CONFERENCE AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Lopez, V. (2020, August). Negotiating status and power in the academy: Everyday ‘ experiences of women of color. American Society of Sociology Annual Meeting.  San Francisco, CA. (This was a virtual presentation due to COVID-19.) 

Lopez, V. (2020, May). The othering of Latina girls in school sport contexts. Paper part of  a proposed symposium submitted and accepted for the Construction of the ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Prejudice and 

Discrimination, Society for Research in Child Development, Special Topic Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Conference rescheduled for 2022 due to COVID-19.) 

Lopez, V. (2020, March), Generation Z, Youth Activism, and Allyship. Organized this  symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence,  San Diego, CA. (Cancelled due to COVID-2019.) 

Lopez, V. (2018, October). No Latina girls allowed: Gender-based teasing within school sports and physical activity contexts. Poster presented at the National Latinx  Psychological Association Biannual Conference. San Diego, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2017, December). Working with system-involved Latina girls by moving beyond stereotypes and fostering resiliency. Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders  Conference. Santa Clara, CA.  

Lopez, V. & Nuño. (2017, November). Racial/ethnic differences in mental health and drug treatment perceptions and experiences of juvenile arrestees. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in  Washington, D.C.  

Lopez, V. (2016, March). Little helpers: Mother-daughter relationships in families characterized by substance use and violence. Poster presented at the  

annual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD. 

Lopez, V. (2015, November). Families in crisis: Parents’ attempts to intervene on behalf of drug-using daughters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American  Society of Criminology in Washington, D.C.  

Lopez, V. (2014, February). System-involved girls’ relationships with parents: It’s complicated. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society of  Criminology in Honolulu, HI. 

Pasko, L., & Lopez, V. (2013, February). The Latina penalty: Juvenile court and correctional attitudes toward the Latina juvenile offender. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology in Berkeley, CA. 

Corona, R., & Lopez, V. (2012, March). Traditional gender roles, educational beliefs,  and condom attitudes in a Latino adolescent sample. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in Vancouver, CA. *Poster also presented at the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for  Women’s Health 8^th Annual Women’s Health Research in Richmond, VA. (2012,  April). 

Lopez, V. & Corona, R. (2012, March). What predicts eating disorder symptoms among  Latino adolescents? Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in Vancouver, CA.  *Poster also presented at the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for  Women’s Health 8^th Annual Women’s Health Research in Richmond, VA. (2012,  April). 

Lopez, V., & Chesney-Lind, M. (2011, November). Latina girls speak out: Stereotypes,  gender, and relationship dynamics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the  American Society of Criminology in Washington, D.C.

*Paper also presented at the 2012 (April) Roundtable on Latina Feminism at John  Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Lopez, V., Kopak, A., Robillard, A., Gillmore, M., Holliday, R.C., & Braithwaite, R.L. (2011, April). Pathways to sexual risk taking among female adolescent detainees. *Poster presented at the ASU Southwest Interdisciplinary Research  Center (SIRC) in Phoenix, AZ.  

Lopez, V., Kopak, A., Robillard, A., Gillmore, M., Holliday, R.C., & Braithwaite, R.L. (2010, November). Pathways to sexual risk taking among female adolescent detainees. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of  Criminology in San Francisco, Ca.  

Kopak, A., Ayers, S., Lopez, V., & Stevenson, P. (2010, Nov). Explaining drug use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adolescents in Arizona using the Arizona  Youth Survey. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of  Criminology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Lopez, V., Katsulis, Y., & Robillard, A. (2009, Nov). Drug use with parents as a relational strategy for incarcerated female adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Lopez, V., Roosa, M., & Wu, E. (2009, June). Gender, relationship power, drugs, and attachment among Mexican American adolescent girls: A university-community agency partnership. Poster presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the  Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American  Psychological Association), Montclair, New Jersey. 

Lopez, V. (2009, June). HIV and substance use prevention for Mexican-origin adolescent girls: A pilot study. Proposal presented at the HIV Intervention Science Training  Program at Columbia University’s School of Social Work in New York, NY. 

Lopez, V., Jurik, N., & Gilliard-Matthews, S. (2008). Gender, sexuality, power and drug acquisition strategies among adolescent girls. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in St. Louis, Missouri.  

Lopez, V., & Jurik, N., & Gilliard-Matthews, S. (2008, July). Gender, sexuality, power and drug acquisition strategies among adolescent girls who use meth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems,  Boston, and Massachusetts. 

