Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Scott W Bowman

Professor at School of Criminal Justice & Criminology, College of Applied Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

Special Assistant to the Provost. July 1, 2018 - Present.
Member, Texas Crime and Justice Center Advisory Board. November 2024 - Present.
Member, City of San Marcos. February 2024 - Present.
Member, McNair Scholars Committee. January 2023 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Race and Justice. January 2023 - Present.
Member, Affirmative Action Working Group. January 2021 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Crimonlogy. August 2020 - Present.
Co-Chair, Faculty of Color at Texas State Affinity Group. 2019 - Present.
Member, Faculty Development Advisory Council. September 2018 - Present.

2025

Speaker, Capital Area Private Defender Service. February 13, 2025.
Participant, MLK Lunch and Panel Discussion. January 29, 2025.

2024

Reviewer / Referee, Race and Justice. November 2024.
Member, Joan Petersilla Outstanding Article Committee. August 2023 - November 2024.
Participant, "What Just Happened in the Election". November 7, 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Crime and Justice. October 2024.
Participant, Philosophy Dialogue - "Looking at Criminal Justice in Hays County and Beyond". October 2, 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Justice. September 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Justice. August 2024.
Member, MSCJ Curriculum Committee (Exec). August 2018 - August 2024.
Member, MSCJ Curriculum Committee (Research). August 2015 - August 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. July 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Justice. June 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System (NIJ). April 2024 - June 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. May 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Deviant Behavior. April 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Policing & Society. February 2024.
Speaker, City of Kyle. February 13, 2024.
Speaker, Capital Area Private Defenders Service. February 5, 2024.
Participant, College Tenure and Promotion Review Committee (College of Health Professions). January 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Youth & Society. January 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Criminal Justice Policy Review. January 2024.

2023

Reviewer / Referee, Policing & Society. December 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of School Violence. December 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminlogy. November 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. November 2023.
Member, Tenure & Promotion Committee - OWLS. September 2023 - November 2023.
Chair, Search Committee (Assistant/Associate & Lecturer). April 2023 - November 2023.
Member, Council on Exclusive Excellence. August 2018 - August 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. June 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System (NIJ). April 2023 - June 2023.
Member, Ruth Peterson Fellowship Committee (ASC). April 2023 - May 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Women & Criminal Justice. April 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Race & Social Problems. March 2023.
Co-Chair, Search Committee - AVP Inclusive Excellence. November 2022 - February 2023.
Speaker, Capital Area Private Defender Service. February 9, 2023.
Member, Strategic Planning Committee. January 2023.

2022

Chair, Search Committee - Granat Director of McNair Scholars Program. October 2022 - December 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Program Review - Texas Southern University Administration of Justice. October 2022 - December 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, City & Community. November 2022.
Member, Search Committee - School of CJ & Crim Director. July 2022 - November 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Social Problems. October 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Woman and Criminal Justice. October 2022.
Participant, City of Austin. April 2021 - August 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. July 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, National Institute of Justice - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System: A Study of Existing Evidence and Public Policy Implications. May 2022 - July 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. June 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System (NIJ). April 2022 - June 2022.
Participant, Search Committee Member - University President. July 2021 - April 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Criminal Justice Education. March 2022.

2021

Co-Chair, Naming Task Force. September 2020 - April 2021.
Member, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training Task Force. September 2020 - 2021.
Board Member, City of Kyle - Ethics Commission. March 2018 - 2021.
Participant, Search Committee Member - Assistant Provost. October 2021 - December 2021.
Participant, Virtual Day of Reflection and Solidarity. June 19, 2021.
Participant, Search Committee (Chair/Director). August 2020 - April 2021.
Participant, College of Education - Equity Action for Student Thriving. April 9, 2021.
Participant, "Ask a Black Professor Anything". March 30, 2021.
Member, Diversity and Inclusion Review Subcommittee. October 2020 - January 2021.

2020

Participant, Search Committee Member - University Chief of Police. August 2020 - November 2020.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 14, 2020.
Member, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Transition Team. April 2020 - September 2020.
Participant, Philosophy Dialogue Series - Police Reform Project (pt. 1). September 28, 2020.
Organizer, Faculty of Color Listening Session. June 12, 2020.
Co-Chair, Qualitative Research Conference. May 2017 - May 2020.
Speaker, Buda Black History Month Community Celebration. February 29, 2020.
Member, Search Committee - Director of Faculty and Academic Resources. December 2019 - January 2020.

