Martinez, Ramiro, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, Violence Study & Suicide Pilot Study Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, College of Social Work, Justice, and Public Affairs Office: PCA 368A Tel: (305) 348-5795 Fax: : (305) 348-7405 Email: martinra@fiu.edu

Ramiro Martinez, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Ohio State University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Health in Florida International University. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, an affiliated Professor in Black American Studies, and Faculty in the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware. He has published a book and over thirty-five journal articles and chapters in the areas of Latino and immigrant violence. He has held appointed and elected positions in the American Society of Criminology, the American Sociological Association, and is on the editorial board of the journal Criminology. Dr Martinez is a member of the National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR) at Carnegie Mellon University, and a member of the Sloan Youth Violence Working Group at Harvard University. Dr. Martinez has also held fellowships from the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Minority Fellowship Program, the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program and The Ohio State University. He has been recognized for his contributions and has received awards from the American Sociological Association Latina\o Section Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research. Research Support Principal Investigator. Drug-related Latino violence in Miami. National Institute on Drug Abuse, FIU Latino Minority Drug Abuse Center ($320,866). 2003-2006. Principal Investigator. Gender and Ethnic Differences in Aggravated Assault and Homicide: Findings From Miami. National Institute of Justice/National Consortium on Violence Research. 2000-2001. Principal Investigator. Latino Violence in the United States: A Five City Study. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. 1999-2000. Principal Investigator. National Consortium on Violence Research. 1998-1999. Co-Investigator. Analyzing the Youth Homicide Epidemic with Urban Spatial Data. National Consortium on Violence Research. 1997-1998. Selected Publications Nielsen, A.L., Martinez Jr., R., and Rosenfeld, R. "Firearm Use, Injury, and Lethality in Assaultive Violence: An Examination of Ethnic Differences.” (2005) Homicide Studies, 8: 1-26. Nielsen, A.L., Martinez Jr., R., and Lee, M.T. “Alcohol, Ethnicity, and Violence: The Role of Alcohol Availability and other Community Factors for Group-Specific Non-Lethal Violence.” (2005) The Sociological Quarterly 46: 479-502. Nielsen, A.L., Lee, M.T., and Martinez Jr., R. 2005. “Integrating Race, Place, and Motive in Social Disorganization Theory: Lessons from a Comparison of Black and Latino Homicide Types in Two Immigrant Destination Cities.” (2005) Criminology 43:3. Martinez Jr., R., Lee, M.T., and Nielsen, A.L. “Local Context and Determinants of Drug Violence in Miami and San Diego: Does Ethnicity and Immigration Matter?” (2004) International Migration Review, 38: 131-157. Martinez Jr., R., Nielsen, A.L., and Lee, M.T. “Reconsidering the Marielito Legacy: Race/Ethnicity, Nativity and Homicide Motives.” (2003) Social Science Quarterly, June 2003.