Department: Justice Studies College: Applied Sciences and Arts Rank: Visiting Professor Appointment Date: Fall 2010 VERONICA M. HERRERA, Ph.D. Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae Office: San Jose State University Tel (office): (408) 924-2947 MacQuarrie Hall 529 Tel (cell): (812) 272-1518 (preferred) 1 Washington Square Email: veronica.herrera@sjsu.edu San Jose, CA 95192 EDUCATION 2001 Ph.D. in Psychology with concentration in Developmental Psychology UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Department of Psychology, Tucson, AZ 1997 Masters of Arts in Psychology UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Department of Psychology, Tucson, AZ 1994 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English (Honors) MOUNT ST. MARY S COLLEGE, Los Angeles, CA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY CENTERS FOR WOMEN, Wellesley, MA. 2001-2003. Award No. U49/CCU415877 / National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Under sub-contract from Medical University of South Carolina. The Center contributed to the prevention of violence against women (VAW) by fostering researcher-practitioner and interdisciplinary collaboration. This collaboration and the work of the Center at Wellesley College was designed to improve the capacity of the field to conduct research that is (1) relevant to the prevention of VAW, (2) interdisciplinary, (3) builds on prior research and practice, (4) conceptually and methodologically sound, and (5) designed to address issues of VAW over the life-course and to consider the impact of potential racial and cultural differences in risk factors. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERISTY, San Jose, CA Visiting Faculty in Justice Studies August 2010 to present Undergraduate Courses: Juvenile Delinquency; Theories of Crime and Delinquency; Family and Community Violence; Gender, Race, Inequality & the Law; Victimology; Senior Seminar (Topic: Juvenile Justice) Graduate Courses: Girls, Violence, & Antisocial Behavior; Family and Formal Control Systems 1
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (continued) INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON, Bloomington, IN Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice - August 2003 to May 2010. Undergraduate Courses: Gender and Crime; Women and the Criminal Justice System; Juvenile Delinquency; Girls, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior; Family and Formal Control Systems; Family Origins of Crime Graduate Courses: Juvenile Justice RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESPONSE FOR VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE (ICR), SAN JOSE CA Student Experience Coordinator. September 2010 present. The ICR is an extra-curricular program within the College of Applied Arts and Sciences in which students receive specialized training in family violence and interdisciplinary collaboration. My duties include supervising students as they completed the program requirements, keeping in contact with students as they work in qualified collaborative field internships, organizing interdisciplinary discussion groups and mentoring students as they conceptualize and complete their final project. I have also contributed to the timely completion of project deliverables for the granting agency (Office of Victims of Crime), including the design and completion of integrated curriculum of the learning modules, and the development of the replication model. Professional Certificate Program Development Team. Sept 2011 present. I contributed to the conceptualization and design of the ICR Professional Certificate Program and worked with the project director on the development of core curriculum. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY CENTERS FOR WOMEN, Wellesley, MA. Research Associate. October 2001- August 2003. Navy Family Study. Award No. N00140-01-c- N662 / Navy Family Study: Comparison Component U.S. Department of the Navy. September 2001 December 2004. A longitudinal study of 530 Navy families reported to the Navy s Family Advocacy Program (FAP) for allegations of some form of family violence, and a matched comparison sample of 127 Navy families never reported to FAP. My duties included data analysis, supervision of interviewers, and tracking of research participants. Co-Director, Clinical Interventions and Research on Depression Among College Students Project. August 2002- June 2003. The aim of this project was to identify particular stresses and aspects of depression among high achieving female college students. Focus groups with students, faculty, and staff were conducted at Wellesley College in the spring of 2003. A final report Stone Center Depression Research Project was presented to the Wellesley College Counseling Services. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson AZ Graduate Research Assistant. August 1995- October 2001. National Institute of Mental Health. Award No. RO1-MH51428-02 / Mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of aggression: A longitudinal study of children and adolescents from violent homes. This study followed 365 mother-child pairs first recruited in 1990 and re-interviewed during two subsequent waves over the years 1996/97 and 1998/99. I tracked and interviewed study participants, translated tracking questionnaires into Spanish and administered interviews in Spanish, trained and supervised staff and independent study undergraduate students, and collaborated with Juvenile and Superior court staff to collect court records for analysis. 2
PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Herrera, V.M. & Donaldson, R. (2012) Safe Place as an effective youth outreach and awareness program. The Atrium: A Journal of Academic Voices. Herrera, V.M., Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H. (2011) Antisocial behavior and relationships: Influences of romantic partners on continuity of male and female delinquency. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 608-618. Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H., Herrera, V.M., & Fischer, J.L. (2010) Intimate Partner Violence in Dating, Cohabitating, and Married Drinking Partnerships. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 72, 360 374. Herrera, V.M., Wiersma, J.D. & Cleveland, H.H., (2008) The influence of individual and partner characteristics on the perpetration of intimate partner violence in young adult relationships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 284-296. Becker, K., Stuewig, J., Herrera, V.M., & McCloskey, L.A. (2004). A prospective study of fire-setting and animal cruelty in children: Family influences and adolescent trajectories. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 905-912. Cleveland, H.H., Herrera, V.M., & Stuewig, J. (2003). Abusive males and abused females in adolescent relationships: Risk factor similarity and dissimilarity and the role of relationship seriousness. Journal of Family Violence, 18, 325-339. Herrera, V.M. & McCloskey, L.A. (2003). Sexual abuse, family violence and female delinquency: Findings from a longitudinal study. Violence and Victims, 18, 319-334 Koss, M.P., Bailey, J., Yuan, N.P., Herrera, V.M., & Lichter, E. (2003). Depression, PTSD, and health problems in survivors of male violence: Research and training initiatives to facilitate recovery. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 27, 130-142. Herrera, V.M. & McCloskey, L.A. (2001). Gender differences in the risk for delinquency among youth exposed to family violence. Child Abuse and Neglect, 25, 1037-1051. Book Chapters, Invited Papers, and Other Publications Herrera, V.M. & Stuewig, J. Impact of child maltreatment and domestic violence. (2011). In Children Behaving Badly? Exploring Peer Violence Between Children and Young People. Blackwell Publishing. Williams, L.M. & Herrera, V.H. (2007). Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Violence: Understanding Complex Connections. Child Maltreatment, 12, 203-207. Herrera, V.M., Koss, M.P., Bailey, J., Yuan, N.P., & Lichter, E. (2005). Survivors of male violence: Research and training initiatives to facilitate recovery of depression and PTSD. In Handbook on Girls and Women s Psychological Health. Oxford University Press. Herrera, V.M. & Porter-Honnet, E. (2003). Stone Center Depression Research Project: Final Report. Final report presented to the Wellesley College Counseling Services, Wellesley College, MA. Herrera, V.M. & Frias-Armenta, M. (1996). "Participation predictors of social club activities in Hispanic girls." Evaluation report presented to the Saguro Girl Scout Council, Tucson, AZ. Manuscripts in Preparation Herrera, V.M. & Donaldson, R.E. Brief report: Safe Place Outreach and Prevention Program Impact on Youth: A Statistical Analysis of Early Data Collection Herrera, V.M. Gender differences in paths to delinquency: The impact of family relationships and adolescent depression. Herrera, V.M. Girls use of violence: Examining gender differences in context of self-reported violent behavior. 3
Manuscripts in Preparation (continued) Herrera, V.M., Stuewig, J., & McCloskey, L.A. The impact of childhood exposure to family violence and childhood psychopathology on adolescent bullying and victim behavior. Herrera, V.M., Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H. Correlates of drug partnerships in young adult romantic relationships SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS Herrera, V.M. & Harris, D. Identifying the links between victimization and offending in a sample of detained girls and college women. Will be presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Atlanta, GA. (Nov 2013) Herrera, V.M., & Stuewig, J. The impact of childhood exposure to family violence and childhood psychopathology on adolescent bullying and victim behavior. Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Philadelphia, PA. (Nov 2009) Herrera, V.M., Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H. Correlates of Drug Partnerships in Young Adult Romantic Relationships. Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Philadelphia, PA. (Nov 2009) Herrera, V.M., Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H. The influence of individual and partner characteristics on perpetration of partner violence in young adult relationships. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference, Chicago, IL (March 2008) Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H., Herrera, V.M., & Fischer, J.L. Intimate Partner Violence in Dating, Cohabitating, and Married Drinking Partnerships. Presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. (July 2007) Herrera, V.M., Wiersma, J., Cleveland, H.H. Antisocial behavior and relationships: Influences of romantic partners on continuity of male and female delinquency. Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Atlanta, GA. (Nov 2007) Herrera, V.M. Girls use of violence: Examining gender differences in context of self-reported violence. Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Los Angeles, CA. (Nov 2006) Herrera, V.M., Stuewig, J. & McCloskey. Examining the impact of childhood victimization and adolescent depression on female delinquency: Findings from a prospective study. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference, San Francisco, CA. (March 2006) Herrera, V.M. & Williams, L. The impact of exposure to family and community violence on victimization and delinquency: Findings from a prospective study. Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Nashville, TN. (Nov 2004) Williams, L. & Herrera, V.M. Social contexts in understanding the impact of child sexual abuse on males: A 20 year follow up. Presented at the IPSCAN 15 th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Brisbane, Australia. (Sept 2004) Herrera, V.M. & Williams, L. Social contexts in understanding the impact of child sexual abuse on males: A 20 year follow-up study. Presented at the Society for Life History Research in Psychopathology Conference, Charleston, SC. (May 2004) Herrera, V.M. & Williams, L. Examining multiple pathways to female offending. Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Denver, CO. (Nov 2003) Koss, M.P., Bailey, J., Herrera, V.M., & Lichter, E. Depression, PTSD, and health problems in survivors of male violence. Presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, CA. (Aug 2003) Herrera, V.M. Renewing theoretical and empirical efforts towards understanding female delinquency and violent behavior. Presented at the 8th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. (July 2003) Herrera, V.M., Williams, L., & Saunders, B. The impact of parent criminality and substance use on child victimization and delinquency. Presented at the Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA. (Jan 2003) 4
SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (continued) Herrera, V.M., Williams, L., & Saunders, B. Understanding the link between girls victimization, revictimization, and delinquency: Results from the Navy Family Study. Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings, Chicago, IL. (Nov 2002) Herrera, V.M. & Williams, L. The effects of revictimization in adolescence on adult substance use and sexual functioning. Presented at the Society for Life History Research in Psychopathology Conference, New York, NY. (Sept 2002) Herrera, V.M., Williams, L., & Saunders, B. Methodological issues of reporting violence: Examining discrepancies between parent and child reports of marital violence and child abuse. Presented at the Victimization of Children and Youth International Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. (July 2002) Herrera, V.M., Williams, L., & Saunders, B. Does depression mediate the relationships between childhood victimization, re-victimization, and delinquency: Findings from a longitudinal study. Presented at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Conference, New Orleans, LA. (May 2002) Herrera, V.M., Williams, L., & Saunders, B. The link between child abuse, re-victimization and delinquency: Findings from a prospective study. Presented at the Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA. (Jan 2002) INVITED TALKS & TRAININGS 2009 Rutgers University-Camden, Camden NJ Urban Youth Symposium Invited Speaker: Children s Exposure to Violence: Consequences and Responses 2009 Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington IN The Campus Coalition Against Trafficking Invited Guest Lecturer: Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation. 2007 University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell MA Invited Guest Lecturer as part of Child Abuse Prevention Month: Understanding girls aggression: Examining the role of child maltreatment in self reported violence against parents and peers. 2007 Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington IN Lifelong Learning and Professional Development Public Discussion Forum Invited Guest Lecturer: Women and Crime in America Today 2003 Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington IN Women Student Association Invited Guest Lecturer: Pathways to Female Crime 2003 Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington IN Women s Sexualities: Historical, Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives Conference. Invited panel discussant: Latina s Sexualities in context: Immigration, health, and violence. 2002 Girls Coalition of Boston, Boston MA Invited panel discussant: Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: Trends, Triumphs and Troubles. 2001 Ella Baker House, Boston MA Consultant: Discussed the development, funding, and potential for collaboration in evaluating gender specific services for delinquent girls involved in the juvenile justice system in Boston, MA. 1996 Saguaro Girl Scout Council, Tucson, AZ Evaluation Consultant: Developed a survey and organized focus groups, both in Spanish and English, to assess Hispanic girls participation in extracurricular activities and their knowledge about the Girl Scout program in Tucson AZ. 5
