Faculty

Brendan Lantz
The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Brendan Lantz has been selected as the 2021 Academy New Scholar awardee for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Joe Schwartz
The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Joseph A. Schwartz is this year’s recipient of the Early Career Award from the BioPsychoSocial Division of the American Society of Criminology (ASC).
Ms. Rosalind D. Czajkoski
The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is saddened to announce the passing of FSU alumna and College patron, Ms. Rosalind D. Czajkoski.
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Daniel P. Mears
The College is pleased to announce that Daniel P. Mears, Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, is the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Corrections and Sentencing.
Dr. Kevin M. Beaver, Dr. Daniel P. Mears, and Dean Thomas G. Blomberg
Three FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty members were recently named among the top 15 influential academics in the field of criminology by AcademicInfluence.com.  Dr. Kevin M. Beaver, Judith Rich Harris Professor of Criminology, was ranked No. 6, Dr. Daniel P. Mears, Mark C.
Dr. Brendan Lantz and Dr. Marin Wenger
College of Criminology & Criminal Justice professors, Dr. Brendan Lantz and Dr. Marin Wenger are researching bias and hate crime victimization during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Photo of Dr. Emma Fridel
Dr. Emma Fridel has only recently joined the College’s faculty, but her research is already getting national attention. Dr. Fridel recently published a study in Justice Quarterly addressing mass shootings in the United States and how government policy could better work to prevent gun violence.
Welcome New Faculty
This fall, the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is pleased to welcome three new faculty members: leke de Vries, Emma E. Fridel, and Joseph A. Schwartz.
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 Jillian Turanovic
College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Assistant Professor Jillian Turanovic was recently honored by the University with an Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Marin Wenger
The College is pleased to announce that Marin Wenger is the recipient of the 2020 Robert J. Bursik Junior Scholar Award. The award recognizes the best paper published, online or in print, by American Society of Criminology members.