We are proud to congratulate former criminal justice undergraduate and
@TempleUniv
PhD student, Juwan Bennett. Juwan recently accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at
@uofcincy
beginning in Fall 2022.
Aunshul Rege, an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, was recently named Researcher of the Month by acCLAim, a Liberal Arts Research and Scholarly Work newsletter.
Click the link in our Instagram bio to learn more about Professor Rege’s research!
@TU_CARE
With broken hearts, we mourn the loss of Officer Christopher David Fitzgerald, one of our own University’s first responders who sacrificed his life in efforts to protect our community.
Please join us for our annual Goldkamp lecture on Friday, May 3rd at 10am in Gladfelter 107!🗣️
This year, we will be hosting Dr. Brittany Battle from Wake Forest University
@WakeForest
.
We would like to congratulate Professor Jerry Ratcliffe on receiving the Joan McCord award! This is a huge honor and we are so proud of our faculty!
@TULiberalArts
CONGRATS to CJ PhD Student, Juwan Bennett, who was selected to receive a Diversity Scholarship for the 2019
@ICPSR
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan.
#TempleMade
@TULiberalArts
@ICPSRSummer
Yesterday for
#FacultySpotlightFriday
we highlighted professor Jerry Ratcliffe! He studies place and crime, policing, and evidence-based policy! Check out our Instagram
@temple_cj
for his whole bio 😎✈️
Today we’re congratulating professor Aunshul Rege on having been awarded a Trusted Critical Infrastructure (CI) Open Science Cyber-security Fellowship! Read all about her and this honor on our Instagram
@temple_cj
😎
Sister
@helenprejean
will be at
@arcadia1853
on October 10th for a free lecture & book signing. Sister Prejean has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty & helping to shape the Catholic Church's opposition to state executions.
"I study place and crime, policing and crime prevention using innovative data sources and methods. Most recently I’ve finished work evaluating the Philadelphia Police Department’s pilot body-worn camera program. I love hiking and photography and spend most vacations outside."
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Caterina Roman and graduate student Steven Chen!🎉
On 3/27, Dr. Roman received the CLA Faculty Award for Excellence in Community Engagement, and Steven received the CLA Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants.👏🏻
Congratulations to doctoral student
@SteinmanHannah
who was recently selected to be a LEAP scholar as part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) program!
#templecj
@TULiberalArts
@TempleUniv
Congrats to our CJ Debate Team for winning 3rd place last week at a competition at Drexel University! Pictured is Jeremiah Baltimore, Lydia Anderson, Erin Houghton and Angel Rivera! Our team won the “spirit" award as well! Way to go!
In honor of National Coming Out Day on October 11th, we will be hosting two scholars for a Queer Criminology Speaker Series.
Dr. Vanessa Panfil - Thursday, October 12th
Dr. Valerio Baćak - Wednesday, October 18th
See below for more details!
RSVP here:
Join us on Valentine’s Day for Dr. Jamie Fader’s keynote presentation discussing how love can be utilized as a research tool, the role of love can play qualitative research, and her research involving justice system-impacted Philadelphians.
♥️🤍♥️
RSVP using the link in our bio!
We are saddened by the passing of Prof. Kay Harris. We will miss her passionate dedication to research, teaching & advocacy on behalf of justice for incarcerated individuals. Donations may be made to
@InsideOutPrExPr
(note in Kay's memory under "Other")
Congratulations to
#templeCJ
professor, Dr. Jen Wood, on being recognized by
@GLEPHAssoc
for your leadership in planning the the Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference (2021)
A big CONGRATS to CJ PhD student Dijonee Talley
@dijonee__
for being selected as a Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow! Learn what she's planning to do with
@hpcphilly
and
@ceasefirepa
in this fellowship -
Interested in Major League Baseball and/or stadium security?? Go to the
@Phillies
#CollegeSeries
Stadium Security Partnerships Night! It will be Wednesday, April 10th. Get your tickets here:
In honor of AAPI heritage month, our department held its first-ever AAPI Speaker Series. We would like to thank Dr. Jin Lee and Dr. Sheetal Ranjan for sharing their research and academic journeys with our faculty and students!
See more here:
We are incredibly saddened by the loss of Joseph Alkus. Former Temple University Criminal Justice Professor, student mentor, and US Customs Service and Homeland Security Special Agent, Joe left a tremendous mark on our department and students.
Are you a student of color thinking about graduate school in Criminal Justice? The Criminal Justice department wants to help you succeed! We are offering a two‐part workshop to help you get ready for graduate school!
