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Worked on projects including Social Identity in the Military and "Self-Referencing Affects Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination Against Atheists", which is in the process of being published. Searched for and compiled scholarly journals using scholarly databases and digital libraries. Wrote several literature reviews using scholarly articles and peer reviewed journals. Edited, reviewed, and revised previously written criminological research.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States

I interned with JPD where I worked with and learned from each of the agency's divisions. Learned the innerworkings of a police department, went on callouts, applied forensic skills, interacted with the community, partook in interagency cooperation on multiple levels, and assisted in the preparation of a nationally recognized event.• Shadowed and learned from personnel in the following departments:➜ Patrol➜ Community Services➜ Traffic➜ Criminal Investigations Division ➜ Special Victims Unit➜ Dispatch & Communications➜ Crime Scene Investigations & Property Management • Learned how to operate law enforcement databases including:➜ National Crime Information Center (NCIC)➜ Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services (CJ LEADS)➜ Police 2 Police (P2P)➜ Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)• Assisted in the set-up and preparation for National Night Out through attending event planning meetings, going to/working with store owners to request bicycle donations to give to children, working with other Officers, and setting up the location for the event. • I went on callouts with Crime Scene Investigations, where I learned how to use different methods to pull fingerprints, how to use alternate light source to locate blood/bodily fluid at active scenes such as houses and vehicles, as well as sorting, processing, and logging evidence using JPD’s evidence programs. • I shadowed Detectives as they investigated their cases, observed how to write search and arrest affidavits as well as court orders, and had the opportunity to interact with witnesses, victims, and suspects, as well as the ability to work with other local and federal agencies in joint investigations.

Organized inquiry information from incoming and prospective students, gave tours of the campus to K-12 students in groups of 25 – 50 students, and assisted in the annual “Alcanza” college fair by helping in the set up and break down of college tables, as well as greeting and guiding the college representatives to their stations. Helped to create and pass out information packets, up to several hundred at a time, to incoming high school students.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Criminology, Law, & Society, 3.97

Activities and Societies: Honors College, Honors College Connects, Green Machine, Kappa Kappa Psi, Dean's List, Washington Youth Summit.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, National Music Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, Green Team, Project Lead.