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Emily Berthelot is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. She holds graduate faculty status in the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program. Previously, she served at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Houston Downtown. Her research focuses on violent offending and victimization, racial/ethnic disparities in crime, homicide studies, and the intersection of inequality with public health and urban environments.
Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Louisiana State University, 2010), M.A. in Sociology (2007), and B.A. in Sociology with a Criminology concentration (2004), all from LSU.
Research Interests:
- Violent crime patterns and victimization risk
- Racial/ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes
- Homicide epidemiology and risk factors
- Social disorganization theory and urban crime
- Subcultures of violence and street culture
- Quantitative criminological methods
Grants & Awards:
- National Institute of Justice grants totaling over $160k
- Nomura Science Foundation travel grant ($5k, 2011)
- UALR Graduation and Retention Advocate Award (2015)
- McNair Program Mentor of the Year (2014)
- Finalist for UNR Alan Bible Excellence in Teaching Award (2019)
Her 15 most recent articles (2014–2025) analyze topics like police use of force, racial profiling perceptions, maternal incarceration impacts, and gun crime predictability. She advises multiple graduate students in criminology and social psychology programs.
Labs/Teams: Active in Washoe County Domestic Violence Task Force and UNR's interdisciplinary research initiatives. Teaches courses like Homicide & Violent Victimization and Inequality & Crime.
