Rocio Roles Curriculum Vitae (July 2016) Education The Department of Criminal Justice The 2801 South University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72204 Phone: 501-615-4432 Fax: 501-569-3075 E-mail: raroles@ualr.edu Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice Anticipated Completion: May 2017 Dissertation Title: Serving their Country and their Communities? An Analysis of Military Presence in American Communities Master of Arts in Criminal Justice May 2014 Thesis Title: Perceptions of Police among Hispanic Immigrants of Mexican Origin in the Southeast United States Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, Summa Cum Laude May 2012 Minor: Legal Studies Teaching and Professional Experience 2016 Present Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Criminal Justice 2013 Present Instructor Department of Criminal Justice 2012 Present Graduate Research Assistant Department of Criminal Justice Publications Dierenfeldt, Rick, Timothy Brown, and Rocio Roles. 2015. Re-Considering the Structural Covariates of Gun Crime: An Examination of Direct and Moderated Effects. Deviant Behavior.
Roles, Rocio, Stacy Moak, and Tusty ten Bensel. 2015. Perceptions of Police among Hispanic Immigrants of Mexican Origin in the Southeast United States. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 41(2), 202-219. Roles, Rocio and Marc D. Glidden. 2015. Drug Smuggling. In S. Boslaugh and J.B. Golson (Eds), Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. Sage Publications. Glidden, Marc D. and Rocio Roles. 2015. Drug Enforcement Administration. In S. Boslaugh and J.G. Golson (Eds), Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society. Sage Publications. Moak, Stacy and Rocio Roles. 2013. Medical Marijuana and the States. In C. Hemmens (Ed.), Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (2nd edition.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Roles, Roles, and Stacy Moak. 2012. "Urban Underclass." In Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology. Wiley-Blackwell. Walker, Jeffery T. and Rocio Roles. 2012. The Biometric Prison Technological Advancements in Tracking Inmates and Staff. Correctional Discourse. Technical Reports and Book Contributions Roles, Rocio and Tusty ten Bensel. 2012. Year End Report on Think Before You Plead: Juvenile Collateral Consequences in the United States. Submitted to the American Bar Association. Walker and Del Carmen s Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement, 8e and 9e. Contributed ancillaries including text banks, lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, quizzes, and case studies. Manuscripts in Progress Kwak, Hyounggon, and Rocio Roles. The Relationship between Low Self-control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: An Analysis of South Korean Youth Roles, Rocio and Rick Dierenfeldt. Community Policing and Juvenile Violent Crime Arrest Rates: A Comparative Analysis of Small and Large Law Enforcement Agencies. Sobba, Kristen, Rocio Roles, and Tusty ten Bensel. Perceptions of Cyberbullying: An Assessment of College Students Perspectives. Grant Activity 2016 Reducing Police Officers Use of Force Through Communication Skills Training: An Evidence-Based Program. Mirivel, J., Golden, J., Fuller, R., McIntyre, K., Roles, R., Pavioni, E., Thombre, A., and Chatham-Carpenter, A. Research and Evaluation in
Support of the Recommendations of the President s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, NIJ-2016-9095. Teaching Experience Department of Criminal Justice, Instructor Fall 2016 CRJU 2300: Introduction to Criminal Justice Online (Blackboard) CRJU 3301: Criminal Evidence Online (Blackboard) CRJU 3307: Criminal Law Traditional CRJU 3307: Criminal Law Online (Blackboard) Spring 2016 Fall 2015 Spring 2015 Spring 2014 CRJU 3307: Criminal Law Traditional CRJU 3305: Probation and Parole Online (Blackboard) CRJU 4300: Crime and Behavior Online (Blackboard) CRJU 2300: Introduction to Criminal Justice Traditional Teaching Assistant Fall 2013 Summer 2013 CRJU 2300: Introduction to Criminal Justice Online (Blackboard) CRJU 3305: Seminar in School Violence Online (Blackboard) Invited Lecturer Fall 2015 Fall 2014 CRJU 4304: Criminal Justice Research (Sampling, Surveys) CRJU 2300: Introduction to Criminal Justice (Courts, Criminological Theory) Presentations International Conferences Roles, Rocio, and Nikolaos Petropoulos. Effectiveness of Community Policing in Reducing Youth Violence Rates. Presented at British Society of Criminology, Plymouth, UK: June, 2015. Roles, Rocio, Marc D. Glidden, and Stacy Moak. Mapping of Drug Cartel Networks and Analysis of the Relationship between Network Location and Drug Related Murders. Presented at the 17 th World Congress of Criminology, Monterrey, Mexico: August, 2014.
