Graduate Teaching Assistant Showcase
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Office Hours: Monday: 2:00p-6:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: I am currently working under Dr. Thurman, assisting him with his Introduction to Criminal Justice course. Duties consist of being a liaison between the professor and the students with concentration on students needs related to class work. Prior to final exams, I will be lecturing students on the Juvenile Justice System. |
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Office Hours: Monday: 9:00a-4:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: At the start of every spring semester, the Criminal Justice Department at |
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Office Hours: Monday and Thursday: 12:00p-5:00p Tuesday and Wednesday: 10:00a-3:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: As a computer lab assistant, I deal with technical problems that students/faculty may encounter on computers in the Criminal Justice Department. I install and update software on these computers, and take proper precautions to insure that each computer is running up to par. I will be attending a conference in |
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Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 11:00a-4:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: This semester, I will be assisting Dr. Jeffrey M. Cancino in his research on homicide in |
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Office Hours: Monday and Thursday: 12:00p-5:30p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: I am currently working for Dr. Bowman and Dr. Spencer who have allowed me to help them in their work and studies. I assist Dr. Spencer with the Criminal Justice Internship Program which allows me to gain a more in-depth understanding of the administration side of the Criminal Justice department. The work with Dr. Bowman gives me the opportunity to work on a grant which focuses on the effects of hip-hop on the present generation. The work that I do for both professors is rewarding and insightful. |
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Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 11:00a-4:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: During the fall 2007 semester I will be working for Dr. Tom Mijares and Dr. J. Pete Blair. Currently I am assisting Dr. Blair on his research regarding deception in interviewing and interrogation. Dr. Mijares and I have submitted an article that will be published next semester and we also have several more in the works. The articles discuss particular court cases and the ramifications of the decisions as they relate to SWAT. |
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Office Hours: Monday: 9:30a-1:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: As a graduate assistant I am working with all the undergraduate statistics classes which involves attending all classes, interacting with the students, grading homework assignments, extra credit, and exams. I am working with Dr. Steven Dietz, and I hope to be doing research on some topic dealing with sex offenders. I am also helping with the Hostage Negotiation Training Conference which is run by Dr. Mullins. |
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Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 12:00p-5:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: This semester I am working with both Dr. McLaren and Dr. Pollock. Currently, I am assisting Dr. McLaren in designing a new course for the Criminal Justice department which will examine the relationship between race, ethnicity, crime, and justice. This course should be a great addition to the curriculum at |
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Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 10:30a-3:30p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: During this semester I will be assisting Dr. Donna Vandiver with her Crime Theory and Research Methods classes. I am currently project manager for CJ 3346 and deal with Alcohol Research term papers. Throughout the semester, I will be researching and gathering information for Dr. Vandiver's book on adolescent sexual offenders. |
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Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 10:00a-3:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 Research/Project Description: This semester I am currently working with Dr. Gini Deibert and Dr. Michael Supancic. I assist both professors with the proposal for the PhD program in Criminal Justice. The hope is to have the program running in the fall of 2008. I also assist Dr. Deibert with research projects dealing with juvenile sexualization and delinquency. On a personal level, I have prepared a paper which looks at juvenile female sex offenders (including factors which contribute to their offending and programs/treatments that can reduce chances of recidivism) which I will be presenting at the American Society of Criminology conference in November 2007. |
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Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 12:00p-5:00p Phone Number: 512-245-8979 |
