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Personal Summary

Dr. Madison Gerdes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Justice Policy from Northeastern University in 2024. Her dissertation utilized computational methods to examine the framing of mass public shootings by politicians, the press, and the public. 

Dr. Gerdes researches multiple areas including homicide, mass violence, gun ownership, media coverage of violence, and queer criminology. She is especially interested in the use of computational methods to answer sociological and criminological questions. Her work has appeared in journals such as Social Science and Medicine, Homicide Studies, The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Frontiers in Psychiatry. 

Education

Ph.D. Criminology and Justice Policy - Northeastern University (2024)

M.S. Criminal Justice - Northeastern University (2021)

B.A. Neuroscience (minor: Spanish) - Vanderbilt University (2017)

Courses Taught

Fall 2024

SOCI 202 - Social Statistics

SOCI 491 - Violence in America

Teaching Experience

Northeastern University

Criminal Violence (CRIM 3010) - Spring 2023, Summer 2023 (online), Summer 2024 (online)

Graduate Statistical Analysis (INSH 6500) - Fall 2023

Publications

Gerdes, M.B. Assessing the relationship between gun ownership and fear of mass shootings. (2023) Social Science and Medicine, 336.

Rocque, M, Gerdes, M.B., Fox, J.A., & Duwe, G. (2022). Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks. Criminal Justice Review, 48(3).

Fox, J.A., Gerdes, M.B., Duwe, G., & Rocque, M. (2021). The newsworthiness of mass public shootings: what factors impact the extent of coverage? Homicide Studies, 25(3).

Zimmerman, G.M., Fridel, E.E., & Gerdes, M.B. (2021). Examining the racial dynamic of the victim-offender dyad in homicide-suicide: does intraracial homicide encourage perpetrator suicide? Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 58(4).

Quinde-Zlibut J.M., Williams, Z.J., Gerdes, M.B., Mash, L.E., Heflin, B.H., & Cascio, C.J. (2021). Multifaceted empathy differences in children and adults with autism. Scientific Reports, 11(1).

Failla, M.D., Gerdes, M.B., Williams, Z.J., Moore, D.J., & Cascio, C.J. (2020). Increased pain sensitivity and pain-related anxiety in individuals with autism. Pain Reports, 5(6).

Noel, J.-P., Failla, M. D., Quinde-Zlibut, J. M., Williams, Z. J., Gerdes, M.B., Tracy, J. M., Zoltowski, A. R., Foss-Feig, J. H., Nichols, H., Armstrong, K., Heckers, S. H., Blake, R. R., Wallace, M. T., Park, S., & Cascio, C. J. (2020). Visual-Tactile Spatial Multisensory Interaction in Adults with Autism and Schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11.

Failla, M., Bryant, L., Heflin, B., Mash, L., Schauder, K., Davis, S., Gerdes, M.B., Weitlauf, A., Rodgers, B., and Cascio, C. (2020). Neural correlates of cardiac interoceptive accuracy across development: implications for social symptoms in autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 13(6).

Failla, M., Davis, S., Gerdes, M.B., Williams, Z., Moore, D., and Cascio, C. (2019). Increased Heat Pain Sensitivity and Pain-Related Anxiety in Individuals with Autism. The Journal of Pain, 20(4).