Curriculum Vitae

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Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2025-Present

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Florida Atlantic University

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, 2023-2025

Criminal Justice and Sociology Department

Iona University

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Sociology, 2023

University of Florida, Gainesville

M.A. Sociology, 2019

University of Florida, Gainesville

B.S. Sociology & Criminology, 2017

Lund University, Sweden

Double Major: Sociology and Criminology

PUBLICATIONS:

Ferguson, L. & Eliasson, M. N. (2024). Gender, Age, and Victimization Risk Among Missing Persons. Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice 7(2), 168-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25166069241289288

Eliasson, M. N. & DeHart, D. (2023). They Are Perfect Victims” – A Qualitative Study Examining Elder Care Professionals’ Perceptions of Elder Maltreatment, Journal of Social Service Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2271022

Eliasson, M. N., & DeHart, D. (2023). Police Officers, Empathy Towards Victims – A Question of Innocence. International Journal of Police Science, 1(2), 12–35. https://doi.org/10.56331/487529/IJPS3

Eliasson, M. N. (2023). Good and Bad Cops – How do American and Swedish Police Officers Perceive Policing? European Journal of Policing Studies, 6(2), 117-137. https://doi.org/10.5553/EJPS/2034760X2022001

Eliasson, M. N. and Morabito, S. (2022). Gender Rhetoric and Swedish Police Officers’ Perceptions of Victims, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2022.2154233

Eliasson, M. N. (2022). Good and Bad Cops – How do American and Swedish Police Officers Perceive Policing? European Journal of Policing Studies, online first. DOI: 10.5553/EJPS/2034760X2022001

Ferguson, L. and Eliasson, M. N. (2022). “We Support Harm Reduction”: Frame Analysis of Canadian News Media Coverage of the Opioid Crisis. Canadian Journal of Media Studies, 18(1), 1-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18192/cjmsrcem.v18i1.6497

Eliasson, M. N. (2022). A Qualitative Examination of Swedish Police Officers’ Perceptions of Victim Culpability. Victims & Offenders, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2022.2091069

Eliasson, M. N., and DeHart, D. (2022), "Trauma experienced by researchers: challenges and recommendations to support students and junior scholars", Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-10-2021-2221

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Experience, Seniority and Gut Feeling—A Qualitative Examination of How Swedish Police Officers Perceive They Value, Evaluate and Manage Knowledge When Making Decisions. Front. Educ. 6:731320. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.731320

Eliasson, M. N. (2020). “Black, White and Gray” – a Qualitative Study of How Swedish Police Officers Describe Occupational Knowledge”, Policing: an International Journal. 44(3), 498-509. DOI: 10.1108/PIJPSM-08-2020-0139

Adams, B., Applebaum, J. W, Eliasson, M. N., Zsembik, B., and McDonald, S. E. (2020). Child and Pet Care-Planning During COVID-19: Considerations for the Evolving Family Unit, Family Relations. 70(3), 705–716. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12542

Applebaum, J. W, Adams, B., Eliasson, M. N., Zsembik, B., and McDonald, S. E. (2020). How Pets Factor into Healthcare Decisions for COVID-19: A One Health Perspective, One Health, 11, 100176.

Book Chapters

Eliasson, M.N. (2023). Police Training and Police Violence in Scandinavia. In: Staller, M.S., Koerner, S., Zaiser, B. (eds) Police Conflict Management, Volume II. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41100-7_16

Eliasson, M. N. (2023). Critical Race Theory and Victimization. In H. Chandan (Ed.), Implications of Marginalization and Critical Race Theory on Social Justice (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3615-8.ch001

Eliasson, M. N. (2023). Trayvon Martin: A Black Boy Who Made an Impact. In L. Leonard (Eds.), Cases on Crimes, Investigations, and Media Coverage (pp. 94-116). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9668-5.ch006

Eliasson, M. N. (2022). Victims of Cybertrafficking of Humans. In E. Essien (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking (pp. 347-361). IGI Global. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9282-3.ch022

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Police Officers: Invisible Victims in the Line of Duty – Book Chapter - (Eds.) Blasdell, R., Krieger-Sample, L., & Kilburn, M. Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7348-8

Book Reviews

Eliasson, M. N. (2022). The Streets Belong to US - Sex, Race, and Police Power from Segregation to Gentrification by Anne Gray Fischer, Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2097816

Eliasson, M. N. (2022). The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence by Laurence Ralph, Humanity and Society, 1-3.