Lopez, V. (2007, November). Understanding female adolescents’ initial foray into the  “World of Meth” using a delinquent events approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia.  

Lopez, V. (2007, June). Drug use and risky behaviors among a sample of female adolescent offenders addicted to methamphetamines. Paper presented at the  National Hispanic Science Network Summer Research Training Institute,  Houston,Texas. 

Lopez, V. & Broberg, G. (2007, August). Portraits in pen: Acknowledging incarcerated youths’ perspectives. Teaching project presented at the John Jay College of  Criminal Justice Interdisciplinary Conference “On the Edge: Transgression and the  Dangerous Other”, New York City, New York. 

Lopez, V. & Broberg, G. (2007, August). Female adolescent offenders’ accounts of methamphetamine use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, New York. 

Lopez, V. (2005, November). Male adolescent offenders and their delinquent events: A  situational and rational choice perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada.  

Lopez, V. (2005, June). Delinquent events and property crimes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Law and Society, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Castro, F., & Lopez, V. (2003, March). Hispanic women and cancer prevention. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake  City, Utah. 

Deng, S., Lopez, V., Roosa, M.W., Ryu, E., Burrell, G., Tein, J., & Crowder, S. (2003,  November). Family processes mediating the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to child internalizing problems. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Vancouver, Canada. 

Roosa, W.M., Deng, S., Ryu, E., Burrell, G., Tein, J., Lopez, V., & Crowder, S. (2003,  June). Family and child characteristics as mediators and moderators of neighborhood influences on child externalizing Behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Vancouver, Canada.  

Lopez, V., Kim, J., & Fendrich, M. (1999). An ethnic comparison of drug treatment patterns among male adolescent offenders. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada. 

Kim, J., Lopez, V., & Fendrich, M. (1999). Gender differences in juvenile arrestees’  substance abuse problems and treatment utilization. Paper presented at the 1999  annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada. 

Lopez, V. (1999). Adolescent Male Offenders: A grounded theory study of cognition,  emotion, and delinquent crime contexts. Paper presented at the National Criminal  Justice Association Annual Membership Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Garcia, T., Li, T., Haley, S., Swan, J., Lopez, V., Lee, S., Wong, S. (1998). Role of ethnic identity in adolescents’ psychosocial functioning. Poster presented at the  American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, California. 

Borich, G., Lopez, V., Lustina, M. & Browenson, C. (1997). Anti-Gang Initiative Program  Evaluation Report. Paper presented at the Conference of Community Oriented  Policing Services, Miami, Florida. Lopez, Vera 14 

Cookston, J.T., Lopez, V., Palacios, E.D., & Ramirez, S.Z. (1996) Using the Sikes T  Assessment Scale to assess truant behavior. Paper presented at the International  Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, XIVth Biennial Meeting, Quebec  City, Canada. 

Ramirez, S.Z., Cookston, J.T., Gray, R.M., Hoyle, J., Lopez, V., & Freedman, D. (1995)  Development and presentation of a truancy interview for a community-based truancy reduction project. Paper presented at the conference of the National  Coalition for At-Risk Children and Youth, Denton, TX. 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS/PANELS

Academic 

Lopez, V. (2021, March). El Puente Research Fellowship Program. Invited to serve as a  panelist. University of New Mexico.  

Lopez, V. (2019, December). The “Othering” of Latina girls in school sport contexts.  Keynote speaker at ASU’s School of Transborder Studies inaugural Graduate  Symposium. 

Lopez, V. (2019, September, 26). Locked Up, locked out, and in need of treatment. Invited panelist on a panel called: What We Know about the Effects of Involvement  with the Juvenile Justice System on the Health Outcomes for Vulnerable  Populations at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Law and Justice conference titled “The Consequences f  Juvenile Justice Involvement on the Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents,  Families, and Communities of Color.” Flagstaff, AZ  

Lopez, V. (2019, March). Breaking down global barriers to sport participation. Invited to be part of a 4-person panel at the ASU Global Sport Summit. Phoenix, AZ. 

Lopez, V. (2019, March). Addressing Inequities among African American and Latinx girls: At the Nexus of Research, Prevention and Advocacy. Invited to participate in a special roundtable on girls of color at the Biannual Meeting of the Society for Research on  Child Development. Baltimore, MD. 