Tara Tripp joined the Department of Criminal Justice in 2004 after a long career in the Juvenile Division of Philadelphia Family Court, and as a Probation Officer in Adult Court. She teaches classes such as Intro, Rehab of the Offender, Nature of Crime and Doing Justice!
We would like to congratulate Professor Dan Silverman on receiving the Beccaria Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association! This is a tremendous honor and we're so proud of his accomplishment!
Wrapping up National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, we want to celebrate Mariel Delacruz’s Passion, Purpose & Professionalism Award from the Victim Support Services Division of the Philadelphia DAO. We are so proud of the hard work our grad students do giving back to Philadelphia!
Happy
#TempleMadeMonday
, Owls! Today our spotlight is on Alejandra K. Galarce Diaz! She is so excited to be a part of the MA in CJ 4+1 program! Check out our Instagram post (
@temple_cj
) for her whole story!
We are celebrating
#pride
all month. Today we’re recognizing CJ grad student, Sam Phillips. You can learn more about Sam and her research and all of our spotlights in our latest newsletter:
@sam_phillips24
#ICYMI
Temple CJ professor, Dr. Liz Groff, received a Textbook Affordability Project Award from
@tulibraries
! This award aims to replace costly educational resources with ones available through our libraries or
#openeducationalresources
that are free to students, incl. textbooks!
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Johnson, who successfully defended her dissertation last Wednesday (4/3)!🎉👏🏻
•••
Dr. Johnson’s dissertation is titled “Assessing spillover effects of drug markets on gun violence across a network of neighborhoods.”
On 2/16, we hosted
@DownNorthPizza
for a conversation about reconstruction.
@DownNorthPizza
is a mission-led for-profit restaurant that employs formerly incarcerated individuals to provide them with career opportunities, fair wages, & an equitable workplace.
Tara Tripp, a prof at
@Temple_CJ
, discusses the need for social justice reform and critical importance of well-funded and well-planned reentry programs for returning citizens.
Congratulations to
#TempleCJ
professor, Dr. Amarat Zaatut on being awarded a prestigious
@RussellSageFdn
grant for her project, titled “The Integration Experiences of Muslim Immigrants in Traditional and Non-traditional Immigrant Destinations” 👏👏👏
Congratulations to
#TempleCJ
professor, Matt Hiller, who has been selected as a Visiting Scholar for 2021-22 at the Public Health Management Corporation in Philadelphia. He will be collaborating on a new project with the research and evaluation team at PHMC.
@PHMCtweets
A big THANK YOU to all of the over 45 employers who attended the Criminal & Social Justice Career Fair yesterday, the 250+ students, our Keynote Speaker, Sheila Woods-Skipper and
@JoeAlkus_CJJobs
for giving some job search tips!
#TempleMade
@TempleCareers
Mark your calendar. The Criminal Justice Meet and Greet is Monday at 2pm - 5th floor of Gladfelter! Get to know your faculty, and learn about research, internship and job opportunities!
@JoeAlkus_CJJobs
@Prof_Rege
@Jerry_Ratcliffe
It is National Youth Violence Prevention Week.
Check out
@fadergator
's book which documents the transition of vulnerable inner-city youth who have already faced imprisonment to adulthood.
Today for
#WinnerWednesday
we’re congratulating Rachel Wolfman for receiving the Criminal Justice Excellence Award! Visit our Instagram (
@temple_cj
) to see her whole story!
Today, we recognize National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Thank you to all police officers and all others who help protect and serve. To our officers here at Temple to all other officers across the country - thank you.
Congratulations to Alyssa Mendlein for getting her paper "The Relationship between Justice System Size and Punishment Across Nations" accepted for publication in International Criminology, the new journal of ASC’s Division of International Criminology! 👏👏
Hey
#TempleCJ
! October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Make sure to check out
@temple_cj
&
@TU_CARE
on Instagram for more cyber security content coming this month!
Today we have our final
#pride
spotlight for the month -
#TempleCJ
undergraduate chair, Dr. Jennifer Wood! Reach more about Dr. Wood, and all of this month's spotlights, in our
#PrideMonth
newsletter
#ICYMI
Three CJ students and their faculty mentors were selected as Summer 2020
@TU_CLAResearch
's LAURA Scholar Award recipients. Big congrats to Shannon McGorry & Dr. Jamie Fader, Rachel Bleiman & Dr. Aunshul Rege, and Isabel Apothaker & Dr. Amarat Zaatut.
@fadergator
@rege
Check out the September issue of “The Justice Journal” to read about Juwan Bennett, one of our Ph.D. students, and his work with the Tempe University Urban Youth Leadership Academy and the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project!
Meet one of CJ's newest faculty members!
