Christopher J. Marier

Curriculum Vitae

February 2025

EDUCATION

2020        Ph.D., Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa

2013        M.S., Criminology, Florida State University, Tallahassee

2009        B.A., Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020 — 2025        Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Justice Studies, Appalachian State University

2014 — 2018        Managing Editor, Policing: An International Journal

2007 — 2013        Police Officer, North Port (FL) Police Department

PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Marier, C. J., Todak, N., Baker, D. B. & Ondercin, H. [Forthcoming]. Assessing the effect of gender and diversity on the traditional police culture. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.

Fridell, L. A., & Marier, C. J. (2025). The Color of Confinement: Racial Bias and Jail Populations Across America. American Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-024-09788-2 

Marier, C. J. & Baker, D. B. (2024). Police use-of-force self-efficacy: An antidote to the Ferguson Effect? Journal of Crime and Justice, 47(3), 309-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2023.2299457

Marier, C. J. (2024). Justifiability and culpability in lethal self-defense: Police officers vs. civilians. Journal of Criminal Justice, 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102142

Marier, C. J. & Fridell, L. A. (2023). Racial threat and punitive police attitudes. Justice Quarterly, 40(6), 859-884. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2022.2127842

Kim, H. S., & Marier, C. J. (2023). High-speed mobile networks and police repression during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Nigeria. Policing: An International Journal, 46(4), 655-668. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-01-2023-0017

Marier, C. J. & Cochran, J. K. (2023). Ethnic diversity, ethnic polarization, and incarceration rates: a cross-national study. Justice Quarterly, 40(4), 478-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2022.2063753

Baker, D. B., Marier, C. J. & Cheek, M. (2023). Worried sick: Perceptions of low public support, stress, and somatic health problems in law enforcement. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 17. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac118

Fridell, L. A., & Marier, C. J. (2023). The impact of suspect race and precipitating incident on community members’ assessments of deadly force reasonableness. Homicide Studies, 27(1), 142-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679221112601

Marier, C. J., & Fridell, L. A. (2020). Demonstrations, demoralization, and de‐policing. Criminology & Public Policy, 19(3), 693-719. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12492

Cochran, J. K., Marier, C. J., Jennings, W. G., Smith, M. D., Bjerregaard, B., & Fogel, S. J. (2019). Rape, race, and capital punishment: An enduring cultural legacy of lethal vengeance? Race and Justice, 9(4), 383-406. https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368717702700

Marier, C. J. & Moule, R. K. (2019). Feeling Blue: Officer Perceptions of Public Antipathy Predict Police Occupational Norms. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 44(5), 836-857. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-018-9459-1

Marier, C. J., Cochran, J. K., Smith, M. D., Fogel, S. J., & Bjerregaard, B. (2018). Victim age and capital sentencing outcomes in North Carolina (1977–2009). Criminal Justice Studies, 31(1), 62-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2017.1404464 

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Fridell, L. A., Richardson, D., and Marier, C. J. 2023. The Use of Force “Reasonableness Divide.” Police Chief.

Marier, C. J. & Baker, D. B. (2022). NC Officer Health, Fitness, and Wellness: A Report to The N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the N.C. Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission. Technical Report.

PRESENTATIONS

Marier, C.J., Cochran, J. K., and Rennó-Santos, M. (2023). Polarization and Punishment. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.

Baker, D.B., Ondercin, H., Todak, N., and Marier, C.J. (2023). Anticipating 30x30: Effects of Organization and Leader Diversity on Attitudes of White Male Officers in Policing. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.

Marier, C. J. (2023). Police officers are perceived more favorably than civilians in factually and legally equivalent shootings: A randomized controlled survey experiment. Presented at Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian, Boone, NC.

Marier, C. J. & Baker D. B. (2023). Police Stress and Use-of-Force Attitudes. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD.

Baker, D. B., Marier, C. J., & Cheek M. (2022). Worried Sick: Perceptions of Low Public Support, Stress, and Somatic Health Problems in Law Enforcement. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Asheville.

Fridell, L. A., Marier, C. J., & Richardson, D. (2022). The Impact of Suspect Race and Precipitating Incident on Community Members’ Assessments of Force Reasonableness. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.

Marier, C. J. & Richardson, D. (2022). Benefit of the Doubt?: Public Perceptions of Lethal Self-Defense by Police vs. Civilians. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.

