Accolades

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor the Honorable Joshua C. Fiveson, BS Administration of Justice '10, with the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award in Criminology, Law and Society. Fiveson is a veteran, an academic, and one of the youngest state judges in Texas.

Congratulations to Dr. Jin R. Lee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, who has received the 2022 Early Career Award from the American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Division of Cybercrime.

Kevin Petersen, a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, has received the 2022 Student Paper Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Experimental Criminology.

Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Koper, who has received the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology Division of Policing.

Dr. Yang has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology. She will be recognized for her contributions to field of experimental criminology at the 2022 meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta.

George Mason University President Gregory Washington has announced the recipients of the 2022 Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence, honoring nine Mason faculty members for their work on behalf of the university, students, and the broader community. Professor David Weisburd of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society received the Beck Family Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Research.

Twelve undergraduate students from the 2021-2022 Criminology, Law and Society Honors Seminar, led by Dr. Robert Norris, presented their research at the CLS awards and recognition ceremony in May.

Research.com has named David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Executive Director of Mason's Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, to its 2022 list of Top Scientists. Dr. Weisburd ranked #27 in the world and #19 in the United States in the areas of Law and Political Science.

Dr. Allison Redlich, Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the American Psychology-Law Society.

David Weisburd, known for his innovative work in place-based criminology, experimental criminology, and white-collar crime, was recently awarded the prestigious Israeli Rothschild Prize for 2022 in social sciences. This is the first time the prize (established in 1959 and awarded every four years in social science) has been received by a criminologist.