I was born and grew up in Belgium, where I lived in the town of Stokkem and attended high school at St.Jan Berchmanscollege in Genk. I studied at the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, receiving degrees in Sociology (with a specialty in cultural sociology) in 1985 and in Cultural Anthropology (specializing in Africa and ritualism) in 1987. In 1990, I obtained an MA from the University of Hull's Department of Sociology and Anthropology on a dissertation about ritual symbolism. Between 1989 and 1992, I was an assistant in the Criminology program of the Law Department at K.U.Leuven, specializing in social control and criminological sociology, whereupon I went to the United States and got my PhD in sociology from the University of Colorado in 1996 on a dissertation about international policing. I have since held teaching positions at Kenyon College and Purdue University, and I am presently working at the University of South Carolina. 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1996. 

Dissertation: “Borders of Police Force: Historical Foundations of International Policing Between Germany and the United States.” Revised for publication as Policing World Society (Oxford University Press 2002).

M.A. Sociology of Developing Societies, University of Hull, England, 1990. 

Thesis on “Processual Symbolic Analysis in the Writings of Victor W. Turner". M.A. dissertation, The University of Hull, England, 1988. 

Special Diploma Social and Cultural Anthropology, with high distinction, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium, 1987. 

Thesis on “The Anthropology of Space” (in Dutch). 

Licentiate Sociology, with distinction, and Candidate Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium, 1983, 1986. 

Thesis on “The Sociological Concept of Anomie” (in Dutch: Anomie als Sociologisch Probleem). 

Experience

Professor (since 2010), Associate Professor (2005-2010), Assistant Professor (2002-2005), University of South Carolina, Department of Sociology, Columbia, SC, 2002-present. 

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1997-2002.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Kenyon College, Law and Society Program, Gambier, Ohio, 1996-1997. 

NSF Dissertation Grant, Law and Social Sciences Program, 1994-1995. 

Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1992-1996. 

Assistant, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium, Department of Criminology, 1989-1992. 

My research interests include counter-terrorism, international policing, sociology of law, popular culture, sociological theory, and the sociological profession, amongst others. My most recent teaching and research interests explore contemporary issues of popular culture, especially fame and music, themes which reconnect with my initial specialization in cultural sociology as an undergraduate student and my educational background in cultural anthropology. In 2010, I edited a book on Popular Culture, Crime, and Social Control, and since the spring semester of 2011, I have organized a course on the sociology of the fame in the case of Lady Gaga (see www.gagacourse.net). I have completed several shorter writings and presentations on the fame of Lady Gaga, and I prepare a book-length study to explore the social conditions of the fame of Lady Gaga in the changing world of popular music. Related work on culture stretches from music censorship over the movies of Alfred Hitchcock to the anthropology of Victor Turner. See publications page for related writings.   

My work in the area of law and social control primarily follows three lines of inquiry. First, I have been analyzing the police dimensions of counter-terrorism, especially from a comparative and global viewpoint. This project has resulted in various articles and is the focal point of a new book, entitled The Policing of Terrorism: Organizational and Global Perspectives (Routledge 2010). This study is theoretically rooted in my earlier works on international policing, specifically the neo-Weberian theory of bureaucratization, and is thematically situated in the criminology of terrorism and counter-terrorism, on which subject matter I also edited a volume, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Criminological Perspectives (2004). 

Second, in my book Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition (Cambridge University Press 2008), I analyze the history and systematics of the sociology of law to make a case for this specialty field as a unique and valuable field of inquiry. Drawing together both theoretical and empirical themes, this book reviews the field's major accomplishments and reveals the value of the multiple ways in which sociologists study the social structures and processes of law. The book is now also available in a Chinese translation.

Third, I have analyzed historical antecedents and contemporary conditions of international police cooperation. This work culminated in a series of articles and a book, Policing World Society, published by Oxford University Press (2002). The study examines the history of international cooperation involving police institutions from the United States and Germany as well as other European countries in the period from the middle of the 19th century until World War II. I develop and apply a neo-Weberian theory of bureaucratization to analyze the conditions of cooperation across national borders.

