Dr. Daisy Ball
Associate Professor
Department: Public Affairs
Office: 323 Francis T. West Hall
540-375-5413
dball@roanoke.edu
Degrees
Ph.D. in Sociology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S. in Sociology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.A. in Sociology
Roanoke College
Research & Teaching Interests
Criminal Justice, Race, Re-entry/Returning Citizens, Campus Climate, Asian American Studies, Research Methods, Culture
Books
2021. Hartlep, Nicholas, Daisy Ball, and Kevin Wells, eds. Asian/American Scholars of Education: 21st Century Pedagogies, Perspectives, and Experiences, 2nd Ed. Oxford, UK: Peter Lang.
2020. Hartlep, Nicholas and Daisy Ball, eds. Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty: Perspectives and Lessons from Higher Education. New York: Routledge.
2018. Hartlep, Nicholas, Amardeep Kahlon, and Daisy Ball, eds. Asian/American Scholars of Education: 21st Century Pedagogies, Perspectives, and Experiences. Oxford, UK: Peter Lang.
2017. Ball, Daisy and Nicholas Hartlep, eds. Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Recent Publications
(Selected)
2023. Hartlep, Nicholas, Katherine Robershaw, Daisy Ball, and Brandon Hensley. "An Exploratory Analysis of Executive Compensation in 2020: A Retrospective Analysis of a Chronicle of Higher Education Data Set." Journal of Minority Acheivement, Creativity, and Leadership. [forthcoming]
2022. Ball, Daisy. "'Everybody Must Get Stoned': Marijuana and the Beats." In Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies, edited by James Hawdon, Matthew Costello, and Bryan Miller. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
2022. Ball, Daisy. "Silent Witness: Tracing Campus Climate at Virginia Tech via Unobtrusive Measures, 2003-2017." In Impact of School Shootings on Classroom Culture, Curriculum, and Learning, edited by Gordon Crews. Hershey, PA: IGI-Global.
2021. Hartlep, Nicholas, Daisy Ball, Kevin Wells, Hannah Wilk, and Brandon Hensley. "An Exploratory Analysis of Scripps Spelling Bee Winners: Are Asian/Americans Overrepresented Model Minorities?" Journal of Minority Acheivement, Creativity, and Leadership, V. 1:2, 248-273. DOI:10.5325/minoachicrealead.1.2.0248
2020. Ball, Daisy. "Asian American Women in Law Enforcement: Barriers to Entry, Acheivement, and Promotion." In Women and Minorities in Criminal Justice: An Intersectionality Approach, edited by Carla Coates. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
2020. Hartlep, Nicholas, Kevin Wells, and Daisy Ball. "Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and the Intel Westinghouse Science Award: A 16-Year Descriptive Analysis." SN Social Sciences 43545(14).
DOI: 10.1007/s43545-020-00014-4.
2019. Ball, Daisy. "America's 'Whiz Kids'? Ambivalence and the Model Minority Stereotype." Sociological Spectrum 39(2): 116-130.
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2019.1608339.
2019. Ball, Daisy. "The Writing on the...Desk: Desktop Graffiti as Unobtrusive Measure of Campus Climate following the Virginia Tech Massacre." Deviant Behavior 41(3): 366-377.
DOI: 10.10180/01639625.2019.1565525.
2017. Hartlep, Nicholas, Brandon Hensley, Kevin Wells, Timothy Brewer, Daisy Ball, and Peter McLaren. “Homophily in Higher Education: Historicizing the AERA Member-to-Fellow Pipeline Using Theories of Social Reproduction and Social Networks.” Policy Futures in Education 15(3): 1-25.
2016. Hartlep, Nicholas, Daisy Ball, Kendra Theodosopoulos, Kevin Wells, and Grant B. Morgan. “A National Analysis of Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Professors in the Field of Education." Educational Studies 52(2): 119-138.
Recent Presentations
(Selected)
March 2023. "'The Conversation': Returning Citizens, Stigma Management, and Prospective Romantic Partners." Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, National Harbor, MD (w/ J. Suleyman).
December 2022. "Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty: Perspectives and Lessons from Higher Education." Book Talk. Friday Evening Lecture Series, Asian American/Asian Research Institute, City University of New York (w/ N. Hartlep).
March 2022. "An Exploration of Asian American Women in Law Enforcement." Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
March 2019. "The Experiences of Asian/American Endowed Professors/Distinguished Chairs in Higher Education." Book Talk. Friday Evening Lecture Series, Asian American/Asian Research Institute, City University of New York (w/ N. Hartlep).
September 2018. "'Dear Virginia': Letters from South Korean Schoolchildren in Response to the Deadliest School Shooting in Modern U.S. History." Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Pensacola Beach, FL (w/ A. Ford).
February 2018. "The Writing on the...Desk: Desktop Graffiti as Unobtrusive Measure of Campus Climate following Horrific Crimes." Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New Orleans, LA.
March 2017. "Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator." Book Talk. Friday Evening Lecture Series, Asian American/Asian Research Institute, City University of New York (w/ N. Hartlep).
March 2017. "'Model Minority' or 'Criminal Threat'? Asian Americans at Virginia Tech following Horrific Crimes." Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA.
September 2017. "Asian Americans and Collegiate Crime: Innovative Methodological Approaches to Studying Crimes on Campus." Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, New Orleans, LA.
Available as a Media resource for the following topics
Criminal Justice and Race
Re-entry/Returning Citizens
Prison Education
School Shootings
Campus Climate
Asian American Studies
Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on
Criminal Justice and Race
Re-entry/Returning Citizens
Prison Education
School Shootings
Campus Climate
Asian American Studies