MHLP researcher wins LGBTQ+ Older Adults and Aging Scholar’s Award
Nik Lampe, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy (MHLP), was selected to receive the inaugural LGBTQ+ Older Adults and Aging Scholar’s Award administered by the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in collaboration with AARP. Read more.
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Supraja Anand selected as editor of the Speech Section of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Supraja Anand, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has accepted an invitation to serve as editor of the Speech Section of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Anand will serve a three-year term as editor from Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31 2027. Read more.
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Book co-edited by Michael Lynch named Top Academic Title
Handbook on Inequality and the Environment, co-edited by Michael Lynch, PhD, alongside Michael Long, PhD, and Paul Stretesky, PhD, has been named a Top Academic Title of 2024 by Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Read more.
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Tampa Midtown Rotary makes donation to CARD-USF and ABA program
For over a decade, the Tampa Midtown Rotary has raised funds for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at USF (CARD-USF) and the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program through its Cycling for Autism event. Despite the event's cancellation last year due to hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Rotary has continued its support. Read more.
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CRMHC celebrates fall 2024 graduates
The fall 2024 cohort of the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (CRMHC) master's program celebrated their graduation in December with a ceremony in the Marshall Student Center ballroom on the Tampa campus. Read more.
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How true crime stories are influencing the real-life justice system
Sky News
"Dawn K. Cecil, a criminology professor at the University of South Florida and author of Fear, Justice and Modern True Crime, agrees. As more people turn to media representations for their understanding of crime and justice, she suggests that one way the system could respond is by contributing its own perspective to the narrative."
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TIP Lab (infographic)
Innovations Magazine
"The USF Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Lab housed at USF St. Petersburg is one of the first research centers dedicated to studying the myriad impacts of human trafficking in Florida by conducting research to address knowledge gaps, providing critical resources, and sharing effective solutions."
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Howell, C. J., Kabiri, S., Wang, F., Muniz, C. N., Kamar, E., Sharepour, M., Cochran, J., & Shadmanfaat, S. M. (2024). Online Harassment: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Thoughtfully Reflective Decision-Making. Social Science Computer Review. doi:10.1177/08944393241261983
Hyslip, T. S., & Holt, T. J. (2025). Assessing the Correlates of Job Stress and Satisfaction Among Federal Law Enforcement Officers. Public Personnel Management. doi:10.1177/00910260241309143
Kabiri, S., Sharepour, M., Howell, C. J., Wellen, H., Smith, H. P., Cochran, J. K., Shadmanfaat, S. M. (Shamila), & Andersen, T. S. (2025). Violations of Emergent Norms Regarding COVID-19 Mitigation and Social Hygiene: An Application of Agnew’s General Theory of Crime. Crime & Delinquency, 71(2), 575-610. doi:10.1177/00111287221130961
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Shadmanfaat, S., Kabiri, S., Wellen, H., Smith, H. P., Cochran, J., & Yousefvand, S. (2025). COVID-19 Misbehavior During the Lockdown in Iran: An Extension of Situational Action Theory. International Criminology. doi:10.1007/s43576-024-00153-1
Smith, M. D., Bjerregaard, B., Krupa, J. M., Cochran, J. K., & Fogel, S. J. (2024). Exploring the effects on capital punishment sentencing of aggravating and mitigating factors that are not accepted. Journal of Criminal Justice, 96 (6), 102342. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102342
Wang, Q., Kapolowicz, M. R., Li, J., Ji, F., Shen, W., Wang, F., Chen, W., Guo, W., Zhang, C., Liu, R., Zhang, M., Hong, M., Chen, A., Zeng, F., & Yang, S. (2024). A prospective cohort study of cochlear implantation as a treatment for tinnitus in post-lingually deafened individuals. Communications Medicine, 4(1).
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