Lopez,V. (2019, February). Complicated Lives: Girls, Parents, Drugs, and Juvenile  Justice. Invited by the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies to give the “This  Southwest Moment Speaker Series” lecture at Texas State University. San  Marcos, TX.  

Lopez, V. (2018, April). Youth and Young Adults: Special Populations. Invited to be a panelist at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine  Committee on Law and Justice conference titled: “The Criminal Justice System and Social Exclusion: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. Washington, D.C. 

Lopez, V. (2018, February). Caught up in the system: Latina girls, parents, drugs, and juvenile justice. Invited to be the Keynote Speaker at the Department of Law and Justice Quarterly Lecture at Central Washington University.  

Lopez, V. (2017, December). Relationship power, control, and domestic violence among  Latina girls. Invited to give this presentation as part of the special Latinx Tracks day at the Association of Juvenile and Adult Offenders conference in Santa Clara,  CA. 

Lopez, V. (2017, March). Complicated Lives: Understanding the needs of drug-involved girls in the juvenile justice system. Invited to be a speaker in the Psychology  Colloquium Series at the University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas.  

Lopez, V. (2016, December). Social and structural violence in the lives of system involved girls. Speaker at a special panel on violence against women at the United  Nations Women headquarters in NYC.  

Lopez, V. (2016, November). Addressing the needs of Latina girls in the juvenile justice system. Invited to be a Plenary Speaker and Workshop Presenter at Chicana/Latina Girls in the Juvenile Justice System Conference, Salinas, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2016, November). System-involved Latina girls, their parents, and the juvenile justice system. Invited to participate in a special panel called “Latin@ criminology:  Setting a new agenda for research, policy, and justice” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA.  

Lopez, V. (2016, June). Surviving against the odds: Latina mothers, daughters, drugs,  and violence. Invited to participate in a panel on Latina girls called “Ninas rising:  Recognizing girls of color experiences in conventional girl studies.” Latina/o  Studies Association annual conference. Pasadena, California. 

Lopez, V. (2016, July). Latina girls, drugs, and the juvenile justice system. Invited to present as part of a special panel called the “Intersection of drug abuse and the criminal justice system” at the National Hispanic Science Network annual meeting,  Palm Desert, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2016, January). Girls, drugs, and the juvenile justice system. ASU School of  Criminology and Criminal Justice Spring Colloquium Series. 

Lopez, V. (2014, November). The criminalization of Latina girls’ coping and survival strategies. Invited to present paper as part of a special panel titled “Feminist  Criminologists of Color on Coping and Survival Responses to Crime and Injustice” Criminology, San Francisco, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2014, October). Preventing HIV among drug-involved Mexican-origin girls: A  pilot study. Invited to present paper as part of the ASU Southwest Interdisciplinary  Research Center Health Equity Lecture Series, Phoenix, AZ. 

Lopez, V., & Chesney-Lind, M. (2013, February). Latina girls speak out: Stereotypes,  gender, and relationship dynamics. Paper presented as part of Future of Feminist  Criminology panel at the Western Society of Criminology, Berkeley, CA.

Lopez, V. (March, 2011). Sexual infidelity, trust, and relationship power among Mexican  American girls in Houston. Center for Mexican American Studies, University of  Houston, Houston, Texas. 

Lopez, V. (February 1, 2011). Preventing HIV among drug-involved Latina adolescents.  Brown Bag Presentation – Department of Educational Psychology, University of  Houston, Houston, Texas.  

Lopez, V. (April, 15, 2009). Methamphetamine use among Arizona adolescent girls. J.  Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium: Justice for Youth, New Mexico State  University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. 

Invited Community Presentations

Lopez, V. (2021, November). Latina Girls & Sports: Obstacles and Opportunities.  Outspoken: Women in Triathlon Summit, annual summit hosted at ASU.  

Lopez, V. (2021, October 8). Latinas in sports: Understanding obstacles and opportunities in athletics, a Zoom panel hosted by Leslie Trujillo and Los Angeles  Harbor College for Hispanic Heritage Month. 

Lopez, V. (2019). Barriers to girls’ participation in local community sports. ASU’s  Knowledge Exchange for Resilience Youth Building Resilience through Places of  Play and Learning Hunch Lunch Series.  

