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Tarleton criminology professor Shelley named Fulbright Scholar

Dr. Tara O’Connor Shelley, professor and co-director of the Institute on Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking and co-director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Leadership and Public Policy in the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Strategic Studies at Tarleton State University, recently received the prestigious designation of Fulbright Scholar.

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Tarleton’s TSMRI rolling out social innovation efforts to help rural Texans

Tarleton State University’s Texas Social Media Research Institute (TSMRI) is rolling out two new social innovation initiatives focused on basic needs and entrepreneurship in rural Texas. The initiatives will involve faculty, staff and students from multiple Texas higher education institutions in an attempt to connect individual Texans with national, state and city resources.