National Conferences Roles, Rocio. Assessing the Influence of Military Presence on Crime Rates in American Communities. To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA: November, 2016. Moak, Stacy, Rocio Roles, and Johanna Thomas. A Needs Assessment of the Hispanic Community of Southwest Little Rock: Implications for Practice. Presented at the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Little Rock, Arkansas: April, 2016. Kwak, Hyounggon, and Rocio Roles. The Linkage between Low Self-control, Risky Lifestyles and Victimization among South Korean Youth. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, Colorado: March, 2016. Roles, Rocio. The Moderating Effect of Neighborhood-Level Characteristics on the Effectiveness of Community Policing at Reducing Youth Crime. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC: November, 2015. Petropoulos, Nikolaos, and Rocio Roles. Crime Fighters or Peace Keepers? Police Officers Perception of their Profession in Cyprus. To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC: November, 2015. Roles, Rocio. Serving their Country and their Communities? An Analysis of Military Presence in American Communities. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, FL: March, 2015. Roles, Rocio, Marc D. Glidden, and Stacy Moak. Examining the Relationship between Population Differences, Network Location, and Drug Related Murders. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA: November, 2014. Roles, Rocio, Stacy Moak, and Tusty ten Bensel. Perceptions of Crime and the Criminal Justice System among Hispanics. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, PA: February, 2014. Roles, Rocio, and Stacy Moak. Hispanic Experience with Crime and Criminal Justice. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA: November 2013. University Presentations Roles, Rocio and Hyounggon Kwak. Self-Control and Victimization: The Mediating Effect of Risky Lifestyles among South Korean Adolescents. Presented at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock s College of Social Sciences and Communication Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, Little Rock, AR: April 2016.
Roles, Rocio and Hyounggon Kwak. The Relationship between Low Self-control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: An Analysis of South Korean Youth. Presented at the s Student Research and Creative Works Expo, Little Rock, AR: April 2016. Roles, Rocio. Serving their Country and their Communities? An Analysis of Military Presence in American Communities. Presented at the s Student Research and Creative Works Expo, Little Rock, AR: April 2015. Roles, Rocio, Stacy Moak, and Tusty ten Bensel. Hispanic Perceptions of Police in the Southwest United States. Presented at the s Student Research and Creative Works Expo, Little Rock, AR: April 2014. Project Involvement & Research Experience 2013 Principal Investigator: Hispanic Experience with Crime and the Criminal Justice System Assisted with the creation and administration of survey instrument Constructed data set (SPSS) Conducted data analysis Service to the Profession 2016 Manuscript Reviewer Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society Journal of Social Issues Service to the 2015 2016 University Judicial Appeals Committee, Student Representative Student Representative 2015 Initiation Ceremony of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi 2014 2015 Student Government Association Graduate School Senator Service to the Department of Criminal Justice 2015 Criminal Justice Department Search Committee Graduate Student Representative 2014 - Present Department of Criminal Justice Newsletter Contributing Author 2014-2016 Alpha Phi Sigma
President 2012-2016 Criminal Justice Society Vice President Treasurer 2011-2015 Rob Williams Golf Tournament Summer 2013 Juvenile Justice Reform in the Arkansas Delta Community Forum Service to the Community Spring 2016 Fall 2015 Central Arkansas Animal Rescue Effort Fundraiser, Little Rock, AR Paws in Prison Fundraiser, Scott, AR 2015 - Present Working Together in the Community, Little Rock, AR Data set construction and analysis Media Interviews Fall 2014 Spring 2015 UALR Public Radio (Little Rock NPR Affiliate) My Future at Work Interview KARK and Fox 16 News Little Rock Police Department and the Hispanic Community Awards and Recognition 2016 Ph.D. Outstanding Achievement, Department of Criminal Justice, 2015-2016 Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Criminal Justice, 2016 First Place, Professional Studies Graduate Division, UALR Student Research and Creative Works Exposition 2016 First Place, Presentation Division, UALR College of Social Sciences and Communication Student Research and Creative Works Symposium 2015 Graduate Student Essay Contest Award, Chapter 134 Phi Kappa Phi,
2015 Ph.D. Outstanding Achievement, Department of Criminal Justice, 2012-2013 Outstanding Masters Student Award, Department of Criminal Justice, Scholarships Spring 2016 Fall 2015 Spring 2015 Fall 2014 Summer 2014 Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $250 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $250 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $250 American Society of Criminology Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $500 World Congress of Criminology Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $500 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $500 American Society of Criminology Conference Travel Funding Award Awarded $500 Professional Memberships 2014 Present Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (SWACJ) 2013 Present American Society of Criminology (ASC) 2013 Present Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) 2012 Present The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Professional Training 2016 Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence Seminar: Focus on Students Assessments 2016 Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence Seminar: Online Collaboration
2016 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: The Balance between Productivity & Quality of Life 2016 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Professional Writing & Collaborating with Others 2015 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: The Comprehensive Examination. 2015 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Institutional Review Board. 2015 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Research Agenda & How to Publish. 2014 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Teaching In-class & Online. 2014 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Preparing for the Job Market and Life as an Assistant Professor. 2014 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Making the Transition to Graduate School. 2014 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Presenting Papers at Conferences & Making the Most of the Experience. 2014 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Research Agenda & How to Publish. 2014 Professional Development Brown Bag Series for Graduate Students: Mentoring Relationships & Ethical Behavior in the Profession. Research Interests Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Immigration, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice Criminological Theory Community Military Presence and Crime Criminal Law and Society Policing