Associate Professor | boessena@umsl.edu | 314-516-5030
Adam Boessen received his Ph.D. in criminology, law and society from the University of California-Irvine in 2014. He uses quantitative methodologies and GIS to examine the spatial and network aspects of neighborhoods; land uses and neighborhood space; and patterns of neighborhood change and crime over time.
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About Adam Boessen
Adam Boessen received his Ph.D. in criminology, law and society from the University of California-Irvine in 2014. He uses quantitative methodologies and GIS to examine the spatial and network aspects of neighborhoods; land uses and neighborhood space; and patterns of neighborhood change and crime over time.
| 2014 - Present | Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Neighborhoods and Crime, Space and Geography, Social Networks, Social Network Analysis, Longitudinal Data Collection and Analysis, GIS, Visual Representation of Data, Neighborhood Asset Mapping, Collective Action, Structural Equation Modeling, Latent Class Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Path Analysis, R, MPLUS, and STATA
Grants
| 2018 - 2018 | Office of Research Award |
| UMSL | |
| $4,000 | |
| 2017 - 2017 | Whole Communities Research Faculty Fellow |
| UMSL | |
| $5,000 | |
| 2016 - 2016 | College of Arts and Sciences Research Grant |
| UMSL | |
| $10,221 | |
| 2015 - 2016 | Junior Faculty Travel Award |
| UMSL | |
| $2,500 | |
| 2014 - 2014 | Dean’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship |
| School of Social Ecology, UCI | |
| $11,000 | |
| 2014 - 2014 | Gil Geis Award for Excellence in Research |
| Department of Criminology, Law and Society, UCI | |
| 2014 - 2014 | Professional Development Fellowship |
| Department of Criminology, Law and Society, UCI | |
| $11,000 | |
| 2013 - 2014 | Public Impact Fellowship |
| Graduate Division | |
| $1,000 | |
| 2013 - 2013 | Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship |
| Graduate Division, UCI | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2013 - 2013 | Michelle Smith Pontell Award (for outstanding accomplishments in graduate study) |
| Department of Criminology, Law and Society, UCI | |
| $2,250 | |
| 2013 - 2013 | Travel Stipend for Network Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice Symposium |
| Arizona State University | |
| 2012 - 2013 | Graduate Student Mentoring Award |
| School of Social Ecology, UCI | |
| 2012 - 2012 | Social Ecology Alumni Fellowship |
| School of Social Ecology, UCI | |
| $900 | |
| 2009 - 2009 | Arnold Binder Graduate Student Service Award |
| Department of Criminology, Law and Society, UCI | |
| 2007 - 2007 | Hans O. Mausch Student Paper Award for “The Influence of Weak Ties on an Inmate‘s Pathway to Prison” |
| Department of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Undergraduate Research Mentorship |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | |
| $3,000 | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Undergraduate Research Scholar |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | |
| $3,500 |
| 2014 | PhD, University of California - Irvine ‐ Criminology, Law and Society | |
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| 2009 | MA, University of California - Irvine ‐ Social Ecology | |
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| 2007 | BA, University of Missouri - Columbia ‐ Sociology | |
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| 2007 | BA, University of Missouri - Columbia ‐ Psychology | |
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Contact Information
Phone: (314) 516 5030
Fax: (314) 516 5048
Email: