg in March of that year due to the past allegations of sexual harassment.[5] Since 2014, he has been a fellow at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute.[4]

Alleged sexual harassment of graduate students

Court records indicate that in 2009, while on the faculty of ASU, Pratt became romantically involved with Tasha Kunzi, one of his graduate students there. Kunzi reportedly broke off their affair in 2010, after Pratt's then-wife found out about it,[6] and left ASU in 2011.[7] In October 2012, Kunzi sued Pratt, the then-director of ASU's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Scott Decker, and the Arizona Board of Regents. Her lawsuit accused Pratt of retaliating against her, stalking her and threatening her new boyfriend, and also (along with Decker) discriminating against her husband's doctoral exam.[7][6] Both Pratt and the Board of Regents denied the allegations.[8] On February 14, 2014, Pratt was dismissed for not disclosing another relationship with a graduate student, not Kunzi.[5] Pratt (legally represented by ASU) and Kunzi settled the lawsuit for $44,000 on April 25, 2014. The other defendants in the lawsuit (Decker, ASU, and the Arizona Board of Regents) were dismissed from the suit the previous month.[7][6]

Career 2014-present

Since joining the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute in 2014, he has continued his work in the areas of criminological theory and correctional policy. Along with his co-authors, he was the recipient of the Donal E.J. MacNamara Award for the Outstanding Publication from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (in 2014). He has also published over 30 works in peer-reviewed journals and academic books in the last four years. He continues to mentor doctoral students, publishing with over 10 different students – those from Arizona State University, Florida State University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of South Carolina – in multiple works. The second edition of his book Addicted to Incarceration was published in November 2018.[9]

References
  1. "Fellows". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  2. Khimm, Suzy (2011-04-27). "The GOP's Jail Sell". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  3. Editorial Staff (March 2012). "Incarceration, Inc". Phoenix. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  4. "Travis C. Pratt CV" (PDF). University of Cincinnati.
  5. Portman, Jennifer (2015-03-04). "Fired criminology professor won't be coming to FSU". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  6. Stern, Ray (2014-04-14). "Professor Travis Pratt Fired From ASU, Settles With Student Who Sued After Affair". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  7. O'Dell, Rob (2015-10-15). "Public Disservice: Discrimination, harassment settlements add up for ASU". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  8. Ryman, Anne (2015-01-26). "Faculty votes to restrict teacher-student dating". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  9. "Travis C. Pratt CV" (PDF). University of Cincinnati.
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