UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #714

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Matthew Vanden Bosch
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): mvandenbosch@fsu.edu
Position Title: Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name: Brendan Lantz
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email: blantz@fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable): Criminology and Criminal Justice
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: FSU College of Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Evolution of State Hate Crime Legislation
Project Keywords: Crime, Law, Hate Crime
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Preferred Criminology majors, open to all

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Fully Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 7
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
The project, focused on the evolution of state hate crime laws over time, will be focused on gathering data for a database. This will be composed of hate crime legislation in each state for as many years as possible, allowing future work to show how these laws get added to or removed from over time, as well as how they may spread between states. There is not currently any clear database regarding hate crime laws in each state at any given point in time other than showing the current status of hate crime legislation, so this work will provide the ability to look at these changes (possibly in response to social or political movements) over time.

Research Tasks:
The primary duty of assistants for this project will be data collection, pulling these laws from legal databases like Justia or state law databases. If there is interest, there may also be work for reviewing the literature to establish the status of research into hate crime legislation and responses.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Recommended: knowledge of and experience with Microsoft excel.

Mentoring Philosophy:
I believe that the basis of an effective and positive mentoring relationship is effective communication. So, I will focus on establishing a relationship where you can feel comfortable discussing your goals in research and the struggles you experience reaching them, in order to provide me with the ability to help you meet your academic goals. My university for my undergraduate degree was not a research-focused university, so there was no program like UROP available. While I was not considering an academic career at the time, I believe that UROP can provide interested students with a significant opportunity to learn and advance themselves, improving their skills and abilities in research and in academia. I would like to be able to help give current students some of the advantages that I missed, through mentoring them in UROP. 

When we meet, I will focus on providing clear and honest feedback regarding opportunities for growth and expanding in new directions. Of critical importance to being an effective researching, in my own opinion, is maintaining a strong work life balance, including your social life, undergraduate coursework, and the research through this project. I will prioritize the ability for you to keep a good work life balance, and believe that maintaining healthy and positive relationships beyond work alone is critical to continuing to being an effective worker and researcher.

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links:
Wednesday, September 4th, 3:30pm-4:00pm. https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94884723213
Thursday, September 5th, 3:00-3:30pm. https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96568318381



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UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation: Yes

Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series?: No
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Year: 2024
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