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Homicide: Life on the Street by Lisa Doris Alexander. Journal of American Culture, 44(4), 340-341.

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Laurel Westbrook, Unlivable Lives: Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism. International Sociology, 36(5), 777–779. https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211057669a

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Child Witnesses in Twentieth Century Australian Courtrooms by Robyn Blewer. Internet Journal of Criminology

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Book Review: Policing in the World, the Practice of International and Transnational Policing. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal

Eliasson, M. N. (2020). Book Review of Prayers for the People: Homicide and Humanity in the Crescent City. International Review of Victimology 1–2 DOI: 10.1177/0269758020952294

Encyclopedia Entry

Eliasson, M. N. (2023). “Religion and Victimization” in (eds) Holt, A. Religion and World Civilizations: How Faith Shaped Societies from Antiquity to the Present,. Santa Barbara: Greenwood. Pp. 114-115

Non-Academic Publications

Eliasson, M. N. (2021) “A Call for Including Missing Persons in Victimological Scholarship”

Invited Guest Blog Post https://www.missingpersonsresearchhub.com/post/a-call-for-including-missing-persons-in-victimological-scholarship

Conference presentations & Invited Talks

Eliasson, M. “Challenges Faced by Victim Advocates”, Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences 47th Annual Conference, June 7th, 2024, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Presenter

Eliasson, M. “Officers Perceptions of Victim Culpability”, American Society of Criminology, November 18th, 2022, Atlanta, Georgia. Presenter and Panel Chair

Eliasson, M. “Choices and Ability – Ways to Assess Victim Culpability”, Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Conference, September 9th, 2021, Daytona Beach, Florida

Eliasson, M. “Can Time Be Racialized? – A Qualitative Study Describing How Time Is Talked About and Valued by Judges in a County Court”, Southern Sociological Society 84th Annual Meeting , April 8th 2021

Eliasson, M. and Borg, M. “Knowledge Management and Social Learning Among Swedish Police Officers.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Jacksonville, Florida, April 2020 (conference canceled due to COVID).

Eliasson, M. “Swedish Police Officers’ Assessments of Victims” F3S, 2019, Gainesville, Florida.

Eliasson, M. “Swedish Police Officers’ Assessments of Victims” ACJS, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland.

Eliasson, M. “Are You a Man or a Mouse”, Round table, American Sociological Association, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Presenter and Roundtable Chair.

Conference Involvement

Volunteer Coordinator, F3S Annual Conference 2020

Secretary and Paper Session Judge, F3S Annual Conference 2019

Paper Session Judge, F3S Annual Conference 2018,

Invited Presentations/ Panels

Panel: Restorative Justice Initiatives in the Criminal Justice System, California State University Fresno, November 2020

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC ADVISING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor

Graduate-level courses:

CRJ990 Victim Advocacy, Iona University - (Scheduled for Spring ‘25)

CRJ630 Victimology, Iona University - Fall ‘24

CRJ660 Advanced Criminology, Iona University - Fall ‘23

Undergraduate-level courses:

CRJ400 Research Method in Criminal Justice, Iona University - Fall ’24, (Also scheduled for Spring ‘25)

CRJ430 Victimology, Iona University - Spring ’24, (Also scheduled for Spring 2025)

CRJ491/CRJ990 Victim Advocacy, Iona University - Spring ‘24

SOC102 Social Problems (online), Iona University - Spring ‘24, Summer ‘24

CRJ205 Introduction to Criminal Justice (online), Iona University - Winter ‘24, Summer ‘24

CRJ440 Profiling Violent Crimes, Iona University - Fall ‘23, Spring ’24, Fall ‘24

SOC101 Introduction to Sociology, Iona University - Fall ‘23

CCJ4934/SYA4930 Victimology, University of Florida - Fall ‘21 (HyFlex), Summer ‘22, Fall ‘22, Spring ‘23

SYG2000 Introduction to Sociology (Online), University of Florida - Summer ‘20, Fall ‘20, Spring ‘21, Spring ‘22

Research Assistant