Vera Lopez
Professor,
School of Social Transformation
Other ASU affiliations
2017-2018,
Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff Association
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Phone: 480-965-7681
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WILSN 232A TEMPE, AZ 85287-4902
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Mail code: 4308Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Vera Lopez is a Women & Gender Studies professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University (ASU). She earned her doctorate in educational psychology (school/clinical child) from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Lopez applies a critical lens to understand how Latina girls' intersecting social positions shape their experiences within youth institutions, such as juvenile justice, residential treatment, and school settings. Notable publications include her books "Complicated Lives: Girls, Parents, Drugs, and Juvenile Justice" and "Latinas in the Criminal Justice System: Victims, Targets, and Offenders"--the latter co-edited with Dr. Lisa Pasco. Dr. Lopez's recent research projects include a youth participatory action research project with system-impacted girls, funded by the Spencer Foundation, and a project on Latina girls and sports, funded by the ASU Global Sport Institute. Dr. Lopez is also the co-editor of Feminist Criminology and associate editor of Sociology Compass.
Education
- NIMH Research Post-Doc, Program for Prevention Research (now REACH Institute), Arizona State University
- Ph.D. Educational Psychology (School/Clinical Child), University of Texas-Austin
- Clinical Internship, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois-Chicago
- M.A. Program Evaluation, University of Texas-Austin
- B.A. Psychology, Liberal Arts Honors, University of Texas-Austin
Research Interests
Critical Youth Studies, Latina Girlhood, Youth and Justice
Publications
See CV
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| WST 691 | Seminar |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 592 | Research |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 593 | Applied Project |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 592 | Research |
| JUS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| WST 593 | Applied Project |
| JUS 593 | Applied Project |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| WST 792 | Research |
| WST 792 | Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| WST 593 | Applied Project |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| WST 691 | Seminar |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 592 | Research |
| JUS 593 | Applied Project |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| SST 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 691 | Seminar |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 591 | Seminar |
| IED 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 592 | Research |
| IED 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JUS 792 | Research |
| JUS 799 | Dissertation |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| WST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 792 | Research |
| JUS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 799 | Dissertation |
| WST 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| IED 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| WST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 795 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 795 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| SST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| WST 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JUS 595 | Continuing Registration |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| JUS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| JUS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| JUS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JUS 592 | Research |
| JUS 599 | Thesis |
| JUS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| JUS 792 | Research |
| JUS 799 | Dissertation |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 593 | Applied Project |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JUS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| JUS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| JUS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| JUS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| JUS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JUS 592 | Research |
| JUS 593 | Applied Project |
| JUS 599 | Thesis |
| JUS 790 | Reading and Conference |
| JUS 792 | Research |
| JUS 799 | Dissertation |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 302 | Statistical AnalysisJusStd |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
| JUS 477 | Youth and Justice |
Service
See CV