Rosalee is a doctoral student in Criminal Justice at Temple University College of Liberal Arts. Her academic journey started at Montgomery County Community College, where she first completed an associate's degree in 2021. She then enrolled at Temple, finishing her BA in Criminal Justice with a minor in Public Health, and was awarded the Criminal Justice Excellence Award in 2023. She then completed her MA in Criminal Justice also at Temple, in Spring 2025. Her research interests include the causes of white supremacy in modern contexts, political extremism, juvenile justice, and the intersections of radicalism and digital media. Prior to graduate study, she worked full-time in insurance operations and holds multiple professional designations.
As a second-year PhD student, Rosalee has taken on teaching and supporting undergraduates, serving as Instructor of Record for CJ2602 Criminal Justice Statistics and continuing her work as a teaching assistant on multiple courses. She also holds several leadership roles this year, serving as President of the Criminal Justice Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma, President of the Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, and Head of Curation for TEDxTempleUniversity.
She is currently working on her qualifying paper, heading toward dissertation research. Outside of academia, Rosalee enjoys ceramics, gaming, and other creative outlets. She has presented at American Society of Criminology conferences as a member of the organization, and has a forthcoming book chapter in The Oxford Handbook on Open-Source Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice. In her PhD, she has goals to utilize both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to make meaningful impacts to the field, whether through teaching, writing, or practice. Rosalee is committed to academic excellence and highlights what it truly means to be a Temple Owl.
Faculty Advisor: Jason Gravel