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Madison Gerdes
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Wednesday 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Thursday 9:30 - 10:30 am
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Dr. Madison Gerdes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Montana. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Justice Policy from Northeastern University in 2024. Her dissertation utilized computational methods to examine the framing of mass public shootings by politicians, the press, and the public.
Dr. Gerdes researches multiple areas including homicide, mass violence, gun ownership, media coverage of violence, and queer criminology. She is especially interested in the use of computational methods to answer sociological and criminological questions. Her work has appeared in journals such as Social Science and Medicine, Homicide Studies, The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Education
Ph.D. Criminology and Justice Policy - Northeastern University (2024)
M.S. Criminal Justice - Northeastern University (2021)
B.A. Neuroscience (minor: Spanish) - Vanderbilt University (2017)
Courses Taught
Fall 2024
SOCI 202 - Social Statistics
SOCI 491 - Violence in America
Teaching Experience
Northeastern University
Criminal Violence (CRIM 3010) - Spring 2023, Summer 2023 (online), Summer 2024 (online)
Graduate Statistical Analysis (INSH 6500) - Fall 2023
Publications
Gerdes, M.B. Assessing the relationship between gun ownership and fear of mass shootings. (2023) Social Science and Medicine, 336.
Rocque, M, Gerdes, M.B., Fox, J.A., & Duwe, G. (2022). Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks. Criminal Justice Review, 48(3).
Fox, J.A., Gerdes, M.B., Duwe, G., & Rocque, M. (2021). The newsworthiness of mass public shootings: what factors impact the extent of coverage? Homicide Studies, 25(3).
Zimmerman, G.M., Fridel, E.E., & Gerdes, M.B. (2021). Examining the racial dynamic of the victim-offender dyad in homicide-suicide: does intraracial homicide encourage perpetrator suicide? Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 58(4).
Quinde-Zlibut J.M., Williams, Z.J., Gerdes, M.B., Mash, L.E., Heflin, B.H., & Cascio, C.J. (2021). Multifaceted empathy differences in children and adults with autism. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
Failla, M.D., Gerdes, M.B., Williams, Z.J., Moore, D.J., & Cascio, C.J. (2020). Increased pain sensitivity and pain-related anxiety in individuals with autism. Pain Reports, 5(6).
Noel, J.-P., Failla, M. D., Quinde-Zlibut, J. M., Williams, Z. J., Gerdes, M.B., Tracy, J. M., Zoltowski, A. R., Foss-Feig, J. H., Nichols, H., Armstrong, K., Heckers, S. H., Blake, R. R., Wallace, M. T., Park, S., & Cascio, C. J. (2020). Visual-Tactile Spatial Multisensory Interaction in Adults with Autism and Schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11.
Failla, M., Bryant, L., Heflin, B., Mash, L., Schauder, K., Davis, S., Gerdes, M.B., Weitlauf, A., Rodgers, B., and Cascio, C. (2020). Neural correlates of cardiac interoceptive accuracy across development: implications for social symptoms in autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 13(6).
Failla, M., Davis, S., Gerdes, M.B., Williams, Z., Moore, D., and Cascio, C. (2019). Increased Heat Pain Sensitivity and Pain-Related Anxiety in Individuals with Autism. The Journal of Pain, 20(4).
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Rachel Williamson
My research interests focus primarily on the application of existential theory and social psychological theories of meaning-making to psychological trauma. Although clinical conceptualizations of trauma, i.e., PTSD, are often included in my work, I am most interested in studying symbolic trauma. This involves the examination of situations and experiences that are impactful, not necessarily due to a literal threat to one's safety, but because of a threat to one's existential security. I view my research program as theory-based and with an emphasis on applied statistical modeling. By attending to the influence of statistical choices on theory development and paradigm design, both the precision and possibilities of research increases, and isn’t that exciting! Collaborations with students and colleagues, locally and internationally, are important components of my research program. The diversity that students and other collaborators bring to the research process is a resource and a strength—I am always happy to merge my interests and skillset, when appropriate, to support specific topics meaningful to my students and colleagues. -
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Olathe is a second-year clinical psychology doctoral student and an Indians into Psychology scholar. She is Navajo and Shawnee and grew up in Arizona on the Navajo Nation. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado where her research examined compassion for out-group issues using terror management theory. Her current research seeks to examine the effects of intentional engagement with the environment through traditional ecological knowledge for an Indigenous population. She is specifically interested in changes in subjective connection to nature and climate change distress. Outside of academics, Olathe enjoys traveling, being outside, and making art.
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