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Criminology, law and society majors Cady Balde and Taylor Whittington are presenting research at the April 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Their study explored the impact of restrictive housing units on prison inmates' self-esteem.

Congratulations to the CLS Undergraduate Advising team - Elli Ambros, Kristin Tyburczy, and Olivia Inturias - all of whom were nominated for Mason's Academic Advisor of the Year Award!

Stacey Houston, assistant professor of Criminology, Caw and Society, studies the causes and consequences of justice system involvement and works with the Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop to support young people who are incarcerated or re-entering society.

Professor David M. Kennedy of John Jay College of Criminal Justice will give a talk titled "Closing the Book on the President’s Crime Commission: Toward a Theory and Practice of Problem-Oriented Public Safety" for the 2019 Mastrofski Lecture.

"We still have to wrestle with slavery as an institution even if we were not complicit as an institution in the system of slavery," said Wendi Manuel-Scott.

Charlotte Gill, assistant professor of Criminology, Law and Society, has received the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Virginia State Council of Higher Education for her superior accomplishments in teaching, research and public service.

Andrew Novak, term assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, led a study abroad program to Germany and Austria during which students learned about the crimes of the Nazi Party and efforts at restitution and justice after World War II.

A research study conducted by Beidi Dong, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, found that school suspension is more likely to predict youth drug use than police arrests. ​

With a grant from the National Science Foundation, Criminology, Law and Society professor Christopher Koper is spearheading a project to examine the root causes of mass violence.

Yale Law Professor James Forman Jr. visited Mason on October 25 to deliver the inaugural Roger Wilkins Lecture on the topic "Locking Up Our Own: Race, Class and the Politics of Mass Incarceration."