Andrew Odubote

	Assistant Professor Anthropology & Sociology Bethel University 3900 Bethel Dr. #24 St. Paul, MN 55112 651-638-6194 b-odubote@bethel.edu

Andrew Bamidele Odubote, Ph.D. specializes in criminology. His dissertation is entitled “The Moderating Effect of Race on Parenting Style and Juvenile Delinquency: A Comparative Study of European American, African American and Nigerian Families." Prior to coming to Bethel, he taught at the University of Minnesota and was an adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University.

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Ph.D. in Sociology, August 2007

Dissertation: “The Moderating Effect of Race on Parenting Style and Delinquency: A Comparative Study of European American, African American and Nigerian Families”

Dissertation Adviser: Professor Christopher Uggen.

University of Jos, Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. 1991 - 1994

M.S. Sociology

Thesis: “Labor Management Conflict in Complex Organizations: A Case Study of the Nigeria Railway Corporation”

Thesis Adviser: Professor Olufemi Adelakun

University of Jos, Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. 1986 - 1990

B.S. Sociology

Senior Paper: “The Study of Unemployment Rate in Nigeria: A Case Study of Lagos State (1984-1989)”

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Crime, Delinquency, Sociology of Family and Race

TEACHING INTERESTS

Criminology, Family, Research Methods, Criminal Procedure, Law and Justice

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Travel Award, Conference on Emerging Adulthood, 2005

Society for Research on Adolescence. $250

Life Course Center Travel Award, 2003-2004

Youth Development Study,

University of Minnesota. $800

Professional Development Awards for Conference Travel, 2000-2003

Department of Sociology,

University of Minnesota. $1000

Adolescent And Youth Dissertation Award, 20002

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,

Harvard University. $3500

Anna Welsch Bright Memorial Award, 2000-2002

Department of Sociology

University of Minnesota. $5000

Merit Award 1991

National Youth Service Corps,

Sokoto State.

SELECTED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Manuscript Under Review

Agugua, Austin and Bamidele Odubote. “Thuggerism or Vigilante: An assessment of the role of Bakassi Boys of Eastern Nigeria in Crime Control.” Under review at Annals of the Social Science Council of Nigeria.

Work in Progress

Odubote, Bamidele and Zhang Xuefeng. “Assessing the Role of Religiosity in Family Relationships: Evidence of a Parenting Style-Delinquency Convergence.”

Odubote, Bamidele. “The Effects of Family Structure, Socioeconomic Status, and Parenting Style on Delinquency.”

Odubote, Bamidele. “Authoritarian Parenting Style: Influences of Parents’ Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, Beliefs about Parenting.”

Presentations

Bamidele A. Odubote. “Relationships between Parenting Style, Race and Juvenile Delinquency: A Cross Cultural Perspective.” Paper presented at the Second Conference on Emerging Adulthood of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Miami, FL. February 2005.

Bamidele A. Odubote. “The Effects of Family Structure, Socioeconomic Status, and Parenting Style on Delinquency: A cross Cultural Perspective.” International Conference on Social Science Research, New Orleans, LA. November 2004.

Bamidele A. Odubote. “Understanding the racial differences in Parenting Styles in the United States: An Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency and Parenting Styles in Nigeria.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO. November 2003.

Bamidele A. Odubote. “Religious commitment and Crime: A review of the empirical Literature.” Paper presented at The MacLaurin Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN. July 2001

Bamidele A. Odubote. “Parenting Style, Peer Influence and Juvenile delinquency.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. November 2000.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Data Collection Manager/Research Assistant 1999 – 2000.

Youth Development Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Data collection and management for Jeylan Mortimer.

Teaching Experience

Instructor, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Metropolitan State University.

Contemporary Sociology, Fall 2005.

Supplemental Instructor, General College, University of Minnesota.

People and Problems, Spring 2005.

Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Criminology, Fall 2003.

Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Introduction to Sociology, Spring 2003.

Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice, Spring 2001.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

The Sociology of Punishment and Corrections, taught by Michael Massoglia, 2005.

Lab Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Senior Project Seminar, taught by Martha Easton, 2004.

Lab Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Senior Project Seminar, taught by David Knoke, 2002.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Juvenile Justice and Law, taught by Melissa Thompson, 2002.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Policing in American Society, taught by Connie Osterbaan, 2001.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Criminal Law, taught by Joel Samaha, 2000.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice, taught by Denise Hesselton, 2000.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Criminal Procedure in American Society, taught by Joel Samaha, 1999.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Race, Class and Gender, taught by Douglas Hartmann, 1999.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Criminal Procedure in American Society, taught by Joel Samaha, 1998.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control, taught by Candace Kruttschnitt, 1998.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Juvenile Delinquency, taught by Gerald Krause, 1997.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

World Population Problem, taught by Robert Kennedy, 1997.

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Department Committees

Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1999-2000.

Committee Member, Annual Department Conference, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2001.

Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association 1999 to Present

American Society of Criminology 1999 to Present

Society for Research on Adolescence 2004 to Present

Professional Association Service

Program Committee Member, International Conference on Social Science Research, 2005.