Raquel Velez Oliveira

Assistant Professor

Raquel Velez Oliveira

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences

  • Allgood Hall N231

Education

  • Ph.D., Criminology Florida State University, 2020

  • MS, Criminology Florida State University, 2017

  • MS, Clinical Psychology Instituto Universitário de Ciê, 2009

  • BS, Applied Psychology Instituto Universitário de Ciê, 2008

Awards & Honors

  • Center for Social Science Research Fellowship Augusta University, 2023

  • Research Establishment Time project at the University of the West of England University of the West of England, 2021

  • Distinguished graduate student teaching & research award Florida State University, 2019

  • Florida State University Graduate Assistantship Florida State University, 2015

  • Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Doctoral Scholarship Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), 2015

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • CRJU 1103

    Introduction to Criminal Just.
  • CRJU 4950

    Selected Topics: Media and Crime
  • SOSC 3002

    Quantitative Analysis

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Exploring the Role of Psycho-Social Factors on the Recidivism of Homicide Offenders, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • População no sistema prisional português: evolução e tendências entre 2000 e 2017 [Prison Population in Portugal: Evolution and Trends between 2000 and 2017], 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Exploring effects of bio-psycho-social risk factors on later offending, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border, 2021
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • Type I and Type II errors, 2021
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Department Service

  • Search Committee 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Criminal Justice Curriculum Committee 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Research Methods Curriculum Committee 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Search Committee 2023 - 2023

    Role: Other

Professional Service

  • Homicide Studies 2024 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article
  • Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology (ASC) Program Committee 2024 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Homicide Research Working Group 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair
  • Homicide Research Working Group 2023 - Present

    Role: Officer, Secretary
  • Brazilian Journal of Police Sciences 2022 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article