Lopez, V. (2018). System-involved Latina/o youth: What we think know, what we actually know, what we need to know. The Latino Commission Annual Conference. Visalia, CA. (Keynote) 

Lopez, V. (2017). Relationship power, control, and domestic violence among Latina girls.  Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders Conference. Santa Clara, CA.  

Lopez, V. (2016). Cultural considerations in working with the Latina/o community.  Presented at the FY 2016 Quarter 3 Multi-Grant Meeting for the Maricopa  Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ. 

Lopez, V. (2015). Working with system-involved Latinas: Moving beyond stereotypes and cultural deficit thinking. Presented at the Arizonans for Prevention Conference,  Phoenix, AZ.  

Lopez, V. (2011). Smashing through the glass ceiling: Tips for making it in college and beyond. Presented to students at the Chinquapin College Preparatory  Academy, Houston, TX. 

Lopez, V. (2010). Preventing HIV and substance use among high-risk female adolescents. Presented to the Foothills Democrats, Scottsdale, AZ.  

Lopez, V., & Katsulis, Y. (2010). Girls, sexuality and the media. Presented to Florence Crittenton, Phoenix, AZ. 

Katsulis, Y., Lopez, V., & Scheiner, G. (2009). Girls, sexuality and the media. Presented to the Arizona Girls Roundtable, Phoenix, AZ. 

Lopez, V. & Robillard, A. (2008). Sexual risk taking among adolescents. Presented to  Florence Crittenton Youth Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ. 

Lopez, V. & Gilliard-Matthews, S. (2008). Gender, sexuality, power and drug acquisition strategies among adolescent girls. Paper presented at the School of Justice &  Social Inquiry Graduate-Faculty Seminar Series, Phoenix, AZ. 

Lopez, V. (2008). Understanding the link between parental rejection, substance use, and sexual risk taking among at-risk girls. Presented to the Arizona Girls Roundtable  Steering Committee, Phoenix, Arizona.  

Carrasco, N. & Lopez, V. (1997). Cultural implications: Supervising Hispanic adolescent offenders. Training provided for Houston juvenile probation officers through  Solutions 2000, Houston, Texas. 

Lopez, V. (1996) First Time Offenders. Guest Presentation. University of Texas Minority  Mentor Program, Austin, Texas. 

Author Meets Critics, Roundtables, and Panel Organizer/Participant 

Lopez, V. (2021, March). Invited to be part of the “Is 2021 the Year of Womxn and Girls  Sport” panel hosted by ASU’s Global Sport Institute.  

Lopez, V. (2019, November). Organized ASC Presidential Panel on immigration titled  “Crimmigration: Reflections, Critiques, and Future Steps” at the Annual Meeting of The American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2019, November). Organized and co-moderated session What About Girls?  Centering the Experiences of Latina Girls Involved in the Juvenile Justice System at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2019, November). Organized and moderated an Author-Meets-Critic Session for Robert Duran’s book The Gang Paradox: Inequality and Miracles on the U.S.- Mexico Border at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San  Francisco, CA. 

Lopez, V. (2019, November). Participated as a Critic in an Author-Meets-Critic Session for Susan Miller’s book Journeys: Resiliency, Resistance, and Growth for Long Term Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse.  

Lopez, V. (2018, November). Participated as the Author in an Author-Meets-Critic  Session for my book Complicated Lives: Girls, Parents, Drugs, & Juvenile Justice,  organized by colleague Lisa Pasko at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. 

Lopez, V., & Pasko, L. (2017, November). Organized and moderated a roundtable called  “Bringing Latinas to the Forefront: Latina Girls, Women, and the Justice System” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

Lopez, V. (2017, November). Organized and moderated Author Meets Critic Session for Caught Up: Girls, Surveillance, and Wraparound Incarceration by Jerry Flores at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA. Lopez, V. (2014, November). Invited to serve as a critic for Author Meets Critic session of Chesney-Lind and Shelden’s Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

Film Screening Q&A and Other Public Speaking Engagements

Lopez, V. (2016, June 8^th). Facilitated a Q&A for a public screening of “The New Latinos  (1946-1965)” at The Paramount Theater hosted by the Arizona Humanities, the  Latino Familia Initiative, & The Paramount Foundation, Casa Grande, AZ. (See https://azhumanities.org/event/latino-americans-500-years-of-history-casa grande/)  

