Accolades

The Department of Criminology, Law and Society congratulates six criminology, law and society majors who have received the 2021 Peter N. Stearns Provost Scholar Athlete Award. These student-athletes will be honored at an online ceremony on February 15.

Criminology, law and society professors Yasemin Irvin-Erickson and Linda Merola have been nominated for the 2021 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award.

Cynthia Lum and Christopher Koper have received the 2020 Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division on Policing for their book "Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice."

Redlich was recognized as an ambassador for experimental criminology given her important research in the field and her mentorship of students.

Kate Doyle-Feingold, a PhD student in criminology, law and society, discussed her dissertation project titled “Teaching Youth Their Rights: A Randomized Controlled Trial" for Mason's 2020 Three Minute Thesis competition.

Jason Cantone and Gwen Udell, adjunct faculty in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, have been recognized by the university for their achievements in teaching.

Professor Cynthia Lum was formally recognized Monday, March 9, by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) as one of 12 recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Faculty Awards.

Heather Prince, a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society has won the ACJS Juvenile Justice & Delinquency section’s Student Paper Award. She will be honored this March at the annual meeting in San Antonio for her paper “Anti-Bully Legislation: Effects for Youth in United States Schools.”