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Yahayra Michel

Assistant Teaching Professor, RHSA Mentor

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
School of Criminology and Justice Studies, River Hawk Scholars Academy (RHSA)
Phone
(978) 934-5455
Office
Health and Social Sciences Building - 1st Floor

Education

  • Ph D: Sociology, (2018), University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
    Supporting Area: College Teaching
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: A Broad Assessment of Childhood Victimization and its Implications for Juvenile Justice and Child Well-Being
  • MA: Theology and Family Counseling, (2018), Miami International Seminary - Haverhill, MA
  • MA: Theology, (2017), Miami International Seminary - Haverhill, MA
  • MA: Criminal Justice & Criminology, (2009), University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA
  • BA: Psychology, (2007), University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA
  • BS: Criminal Justice, (2007), University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 3 Minute Thesis Challenge (Final Round) (2016) - University of New Hampshire
  • Alpha Kappa Delta Travel Grant Award (2015) - University of New Hampshire
  • Graduate School Travel Grant Award (2015) - University of New Hampshire
  • Graduate Teaching Award (2015) - University of New Hampshire
  • Sociology Department Travel Grant Award (2015) - University of New Hampshire
  • Alpha Kappa Delta Travel Grant Award (2014) - University of New Hampshire
  • Graduate School Travel Grant Award (2014) - University of New Hampshire
  • Sociology Department Travel Grant Award (2014) - University of New Hampshire
  • Travel Grant Award (2014) - Hebrew University, Haruv Institute
  • Linksy Fund Travel Grant Award (2013) - University of New Hampshire
  • Travel Grant Award (2013) - Eastern Sociological Society
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Criminal Justice & Criminology (2009) - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
  • Distinguished Honor Graduate, Army Reserve Career Counselor Course (2008) - Army Reserve Readiness Training Center
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, Criminal Justice (2007) - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
  • Excellence in Research Award, Psychology (2006) - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
  • Distinguished Honor Graduate, Primary Leadership Development Course (2003) - Noncommissioned Officer Academy
  • Distinguished Honor Graduate, Radiology Technology Course (1999) - Army Medical Center and School

Selected Publications

  • Michel, Y. (2017). Salimos Para Llegar: De la Reflexión a la Sanidad. Comentario Sobre El Libro de Hageo. Miami International Seminary
  • Michel, Y. (2014). Violence Exposure, Poly-Victimization and Delinquency in a National Sample of 10 to 17-year-olds. American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Straus, M.A., Michel, Y. (2014). Mutuality, severity, and chronicity of violence by Father-Only, Mother-Only, and mutually violent parents as reported by university students in 15 nations. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(4) 664-676.
  • Straus, M.A., Michel, Y. (2012). Mutuality, Severity, and Chronicity of Violence Between Parents of University Students in 15 Nations. American Psychological Association (APA)

Selected Presentations

  • Poly-victimization Reaches Adolescence; Looking Back and Moving Forward - International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, July 2018 - Portsmouth, NH
  • SMART: Systems Mapping Analysis Research Tool - European Science Education Research Association, August 2017 - Dublin, Ireland
  • Does Timing Matter? - Graduate Research Conference, April 2016 - Durham, NH
  • Profiling the Poly-Victim - Eastern Sociological Society Conference, March 2016 - Boston, MA
  • Prevalence and Concordance in sexual coercion of partners by university student couples in 32 nations - European Society of Criminology, September 2015 - Porto, Portugal
  • Why Do We Need to Broadly Assess Childhood Victimization - Graduate Research Conference, April 2015 - Durham, NH
  • Rethinking Interventions: A Wide Versus Narrow Focus to Reduce Violence Perpetrated by and Against Children - Eastern Sociological Society Conference, February 2015 - New York, NY
  • Dyadic Concordance In Psychological Aggression and It’s Relation to Assault of Dating Partners by Male and Female Students in 32 Nations - European Society of Criminology, September 2014 - Prague, Czech Republic
  • Dyadic Concordance Types: An Easily Implemented Approach to Enhance Almost All Research and Treatment of Couple and Parent-Child Abusive Relationship - International Family Violence Research Conference, July 2014 - Portsmouth, NH
  • Dyadic Patterns of Perpetration of Physical Assault and Injury of Dating Partners by Male and Female University Students in 32 Nations - Stockholm Criminology Symposium, June 2014 - Stockholm, Sweden
  • Is the Effect of Violence Exposure on Delinquency Specific or Generalized? - Graduate Research Conference, April 2014 - Durham, NH
  • Poly-victimization and Delinquency - Eastern Sociological Society Conference, March 2014 - Baltimore, MD
  • Exposure to Parental Aggression in Childhood and Perpetration of Intimate Partner Aggression in Early Adulthood - Eastern Sociological Society Annual Research Conference, March 2013 - Boston, MA
  • Relation of Father-Only, Mother-Only and Mutual Violence between Parents of University Students in 15 Nations to Student Criminogenic Belief and Crime - American Society of Criminology Research Conference, November 2012 - Chicago, IL