Courses Taught

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Society for Research on Adolescence, 2011-Present 
• Society for Community Action and Research, 2008-2010 
• National Hispanic Science Network, 2004-2008, 2016 
• Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2006-2008
• American Society of Criminology, 2001-Present 
• American Psychological Association, 2001-2002 
• National Criminal Justice Association, 1999-2002
• Austin Juvenile Justice Task Force, 1996-1997 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Ad Hoc Reviewer 

• Journal of Family Issues, 2011-Present
• Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2005-Present
• School Community Journal, 2005-Present  
• Deviant Behavior, 2007-Present 
• Feminist Criminology, 2008-Present 
• Journal of Adolescent Research, 2012-Present 
• Western Criminology Review, 2012-Present 
• Justice Quarterly, 2013-Present 
• Journal of Adolescent Research, 2013-Present
• Journal of Adolescence, 2013-Present 
• Social Forces, 2014-Present
• European Journal of Criminology, 2016-Present 
• Youth & Society, 2014-Present 
• Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2017-Present
• Punishment & Society, 2017-Present
• Psychological Services, 2017-Present 
• American Journal of Community Psychology, 2018-Present 
• Children and Youth Services Review, 2016-Present
• Gender & Research, 2020

Editor

• Sociology Compass-Crime and Deviance Section, 2018-2021

Editorial Board Member 

• School Community Journal, 2007-Present 
• Feminist Criminology, 2014-Present
• Sociology Compass-Crime and Deviance Section, 2014-17 
• Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 2015-Present 
• Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2016-Present 

Book Proposal/Manuscript Reviewer 

• New York University Press
• Routledge Press

American Society of Criminology 

• 2021-2022 Member, Division of Women & Crime, Constitution Review Committee
• 2021 Chair, Division of Women & Crime, Internal Nominations Committee
• 2018-2019 Program co-Chair 
• 2017-2019 Executive Counselor (elected position, ASC Executive Board)
• 2016 Program Committee Member 
• 2016 Scholarship Committee Member, Feminist Criminology Fellowship 2016
• Scholarship Committee Member, Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship

Society for Research on Adolescence 

• 2016-2018 Membership Committee  
• 2017 Reviewer for the Society for Research on Adolescence Panel #10: Family  Processes  
• 2016 Senior Mentor for the Society for Research on Adolescence Young  Scholars Program 
• 2015 Reviewer for the Society for Research on Adolescence Panel #4: Dating  and Romantic Relationships
• 2014 Reviewer for the Society for Research on Adolescence Panel #15:  Health and Health Behaviors 
• 2014 Senior Mentor for the Society for Research on Adolescence Young  Scholars Program 

Tenure & Promotion Reviews-Virginia Tech (2018), University of Illinois at Chicago  (2018), University of South Carolina (2020), University of California, Santa Barbara  (2020), Augusta University (2021), Michigan State University (2021)  

Grant Reviews-NSF, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center Pilot Grant Selection  Committee, CDC  

Graduate Commitee Comunity Service

Name	Chair/Member	Degree	Discipline	Defense Date
Lauren Flynn	Member	Ph.D.	Justice Studies	Fall, 2004 (Comps)
Shiying Deng	Member	Ph.D.	Family Studies	Summer, 2005
Scott Bowman	Member	Ph.D.	Justice Studies	Summer, 2007
Dalia Rostenberg	Member	Ph.D.	School Psychology	Spring,2010
Albert Kopak	Member	Ph.D.	Justice Studies	Spring,2010
Lillian Chavez	Co-Chair	Ph.D.	Sociology	Spring, 2016
Sue Micetic	Chair	Ph.D.	Justice Studies	Spring,2021
Lidia Nuno	Co-Chair	Ph.D.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2017
Kayla Martensen	Member	Ph.D.	Criminology, Law & Justice	In Progress
Laura Rodriquez	Member	Ph.D.	School & Counseling Psychology	In Progress
Marisol Diaz	Member	Ph.D.	Justice Studies	In Progress
Margaret Russell	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2003
Genny Smith	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2004
Andrew Barnes	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2004
Craig Jacobsen	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2004
Politimi Castanis	Member	M.S.	Justice Studies	Fall, 2005
Cecilia Martinez	Member	M.S.	Justice Studies	Fall, 2005
Gregory Broberg	Co-Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2005
Mike Little	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2006
Bryant Jensen	Member	M.S.	School Psychology	Spring, 2006
Tiffany Williams	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2010
Julia Foley	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2010
Michaeline Jensen	Member	M.A	Clinical Psychology	Fall, 2012
Erin Caldwell	Member	M.A.	Social & Cultural Pedagoy	Fall, 2015
Meshia Begin	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Fall, 2014
Paul Walton	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Spring, 2015
Paisley Pettway	Chair	M.S.	Justice Studies	Summer, 2017
Brianna Weeks	Member	M.S.	Social Justice & Human Rights	Spring, 2018
Ross Alexander	Reader	M.A	Social & Cultural Pedagogy	Spring, 2021
Amina Melendez-Mayfield	Member	M.S.	Justice Studies	Ongoing

