Emma Velez is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Penn State specializing in social and political philosophy, with competence in feminist philosophy, critical theory, and critical philosophy of race. She received her MA from SUNY Stony Brook in 2015 and her BA from Oklahoma City University in 2013. Her research focuses on Latina feminisms, the US-Mexico border, moral love, and subaltern voices. She has presented her work widely and received several honors and fellowships.
November 15, 2016
Youth convicted of murder ordinarily serve decades in prison before they complete a sentence or are paroled. At the time of release, many of them have spent at least half of their entire life and all of their adulthood incarcerated with adults in prisons. What are the outcomes for these youth when released in adulthood? Do they commit crimes in their communities or perhaps kill again? What lessons for law, correctional practice and public policy can be drawn from their outcomes? This event continued the discussion that the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience began with the April 2016 event “Boys to Men to Boys.” The presenters made the first presentation of their original research findings on outcomes of youth convicted of murder and examined other behavioral science and neurodevelopmental research to frame a conversation about whether or how current law, policy, and practice might be informed by the lives these men lead upon release.
Panelists:
- Frank DiCataldo, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Roger Williams University
- Karter K. Reed, Community Activist, Advocate, Mentor, and Volunteer
- Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Petrie-Flom Center; Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Teaching Faculty in the Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program and for the Doctoral School Psychology Program, William James College; Faculty at the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; and Senior Associate for the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
This event was free and open to the public.
Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
For more information, visit our website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/legal-policy-implications-of-releasing-youth-incarcerated-for-murder.
November 15, 2016
Youth convicted of murder ordinarily serve decades in prison before they complete a sentence or are paroled. At the time of release, many of them have spent at least half of their entire life and all of their adulthood incarcerated with adults in prisons. What are the outcomes for these youth when released in adulthood? Do they commit crimes in their communities or perhaps kill again? What lessons for law, correctional practice and public policy can be drawn from their outcomes? This event continued the discussion that the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience began with the April 2016 event “Boys to Men to Boys.” The presenters made the first presentation of their original research findings on outcomes of youth convicted of murder and examined other behavioral science and neurodevelopmental research to frame a conversation about whether or how current law, policy, and practice might be informed by the lives these men lead upon release.
Panelists:
- Frank DiCataldo, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Roger Williams University
- Karter K. Reed, Community Activist, Advocate, Mentor, and Volunteer
- Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Petrie-Flom Center; Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Teaching Faculty in the Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program and for the Doctoral School Psychology Program, William James College; Faculty at the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; and Senior Associate for the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
This event was free and open to the public.
Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
For more information, visit our website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/legal-policy-implications-of-releasing-youth-incarcerated-for-murder.
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EMMA D. VELEZ
Curriculum vitae
Department of Philosophy
The PennsylvaniaState University
240 Sparks Building
University Park,PA 16802
eqv5073@psu.edu
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: social and political philosophy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE: 19th and 20th century, feminist philosophy (esp. Latina
feminisms), critical theory, and critical philosophy of race
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Philosophy, The Pennsylvania State University, (in progress)
M.A. Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook University, 2015
B.A. Political Science and Philosophy with minor in Economics (magna cum laude with
honors),OklahomaCity University, 2013
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
2015 “Intimate Publics andEphemerality, Snapchat: A Case Study,” Caribbean
Philosophical Association 2015: Shifting the Geographyof Reason XII: Technologies of
Liberation | Riviera Maya, QuintanaRoo, Mexico, June 18-21.
2015 “Intimate Publics andEphemerality, Snapchat: A Case Study,” Theorizing the Web
Conference 2015 | NY, NY, April 17-18.
2015 “The Laborof Listening,” New York Society for Women in Philosophy, SWIPshop:
workshopsin feminist philosophy| CUNY GraduateCenter, February26.
2014 “Re-viewing, Re-membering, and Re-imagining the Wall: Healing La Frontera’sHerida
Abierta: Up Againstthe Wall, a Commentary by Emma Velez,” Book Presentation,
Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins, Up Against the Wall: Re-Imagining the U.S.-Mexico
Border (University of Texas Press, 2014)| SUNY Stony Brook University, October 30.
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2014 “MoralLove” throughanEthics of Ambiguity: CultivatingMestiza Ears to Listen to
SubalternVoices, Caribbean PhilosophicalAssociation 2014: Shifting the Geography
of ReasonXI: Diverse Lineages of Existentialism—Africana, Feminist, and Decolonial |
St. Louis, MO, June20.
2011 “Assessingthe Validity of Augustine’sHierarchy of Truth:Inordinate Pursuitsof the
Ordinate,” published in 2010-2011 UndergraduateResearchJournal,The Stellar|
OklahomaCity University, OKC, OK.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS:
Bunton-WallerGraduateAward, The Pennsylvania State University
W. BurghardtTurnerFellow, SUNY Stony Brook
Ford FoundationFellowship HonorableMention (2015)
TurnerSummer ResearchGrant for study abroad in Barcelona, Spain (2014)
George and Donna Nigh Public Service Scholar (2011-2013)
ClaraLuper Scholar, OklahomaCity University (2009-2013)
Oikos Scholar,Oklahoma City University (2009-2013)
CERTIFICATIONS:
Decolonizing Knowledge and Power: Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Horizons, with the
Center of Study and Investigationsfor GlobalDialogues | Barcelona, Spain, July 7-17,2014
POSITIONS & SERVICE:
NY Society for Women in Philosophy(NYSWIP), SWIPshop PlanningCommittee (2013-2015)
Department Climate Survey Committee Member, Stony Brook Philosophy GraduateStudent
Organization, 2015
Stony Brook PhilosophyGraduate Student Organization President, 2014-2015
Stony Brook PhilosophyGraduate Student Organization Vice President, 2013-2014
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY PROJECTS:
RegularContributor,“The Second Shift: Academic Feminism After Hours” (blog)
Co-Chair, “The Living Book Project: Persepolis” at SUNY Stony Brook (Spring2014 & 2015)
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LANGUAGES:
Spanish: Reading, Translation,and Speaking Facility
French: Reading andTranslation Facility
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Caribbean PhilosophicalAssociation
New YorkSociety for Women in Philosophy
COMPLETED GRADUATE COURSES:
The PennsylvaniaState University
Ethics (EduardoMendieta), Fall2015
Ethics andthe Politics of Violence (SarahClarkMiller), Fall2015
ContemporaryPhilosophy Seminar (Nancy Tuana),Fall 2015
SUNY Stony Brook University
Social & Political Philosophy:Sex and Democracy (AnneO’Byrne), Spring 2015
Practicing Women’s and Gender Studies (MaryJo Bona), Spring 2015
Philosophical Psychology: Phenomenologyof Self and Persons(Donn Welton),Fall 2014
ContinentalPhilosophy: Early and Late Derrida (EdwardCasey), Fall2014
19th Century Philosophy: Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (Mary Rawlinson),Spring 2014
Topics in ContemporaryPhilosophy: The Linguistic Turnin Hermeneutics and Critical Theory
(Lorenzo Simpson), Spring 2014
Advance Topics in Women’s Studies: MassCultureand the Event of Women (Victoria
Hesford), Spring 2014
Seminar in Analytic Philosophy:Rawls & Critiques from the Margins(Eva Kittay), Fall 2013
Social & Political Philosophy:Marx (Allegrade Laurentiis), Fall2013
Feminist Theory (Mary Jo Bona), Fall 2013
