David Peters has extensive education and experience in sociology, criminal justice, law, and medicine. He currently holds positions as a lecturer at Marygrove College and adjunct professor at Wayne State University. Peters received his PhD in Sociology from Wayne State University and has published research on medical marijuana patients and reduced opiate use. His areas of research interest include deviance, law, social control, and criminal justice policy.

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David C. Peters II, B.S., J.D., M.S., PhD
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Department of Sociology Wayne State University
2233 Faculty Administration Building (F/AB); 656 W. Kirby
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (734) 421-6691
email: dpeters@med.wayne.edu
CURRENT POSITIONS:
Lecturer, Marygrove College Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology
Adjunct, Wayne State University Department of Sociology
Attorney, State Bar of Michigan
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology December 2013
Wayne State University Department of Sociology
Dissertation: “Qualitative Reports of Michigan Medical Marijuana Patients and Caregivers Including
Reduced Opiate use, Dispensary Operations, Legal Concerns and Marijuana Strains”
Masters of Science, Medicine (Physiology Major) December 2010
Wayne State University School of Medicine Physiology Department
Thesis: “EEG Event Related Potentials in Psychopathic, Antisocial, and Violent Subjects: A
Review and Meta-Analysis”
Juris Doctor Wayne State University Law School, 1993
Member of State Bar of Michigan since 1993
Bachelor of Science, Central Michigan University, 1990
Biology and Psychology (dual major)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Deviance, Law, Social Control, Criminal Justice Policy, Social Theory, Biosocial Criminology
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate
SOC 102: Sociological Perspectives (1 Semester: Marygrove College)
CRJ 185-03: Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 Semesters: University of Michigan- Flint)
CRJ 48-466: Advanced Criminological Theory (1 Semester: University of Windsor)
CRJ 48-464: Law and Society (1 Semester: University of Windsor)
CRJ 485/SOC 585: Law and Society (2 Semester: University of Michigan- Flint)
SOC 2020: Introduction to Social Problems (4 Semesters: Wayne State University)
SOC 102: Introduction to Sociology and Criminal Justice (3 Semesters: Adrian College)
BUS 202: Business Law (12 Semesters: Schoolcraft College)
BUS 302: Advanced Business Law (2 Semesters: Schoolcraft College)
Graduate/Law/Undergraduate
SOC/CRJ 5810: Law in Human Society (5 Semesters: Wayne State University)

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PROFESSIONAL AND ACTIVIST PRESENTATIONS and CONFERENCES ATTENDED
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor 2015 Hash Bash
Presented before 6,000 spectators on my marijuana research findings.
American Criminal Justice Society Annual Conference
Attended dozens of seminars at this national 5-day parallel session training conference
Indiana-Purdue University, Pennsylvania
Attended “REACH (Research Education and Advocacy for Community Health) 3-day
Conference on Understanding and Responding to Violence and Trauma” (2014)
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Attended “Conference on Controlling Violent Crime in Detroit” (2014)
Cannabis Cup (Clio, Michigan)
Presented on “Panel on Medical Marijuana: Reporting my findings of Reduced opiate use with
greater use of medical marijuana” (2014)
University of Michigan- Flint Outstanding Speaker Series
Presented on “Medical Marijuana Laws in Michigan” (2014)
American Rights Conference (Lansing, Michigan)
Presented on “Panel on Medical Marijuana, Legalization and the Endocannabinoid System” (2014)
Capital City Compassion Club (Lansing, Michigan)
Presented on “Medical Marijuana from pre-history to People vs. McQueen” (2013)
MedJoint Compassion Club (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Presented on “The End: People vs. McQueen and the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act” (2013)
3rd Coast Medical Marijuana Center (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Presented on “Can Marijuana Substitute for Opioids? Interview Results from Patients” (2012)
Southeastern Michigan Marijuana Center (Dryden, Michigan)
Presented on “Strains of Marijuana: How Variety Justifies Dispensaries” (2012)
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan)
Presented on “Oh Canada! United States and Canadian Constitutional Structure” (2012)
Wayne State University School of Medicine Brain Research and Neuroimaging Group
Presented on “Neuroimaging and Social Class In Deviancy: Biomarkers and Proactive
Intervention Before the Crime” (2009)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Sociological Association
-ASA Medical Sociology Section
-ASA Law and Society Section
-ASA Deviancy Section
State Bar of Michigan