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS August 2007 August 2008: Co-Principal Investigator: Quantitative Literacy with a Web Based Research Teaching Tool. Awarded by Indiana University ($32,574) June 2005 August 2005: Summer Faculty Fellowship. Awarded by Indiana University ($8,000) June 2004 August 2004: Summer Faculty Fellowship. Awarded by Indiana University ($8,000) September 1996 August 1998: Graduate Research Investigator: Determinants of Girls Delinquency. Awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health research supplement for underrepresented minorities. $58,000. HONORS AND AWARDS 2012 San Jose State University: 42 nd Annual Chicano Commencement Madrina 2008 Indiana University: Trustees Teaching Award for the Department of Criminal Justice 2005 Indiana University: Trustees Teaching Award for the Department of Criminal Justice 2001 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Recipient ($2,000) 2000 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Recipient ($1,750) 2000 University of Arizona Graduate College Minority Fellowship Recipient ($5,000) 1999 Society of Research in Child Development, Millennium Fellow Junior Mentor 1998 University of Arizona Graduate College Minority Fellowship Recipient ($6,000) 1997 American Society of Criminology, Division on Women and Crime Student Paper Award Recipient: PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Psychological Association American Society of Criminology American Society of Criminology, Division on Women and Crime SERVICE San Jose State University Graduate Affairs Committee Faculty Advisor for Alpha Phi Sigma Iota Chapter Criminal Justice Honors Society (2012-present) Justice Studies Student Task Force Convocation Committee Indiana University Nature of Crime Committee (Chair 2005-06) Graduate Affairs Committee Colloquium Committee Student Thesis Committees Indiana University Honors Senior Thesis: Danielle Rosner (2009) Child Sexual Exploitation Online. (Faculty Advisor and Chair) Master s Thesis: Karen Li (2005) Why didn t you call the police? A study of sexual victims police reporting practices. (Committee Chair) 6
Student Thesis Committees (continued) Indiana University Dissertation Thesis: Gregory Linsteadt (2006) You play you stay: The effect of institutional misconduct on release decisions for indeterminately sentenced youth in juvenile corrections. Dissertation Thesis: Viviane Saleh-Hanna (2007) Black Criminology: The cross-atlantic musical trade in conceptions of crime from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Dissertation Thesis: Cindy Stewart (2009) Police intervention in mental health crisis: A case study of Bloomington Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program. Dissertation Thesis: Timothy Lauger (2010) Known in Naptown : Legitimacy, and violence in the intergang environment. Professional 2013 Adapted and taught a 6 session course at Snell Community School. This school is an alternative high school for youth that have been suspended or expelled from their local high school. The class was designed to provide adapted college lectures to students interested in pursuing a college education. 2008-2010 Collaborated with the Program Development and Research Director of National Safe Place (NSP) to design the most appropriate methods for evaluating program effectiveness from the data that has already been collected and will continue to be collected from NSP local partner programs across the nation. Conducted preliminary analyses on the NSP youth evaluation and the NSP youth survey data. 2007 Co-guest editor of a special issue in the journal Child Maltreatment: Child maltreatment and adolescent violence: Understanding complex connections, 2007, Volume 12 (3). 2003 2008 Editorial Board Member: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 2003 2004 Conference Planning Committee: Wellesley Centers for Women 2004 International Research and Action Conference: Innovations in Understanding Violence Against Women. 2002 Contributing scholarly material to an amicus brief. Commonwealth v. Pelosi. MA Supreme Court. [55 Mass. App. Ct. 390 (2002)]. Involves a case where defense counsel has sought disclosure of a sexual assault victim's private counseling records. 2001 Present Reviewer: Child Abuse and Neglect, Journal of Early Adolescence, Child Maltreatment, Violence Against Women, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Feminist Criminology, Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, Psychology of Violence, International Journal of Sociology of the Family 7