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Caralin Branscum, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Phone: 727-873-4641 Office: USFSSP -                                         Send email                                             Curriculum Vitae

Caralin C. Branscum, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at the 麻豆视频 (USF) and is located on the St. Petersburg campus. Caralin received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2024 from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (SCCJ) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Prior to this, received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University in 2018 and 2020. During her doctoral studies, she was affiliated with SCCJ鈥檚 Victimology and Victim Studies Research Lab, where she spent three years as the project coordinator for The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project (2019-MU-MU-0095).

Prior to joining USF, Caralin participated in the Research Assistantship Program with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of victimology, gender-based violence, and community and system responses to victims of crime. Some of her recent work has been published in Child Abuse & Neglect, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Victims & Offenders.