Elishewah Weisz College of Criminal Justice Sam Houston State University Box 2296/ 816 17 th street Huntsville, TX 77341 Erw010@shsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Criminal Justice, United States Expected graduation: 2016 2012 MA Forensic Psychology 2006 MSc Criminology & Clinical Psychology 2004 BSc Criminology & Psychology Research Experience: 2014 Research assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth, USA Duties: Transcribing a two-hour interview 2013 Research assistant for Dr. Roth, USA Duties: data collection 2013 Research assistant for Dr. Oliver, USA Duties: data entry 2012-2013 Research assistant for Dr. Wells Sam Houston State University/ Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT), Huntsville, TX, USA Duties: Reformatting questionnaires. 2012 Research assistant for Dr. King, USA Duties: Data entry. 2012 Primary researcher Empirical Crime Scene Analysis John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, Unites States Duties: Literature review, data collection, data entry, data analysis, and E. Weisz 1
writing up the project. *This class is part of a collaborative research project between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Behavioral Science Unit and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 2011 Clinical Crime Scene Analysis (Group Project) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, Unites States Duties: Creating a coding sheet for the project, data collection, data entry, data analysis, and writing up the project. *This class is part of a collaborative research project between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Behavioral Science Unit and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 2010-2012 Research for MA thesis (Primary Researcher) Duties: Creating a coding sheet, data collection, data entry, data analysis, and writing up the project. *The thesis was conducted as part of a collaborative research project between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Behavioral Science Unit and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 2010-2011 Research assistant to Dr. Cohen Duties: Data collection, data entry. 2005 Master thesis criminology & clinical psychology Magen Prison, Ramle, Israel & Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duties: Creating the hypothesis, coding sheet, data collection, data analysis, and writing up of the project. 2004 Bachelor Thesis criminology Conference Presentations: Poster Presentations: Weisz, E.R., (November, 2012). Geographical profiling: Spatial relationships between serial sexual homicide offender anchor points and crime scene types and other intermittent crimes in the series. Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology conference, Chicago, IL. Presentations: Weisz, E.R., (February 19, 2014). Homicide research, Definitions and databases. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) conference, Philadelphia, PA. Academic Teaching Experience: E. Weisz 2
2014 Doctoral Teaching Fellow Class: Violent Offenders (face-to-face) 2014 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth Classes: Global Organized Crime (Online, and face-to-face) 2014 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth Class: Global Organized Crime (Online) 2014 Guest lecture on rape for the Violent Offenders class 2013 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth Class: Global Terrorism & Homeland Security (face-to-face) 2013 Teaching Assistant Class: Global Organized Crime 2011 Served as a teaching assistant for one session of Theories of Personality. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. 2011 Served as a teaching assistant for one session of Psychology of Terrorism. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. Professional Experience: 2012 Research assistantship in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, United States 2005 Forensic clinical psychology internship Magen prison, Ramle, Israel. Focusing on psycho-diagnostics and therapy. Review Experience: 2012 Reviewer for the American Psychological Association convention program (2013), Division 41 2012 Reviewer for the Association of Psychological Science Student Research Awards. E. Weisz 3
Honors and Awards: 2012 Graduate Fellowship Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University 2011 Psi Chi- The International Honor Society in Psychology 2010-2011 Graduate Dean s list at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professional Activities: 2014 Online basic GIS class 2014 Attended the 3 rd Annual SHSU Online Teaching + Learning Conference 2013 Volunteered at Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference in Dallas, TX 2013, Spring Professional Development, Dynamic Learning course by The Professional and 2013, Spring Professional Development, Planning the Work course by The Professional and 2012, Fall Professional Development, Starting out Right course by The Professional and 2011 APA CE course- 123 A Scientific Approach to Homicide Profiling and Consultation, CE credits: 7 2011 Forensic Taphonomy Course Forensic Anthropology Center, The University of Tennessee 2010 Offender Profiling: Psychology Contributions to Crime Scene Analysis NJI- RTI 2010 APA CE course- 131 Forensic Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations: Research and Practice, CE credits: 7 2010 APA CE course- 105 A Developmental Understanding for Assessing and Treating Violent Individuals, CE Credits: 7 2010 Human Identification Course: Laboratory Methods Forensic Anthropology Center, The University of Tennessee E. Weisz 4
Professional Affiliations: American Psychological Association (APA) Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP) American Society of Criminology (ASC) American Psychology Law Society (AP-LS) Association of Psychological Science (APS) Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Research Interests: Serial sexual homicide Child abduction Geographical profiling Investigative processes Policing E. Weisz 5