Biography
Harry R. Dammer is Professor of Sociology, Criminal Justice & Criminology. Dr. Dammer received an A.S. in Police Science from Bergen Community College (NJ), B.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Dayton (OH), M.S. in Education from Dayton, and Ph.D. from the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice. He is the author or co-author of several books and also published or co-published more than 40 articles, chapters, manuals, and professional reports on a variety of criminal justice topics. He has made numerous presentations at professional conferences around the world including in China, Portugal, S. Korea, Hungary, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, England, Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. In 1993-94, and the spring of 2009, Dr. Dammer was awarded Fulbright Scholarships to lecture and conduct research in Germany.
He has been active on numerous professional organizations including the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Correctional Association, and the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences. He served as the chair of the International Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (March 2003 to March 2005). He has served as a member of the National Seminar for Higher Jesuit Education, the Ignatian Colleagues Program, and the Catholic Social Tradition, Learning, and Research Initiative at Notre Dame. On campus he has served as Faculty Representative to the NCAA, as a Faculty Fellow in the Office of Educational Assessment, and as a member of the Steering Committee and Chair of the Mission Implementation Sub-Committee for Middle States review. In 2011 he received The University of Scranton Faculty Award for Excellence in Advancing Interdisciplinary Study, and in 2016 he received the Faculty Award for Excellence in University Service and Leadership. On the personal side, Dr. Dammer was born in Jersey City, NJ, and grew up in nearby Ridgefield, NJ. He currently resides in Clarks Summit with his wife (Eileen Sulzbach-Dammer) and daughters. His personal interests are running, golf, college basketball, and he is an avid Yankees fan.