UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1186

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  roundtable_info:
    - day: 'Wednesday, September 3'
      endingtime: '3:30'
      starttime: '3:00'
      zoomlink: 'https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98539125915'
  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: spiatkowska@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'Criminology and Criminal Justice'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Associate Professor'
  headshot_optional_: ''
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: |
    Building a collaborative and supportive mentoring relationship is key to my work with undergraduate students. My mentoring philosophy is rooted in the belief that intellectual growth and research success stem not only from critical thinking and careful planning, but also from helping students complete their projects and ensuring they develop foundational skills that will serve them well in their future academic and professional pursuits. Thus, my mentoring approach is grounded not only in a deep understanding of the subject matter, but also in the creation of an interactive learning environment. Such an approach encourages students to explore complex questions and challenge conventional ideas—an essential skill for undergraduate success. In essence, I prioritize guiding students to engage with their research, prompting them to consider how their work contributes to the fields of criminology and criminal justice.
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '6'
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  overall_research_project_description: 'This research investigates how institutional policies and practices in K–12 schools shape hate-motivated incidents, with an emphasis on their unequal influence on Black, Latinx, Asian American, Native American, gender non-conforming, and LGBTQ+ students. We assess how school, district, and state-level policies and institutional responses affect bias-motivated behaviors as they influence racial, ethnic, and gender minority students. Our overarching goal is to generate actionable knowledge to reduce intergroup conflict and lessen inequality in the academic and social outcomes of students. Two questions frame this work: (1) How do institutional factors—including anti-discrimination policies, civic inclusion, educational opportunities, and structural factors—shape patterns of bias-motivated victimization? (2) Do policies and institutional responses mitigate disparities in victimization and related outcomes? By merging a restricted version of the School Crime Supplement of the National Crime Victimization Survey with external data, this study will quantitatively examine how structural and legislative inequalities at school, district, and state levels predict students’ experiences of hate and its consequences. In other words, this research examines how hate crimes, bias-motivated harassment, and identity-based bullying in U.S. K–12 schools reflect and reproduce broader forms of social, political, and economic inequality—particularly with respect to civic inclusion, policy protections and enforcement, educational opportunity, and the structural environment. This research will also incorporate qualitative data through interviews with school officials. This mixed-methods approach will provide a more comprehensive understanding by pairing quantitative trends with qualitative insight into how personnel respond to anti-discrimination efforts—revealing barriers, contextual nuances, and challenges not yet captured in existing datasets.'
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: ''
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Sylwia J. Piatkowska'
  project_keywords: 'Hate Crime; K-12 Schools, Policy'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Open to all majors'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: 'Dr. '
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'Data Collection (particularly on policy protections and enforcement); Literature Review'
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: 'Wednesday, September 3rd, 3:00pm-3:30pm. https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98539125915'
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: None
  title_of_the_project: 'Understanding Bias in K–12 Schools: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Victimization, Policy, and  Structural Influences'
  update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=AiNqjF4g9L2Kh9OuFumWfz5giAsfui3FxdOQXaIViLo'
  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: spiatkowska@fsu.edu
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'Yes'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2025'