Most of my work is of a comparative and historical nature. In this connection I have a special interest in international and global developments, especially in relation to my substantive research and teaching interests in the areas of law and social control. I have merged this global concern with my interest in the sociological profession in the form of an edited volume, Sociologists in a Global Age: Biographical Perspectives (Ashgate 2007), in which sixteen leading international sociologists share their personal and professional experiences of becoming practitioners in the field. Providing fascinating insights into the careers of sociologists in a global age, the contributors provide auto-biographical reviews of their respective journeys into the world of sociology. This book has been translated into Chinese.  

Throughout my work on various substantive interests, I devote much attention to give adequate theoretical expression to the social structures and processes my empirical work is devoted to. I also do work on, and value, sociological theory in and by itself. Among my publications on sociological theory are two edited volumes: Sociological Theory and Criminological Research (Elsevier 2006) and Habermas, Modernity and Law (Sage 1996). The latter book is now also available in a Chinese edition. Related theoretical research projects involve several works on classical and contemporary theories, such as studies on Robert Merton's anomie theory and Simmel's influence on the sociology of money.

As to the form in which my research is presented, I have not only published consistently, ever since my first article appeared in 1989, but I have also published very broadly in a number of different outlets, with different audiences, in sociology, criminology and criminal justice, as well as in theory, history, and international studies. Thus, I seek my work to reach a broad audience rather than be narrowly confined. I hope this website also contributes to that goal. 

See my Publications page for online copies of my academic writings.

Among the courses that I presently teach at the University of South Carolina are:

Sociology of Law - SOCY 540. Undergraduate course. 

Sociology of Social Control - SOCY 507. Undergraduate course. 

Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame - SOCY 398D. Topics course.

Sociology of Deviant Behavior - SOCY 323. Undergraduate course. 

Contemporary Scholars - SOCY 711. Graduate theory seminar. 

Scientific Methods and Sociological Inquiry - SOCY 701.

Law and Social Control - SOCY 791D. Graduate seminar. 

Criminological Sociology - SOCY 791N. Graduate seminar. 

Comparative & Historical Sociology - SOCY 729. Graduate seminar. 

Policing International Terrorism - SCCC 331. Honors course. 

Honors: Sociology of Law - SOCY 540. Honors course.

“9/11 and the War on Terrorism” & “Law Enforcement 9/11: The Policing of Terrorism,” Summer course on human rights, University of Coimbra, Portugal, July 14-15, 2008; Contemporary Sociological Theory (graduate); Criminal Justice (undergraduate course); Criminologie gastlessen (guest lectures, K.U.Leuven, Belgium, 2003); Hamburg Seminar: Critique of Punitive Reason - Kritik der strafenden Vernunft, Universität Hamburg, Germany, June 28-29, 2000, ASTK, with Mathieu Deflem, Louk Hulsman, Juan Felix Marteau, and Sebastian Scheerer; Law and Police in the New Europe; Introduction to Legal Studies; Policing the Global Village; Seminar on Abortion Policy; Introduction to Sociological Ideas; Sociological Methods in Criminology. 

SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS 

Sabbatical leave for research in Québec, Sweden, Scotland, and Germany, funded by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Spring 2009. 

Two Thumbs Up Award (student nominated), Office of Student Disability Services, University of South Carolina, 2007. 

Co-Director, with Huseyin Durmaz and Georgi Glonti, Advanced Research Workshop on “Understanding and Responding to Terrorism: A Multi-dimensional Approach,” funded by the NATO Programme Security Through Science, Washington, DC, September 8-9, 2006. 

Academic Fellowship, The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, program on “Defending Democracy, Defeating Terrorism,” Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, May-June 2004. 

Purdue Study Abroad program, Oxford University, England, course on “Globalization, Law and Police in the New Europe,” July 2001.

Mentor of the Year Award from the American Society of Criminology, November 2000. 

Purdue-Hamburg Faculty Exchange, Hamburg University, June 2000. 

Invited to the ‘Favorite Professor Dinner,’ Kappa Kappa Gamma, Purdue University, 2000, 1998. 

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Grant, Law and Social Sciences Division, #SBR-9411478 (with Gary T. Marx, PI), September 1994 - August 1995. 

National Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NFWO, National Fund for Scientific Research), Belgium, Research Grant, Northern Kentucky University, Department of Sociology, July 1992. 

