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June 19, 2013NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

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PPC Graduate Student Appointed to Fellowship Program

Joseph Hamm, a Public Policy Center Graduate research assistant and doctoral student in psychology and law, was one of eight UNL students to be appointed to the Center for Great Plains Studies 2013 Graduate Fellows Program.

According to the press release the program "provides a place for select graduate students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with Center faculty and staff, benefit from the center's resources and progress in their studies."

Name: Elizabeth Neeley
E-Mail: lneeley@nebar.com
Phone: (402) 475-7091


Elizabeth Neeley, Ph.D. is the Project Director of the Public Policy Center's Access to Justice core priority area. Her primary role is as the director of Nebraska's Minority Justice Committee, a joint initiative of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Nebraska State Bar Association to address racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system.

Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sociology, 2004
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sociology, 2001
B.A., Doane College, Sociology, 2000

Areas of Interest

Dr. Neeley's research interests include race, demography, criminal justice and policy.

Projects

Publications

Professional Activities

  • Strategic Planning Facilitator, Nebraska State Bar Association House of Delegates (2008)
  • Strategic Planning Facilitator, Nebraska Court of Appeals (2007)
  • National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, Board Member (2007-present)
  • Editorial Board, Court Review (2007-present)
  • Nebraska Supreme Court Interpreter Advisory Committee (2006-present)
  • Keynote Speaker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Undergraduate Sociology Symposium (2006)
  • Nebraska Crime Commission Committee on Disproportionate Minority Contact (2005-present)
  • Title V Grant Reviewer for the Nebraska Crime Commission (2005-present)
  • Issue Editor, The Nebraska Lawyer (2005-present)
  • Administrator of the Nebraska Legal Diversity Website: www.nelegaldiversity.org (2005-present)
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Nebraska Sociology Department (2005-present)
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