Announcements & Accolades
(*) Denotes UMSL CCJ Ph.D. student
Fall 2009
CCJ invites applicants for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor, to begin August 2010. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2009 and continue until the position is filled. See details.
Dr. Beth Huebner has been honored with the 2009 Distinguished New Scholar Award from ASC's Division on Corrections and Sentencing. Congratulations!
Dr. Jody Miller has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the ASC-Division of People of Color and Crime Coramae Rickey Mann Award for her "outstanding contribution of scholarship on race/ethnicity, crime, and justice." Way to go Jody!
Dr. Lee Ann Slocum is the 2009 recipient of the UMSL Gerald and Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award. Congratulations!
Dr. Finn-Aage Esbensen has been named new Chair of the CCJ Department. Many thanks to Dr. Richard Wright (outgoing Chair) for his service.
After nationwide searches, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Terrance J. Taylor to CCJ as our new Assistant Professor (PhD, University of Nebraska), and Dr. Kristy Matsuda as Assistant Research Professor (PhD, University of California Irvine).
Spring/Summer 2009
Dr. Janet Lauritsen was appointed to the Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Andres Rengifo has been appointed Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Program in Criminal Justice Policy & Management).
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Panel entitled "Developing Metrics for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Research".
Dr. Finn Esbensen received the 2009 President's Award of the Western Society of Criminology.
Dr. Jody Miller's Getting Played (NYU Press, 2008), is a finalist for the prestigious 2008 C. Wright Mills Book Award by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). Congratulations!
Tiffany Polk (*) and Allen Shamow (*) have been selected for the 2009 ICPSR Summer Course on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice Data on fellowships by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Our Department has once again ranked among the best in the country. U.S. News & World Report named UMSL's CCJ program the fourth best nationally. Rankings appeared in the magazine's 2010 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools"
Dr. Richard Wright has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. Congratulations! Drs. Bursik and Rosenfeld are also ASC Fellows.
Amanda Gendon (*) has been named one of the recipients of the 2009 Graduate Minority Fellowship by the American Society of Criminology.
The Graduate School has awarded Scott Jacques (*) a dissertation fellowship for the 2009-2010 school year.
Dr. Beth Huebner has been promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure (effective Fall 2009). Congratulations!
Fall 2008
Congratulations to our Ph.D Candidates on the job market for their successful transition to faculty positions: Mark T. Berg (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), Jennifer Cobbina (Michigan State University) and Kimberly Martin and Bradley Brick (Old Dominion University). Keep in touch!
Jennifer Owens (*) won the Elton S. Carter Thesis Award for Excellence in a Master's Thesis at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Colonel Dan Isom II, one of our PhD graduates, has been named the new Chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Chancellor George and the UMSL Alumni Association will host a meet-and-greet reception on Dec. 4th.
Jennifer Cobbina (*) has been awarded a dissertation fellowship by the National Institute of Justice.
Mike Vecchio (*) was the winner of the Graduate Student Paper Competition at the 2008 Meetings of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association.
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Rosenfeld and Dr. Jody Miller for their recent elections in the American Society of Criminology (ASC). Dr. Rosenfeld has been elected the incoming President and Dr. Jody Miller has been elected Executive Counselor.
Dr. Andres Rengifo has been appointed by the Colombian Bureau of the Census to serve in a 3-member independent commission seeking to assess the quality of crime and police statistics compiled by the Colombian Government.
Dr. Jody Miller was promoted to full Professor. Congratulations!
We're hiring! CCJ invites applicants for the position of Assistant Professor, to begin August 17, 2009. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. See details.
Spring/Summer 2008
Dr. Allen Wagner's book Good Order and Safety: A History of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1861-1906 has been published by the Missouri Historical Society Press.
Ekaterina Archakova (*) received a fellowship from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to attend the course "Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice Data" at ICPSR.
Dr. Jody Miller's book Getting Played has been published by NYU Press.
Mark Berg (*) has been awarded a Harry Frank Guggenheim dissertation fellowship. He is expected to graduate around May, 2009.
Brendan Dooley (*) has received a dissertation award from the Institute for Humane Studies.
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld received an award from the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) and the St. Louis Association of Realtors
Dr. Beth Huebner received the 2008 Tori Caeti Young Scholar Award from the Juvenile Justice Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Dr. Richard Wright was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Sociology (BJS). BJS is now ranked #3 out of 96 Sociology journals according to the ISI.
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