UofM: Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Please join me in congratulating Jaline King on her Outstanding Student Engagement Award, our students are the best! Job well done Jaline 👏🏻👏🏻

The celebrations just don’t stop! That’s how we like to do it over here in the CJ department.

Please help us in congratulating Dr. Shelley Keith on her promotion to full professor. This is a wonderful accomplishment in the world of academia. We are honored to have you in our department.

We continue our celebration of our faculty with sharing Dr. Iratzoqui’s “Dr. I” guest column in the Daily Memphian. The column discusses her work on the new domestic violence strategic plan. Many of you know Dr. I from her Intimate Partner Violence course, this article elaborates on how Dr. I is working in the community to develop a plan to combat IPV in Memphis.

Give it a read and join us in celebrating another faculty accomplishment!

Happy first day of school CCJ tigers 💙🐅! Let’s start this semester by honoring two of our incredible faculty members. Dr. McCuddy was recently honored with the Faculty Excellence award and the Dean’s award for excellence in teaching. MK Webb was awarded the Susan T. Paske award. Both are incredible honors and we are so happy to have you as part of our department.

Join us in congratulating these two!

Today we dropped off all the donations from the donation drive for the CRVCC. Thank you to all who shared and donated items! The crime victim & r**e crisis center is doing amazing work in our community.

Special thanks to Dr. Johnson (pictured), you are doing amazing work!

We had a great turnout yesterday at the career fair! Thank you to all the agencies who joined us!

Join us this Thursday for our annual CJ career fair! We will be joined by lots of agencies who would love to talk to you about future career opportunities in Criminal Justice.

Our final book club of the semester will be hosted on April 20th, please join us for a discussion of Just Mercy authored by Bryan Stevenson. Just Mercy is a memoir about Stevenson’s experience as the defense attorney for clients facing discrimination at the hands of the Justice system.

CJSA will be hosting a viewing party the following week where we will watch the Just Mercy film. The showing will be on 4/27 in UC 145 at 3pm.

Our very own Dr. Iratzoqui was awarded the Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award. She is one of four winners across the university. This is a great honor, we are so glad to have you in our department. Join us in congratulating Dr. I!

Join us THIS THURSDAY! Free food provided to all volunteers, can’t wait to see you there 😆

Two of CJ’s very own will be collaborating with SUAPP this Friday to bring you all a forum on their current research. This is a great way to get involved in what your professors are doing outside of the classroom. See you there!

‪CJSA is hosting a panel with some honored guests. They would love for you to join on 2/20. Please submit questions using the QR code or at ‬
‪https://memphis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qeeqGarKfvKkCi ‬

‪This event is open to all UofM students/faculty/staff ‬

Starting Monday, the CJSA will be collecting clothing/hygiene items for the Shelby County R**e Crisis Center. With each donation, you’ll get a chance to WIN $100 GIFT CARD!

If you are not a member of CJSA but would like to be, look for us on tiger zone!

Join us for our 2nd book club next Friday! 📖📚

Please RSVP using the QR code provided on the graphic

Some of our Faculty and Students at the annual ASC conference this past week. The conference was held in Atlanta, GA and was a great opportunity to hear about “The Future of Criminology”.

**New in Publications** Our very own Dr. McCuddy and co-authors, Faraneh Shamserad & Finn-Aage Esbensen, examine how arming teachers impacts students feelings of safety in school. Check it out!

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15388220.2022.2132505?journalCode=wjsv20

Arming Teachers as a Response to School Violence: Using a Risk Assessment Model to Understand Student Perceptions Arming teachers remains a divisive issue in the United States. Since one goal of this policy is to improve perceptions of safety, it is important to understand how arming teachers impacts students....

Come see our undergrad advisors (and Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself!) at “Discover your Major Day”! Currently being held in the UC Ballroom 9am-2pm.

It was great meeting you all today at the Grad Fair. If you would like more information contact our Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Johnson [email protected]

Join us on 9/27 for the Graduate School Fair, we can’t wait to see you there!

Located in the UC Ballroom from 9-11am

Introducing the official Criminology & Criminal Justice Department page for the UofM. Here we will be sharing current events, new research, awards, job opportunities and more!

If you would like to submit a request to have information posted, please reach out via the department page. https://www.memphis.edu/cjustice/