Stephen E. Tillotson

Lecturer, Criminal Justice
Tom Raper Hall 363
(765) 973-8451
stillots@iu.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Indiana University, 2015
• B.A., Criminal Justice & History, University of North Florida, 2004

Current Teaching Interests

Research Methods, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Corrections

Current Research Interests

Collateral Effects of Incarceration, History of Criminal Justice

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Tillotson, Stephen E. & Colanese, Jennifer A. (2017). Jails in the Early American Republic: Transcarceration, Decarceration, and Rabble Management. The Prison Journal, 97 (1), 118-139.
• "Jail Reform in the Progressive Era," presented at the annual American Society of Criminology Meeting, San Francisco, 13 November 2019
• "Comic Book Prisons: Chained to the Past?" presented as part of Texas State University's Common Experience Program, 12 April 2018.
• "The Fault is in the System: Jail Reform in the United States from 1790 to 1945," presented at the annual American Society of Criminology Meeting, New Orleans, 17 November 2016
• "Arrests, Jail Talk, and Loved Ones' Constructions of Prisoners' Identities," presented at the annual American Society of Criminology Meeting, Washington, D.C., 18 November 2015.
• "'A Disgrace to the State': Reforming Local Jails in the Late 19th Century," presented at the annual American Society of Criminology Meeting, San Francisco, 19 November 2014

Selected Academic Awards/Recognitions

• 2020 Teaching Award of Honor (Special Distribution), Texas State Alumni Association
• 2012 Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, University Graduate School, Indiana University