Undergradute Committee Service

Name	Chair/Member	Degree	Defense Date
Gregory Broberg	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2002
Jennifer Brockel	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2002
Nettie Meier	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2006
Monica Martinez	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2007
Cody Coleman	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2009
Amy Lundy	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2016
Ayla Lopez	Chair	Honors Thesis	Spring, 2020

Professional Memberships

Society for Research on Adolescence, 2011-Present
Society for Community Action and Research, 2008-2010
National Hispanic Science Network, 2004-2008, 2016
Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2006-2008
American Society of Criminology, 2001-Present
American Psychological Association, 2001-2002
National Criminal Justice Association, 1999-2002
Austin Juvenile Justice Task Force, 1996-1997

Professional Service

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Journal of Family Issues, 2011-Present
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2005-Present
School Community Journal, 2005-Present
Deviant Behavior, 2007-Present
Feminist Criminology, 2008-Present
Journal of Adolescent Research, 2012-Present
Western Criminology Review, 2012-Present
Justice Quarterly, 2013-Present
Journal of Adolescent Research, 2013-Present
Journal of Adolescence, 2013-Present
Social Forces, 2014-Present
European Journal of Criminology, 2016-Present
Youth & Society, 2014-Present
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2017-Present
Punishment & Society, 2017-Present
Psychological Services, 2017-Present
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2018-Present
Children and Youth Services Review, 2016-Present
Gender & Research, 2020

Editor

Sociology Compass-Crime and Deviance Section, 2018-2021

Editorial Board Member

School Community Journal, 2007-Present
Feminist Criminology, 2014-Present
Sociology Compass-Crime and Deviance Section, 2014-17
Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 2015-Present
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2016-Present

Book Proposal/ Manuscript Reviewer

New York University Press
Routledge Press

American Society of Criminology

2021-2022 Member, Division of Women & Crime, Constitution Review Committee
2021 Chair, Division of Women & Crime, Internal Nominations Committee
2018-2019 Program co-Chair
2017-2019 Executive Counselor (elected position, ASC Executive Board)
2016 Program Committee Member
2016 Scholarship Committee Member, Feminist Criminology Fellowship
2016 Scholarship Committee Member, Larry J. Siegel Graduate

Society for Research on Adolescence

2016-2018 Membership Committee

2017 Reviewer for the Society for Research on Adolescence Panel #10: Family Processes

2016 Senior Mentor for the Society for Research on Adolescence Young Scholars Program

2015 Reviewer for the Society for Research on Adolescence Panel #4: Dating and Romantic Relationships

2014 Reviewer for the Society for Research on Adolescence Panel #15: Health and Health Behaviors

2014 Senior Mentor for the Society for Research on Adolescence Young Scholars Program

Tenure & Promotion Reviews-Virginia Tech (2018), University of Illinois at Chicago (2018), University of South Carolina (2020), University of California, Santa Barbara (2020), Augusta University (2021), Michigan State University (2021)

Grant Reviews-NSF, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center Pilot Grant Selection Committee, CDC

COMMUNITY SERVICE

International Board of Directors, Girls on the Run, 2022-2025
Stakeholder Advisory Group Member, 2021 Girls on the Run National
Girls on the Run-National IDEA Commission Member, 2020-2024 (IDEA = Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access)
Board Development Recruitment & Retention, IDEA Subcommittee, 2020-2024
Adidas-Consultant for “She Breaks Barriers” Campaign, 2019
Catholic Charities Prostitution Diversion, Program Facilitator for Trauma-Informed Workshops, 2015-Present
Girls on the Run, Board of Directors, Vice President, 2013-2014
Girls on the Run, Board of Directors, 2012-2016
Arizona Girls Roundtable Steering Committee, 2008-2012
Children’s Action Alliance, Juvenile Justice Committee, 2009

UNIT, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE