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Education

1992 University of Florida, B.A.
1997 University of Memphis, M.A.
2006 University of South Florida, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (U/G)
Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice (U/G)
Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping (U/G)
Developing Professionally (U)
Survey of the Criminal Justice System (U)

Career Specialties

Tim Hart鈥檚 areas of academic interest include applied statistics and quantitative methodologies, geographic information systems (GIS), environmental criminology, and victimization.

Professional and Community Activities

Hart's current research activities focus on internationalizing his research profile, developing innovative quantitative analytic methods, and making scholarly advances in environmental criminology and victimization research. During the 2023-2024 school year, he published his third textbook, 鈥�Statistics for the Average Criminology Student: A Guide to Criminological Data Analysis and Interpretation鈥�.听 In addition, he co-authored an article on "Top 10 Policing" as an alternative place-based patrol strategy with Professor Nathan Connealy, which appeared in the journal听Policing Practice and Research.

He also continued to sever the broader Tampa Bay community by volunteering as the Even Director for the Weedon Island Preserve parkrun and serving as a Board Member of the Boca Ciega High School鈥檚 Pirate Athletics Hall of Fame.

Honors and Awards

Joyce Keller Faculty Volunteer of the Year 鈥� University of Tampa听(2022-2023)

Criminal Justice Review鈥檚 2022 Paper of the Year Award 鈥� Investigating crime pattern stability at micro-temporal intervals: Implications for crime analysis and hotspot policing strategies

Excellence in Scholarship and Research - University of Tampa, College of Social Sciences, Mathematics and Education (CSSME) (2020-2021)

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management鈥檚听2015 Outstanding Paper Award and the Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence for the article titled, 鈥淜ernel Density Estimation and Hotspot Mapping: Examining the Influence of Interpolation Method, Grid Cell Size, and Bandwidth on Crime Forecasting.鈥�

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management鈥檚听2014 Highly Commendable Paper Award for the article titled, 鈥淩eference data and geocoding quality: Examining Completeness and Positional Accuracy of Street Geocoded Crime Incidents鈥�.

Justice Research and Statistics Association鈥檚 (JRSA) 2010 Technical Innovation Award for the impact made by the grant-funded initiative, 鈥淣evada鈥檚 Arrest-related Deaths in Custody: A Data Collection Assistance Project鈥�.

Presidential Management Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 Bureau of Justice Statistics (1997-1999).