Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Indiana State University
Franklin T. Wilson, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Indiana State University, is an expert in media depictions of law enforcement, crime and victims as well as issues surrounding race, gender and socioeconomic class and mass incarceration.
Wilson also serves as an associated faculty member of African American Studies at Indiana State University. He has worked with the National Institute for Victims Studies, the Texas Counsel on Offenders with Mental and Medical Impairments, the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services and the Texas Prison Museum. He is the Founding Chair of the International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference and a member of the Board of Directors for CRIMCAST, an online podcast that centers on current issues in criminal justice.
He has been published in numerous academic journals and is the author of Crime and Media Studies: Diversity of Method, Medium and Communication.
Wilson received his Ph.D. from Sam Houston State University, M.S. from Eastern Kentucky University and B.A. from Ohio University.
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