Richardson, D., Fridell, L. A., & Marier, C. J.. (2021). Examining the Relationships Between Socializing with Blacks, Implicit Anti-Black Bias, and Support for Racial Profiling. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Marier, C. J. & Fridell, L. A.. (2021). Racial Threat and Punitive Police Attitudes: Evidence from 97 American Agencies. Presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Daytona.

Marier, C. J. & Fridell, L. A.. (2020). Examining American Exceptionalism in Minority Confidence in Police. Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Canceled due to COVID-19.

Marier, C. J. (2020). Minority threat and incarceration rates: A cross-national study. Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Canceled due to COVID-19.

Marier, C. J. & Fridell, L. A.. (2019). Racial Threat and Arrest Disparities: The Mediating Effect of Implicit Bias. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

Marier, C. J. (2019). Legitimacy Crisis and Police Culture: Evaluating Changes in Police Culture Following Ferguson Riots. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Baltimore.

Marier, C. J. & Moule, R. K. (2018). Feeling Blue: Police Perceptions of Public Antipathy and Police Culture. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta.

Marier, C. J., Cochran, J. K., Smith, M. D., Fogel, S. J., & Bjerregaard, B. Victim age and capital sentencing outcomes in North Carolina (1977–2009). Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

Marier, C. J. The Scale of Incarceration and the Behavior of Law. (2016). Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Denver.

AWARDS & HONORS

2021        Outstanding Criminology Ambassador, University of South Florida Department of Criminology.

2020        ACJS International Section Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. Paper Title: Minority threat and incarceration rates: A cross-national study.

2019        ACJS Doctoral Summit Fellowship.

2014        University Graduate Fellowship, University of South Florida.

GRANTS

Lawful but Awful? Exploring Community Expectations and Public Policy in Police Use of Force. Awarded by the Appalachian State University Research Council on 11/21/2024 for $4,310.

Lawful but Awful? Exploring Community Expectations and Public Policy in Police Use of Force. Summer Stipend for Writing a Grant awarded by the Appalachian State University Office of Research & Innovation on 11/11/2024 for $3,500.

The Appalachian State University Police Officer Development Program: A Model for the Nation? Co-PI. Chancellor’s Innovation Grant awarded by Appalachian State University on 01/20/2024 for $10,000.

APDP Evaluation. Research/Proposal Development Summer Grant awarded by the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences on 01/08/2024 for $5,000.

A Novel Experiment Evaluating Perceptions of Police Use of Force. Awarded by the Appalachian State University Research Council on 12/15/2021 for $4,809.

An Innovative Study to Identify the Risk Factors of Assaults On/Against Law Enforcement Officers. Submitted to the National Institutes of Health on 10/7/2019 for $1.2 million. Not funded. Assisted in conceptualizing the research design, identifying relevant literature, and writing the research strategy.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER

Justice Quarterly, Criminology & Public Policy, Homicide Studies, Journal of Drug Issues, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Political Geography, Journal of Crime and Justice, Injury Epidemiology, Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

COURSES TAUGHT

Introduction to Law Enforcement, Critical Issues in Policing, Police Administration & Organization, Officer Wellness and Performance, Criminalistics, Criminal Investigations, Comparative Criminal Justice, Race and Justice, Patterns of Criminal Behavior, Survey of the Criminal Justice System, Theories of Criminal Behavior, Introduction to Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Corrections, Juvenile Delinquency & Rehabilitation, Police Process, Contemporary Issues in Policing, Criminal Law, Honors Thesis, Writing in Criminal Justice, Theories of Crime and Justice.

STUDENT MENTORSHIP

2025        Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Thesis Chair. Conor Goodwin. Testing the Community Expectations Standard in Evaluations of Police Use of Force.

2023        Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Second Reader. Law Enforcement and Prosecutors: How Two Entities Work Together (or Not).

2023        Masters of Public Administration. Capstone Committee Member. Ben Carter. The Impact of Ongoing Physical Fitness Training Implementations on Law Enforcement Officer Wellness and Physical Work Performance.

2022        Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Thesis Chair. Ivey Black. Police Use of Force: Causes, Impacts, and Policy.

SERVICE

2022        Criminal Justice Faculty Search Committee

2022        Political Science Faculty Search Committee

2021 — 2023        Reviewer, Peer Assisted Review Enterprise (PARE), Appalachian State University

2021        Department of Government & Justice Studies Scholarship Committee

2020 — 2021        Department of Government & Justice Studies DPC Committee

2018 — 2020        Undergraduate Committee, University of South Florida

2014 — 2015        Fundraising Coordinator, Criminology Graduate Student Organization, University of South Florida

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Division of Policing

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)

        Police Section

        Women and Minorities Section

        International Section