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Lisa E. Hasel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminology

Mailing address:

PO Box 117330

Gainesville, FL 32611

Office location:
Turlington 3334

Phone: (352) 294-7173          Fax: (352) 392-6569
Email: lhasel@ufl.edu

Student Hours, Fall 2012:     Tues 1-2:30pm, Thurs 2-3:30pm, and by appointment

Lisa E. Hasel

Letters of Recommendation

Guidelines for Letters of Recommendation:

· An effective letter of recommendation should verify your academic competence, confirm your experiences, and help build your credibility. Therefore, in order to write you a good letter of recommendation, I must know that you are competent, experienced, and credible.

· If you think that I can vouch for you on the above qualities, then feel free to ask me if I will write you a letter of recommendation!

· If you have COMPLETED at least one of my classes and received an A– or higher or have been a member of my lab for at least a semester, then this will probably apply to you. However, just because you meet (or exceed these) does not guarantee that I will agree to write you a letter, so you still must ask.

· If I receive a request for a recommendation from a school or program and you have not asked me whether or not I am willing to write you a letter, I WILL NOT complete the form.

· Unless I have some way of knowing about you, your personality, your work ethic, and your accomplishments from interactions that you and I have had OUTSIDE of class, I will only be able to write a letter about your academic performance in class.

· Because writing a quality letter of recommendation takes time, I need you to ask me whether or not I can write you a letter at least a month prior to any deadlines for a graduate or law school letter of recommendation.

· Once I have agreed to write your letter, I will ask you to give me the following items together in a packet:

· Letter of Recommendation Form (this will be given to you once I agree to write you a letter)

· A completed Release for Letter of Recommendation Form

· A copy (unofficial is fine) of your college transcript

· A copy (draft is fine) of your personal statement

· A copy of your vita or resume

· Any other forms that I might need, such as the LSAC forms or forms for particular schools

· Please have the information about me (e.g., name, title, address) already completed on the form

· Please provide envelopes that are already addressed and stamped

· For graduate school applicants, I need a list or spreadsheet of all

· Schools

· Programs

· Contact information for programs

· Due dates

· Formats in which the letter is expected (e.g., electronic by email, electronic by website, hard copy to you, hard copy to them)

· Locations to which the letter should be sent (e.g., email address, website, address)

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Contact Information:

University of Florida

Department of Sociology and Criminology and Law

P.O. Box 117330

Gainesville, FL 32611

Office Location: 3334 Turlington

Phone: (352) 294-7173

Fax: (352) 392-6569

Email: lhasel@ufl.edu

Student Hours, Fall 2012:

Tuesdays 1-2:30pm, Thursdays, 2-3:30pm, and by appointment

Turlington 3334