Scholarship from the student exchange program of K.U. Leuven, Belgium, for graduate studies at the University of Hull, England, 1987-1988. 

Awards as student: Student Scholarship Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March 1995; Co-winner of the Merle Adams Award, graduate student paper on “Abortion and the Boundaries of Legal Change,” Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, 1994; Winner of the graduate student paper competition of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, student paper on “The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Kingdom: A Test of Two Theories of State Formation,” annual meeting, Danbury, CT, March 1993. 

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On Terrorism, Police, and Security

Interview on the impact of Osama bin Laden's death [video] - WIS-TV ( NBC Columbia, South Carolina), May 2, 2011

USC Expert Says Bin Laden Death Could Have Unintended Consequences - News Channel 6, May 2, 2011

American military analyst: Azerbaijan's role is a strategic one to US - Today.Az, June 2010

N.H. Bomb Scare a False Alarm - The Boston Globe, May 8, 2010.

Estados Unidos ve en el "terrorista solitario" su nueva amenaza - El Universal, May 5, 2010.

In Kenya, Fate of Detained Muslim Cleric Said to Depend on Extradition Treaties, VOANews.com, January 15, 2010.

Int'l assistance is needed to prevent terrorism in Nagorno-Karabakh: expert - Today.az (Azerbaijan), October 7, 2009. 

Muslim community rallies behind Sudbury man charged by the FBI - Boston Globe, March 8, 2009.

Interview on the Mumbai terrorist attacks - CBS Newsradio, New York, December 2, 2008. 

Je Usama bin Ládin nový Che Guevara? - Pravda (Slovakia), August 23, 2008. 

Al–Kajdá si v Iraku vyláme zuby - Pravda (Slovakia), August 22, 2008. 

Interview on border control [audio]  - KSTE radio, San Francisco, CA, August 20, 2008. 

Interpol Finds Its Calling - Time Magazine, March 3, 2008. 

Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Syria - Online debate, WashingtonPost.com, February 13, 2008.

International Intelligence Sharing for Global Security - Turkish Weekly, December 23, 2007. 

Interview on terrorism - XM Satelite Radio, The Midday Show, September 11, 2007. 

Six Years Later: What Is 9/11? - By Reid Wilson. RealClearPolitics.com, September 11, 2007. 

Attacks In Mind, But Life Goes On - The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, September 9, 2007. 

Explosive Indictment - The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), September 1, 2007. 

Surveillance Nation [audio] - Radio program on security cameras, On Point, NPR, July 12, 2007. 

Experts Say Laos Plot not Practical - The Fresno Bee, June 7, 2007. 

Interview on House passage of anti-terrorism bill - CBS news radio, New York, January 9, 2007.

11. september 2001 - Pravda (Slovakia), September 9, 2006. 

Daily Life Hasn't Changed for Americans Since Sept. 11 - Deutsche Welle, September 3, 2006. Also in Spanish and German. 

¿En dónde está Osama Bin Laden? - Tiempos del Mundo, July 13, 2006. 

On Behalf of Muslims, ACLU Seeks FBI Surveillance Data - The Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2006. 

Muslims Find Giving to Charity now Harder - The Toledo Blade, March 6, 2006. 

A New Spin on Global Security - Federal Computer Week, August 29, 2005. 

De-Metaphoring a Metaphor [audio] - The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, New York, July 26, 2005.

Subway Users Ride at Their Own Risk - ABCNews.com, July 22, 2005.

Responding to Terror [audio] - The Connection, NPR radio, July 22, 2005. 

Experts: Bombers Estranged from London Community - The Toledo Blade, July 17, 2005

Better Intelligence Needed to Fight Terror Attacks. Op-ed. The State, July 13, 2005. 

Debate on terrorism - WLXC-FM radio, Columbia, SC, July 10, 2005.

Interview on police cooperation and terrorism - WBT radio, Charlotte, NC, July 10, 2005.

News segment on terrorism [ video] - WOLO-ABC25, Columbia, SC, July 7, 2005. 

Policing Terrorism - Online discussion, WashingtonPost.com, July 7, 2005.

Interviews on the London terrorist bombings: WLS radio, Chicago; ABC News; The National Journal; The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC; CKNW radio, Vancouver, Canada; WBT radio, Charlotte; WGCV radio, Cayce, SC, July 7-8, 2005. 

