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Anna Newell

Research Experience

My publications:

Newell, A. (2025). From Pain Management to Street Crime: A County-Level Analysis of Opioid Dispensing Rates and Drug-Related Arrest Rates. Journal of Drug Issues.

Evans, M., Graif, C., & Newell, A. (2025). Arrests and the Opioid Epidemic: An Investigation into the Spatial and Social Network Spillover of Opioid Overdoses in Chicago. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Nguyen, H., Rowan, Z., Newell, A., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2025). The (In)congruence between Stated and Revealed Preferences: The Role of Substance Use. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisor: Holly Nguyen

August 2022 - Present

Projects:

COPS as Drug Control: An Evaluation of the Anti-Heroin Task Force Grant Program.

The (In)congruence between Stated and Revealed Preferences: The Role of Substance Use.

Skills:

Coding in Stata
Data analysis
Experience with UCR and CDC datasets

RAND Summer Associate

Advisors: Beau Kilmer and Greg Midgette

June - August 2025

Currently working as part time adjunct

Project:

Indiana Cannabis Project

RAND 2025 Summer Associates

End of Summer Presentation

Skills:

Coding in R and ArcGIS
Data visualization and mapping
Experience with NSDUH and BRFSS datasets

Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) Pre-Doctoral Fellow

PIs: Jennifer Maggs and Stephanie Lanza

September 2025 - Present

PAMT Website Profile

Skills:

Prevention-focused research
Quantitative methods
Grant writing

Data Visualization and Mapping

University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Honors Program

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CCJS Honors Cohort 2022

Undergraduate Research Day 2022

Undergraduate Honors Thesis - A State-Level Analysis of Juvenile Justice Policies and Outcomes

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