@Travis__Meyers
comes to TU from Arizona State U, where he received his PhD in Criminology and CJ. His research focuses on corrections & correctional policy w/ emphasis on offender rehabilitation & programming
We continue to celebrate
#aapiheritagemonth
this week by recognizing some of our graduate students. Learn more about Thuy-Trinh Nguyen in our department newsletter (link in bio).
Congrats to
@ajimaolaghere
on being named Research of the Month in
@TU_CLAResearch
's latest newsletter! Did you catch her at the recent
@TemplePPL
&
@chatemple
"...Social Movement for Racial Justice" panel? Check out our latest Facebook post for links -
The Criminal & Social Justice Virtual Career Fair will be held in February 16th, and registration is NOW OPEN!! Make sure to register on Handshake for the event, which is linked in our bio on Instagram,
@temple_cj
.
🚨Be sure to check out the giveaway we are doing as well!🚨
Did you know that the human factor is often regarded as the weakest link in cyberattacks? Check out the Certificate in Cybersecurity and Human Behavior (CCHB). Open to all majors! Email criminaljustice
@temple
.edu or DM us for more information!
Congrats to CJ professors Ajima Olaghere, Rely Vîlcică & Jeffrey Ward on receiving a spring 2019 CLARA award for their project, "Legitimacy in Corrections at a Time of Crisis: Perspectives from Incarcerated Individuals."
@TULiberalArts
@TU_CLAResearch
This year, we are thrilled to celebrate Eilene Frierson, the Administrative Manager of Training, Training Outreach, and Center Operations at Temple University's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, for her exceptional dedication to our community.
CJ Students! Inside-Out Prison Exchange courses are unique & often transformative opportunities to take classes side by side with residents of a local prison – and there are still seats for Fall! Look for CJ 2701 and contact the instructor to learn more or e-mail inout
@temple
.edu
#TempleCJ
is proud to celebrate
#AAPIHeritageMonth
. This week we recognize our Graduate Coordinator, Jenise Ly. Learn more about Jenise in our department newsletter . Check back for more spotlights on our graduate students and faculty.
It’s
#WinnerWednesday
! We’re congratulating Mike Sylvanovich for winning the Criminal Justice Service Award! He is a senior CJ 4+1 student with a certificate in Spanish. Read all about him on our Instagram
@temple_cj
🤙
We want to welcome to our faculty Dr. Steven Windisch! If you want to read more about him, you can check out our Facebook! Make sure to say hello to him if you see him around campus!
@TULiberalArts
The Political Science Society is hosting a Symposium on Combating Gun Violence tomorrow, April 6, at 6pm!
The symposium will take place in the Tuttleman Learning Center, room 103.
Meet Alexis Gallmon, an Africology & African American Studies major
@TempleAAAS
& Criminal Justice minor.
On 4/11, she presented her research project “The adultification and labeling of juveniles: Race, youth, and criminal injustice” at Temple’s Undergraduate Research Symposium!
❗️EXTENDED DEADLINE❗️Submit your creations for the Justice Through Art Contest now! Submissions are now being accepted through April 4 @ 11:59 PM.
@TULiberalArts
@TempleUniv
On your way to the CJ Student Lounge, make a pit stop to check out our graduate students! Make sure to come by the 5th floor of Gladfelter to see what our shining students are doing!
Interested in finding your dream career? Attend the Criminal and Social Justice Career Fair! Come network with professionals on 3/20 from 1-4pm in Student Center Rm 200AB! Open to ALL majors!
Nervous to network? Info for a prep event on flyer below!
Check out this article in Security Week where our very own Professor Rege and Rachel Bleiman, a Ph.D. student in the Criminal Justice program, are recognized for their critical infrastructure ransomware dataset project!
The Justice Through Art Contest began today!🎨 This years theme is peace. Art can be submitted until April 2, 2022.
The mission of the Justice Through Art Contest is to provide a space for students to inspire, challenge, and engage students.
@TULiberalArts
It's Graduation Week! We are so proud of everyone graduating, from Undergraduates to Masters & Ph.D. program students!👨🎓👩🎓
Check out our Instagram story
@temple_cj
throughout the week to see highlights of all of our wonderful graduates!
Dr. Gravel has conducted extensive research on the ways that social networks facilitate and prevent violent behavior.
If you are interested in learning more about the impact of criminal gangs and street violence, take "Criminal Gangs" with Dr. Gravel in the fall semester!
Join students and faculty members of the
#TempleCj
department this Wednesday to meet the winners of the Justice Through Art competition & see their award-winning works on display.
@TULiberalArts
@temple_cj
@TULiberalArts
faculty and my wonderful colleague Dr. Ajima Olaghere at her
@WSCriminology
round table session on procedural justice in the context of street level police proactivity