Works published and/or submitted for publication:

·    Mackey, D. A., Courtright, K. E., & Packard, S. H. (2006).  Testing the rehabilitative ideal among college students.  Criminal Justice Studies:  A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society, 19(2).

·    Courtright, K.E., Hannan, M., Packard, S. H., & Brennan, E. T. (2005). Prisons and rural communities:  Exploring economic impact and community satisfaction.  Report for grant-funded study submitted to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a legislative agency of Pennsylvania General Assembly.

·    Courtright, K. E., Mackey, D. A., & Packard, S. H. (2005).  Empathy among college students and criminal justice majors:  Identifying predispositional traits and the role of education.  Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 16(1), 125-144.

·    West, P. L., & Packard, S. (2004).  Pathway to counseling excellence certification.  The Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association, 6(1), 47-50.

Research:

·    2004 to Present: Center for Rural Pennsylvania grant-funded research in progress (re: economic impact of and community satisfaction with prisons located in rural areas of Pennsylvania).

Conference Presentations:

·    Issues in Criminal Justice – Part 1, Event 59 (panel chair), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, MD, March 1, 2006.

·    Prisons and Rural Communities: Exploring Economic Impact and Community Satisfaction, Session 356:  Issues in Corrections (co-presented with Kevin E. Courtright, Ph.D. and Edward T. Brennan, M.Ed.)  The American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November 17, 2005.

·    Rehabilitation Counseling and Vocational Rehabilitation, Session Number 43 (special forum moderated by Lori A. Bruch, Ed.D., co-presented with James T. Herbert, Ph. D., Michael Pramuka, Ph.D., and Rebecca Spirito-Dalgin, Ph. D.), Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, State College, PA, September 30, 2005.