Elishewah Weisz

College of Criminal Justice

Sam Houston State University
Box 2296/ 816 17th street
Huntsville, TX 77341
Erw010@shsu.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Criminal Justice

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, United States
Expected graduation: 2016

2012 MA Forensic Psychology

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, United States

2006 MSc Criminology & Clinical Psychology

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004 BSc Criminology & Psychology

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Research Experience:

2014 Research assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
Duties: Transcribing a two-hour interview

2013 Research assistant for Dr. Roth

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
Duties: data collection

2013 Research assistant for Dr. Oliver

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 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

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 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

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 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)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, United States
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

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, United States
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

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

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:

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2014 Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Class: Violent Offenders (face-to-face)

2014 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Classes: Global Organized Crime (Online, and face-to-face)

2014 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Class: Global Organized Crime (Online)

2014 Guest lecture on rape for the Violent Offenders class

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

2013 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mitchel Roth

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Class: Global Terrorism & Homeland Security (face-to-face)

2013 Teaching Assistant

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
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.

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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 3rd 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
Academic Center for Excellence & The Department of Foreign Languages at Sam
Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

2013, Spring
Professional Development, Planning the Work course by The Professional and
Academic Center for Excellence & The Department of Foreign Languages at Sam
Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

2012, Fall
Professional Development, Starting out Right course by The Professional and
Academic Center for Excellence & The Department of Foreign Languages at Sam
Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

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

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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

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