2019

Member, TRACS Steering Committee. 2010 - 2019.
Member, Search Committee (Faculty). June 2019 - December 2019.
Member, Learning Management Systems (LMS) Committee. December 2017 - December 2019.
Coordinator / Organizer, American Society of Criminology. November 2018 - November 2019.
Facilitator, A Conversation About DACA at Texas State University. November 5, 2019.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 2, 2019.
Facilitator, Panel Discussion - Tell Them We are Rising. October 31, 2019.
Presenter, Faculty Focus Workshop: Inclusion & Diversity: Building a Diverse Graduate Program. October 1, 2019.
Presenter, Faculty Focus Workshop: Creating Respectful and Inclusive Classroom Learning Environments. September 24, 2019.
Participant, Summer Dialogues for Activism ("Poverty and Debt"). June 14, 2019.
Facilitator, Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute. May 2019.
Graduate Advisor, MSCJ (Master's) Coordinator. August 2015 - May 2019.
Member, Search Committee - Faculty Development Director. January 2019 - March 2019.
Co-Chair, Civil Discourse Brown Bag Series. February 2018 - March 2019.
Participant, 2019 Social Justice Film and Speaker Series ("Say Her Name"). February 2019.
Speaker, Calaboose Second Annual Gala. February 19, 2019.
Presenter, Non-tenure Line Faculty - Inclusion & Diversity Discussion. February 18, 2019.
Participant, Search Committee - Chief of Police. November 2018 - January 2019.
Chair, Remote Employment Commitee. November 2017 - January 2019.

2018

Participant, Search Committee (Staff). 2018.
Member, Search Committee (Faculty). 2017 - 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, Criminal Justice Policy Review. December 2018.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 10, 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Social Problems. October 2018.
Attendee / Participant, Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference. October 23, 2018 - October 25, 2018.
Participant, Graduate Council. August 2015 - August 2018.
College Chair, Research Enhancement Program Committee. August 2016 - July 2018.
Moderator, Summer Dialogues for Activism ("Education"). June 15, 2018.
Facilitator, Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute. May 2018.
Faculty Budget Committee. August 2015 - May 2018.
Member, Faculty Senate. July 2015 - May 2018.
University Leadership Assembly. July 2015 - May 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Social Problems. April 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, Race and Social Problems. January 2018.
Participant, Communication Disorders "The Language of Justice: The Pathways to Freedom". January 26, 2018.

2017

Member, Search Committee (Faculty). 2016 - 2017.
Member, Search Committee - Assistant Vice-President Academic Services. September 2017 - December 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Policing: an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. November 2017.
Speaker, John F. Kennedy High School Presentation. November 2017.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 11, 2017.
Participant, Alkek Library Film Talks - "13th". November 2, 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. October 2017.
Participant, "Unlocking the Gates of Mass Incarceration & Immigrant Criminalization". October 26, 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Spectrum. September 2017.
Participant, "Examining The Chains of Historical Oppression: From the Nuremberg Laws & Jim Crow to SB4". September 27, 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Police Quarterly. August 2017.
Facilitator, Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute. May 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Policing: an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. May 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Policing: an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. April 2017.
Participant, Black Faculty Talk Back. March 1, 2017.
Co-Chair, Program Review - Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. February 22, 2017 - February 24, 2017.
Participant, Texas State Qualitative Research Conference - Breakout Facilitator. February 4, 2017.
Speaker, Raise the Age Day - Texas. January 30, 2017.

2016

Discussant, Texas State Qualitative Research Conference. 2016.
Upward Bound Guest Speaker. 2016.
Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. December 2016.
Member, FDL Supplemental Award Committee. November 2016 - December 2016.
Chair, Research Enhancement Program Committee. August 2016 - November 2016.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 9, 2016.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 5, 2016.
University Mentor, Discussant - Screening of the movie "13th". November 2, 2016.
Participant, Philosophy Dialogue - Interrogating "the War on Drugs". September 29, 2016.
University Mentor, Upward Bound - Guest Lectures. June 27, 2016 - June 28, 2016.
Participant, Search Committee - Chief of Police. October 2015 - February 2016.
Participant, Texas State Qualitative Research Conference - Breakout Facilitator. February 6, 2016.

2015

Facilitator, Student Affairs Symposium – “Advancing a Culture of Cohesion and Community Trust”. 2015.
Discussant, Fourth Annual Texas State Qualitative Research Conference. 2015.
Member, Search Committee Member. 2014 - 2015.
Member, Faculty Senate Liaison. 2014 - 2015.
Chair, Search Committee (Faculty). 2014 - 2015.
Member, Search Committee - ALERRT Director. 2014 - 2015.

2014

Upward Bound Guest Speaker. 2014.
Member, Search Committee (Faculty). 2013 - 2014.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 1, 2014.
Member, Search Committee (Agriculture Department). May 2014 - August 2014.

2013

Discussant, Second Annual Texas State Qualitative Research Conference. 2013.
Upward Bound Guest Speaker. 2013.
Member, Search Committee (Chair). 2012 - 2013.
Member, University Council. 2009 - 2013.
University Mentor, Equality University. November 2, 2013.

2012

Co-Chair, Dr. John Johnson Lecture. 2012.
Discussant, First Annual Texas State Qualitative Research Conference. 2012.
Member, Search Committee (Faculty). 2011 - 2012.
Speaker, San Marcos High School Presentation. 2010 - 2012.

2011

Speaker, Lehman High School Presentation. 2011.
Member, Search Committee (Faculty). 2010 - 2011.
Central Texas Representative for the Texas Law Public Safety, Correction, and Security Teacher Association annual Criminal Justice Competition. 2010 - 2011.

2010

Empowerment Roundtable. 2010.
Community Empowerment Roundtable. 2010.

2009

Member, Founder – Black Faculty Brown Bag Lecture Series. 2009.