FBI Inquiry Leads to Fraud Case - The Oregonian, May 12, 2005.

Radio interview on aviation security - WPRO, Providence, Rhode Island, March 16, 2005.

Policing the New Europe: United but Divided; Severing the Hydra’s Head - Defence Security & Control, September 2004. 

Anti-Terror Legislation Passed After 9/11 [audio] - Radio interview, The Carolina Minute, South Carolina Educational Radio Network, August 10, 2004. 

Is Saying 'War on Terror' Hampering Counterterrorism? [audio] - Interviewed for a radio feature, NPR, Day to Day, August 6, 2004.

Radio interview on U.S. terrorism policies - KMED, Medford, Oregon, August 3, 2004.

Sociology’s Mathieu Deflem is Authority on World Terrorism - Interviewed for a feature in the USC Times, June 17, 2004. [pdf copy]

War on Terrorism Strains Agencies [audio] - Radio feature, The Carolina Minute, South Carolina Educational Radio Network, June 14, 2004. 

Scots-US Flights Hit - Interview quoted in an article about cancelled transatlantic flights, Daily Record (Scotland), February 2, 2004. 

Interview on the US-VISIT program - South Carolina Radio News Network, January 9, 2004. 

'Strange' Incidents in S.C. Serve as Reminders of Domestic Threats (posted at The Augusta Chronicle) - Interview on domestic terrorism by the Associated Press, December 12, 2003. 

Terrorism Task Forces Join Efforts [audio] - Radio interview, The Carolina Minute, South Carolina Educational Radio Network, November 12, 2003. 

Global Policing and Terrorism, Part 1 & Part 2 [audio] - Participant in a radio talk show, The Andy Thomas Show, Columbia, South Carolina, September 10, 2003.

Investigation Finds Security Holes at SC DMV [video] - Interview on fraudulent driver’s licenses, News Channel 7, Spartanburg, South Carolina, September 9, 2003. [document file] 

Worldwide police efforts battle terrorism [audio] - Interview for The Carolina Minute on South Carolina Educational Radio Network, Tuesday, September 9, 2003. 

Ulster Haunted by Lingering Scars of Omagh Horror - Interview on the Real IRA quoted in the South China Morning Post, August 15, 2003. 

Interview with BBC-Uzbekfor a radio broadcast on the impact of suicide bombers, May 19, 2003. 

The Fight Against Terror at the UN [ video] - Participant in a televised debate on the CNN International broadcast “Your World Today,” May 8, 2003. 

Other Interviews

News @ gagacourse.net - Links to hundreds of media reports concerning the course, "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame," since October 2010.

The Boys (and the New Kids) Are Back - NBC, Today Show, June 1, 2011

A corrente da moeda - Aventuras na História (Brazil), 2009. 

Radio interview on Alfred Hitchcock - Radio City (Ecuador), August 13, 2007. 

Art Project Adds to List of ‘Isms' - The New York Sun, January 16, 2007. 

On Mexican-Canadian police cooperation - Global TV Network, Ontario, Canada, February 27, 2006.

TV interview on internet communications - Carolina News, Columbia, SC, October 25, 2005. 

Cheating Goes High-Tech with Use of Cell Phones, Internet - The Greenville News, May 2, 2005.

Detecting a Flaw - The Free Times, April 6-12, 2005.

Someone to Watch Over Me - Queen’s Alumni Review, Fall 2004.

Web Site Defends Sociology - The Gamecock, November 17, 2004.

"Save Sociology" Web site preserves integrity of field as a discipline - USC Times, November 2004. 

Latte Shouldn’t Cost Someone Life or Limb. Letter. The State, February 17, 2004, p. A8. 

God and Satan in Bentonville (see www.knoxandbaum.com) - Interview quoted in an article on Walmart by Dan Baum, Playboy magazine, November 2003. 

The Great Debate - Interview on drug legalization quoted in the Garnet and Black magazine, November 2002. 

Police collaborate on fighting crime [audio] - Interview with USC Media Relations for the radio broadcast The Carolina Minute, November 15, 2002.

