Maria Valdovinos Olson, PhD

Graduate Lecturer

Sociology: Policing, Corrections, Prisoner Reentry, Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Legal System, Evidence-Based Crime Policy

Maria Valdovinos Olson is a graduate of the public sociology doctoral program at George Mason University and a research affiliate with the Movement Engaged Research Hub at the Center for Social Science Research.

Her research is focused on issues of safety, health, and wellness in policing, corrections, and prisoner reentry. Recent work has been published in Cognitive Research, Sociological Forum, Women & Criminal Justice, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, and the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Maria received the 2017 Outstanding Sociology Graduate Student Award from the Mason Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN). She has also been recognized as a Mid-South Sociological Association Stanford Lyman Scholar and American Society of Criminology Ruth D. Peterson Fellow.

Selected Publications

For a current list of publications, visit here.

Grants and Fellowships

Maria's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice, American Society of Criminology, Mid-South Sociological Association, and George Mason University.

Courses Taught

Sociology 301: Criminology

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, George Mason University

M.A. Sociology, George Mason University

B.A. Anthropology, Northwestern University