Areas of Expertise
- Racial and Economic Inequality
- Communities
- Criminology
Education
- B.A., St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas (1992) Political Science
- M.A., The University of Texas at Austin (1994) Government
- Ph.D., The Ohio State University (2002) Sociology
María Vélez was a SRI participant in 2010 and 2011. Her projects were "Assessing the Directionality of Residential Bank Loans and Crime: An Analysis of Seattle Neighborhoods (1981-2000)" and "City Contexts of Incorporation and the Immigration-Neighborhood Homicide Connection: A National Study of Neighborhoods."
María Vélez's CV (pdf)