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PUBLICATIONS
Peters, D. (2014). “Trait Theories” The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology, Wiley-Blackwell.
Peters, D. (2013). “Patients and Caregivers Report Using Medical Marijuana to Reduce Prescription
Opiate Narcotics” Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Issue 35:29-41.
Peters, D. (2010). “Personality Disorders and Biosocial Trait Theories: The Argument for Radical
Legal Reform.” Behavioral Sciences and the Law 28: 289–302.
Peters, D., Genik, R., Green, C. (2010). “Functional Neuroimaging in Defense Policy." Book Chapter
in Bio Inspired Innovation and National Policy National Defense University Press.
Boutros, N., Peters, D. (2009). "EEG Findings in Psychopathic, Antisocial, Violent or Aggressive
Subjects"; Clinical EEG and Neuroscience Volume 38, Number 3, page 180 et seq.
Boutros, N., Peters, D. (2009). "Interictal Discharges in Borderline and Antisocial Personality
Disorders." Clinical EEG and Neuroscience Volume 38, Number 4, (Supplement), pg 4.
Peters D., “EEG Event Related Potentials in Psychopathic, Antisocial or Violent Subjects: A
Review and Meta-Analysis”; (M.S. Thesis in Medicine, Physiology Major, Defended January 2010).
Peters, D. (2008). “Regulatory and Practical Barriers to Internet Based Psychiatric Testing in the
United States”; (Corporate White Paper with Green): Australian Company Name Withheld, 2008).
Peters, D., Genik, R., Green, C. (2007). "The Role of Functional Neuroimaging in Defense Policy: A
Window to the Future?" (An Appendix to the Report of the President's United States Air Force
Commission on Bioscience and Bioethics.
Peters, D. "Event Related Potentials in Psychopathic, Antisocial, Violent, Impulsive, or Aggressive
Subjects" (2007). Poster presented at the Joint Conference of the Electrophysiology Clinical
Neuroscience Society and International Society for Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Montreal, Canada.
SELECTED EMPLOYMENT
Peters & Peters, PLLC (1994-2005) Bingham Farms, Michigan
Attorney: Litigating in all state and federal courts. Approximately 200 trials between criminal
defense, juvenile delinquency/neglect and Worker’s Comp/Personal Injury.
University of Michigan- Flint (2014- Present) Flint, Michigan
Lecturer: Teaching Introduction to the Criminal Justice System and Law and Society.
Wayne State University (2009-2011, 2014) Detroit, Michigan
Graduate Teaching Assistant/Adjunct: Teaching Social Problems) and Law and Society.
University of Windsor (2012) Windsor, Ontario
Visiting Assistant Professor: Teaching Advanced Criminological Theory) and Law and Society.
Adrian College (2010-2012) Adrian, Michigan
Visiting Professor: Teaching Introduction to Sociology and Criminal Justice.

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Wayne State University School of Medicine (2007-Present) Detroit, Michigan
Research Adjunct Professor of Medicine: Unpaid university service including participation in
review boards, representing a research section at inter-department meetings, with neuroimaging
working group, grant writing, IRB protocol preparation and review for neuroimaging and EEG human
research.
Schoolcraft College (1994-2004) Livonia, Michigan
Adjunct: Teaching BUS 201 & 301 (Business Law and Advanced Business Law)
REFERENCES
Janet Ruth Hankin, PhD Professor and Chair of Sociology; Dissertation Committee Member
Wayne State University Department of Sociology
Email: ad4388@wayne.edu
Phone: 313-577-8131
Heather E. Dillaway, PhD Associate Professor of Sociology; Dissertation
Committee Member
Wayne State University Department of Sociology
Email: dillaway@wayne.edu
Phone: 313-577-2930
Nash Boutros, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience; Professor of
Neurology; Master’s Thesis Research Advisor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Email: boutrosn@umkc.edu
Phone: 816-512-7424
Christopher (Kit) Green, M.D., PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology; Sponsor for
Adjunct Professorship; Co-author of published book chapter
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Department of Radiology
Email: cgreeen@med.wayne.edu
Phone: 313-993-7206
Jesse Vivian, RPh., J.D. Professor of Pharmacy and Law, employer for 3 years fractional-
time conducting interdisciplinary (law and pharmacy) writing and research from 1991-1993,
Dissertation Committee Member from 2012-2013.
Wayne State University Department of Pharmacy
Email: jessevivian@wayne.edu
Phone: 313-577-5389