UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1007

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: Dr. 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: Criminology & Criminal justice
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Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Developing a Hate Crime Legislation Database
Project Keywords: Hate Crime; Legislation; Database Creation
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Preferred Criminology or related disciplines

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?: 8
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:
This project aims to build a longitudinal database of hate crime legislation in the United States. This database will track when laws were implemented and changed, as well as catalogue the protections included. Through this project, we will be able to identify trends in hate crime legislation adoption and how states have updated these laws as time progressed. There is currently no existing database tracking these laws overtime, and few databases even provided a contemporary view. To build this database, students will answer surveys about the specific laws (the laws will be provided by me), helping to create an easily understood and consistent database.

Research Tasks:
Reading dense legislation 
Answering surveys

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Recommended: 
familiarity with survey platforms such as qualtrics
experience with reading legal documents

Mentoring Philosophy:
As a mentor, I aim to treat each student that I work with and mentor uniquely. While I have a general philosophy for mentoring as a whole, I also recognize that each student has their own unique needs, goals, and skills when I start working with them, whether this is for academic or research purposes. Broadly, I focus on helping my students to develop the critical thinking skills and abilities needed for successfully pursuing research independently. Importantly, I do not simply think about preparing them to be most effective on the current research project they are working on. Instead, my primary is objective is ensuring that my students will be the most prepared and effective for a variety of future projects. When possible, I aim to directly guide them in the processes of research, providing them with my example of how to complete the work needed in research and the most effective way to achieve their goals. I encourage my students to attempt to complete the work independently, after providing an example of the work and clearly guiding them through the steps of the research. In doing so, I help to foster confidence and capability in students, so that they will be more capable of pursuing research independently or with supervisors who may have a relatively hands-off approach. 

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links:
will update later

Roundtable Info:
- Day: Thursday, September 4
  Start Time: 2:00
  End Time: 2:30
  Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93229585196
- Day: Thursday, September 4
  Start Time: 3:00
  End Time: 3:30
  Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93800682666
- Day: Friday, September 5
  Start Time: 12:00
  End Time: 12:30
  Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/91654104862

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: 2025
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