Dangerous behavior linked to firearms - Interview on guns in college quoted in the Gamecock newspaper, October 2002. 

Pedestrians Risk Their Lives at Crosswalks. Letter. The State, July 14, 2002, p.D2. 

Radio interview on the death penalty, local show in West Lafayette, Indiana, June 2001.

Police Use Web Site Inappropriately. Letter. The Purdue Exponent, April 9, 2001, p.6. See also: Letter to the Editor. Journal and Courier, April 8, 2001.

Web site adds photos to identify revelers - Interview quoted in The Purdue Exponent, April 9, 2001. [pdf backup] 

Interview with the Indianapolis Star on threatening emails, January 2001.

Campus sees rise in reported crime - Interview quoted in The Purdue Exponent, September 12, 2000. 

Interview on study guides quoted in The Akron Beacon Journal, July 6, 2000.

History of the Civil War in 560 Words, Laminated - The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2000. 

Article Misstates Facts of Abortion. Letter. The Purdue Exponent, April 27, 2000.

Can Textbook E-Tailers Topple Bookselling's Ivory Tower? - Interview quoted in Publishing Trends, March 2000. 

Letters and op-eds accompany my website campaign "Free Education Now!", 1999-2000. See also features and interviews on the campaign that appeared in several media, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, Denver Post, The Village Voice, USA Today, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Christian Science Monitor. 

Sacred Cows of Arms, Prisons Are Milking the U.S. Budget - Quoted in an op-ed, Chicago Sun-Times, December 25, 1995.

RECENT & UPCOMING TALKS 

Commentator, Junior Faculty Interdisciplinary Workshop on “Objectivity in the Law,” Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, March 22-23, 2012, forthcoming.

"The Fame of Lady Gaga." Paper presented at the panel discussion "On the Nature of Celebrity: Franz Liszt, Niccolo Paganini, and Lady Gaga," as part of the Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project, Library of Congress, Whittall Pavilion in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC, October 19, 2011. See video presentation on YouTube!

"Policing the Modern City: Local Counterterrorism in the USA.” Invited talk at conference on “Counter Terrorism in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities,” Antalya, Turkey, May 9-10, 2011.

Invited panel participant, “US Policing Terrorism in a Global Context,” conference on “Policing Terrorism” at John Jay College, Center on Terrorism, New York, March 18, 2011.  

Previous Invited Talks:

Panel on Public Sociology, Department of Sociology, George Mason University, November 12, 2010.

“Civil Liberties and Surveillance in the Post-9/11 World: Popular (Mis)Conceptions of Security.”  Conference on intelligence and security, Istanbul, Turkey, September 24-25, 2010.

“International Police Cooperation in an Age of Terror.” Workshop of the Policing Across Borders Project of the Center for international Human Rights (CIHR) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, November 13-14, 2009. 

"The Sociological Discourse on Human Rights." Conference on Human Rights and the Social: Making a New Knowledge, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, November 4-6, 2009. 

"Policing Terrorism and Human Rights." Talk organized by Amnesty International, Columbia, SC, Public Library Southeast Regional, September 30, 2009. 

Panel on my book Sociology of Law (Cambridge University Press 2009), Annual meeting of the SSSP, San Francisco, August 9, 2009. 

"Flucht von der Jurisprudenz: Talcott Parsons und die Grundlagen der Rechtssoziologie." Institut für Soziologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, June 4, 2009, 6:00 p.m. Posted on YouTube! 

"Die Entwicklung der Rechtssoziologie als Wissen und als Institution." Fachgruppe Soziologie, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany, June 2, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Posted on YouTube. 

"The Privacy of Public Sociology: Transatlantic Revelations." Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Applied Social Sciences, The University of Glasgow, Scotland, April 24, 2009. Posted on YouTube!

"Policing Terrorism: Crime Control and the Foundations of Global Security." School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 23, 2009. 

"Terrorism and War: Policing Iraq and Afghanistan." Malmö University, Sweden, April 20, 2009. 

"Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition." Rättssociologiska enheten, Lund University, Sweden, April 17, 2009. 

"Sociology of Law and Jurisprudence: A Difficult Courtship." Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, April 15, 2009. 

"Sociology of Law: Its Development as Scholarship and as Institution." Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP), Université de Montréal, Canada, March 18, 2009. 

