Bio
Name: Richard E. Niemeyer, PhD
ORCID: 0000-0002-1058-253X
Education
2011 University of California, Riverside, PhD, Sociology
2006 University of California, Riverside, MA, Sociology.
2004 University of California, Riverside, BS, Sociology.
Academic Appointments (Abridged)
2023-Present Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, United States Air Force Academy.
2021-2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, United States Air Force Academy.
Grants
2022 “Cognitive Security and its Mitigation: A Theoretical Framework, Supporting Neurophysiological Studies, and Advanced Deep Learning to Support Use-inspired Solutions in Sparse and Dense Information Environments.” Submitted to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research—Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative. Co-authored with L. Hirshfield (PI), R. Niemeyer (Co-I), C. Tossell (Co-I), E. de Visser, M. Ceko (Co-I), A. Anderson (Co-I), N. Saxena (Co-I). Amount: $6.19M
2014 “Proposal to host a transdisciplinary symposium on the genetic, neurological and psychological foundations of general strain theory, social learning theory, and social control theory.” Supported by the Graduate School and Masters of Integrated Science Program, UC Denver. Amount: $6000.
2011 “Proposal to Create the Institute for the Applications of Mathematics & Integrated Science” Chancellor’s Strategic Investment Grant, UC Riverside. M. Lapidus (PI) R. Niemeyer (Co-I), and R. Niemeyer (Co-I). Amount: $68,500.
Professional Awards
2022 William J. Hendrix Scholarship Excellence Award, United States Air Force Academy- Department of Behavioral Science & Leadership.
2018 Dr. Linda and Roger Bowman Award for Instructional Excellence, Community College of Aurora (Finalist).
2008 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant of the Year, University of California, Riverside- Department of Sociology.
2004 Dean’s Fellowship, University of California, Riverside- Department of Sociology.
Invited Talks
2020 "Creating spaces of change to deal with the psychological and biological consequences of racism.” Symposium on Race, Denver, Colorado.
2015 “How the Stories we tell Shape the Lives we Live: research at the intersection of the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences.” Avila University.
2013 “An integrated science approach to advancing micro-sociological theory.” University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Workshops Organized
2016 “Mechanistic Criminology: A Critique of Deterrence Theory.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology, Co-Organized with K. Ryan Proctor.
2014 “Transdisciplinary symposium on the genetic, neurological and psychological foundations of general strain theory, social learning theory, and social control theory,” CU Denver, May 26.
2014 Special Session on: "Modeling Complex Social Processes Within and Across Levels of Analysis." Spring Western Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Co-Organized with S. DeDeo.
2012 IAMIS Spring Workshop on: “Analysis and Application of Evolutionary PDEs,” UC Riverside. Co-Organized with J. Jang, T.Laurent and J. Kelliher.
2012 IAMIS Summer Workshop on: “Applications of Fractal Geometry & Dynamical Systems Theory to Biology & Physics,” UC Riverside, Co-Organized with M. Lapidus.
Presentations
2019 “On the Applicability of Brain Network Connectivity Research to Criminology.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor and Mickela Heilicher).
2019 “An Indirect Critical Test of Social Learning Theory's Concept of the Matching Function.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2018 “Integrative Approaches to Criminological Theory.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2017 “Lumping Errors in Differential Association and Social Learning Theories.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2016 “On the Importance of Systemicity: What General Strain Theory can Learn from the Field of Neuroendocrinology.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2015 “A Mechanistic Framework for Understanding the Consequences of Racial Discrimination and their Relationship to the Causes of Crime.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with M.L. Walker).
2014 “The Neuroscience of Self-Regulation: A Toolbox for Developing Cumulative Theory. Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2013 “Are Biosocial Criminology’s Appeals to Evolutionary Psychology Necessary? Occam’s Razor says no.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2013 “Role-Taking Behavior in Microlevel Theories of Criminal Behavior: A Neurological Perspective.” Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2012 “From Genes to General Strain Theory: how modern neuroscience can bridge the explanatory gap. Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology (with K. Ryan Proctor).
2011 “Graphs, Dynamical Systems, Fractals: A Heuristic Framework for Modeling the Structure and Dynamics of Complex Interactions across Multiple Levels of Analysis.” Annual Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America.
Professional Service
2013-2016 Elected Council Member, Section on Evolution, Biology and Society, American Sociological Association
2015 Invited Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice and Behavior
2015 Invited Reviewer, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Professional Memberships
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association