UROP Leader Information Submission: Submission #26 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 26

Submission ID: 4251

Submission UUID: 0913891b-f7f1-45fd-b68a-92c3c52f047a

Submission URI: /urop-leader-information-submission

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Created: Tue, 11/15/2022 - 12:57 PM

Completed: Tue, 11/15/2022 - 12:57 PM

Changed: Thu, 04/13/2023 - 09:46 AM

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Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

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Webform: UROP Leaders Information

Submitted to: UROP Leader Information Submission

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First Name Rachel

Last Name Strickland

Full name as you would like it to appear on the website Rachel Strickland

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Hometown, State, and Country (ex: Tallahassee, FL, USA) Fort Mill, SC, USA

FSU email Rks20b@fsu.edu

Please check this box if you are willing to be contacted by students interested in UROP No

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Major(s) Criminology

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Graduation Semester and Year (ex: Fall, 2022) Spring 2024

What is your current research focus? My primary research involves utilizing open-source data to create a database of federal hate crime offenders in the United States. The focus of this project is on the offenders themselves, and later, identifying commonalities within them. These include variables such as their educational background, religious background, histories of trauma and/or victimization, as well as the extent to which radicalization/hate group involvement is present, among other factors. This work is done for Dr. Brendan Lantz, the Director of the Hate Crime Research & Policy Institute.

Are there any other research related activities you participate(d) in? I recently completed a summer research internship, in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program through the National Science Foundation (NSF). During my eight weeks this past summer, I conducted semi-structured interviews with local Muslim community leaders in the South regarding their hate crime & victimization experiences. It was an amazing experience, especially because it closely related to the research I do through the Hate Crime Research & Policy Institute. Besides being a research assistant and teaching assistant, I am also an undergraduate research ambassador, serving on FSU's Student Council for Undergraduate Research & Creativity.

Answer one of the following two questions about being a UROP Leader or your UROP background. How has UROP impacted your time at FSU?

Please answer the question you selected above in the area provided. UROP has significantly impacted my time at FSU. As a criminology major, I began my studies at FSU with the plan of going to law school or possibly joining the FBI. Since I completed the UROP program, I fell in love with research and decided instead of law school, I was passionate about pursuing my Ph.D. in Criminology & Justice Policy. I had always been interested in activism from a young age, and social science research provided me with the tools to identify and analyze greater issues within our justice system.

Please list any other hobbies or interests you would like to share I am a huge fan of horror movies, going to FSU's basketball games, and spending time at Strozier with my friends!

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Years as a UROP Leader 2022-2023