"Policing Terrorism: Crime Control and the Foundations of Global Security." Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, March 13, 2009. 

"Sociology of Law and Jurisprudence: A Difficult Courtship." Centre d'études sur le droit international et la mondialisation, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, March 12, 2009. 

“9/11 and the War on Terrorism,” and “Law Enforcement 9/11: The Policing of Terrorism.” Invited lectures as part of a Summer Course on “Fighting Terrorism Within Human Rights Law,” Human Rights Centre/Ius Gentium Conimbrigae, University of Coimbra, Portugal, July 14-15, 2008. [more info]

“Bureaucratization, Politicization, and the Policing of Terrorism: Undercover Counter-Terrorism in Israel.” École de criminologie, Université de Montréal, Canada, April 24, 2008. 

“Police and Counter-Terrorism: A Sociological Theory of International Cooperation.” Workshop on International Security Cooperation: Intelligence Practices, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, December 6-8, 2007. 

“The Concept of Social Control: Theories and Applications.” International Conference on “Charities as Instruments of Social Control in Nineteenth-Century Britain,” Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes 2), organized by the British Civilization research group (ACB), within the Research Centre ACE (Anglophonie, Communautés, Ecritures), Rennes, France, November 22-23, 2007. 

“Policing Post-War Iraq: Insurgency, Civilian Police, and the Reconstruction of Society.” Departments of Law and Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, September 22, 2006.

“Global Counter-Terrorism: International Police Cooperation in the Fight Against Terrorism.” Key speaker at the workshop on Social Dynamics of Global Terrorism: Risk and Prevention Policies, Sociological Association of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, April 6-7, 2006. 

“Policing the ‘War on Terror’: Bureaucratization and the State Since 9/11.” Conference on The Transformation of the Territorial State: Changes in and Challenges to National Control over Police and Taxation, International University Bremen, Germany, June 17-18, 2005. 

“Policing World Society: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Developments.” Conference on the American Police Model in Transnational Perspective (taped), Brandeis University, April 15, 2005. 

“Experiencing Israel: Undercover Counter-Terrorism in Jerusalem Unit YAMAS.” Conference on Undercover Policing and Emerging Enforcement Powers, University of Illinois Law School, Urbana-Champaign, March 11-12, 2005. 

“Why Public Sociology is Neither, or: Would the Real Odum Please Stand Up?” South Carolina Sociological Association, Charleston, February 11, 2005. 

“Policing International Terrorism: September 11 Today,” Department of Sociology, College of Charleston, February 10, 2005; Professional Society of International Studies, Columbia, SC, November 30, 2004; Shepherd Center, Columbia, SC, May 19, 2004. 

“Homeland Security and U.S. Border Policing After 9-11.” Workshop on State Borders and Border Policing, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 2004. 

“International Police Cooperation Against Terrorism,” Public lecture, Students Against Terrorism, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, April 27, 2004. 

“Anti-Terrorism and Police Cooperation Across Borders.” The Palmetto Forum, organized by the Walker Institute of International Studies, Columbia, SC, March 3, 2004. 

“Prevention and Response in Counter-Terrorism: The Prospects of Inter-Agency Cooperation for Homeland Security.” Conference on Transportation and Critical Infrastructure Homeland Security, organized by the Defense Government Consortium, Alexandria, VA, December 2003.

“Policing International Terrorism: Developments and Dynamics from 1898 to September 11.” Faculty Research Seminar, Walker Institute of International Studies, Columbia, SC, October 15, 2003. 

Invited panel participant of an ‘informance’ accompanying the play “The Crucible,” Theatre South Carolina, University of South Carolina, April 22, 2003. 

Invited lectures on the criminological relevance of Robert Merton and Jürgen Habermas, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium, Department of Criminology, March 12-13, 2003. [more info]

“Notes Companies and the Invasion of E-Commerce (E for Education).” Keynote address at the Spring meeting of the Indiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors, Indianapolis, April 8, 2000.

Invited talk on “The FBI and the Nazification of Interpol,” Indiana University, Bloomington, Department of Criminal Justice, February 17, 1998.

Lecture on “Habermas on Law,” University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, Faculty of Law, February 22, 1994.